IED CPD Online: Driving economic growth through better business support

26 Apr 2023 - Online

Important - this webinar will run over 3 separate sessions, each running for 90 minutes on the 26th April, 3rd May and 9th May 2023.

Driving economic growth through better business support

Now more than ever before, economic development professionals are going to have to reach and support entrepreneurs and business in order to stimulate survival, recovery and future growth. Local areas need more viable start-up business, to support the sustainability and success of existing businesses, and to find and accelerate the potential of high growth companies. Of the ~5.5m UK SMEs (99.9% of all our businesses), less than 95% progress to employ more than 9 people, and around 90% are sole traders and micro businesses.

This series of three modules, led by past IED Chair Bev Hurley CBE, Chief Executive of YTKO and double Queen’s Award winner, looks at what drives tangible impact at each of those three stages of the business lifecycle.

Attendance is open to both IED members and non IED members.

For those of you completing the Certificate in Economic Development, this is one of the modules in that programme. When you book your ticket, please choose "Certificate in Economic Development rate".

The webinar sessions will be on:

• 26th April 2.00-3.30pm
• 3rd May 2.00-3.30pm
• 9th May 2.00-3.30pm

There is an expectation that delegates will attend all 3 webinars. If you are unable to attend all 3, you can request a recording of the missed webinar, but there will be no discount should you not be able to attend all 3.

Please note that the webinars will be conducted via Zoom or MS Teams and you will be able to ask live questions via the chat during the course of the sessions.

The inclusive price for this session 3 x 90 minute webinars) is £50 for IED members and £100 for non IED members. No VAT is chargeable.

If you are undertaking this module as( part of the Certificate in Economic Development, there is no fee to pay as it has been organised separately - please choose "Certificate in Economic Development rate" when booking on.

To book on, please visit our Eventbrite page here.

Please note, if you are not yet an IED member, why not consider joining to take advantage of the member rate for this and future CPD events? Get in touch with us at admin@ied.co.uk for further info.

We will send you a link to each webinar in the days running up to the first session.

We need a minimum of 10 delegates to run this course. If minimum numbers are not met, this course will not run and you will receive a full refund.

Remember, the IED requires ALL associate and full members to log at least 40 hours of CPD over a two year period. Half of all CPD logged – 20 hours – needs to consist of formal CPD activity.

Please note that we are happy to provide this course or other CPD courses directly to your organisation - for now, these will all be delivered online. Please get in touch with us for more details.