Unlocking Potential

Thanks to the Good Growth Programme (and Shared Prosperity Funding), Unlocking Potential is back doing what we do best: helping businesses get going, gain confidence and navigate inevitable challenges. Breakthrough’s already helped more than 900 entrepreneurs find their feet and grow. If your business has only just begun, is less than a year old, or hasn't quite opened the doors yet - we’re standing by to do it all again during four mornings online or two days in person. Or, maybe you're turning over between £75k and £1m? The InFocus programme will help you find clarity and confidence to take you to the next level. Lastly: enter Talent Match. The new programme helping you bridge the gap in your recruitment plans and 1:1 support putting them into action. Build your team and kickstart your growth. We're delivering these programmes on behalf of Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub and they are funded by the Good Growth Fund. To find out about the support mentioned above, as well as host of other programmes, please get in touch on the website here - https://lnkd.in/eKzEgwea Or, call the Good Growth Hub team on 01209 708660 #UKSPF #CIOSGOODGROWTH #LevellingUP

I had the privilege of compering the Unlocking Potential 'Small Steps to Giant Strides' event today and as part of that do a Q&A with guest speaker Hugo Tagholm. My former local newspaper colleague Rachel Foster ran a very successful panel Q&A to round off the morning. Thanks Andy Peters and UP for the opportunity and to Rachel Lewis for ensuring everything ran smoothly. I'm next in action on Thursday speaking at the Southampton Business Expo sharing how to deliver confident and impactful presentations. See you there!

Looking forward to giving the keynote presentation & connecting with emerging business leaders & companies at the Unlocking Potential event tomorrow. Always happy to share my journey, learning & advice from leading, growing & optimising ocean NGOs including Oceana UK and Surfers Against Sewage

It was a great pleasure to deliver a workshop for Unlocking Potential yesterday - and wow did we cover a lot! Over three hours we covered pretty much all things web and it’s always great to see how a group of engaged #Cornwall businesses reacts to the variety of content. My reflection on the day is around the importance of always checking basics and auditing what you have before working out what you want and then you can think about how to get there. Do the easy stuff first and ensure you’re getting the return on your investment of both time and money. The workshop was part of a scheme organised by Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub and kindly funded by the Good Growth Fund. Big thanks to Karen Shaffer Jenny Waters and Olivia Keech Harris.

📢THIS MONTH 👣 Small Steps to Giant Strides - FREE EVENT 👣 🔎Discover the role your small business can play in creating positive change - for the world and for your business. Tuesday, 26 Nov, 9.30am - 1pm. Find out more or book your place here: https://lnkd.in/e3GeufgM

Only a few spaces left to join other Cornwall sustainable thinkers for a morning of networking, lunch and learning. Discover the role you can play in creating ripples of positive change. For the world and for your business. Hear more from our keynote, Hugo Tagholm, below.   ALSO   Just revealed - Rachel Foster from The Agile Communications Agency will host a panel of local forward-thinkers sharing their journeys and best insights for starting out a small business with people and planet at the heart. Deborah Mitchell Will Besant Jacqueline James.   Don't miss out! Grab your place now - https://lnkd.in/eCa-fbsJ   #UKSPF #CIOSGOODGROWTH Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub Trevor Lee Paul Atkinson

👣 Small Steps to Giant Strides - FREE EVENT Discover the role your small business can play in creating positive change - for the world and for your business. Tuesday, 26 Nov, 9.30am - 1pm. The Barn, Pengelly, Truro. Find out more or book your place here: https://zurl.co/8VVl

Changing the world by changing your business sounds like big talk, but it’s also one way in which real change happens; join us from 9:30am until 1pm on November 26th at The Barn @ Pengelly to find out how. When businesses change how they do business – and tell the world effectively – they kick off a virtuous cycle. Newly-started SMEs, or any turning over up to £1m, will probably be keen to reduce emissions and impact. Our keynote, Hugo Tagholm (head of global marine conservation NGO Oceana, ex-CEO and co-founder of Surfers Against Sewage, made Doctor of Science by the University of Exeter for services to the marine environment) will use all his experience to talk about being credibly sustainable and communicating effectively. We’ll also hear from Greenworks Sustainability Consultants’ Paul Atkinson, and other Cornish SMEs already innovating their way to net zero and telling the world about it. Future change arrives via decisions we make now; ambitious and nimble SMEs like yours will be leading the way, and this event will help give you the confidence you need. Why not book your place? https://lnkd.in/eCa-fbsJ #ciosgoodgrowth #ukspf Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub

It's been one week since Tide Turners: Women in Cornwall Business at The Barn at Pengelly! What an incredible day of inspirational, vulnerable talks from our very own local tide turners: Bella Collins, Laura Whyte, Emma Caddis and Jo Murray. All magically weaved together by the one and only Lucy Cox. Not one to be forgotten soon! Next up: book your place now! Small Steps to Giant Strides. 26 November, The Barn at Pengelly. Hear from keynote Hugo Tagholm, Green Works Consulting Ltd and local SMEs on all their tips and tricks into building, and talking about, your credibly sustainable business. Create those ripples of change. Places won't last long! Make sure you're there by booking here: bit.ly/UPSmallSteps #UKSPF #CIOSGOODGROWTH Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub

Being asked the MC the Unlocking Potential Women in Business Tideturners event last week was a small step outside of my comfort zone, but one I did with zero regrets! ⭐ 60 female entrepreneurs ⭐ 4 incredible speakers ⭐ One big-ass room I always say magic happens when women come together, and this event was no exception. Thanks to Bella Collins, Laura Whyte, Emma Caddis and Jo Murray for sharing their stories with humour and honesty; totally embracing the #HumanFirst vibe we hoped for. Rachel Lewis you totally smashed it (obviously!) Until next time...