Andrew will welcome industry experts to Trowbridge this month to deliver talks and panel discussions on how small businesses can access finance. The event, Access to Finance, will take place on 15 September and is hosted by Leon Millard at Elevate Online Marketing and has been organised in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses and the University of the West of England.
The event is free to attend and you can sign up at this link: https://www.fsb.org.uk/event-calendar/techtrowbridge-access-to-finance-150923.html
Those who attend will hear from a range of different providers about what they offer small businesses, how they decide if a business is one they will fund and what the application process is like. Participants will also hear from organisations which specialise in supporting businesses which use technology about the experiences they have seen in recent times and the lessons they have learnt along the way. James Wilkes from Wiltshire-based Wilxite will be the keynote speaker sharing how he funded his business and how he decided the best route for them to expand.
The event is part of Andrew’s TechTrowbridge campaign to boost and publicly promote technology-based businesses in and around Trowbridge. The campaign has also seen Andrew welcome Google to Trowbridge to help businesses boost their online performance through effective advertising and understanding of analytics.
Andrew said;
‘Access to Finance is the next stage in TechTrowbridge. The initiative was inspired by research which shows the county town to be something of an innovation hot spot which is built on small businesses.
One of the major challenges facing small businesses is trouble in accessing the right sources of funding whether to keep themselves afloat or to grow. This event will help business people to identify the options available to them and understand how to maximise their chances of accessing that capital. Let’s unleash the potential of our local Silicon Valley.’