Care to dance?

La Cubanita
Thursday 4th June
6pm (for 6.30pm start)

Raise money for the The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation with a night of salsa dancing and entertainment organised by Medicash.

For just £15 get all of this:

• Mojito on arrival
• 1 hour salsa lesson
• Cuban feast
• Live Cuban band
• A raffle on the night

Tickets can be bought from the bar at La Cubanita.

Alternatively call Medicash on 0151 702 0261 or e-mail marketing@medicash.org to secure your place

£5 from every ticket donated to charity!

La Cubanita
2 Campbell Square,
Liverpool
L1 5AX

Those enterprisingpeeps from the Civil Service Challenge are hosting an event tonight to highlight the benefits of taking on an apprentice.

The event takes place at:

The City Vault
14 Cook St
Liverpool, L2 9QU

Refreshements from 5:30pm, speakers 6:00pm to 6:30pm.

Apprenticeships benefits:

• quick & easy recruitment
• work-based learning
• training is funded by Learning & Skills Council
• potential savings c £7.5k per apprentice per year
• highly motivated employees
• improved productivity
• improved staff retention
• fresh ideas

So join them tonight to see how your business can benefit.

If you require any further information, please feel free to ring them on 07595 524 189 or 07595 524 190.

Stepclever has designed a series of FREE workshops to help North Liverpool companies improve their chances of winning contracts in both the public and private sectors. Tenders can bring about a lucrative form of income with the public sector alone responsible for delivering £500 billion worth of business each year.

Sourcing Bid & Tender Opportunities and Partnerships/Consortia
2 July 2009

This course helps businesses to identify some of the sources of tender opportunity. An insight in to how supply chains work and how consortia or partnerships can assist in maximising business opportunities is also given.

Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PPQs) and Successful Tender Submission
9 July 2009

Understanding PPQs and the pre-preparation required to assist in successful completion is key to identifying which are the best tender opportunities for a particular business. This course will also reveal how to submit successful bids and tenders.

Understanding Business Finance
16 July 2009

Sole traders, partners and directors all need to understand how the financial aspects of their business work. This programme introduces methods of financial documentation and how to analyse key business ratios that affect what external users see when they look at a company’s financial accounts.

These series of FREE workshops are designed for anyone who wants to win more business in both the public and private sectors.

The workshops will be held at Inspire, Unit 15, Connect Business Park, Liverpool L5 9PR between 9am to 4pm and include refreshments, lunch and course notes.

Stepclever workshops are free for anyone that lives, or runs a business in the wards of Anfield, Everton, County, Kirkdale, Linacre and Derby. To book call 0151 224 1891 or email: june.davies@stepclever.co.uk

On Thursday 4 June, St Paul’s Square on Old Hall Street will be a-buzz with all the fun of the circus.

The Grande Cirque troop will be wowing us with their antics, there’ll be delicious food stalls and a barby, crafts, jewellery and art for sale and a live artwork being produced before your very eyes.

So don’t sit at your desk with a soggy egg buttie. Come and join in the fun.

The event is run by Liverpool Commercial District Partnership and the arty stuff is courtesy of Dot Art.

It’s free and you can find out more here.

Stepclever is to host a FREE half day course to help companies in North Liverpool seize business opportunities by offering expert advice on sales techniques and negotiation.

This half day course will take place on 10th June and will show businesses how to refresh their sales and negotiation techniques and relate them to the 2009 marketplace.

The course will also aim to help both consumer and business-to- business focused companies learn techniques that will help to analyse and improve their approach in preparation and execution of sales.

Kevin Griffiths, Head of Commercial Services at Liverpool Chamber working with Stepclever says; “This dynamic training session will provide a new perspective on the customer, can be transferred to other members of staff, and create a company work ethic and focussed around Sales and the Customer.”

The course will also offer participants the opportunity to assess their own sales techniques by filming them in action (although filming is not compulsory for those that are camera-shy!)

The course takes place at One Old Hall Street between 2- 5pm. To book, call 0151 224 1891 or email june.davies@stepclever.co.uk

Places are expected to be in demand, so book early.

This workshop is part of a series of FREE workshops to improve the chances of winning contracts in both the public and private sectors. Stepclever workshops are free for anyone that lives, or runs a business in the wards of Anfield, Everton, County, Kirkdale, Linacre and Derby

Sunday 7 June
Aintree Racecourse
10am-4pm

Get ready for the launch of Merseyside’s brand new Scooterfest! … the UK’s newest one day FREE festival aimed at scooter riders, their friends and families.

With exciting live music, fashion shows , demos, games  (including Moto GP simulators and a giant scalextric!), competitions and giveaways -  head to www.visitscooterfest.com for more information and to register to attend.

We are also looking for the Face of Scooterfest 2010 - enter our fantastic competition online to be the media face of Scooterfest and win a host of great prizes including a Wii and a shopping spree with Firetrap!

Expect great music, giveaways and competitions from our Scooterfest partners including:

• DJ Pez Tellett
• Black Pilate
• Firetrap
• Hugh Baird College
• Hein Gericke
• BSM
• Draggin Jeans

For full details of the day and to register for the Face of Scooterfest competition go to: www.visitscooterfest.com

Or become a fan on Facebook

Scooterfest 2009 - In association with Merseyside Road Safety Partnership

Continuous Professional Development Programme 2009
Training is affordable - losing business is not

Investment in Continuous Professional Development generates a valuable return increasing profits and sales. Our tutors have spent many years working in Industry and have experience in assisting organisations of all sizes to develop markets and overcome the issues associated with international trade.

Programme 2009

Export Procedures & Documentation
Tuesday 2 June
Monday 27 July

The seminar covers a wide range of Export Documentation procedures including a practical to produce a commercial invoice, Certificate of Origin, EUR1 and ATRs, getting paid and an introduction to Letters of Credit.

Book online for 2 June here.

Introduction to International Trade
Monday 15 June

The course provides a fundamental foundation into the export/import process, terminology, how to build an export price, VAT and getting paid, Incoterms, HM Customs, import licences, import duty, payment, quotas, and import management.

Book online here

Letters of Credit
Wednesday 1 July

The course explains the process in great detail by showing examples and providing the delegates the opportunity to complete a Letter of Credit and understanding UCP 600. The workshop finishes with a number of practical exercises to take delegates through procedures to prepare and check documents.

Book online here

Bespoke and in house training programmes are available. Please call us to discuss your particular requirements.

Price per delegate per course: Member rate: £200 + VAT / Non Member rate: £300 + VAT

For further information or registration please call on 0157 227 1234 or e-mail at export@liverpoolchamber.org.uk.

Fees are payable in advance. Cheques to be made payable to Liverpool Chamber and by return a VAT invoice will be sent. Fees include lunch, refreshments and course notes.  Cancellations: A refund of fees less 50% cancellation charge will be made for written cancellations received no later than ten working days before the start of the course. The Chamber reserves the right to alter or cancel a course due to circumstances beyond our control.

Reaching Out to a Global Market - Benefits and Opportunities

Liverpool is the only city in the UK outside London to have a dedicated presence at the world Expo, Shanghai, in 2010.

The city will represent and promote the entire North West region at the event, which is expected to attract over 70m visitors. Located on the banks of the Huangpu River, this purpose built site of 5.26km2 will attract visitors from over 140 countries during May to Oct 2010.

This is a unique opportunity to showcase your organisation on a world stage, access the fastest economy of China at the biggest ever World Expo and establish how your organisation exploits the opportunity to its fullest.

You are invited by Liverpool Vision and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to attendthis event. We will explainwhat Expo is, the business opportunities for Liverpool’s creative industry and answer your questions.

Time: 14:00-15:30, Friday 19th June, 2009
Venue: Liverpool Chamber of Commerce (Number One Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9HG)

Agenda: 14:00-14:30  networking and registration
14:30-14:35  open remarks
14:35-14:40  Expo video
14:40-15:15 “Liverpool Pavilion at Expo: opportunity to your business”, presentation by Phil Southward, Project Director
15:15-15:30 Q&A

Please RSVP to chinalink@liverpoolchamber.org.uk with your company and contact details.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 7.30pm
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Tickets: £16, £21

‘Fizzingly entertaining and enlightening’
Daily Mail

‘A brilliant storyteller. immense fun’
The Guardian

A West End sell-out sensation!

‘Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon, one of the most brilliant and influential writers of his generation.’ The Observer

If you haven’t already been lucky enough to come across Malcolm Gladwell, I should explain why this is such exciting news: Malcolm Gladwell is the author of the international bestsellers Blink, The Tipping Point and Outliers, books which have entertained, engaged, and profoundly changed the way millions of us think about the world.

The Observer describes him as “the most influential thinker of the ipod generation”. Normally paid huge sums to speak at conferences for corporations like Google, on 24 June he is coming to Liverpool! He himself has this to say:

“Just so we’re clear, there will be no tap-dancing, mime, or impersonations of pop stars during my shows. It will just be me, giving you what I hope to be some of the most interesting bits from Outliers. I’d be delighted if you could come.”

Now you have a unique opportunity to see him in action!

Gladwell brings you his extraordinary alchemy of story-telling and intuitive thinking. It’s time to forget conventional notions of how society works and get ready for a brand new way of seeing the world.

Outliers is his new book, and this time his subject is successful people. He argues that the real secrets of success can be found in people’s life stories - the culture they grow up in, the twists of fate, and the way they spend their time. He has a very liberating an inspiring message.

Tickets are £16 and £21. For more information or to purchase tickets simply click here or call the Box Office direct on 0151 709 3789.

When he visited London last November he sold-out the huge Lyceum Theatre twice over and had the kind of response usually reserved for rock-stars or Hollywood icons:

‘The writer as rock star? Well, why not? . Malco-mania is about to break out!’  Daily Telegraph

Even without the dancing, in person, Malcolm is every bit as engaging and charismatic as you would hope. He speaks as well as he writes.

‘Inspiring, revelatory … He makes you feel like you’re the genius, rather than he’s a genius’ The Times

Achoo!

Swine Flu is still with us, despite it being summer, so we still need to stay alert  - particularly if it could hit your business.

Here’s some useful info from the NHS to help protect your staff.

Remember though, don’t panic, just be aware and take precautions.

The Swine Flu Information Line on 0800 1 513 513 will be updated regularly

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