OLDHAM BUSINESS FESTIVAL

On Tuesday 2^nd May, The Oldham Festival for Business programme for 2017 was launched at the Saddleworth Networking meeting at Dinnerstone Uppermill.

As ever the Festival seeks to promote

• Oldham’s businesses
• The Oldham Enterprise Fund
• The services of the Business Growth Hub

Please join us at some of the free events below and celebrate doing business in Oldham!

This year’s programme is again built around the One Oldham Business Awards on the 12^th May and offers you the first chance to see the new O2 Telefonica Wayra OpenFuture_UK Digital Accelerator and Hack Oldham maker space in the former Wahoo nightclub on Yorkshire Street. These are 2 great new resources for Oldham.

• 7.pm on Tuesday 9^th May – The Asian Leaders Dinner in support of the Mayor’s Appeal Fund – tickets (£25) are available from the Mayor’s Office on 0161 770 4012. Main speaker is Oldham’s very own Frank Rothwell (Manchester Cabins) – “direct from the island!”
• 12 noon on Friday 12^th May   – An invitation only event at Kids Around the Clock  Children’s Centre – VIP guest Baroness Manzila Uddin – Celebrating the success of their 1^st Year as a new children’s centre in Chadderton – achieving “OUTSTANDING “ in their first OFSTED report. The success is due to their passion and commitment to recruit staff from the local community.

• 1.30pm on Friday 12^th May – An invitation only event launching Baroness Uddin’s Westminster Commission on Muslim Women – “This is who I am” which will examine and challenge the perceived role of Muslim Women in society.

• 8am to 10 am on Tuesday 16^th May at University Campus Oldham – Book online Financing Growth – A breakfast event focussed solely on helping businesses access that essential commodity – money!
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• 10am to 4pm on Wednesday 17^th May – Logistics Jobs Fair at Mantra Learning Greengate Manchester M24 1RU.  Looking to employ people in the Logistics sector? Then contact Mantra to book a stand. Looking for a job in the Logistics sector? Find out about job opportunities in this industry at Mantra’s traditional market stall layout of employers opportunities. Just drop in!!
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• 8am to 10am on Tuesday 23^rd May at Wayra North/ Hack Oldham (in the former Wahoo Bar on Yorkshire Street Oldham) – Is your business future ready? Find out at our Innovation Masterclass. Please note that the lift is not yet operational and the event is on the first floor – up 1 flight of stairs. 
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• 6.30pm to 9pm (doors will open at 6pm) on Tuesday 23^rd May – The Oldham College VQ Awards in the Queen Elizabeth Hall The VQ Awards allow us to reward and recognise the outstanding work and contributions of College students, staff and employer partners in 16 different categories, covering academic and work-related successes.  Dress code: Lounge suit/cocktail dresses.
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• 3.30pm on Thursday 25th May  Barclays  Cyber Security Webinar – Cyber Security is becoming an increasing threat to Companies and therefore Barclays Business Digital Eagles are providing a free Webinar to cover the key issues and mitigants in this important area as well as an open forum to discuss Cyber Security threats. Contact Wayne Dixon wayne.dixon@barclays.com for registration
• 11.30 to 2pm on Friday 26^th May at The Event Centre, Oldham Athletic FC– “The Business Growth Hub Lunch” with guest speaker Terry Scuoler (ex Ferranti) CEO of EEF (Engineering Employers Federation). Terry is regularly consulted by Government Ministers so come and hear his take on the State of Engineering, Brexit, the Apprenticeship Levy – and more!
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Hope to see you soon at some of our Festival events! Apart from the Mayor’s Appeal Fund Dinner, all our events are free.

Plus our Bonus Events –

• Wednesday 7 June 2017, 8.30— 12.30 at University Campus Oldham, “Quick Wins for Energy Saving” – Government research indicates that SMEs are missing out on savings of up to 25% on their energy bill – just from simple low or no cost measures. you can optimise your energy usage, get ahead of the competition, and build resilience against rising energy prices

Spark2Scale

Did you know?

An increase of just one percent in the country-wide scaleup population could drive an additional 238,000 jobs and add £38 billion to the economy within three years.*

*Source: ScaleUp Institute

Who’s the programme for?

Spark2Scale is a workshop and support programme for aspiring scale-up businesses across Greater Manchester.

Take your spark-up business to the next level with tailored scale-up support and peer-to-peer collaboration. We can help you:

• Find the right talent and skills
• Develop leadership capabilities
• Expand your client base both nationally and internationally
• Access the right finance
• Build your infrastructure

The programme is open to Greater Manchester B2B businesses that have been trading for less than three years, and have already demonstrated 20% year-on-year growth or able to demonstrate realistic projections to do so.

*Certain eligibility criteria apply. Priority will be given to companies who can demonstrate the greatest potential for Growth.

Please join us at some of the free events above  and celebrate doing business in Oldham!