Banner text "TRAINING" (Image: Photograph of a young woman in a library)

FREE SHORT COURSES COURSES PORTFOLIOS

There are a variety short courses and workshops running as part of the Liverpool Academy for Sustainable Enterprise.

The course listed below is organised and delivered by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.

PROMOTING TENDER OPPORTUNITIES

What is the Promoting Tender Opportunities Programme?

The Promoting Tender Opportunities programme is available to 137 new businesses and entrepreneurs who have been trading for less than 3 years.

This ESF funded project will provide free training and support to new businesses with the aim that they will have the necessary entrepreneurial skills and business knowledge to successfully bid for a variety of tender opportunities.

The training will include a How to Tender Workshop, Awareness sessions and e-learning on how to identify tenders and what type of information is required before tendering.

In addition, there is free registration on LiverpoolTenders.com, a web based tender alert service which simplifies the way that small businesses access tenders information. Companies create their own online profile on LiverpoolTenders.com to receive opportunities of interest applicable to their business.

The programme will also facilitate inter-trading between local enterprises using the function on the LiverpoolTenders.com website, Liverpool ABC (Active Business Community).

Guidance information on tendering will be produced.

For further information you can contact June Davies at Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, alternatively you can download the application form here. Please return completed (and signed) application form either by post or email to June Davies:

The short courses and workshops listed below are running now and are organised and delivered by Blackburne House.

Networking Portfolio

People at all stages of their working life are advised to network and develop professional relationships. For many people this is not an easy thing to do. This practical workshop, run five times across the programme, will look at tips and techniques to assist effective networking from making the initial contact to developing the relationship.

Miscellaneous Portfolio

These workshops, run three times across the programme, will look at how to be a responsible business, no matter what stage of development you are at.

Marketing Portfolio

There is always a high demand for marketing courses. These bite sized, practical workshops will concentrate on developing skills such as:

Many people buy in a range of marketing expertise and some people do not realise that marketing is much bigger than promotion. These fifteen bite sized workshops focus on practical development of marketing expertise.

Governance Portfolio

This course, run eight times across the programme, looks at ways in which senior staff can work effectively with a Board of Trustees or a Management Committee.

Finance Portfolio

These eight bite sized workshops look at understanding and working with finance in a practical and supportive setting and include:

Planning Portfolio

These nine bite sized workshops look at strategic and operational project planning in an easy to follow practical way. Planning models, tools and techniques will be used to plan the direction of the business, or department, special event or project.

Legal Portfolio

These six bite sized workshops will be delivered in a practical way and cover such issues as:

HR Portfolio

These six bite sized workshops look in a practical way at working with the most precious asset in business- staff. They will cover such aspects as:

In developing these workshops we have listened to what people have told us they wanted from the last Academy programme. We are willing to continue to listen. All our tutors have been encouraged to work on this programme because of their willingness and ability to work flexibly and in a customised manner. In other words - working under and within the framework of the specific workshop content they will lead practical sessions focussed on meeting the needs (wherever they can) of their attendees.

For more information about what specific course titles are available please visit our course timetable page.