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Digital marketing event set to help Lancashire businesses grow Steven Cochrane Growth Lancashire
31st October 2017
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Digital marketing event set to help Lancashire businesses grow
Experts from Google and digital marketing leaders from across the county will be hosting a day of free networking and learning opportunities in Preston to help businesses across Lancashire grow.
GDPR countdown: How do financial services strike the balance? GDPR 30 weeks web
31st October 2017
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GDPR countdown: How do financial services strike the balance?
As part of HM Network’s regular series of GDPR countdown blogs, Director Martin McAleer explores the effect of the regulation updates on financial services companies.
Boost to sponsor Lancashire Business Festival - March 2018 Lancashire Business Expo
22nd October 2017
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Boost to sponsor Lancashire Business Festival - March 2018
The inaugural Lancashire Business Festival will take place in March 2018 - with the backing of several influential organisations including Boost.
Finding business finance: What to do when the bank says no uk business finance web
20th October 2017
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Finding business finance: What to do when the bank says no
From bedroom start-ups to manufacturers and fast growth tech companies, SMEs are key to driving and growing Lancashire’s economy.
GDPR countdown: Making your staff ‘data aware’ GDPR countdown web
13th October 2017
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GDPR countdown: Making your staff ‘data aware’
As we continue our countdown to the introduction of GDPR, Chris Hunter of HM Network focuses on what steps businesses can take to address their biggest data risk - their staff.
2,888 Lancashire businesses Boosted by growth hub
9th October 2017
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2,888 Lancashire businesses Boosted by growth hub
Lancashire’s business growth hub, Boost, has surpassed another major milestone after helping 2,888 businesses in the county to access business support.
SMEs offered sneak-peek at BAE Systems’ latest technology ASK BAE Systems
20th September 2017
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SMEs offered sneak-peek at BAE Systems’ latest technology
North West manufacturing and engineering businesses have a unique opportunity to look inside BAE Systems’ state-of-the-art training centre, to see how the latest technology and engineering could benefit their own organisations’ productivity.
36 weeks until GDPR…What can the dawn of food hygiene laws teach us? Food hygiene and GDPR
14th September 2017
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36 weeks until GDPR…What can the dawn of food hygiene laws teach us?
As part of his regular blog counting down to the introduction of the General Data Protection Review (GDPR), Chris Hunter of HM Network compares feelings towards GDPR to those from the 1990s when Food Hygiene legislation was brought in.
ISO 9001 – how funding can help you migrate from 2008 to 2015 Manufacturing Quality Standards
7th September 2017
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ISO 9001 – how funding can help you migrate from 2008 to 2015
Anne Campion, Manufacturing Services Manager for the Manufacturing Growth Fund, highlights how manufacturing businesses can access grant funding to upgrade their ISO 9001 accreditation.
3 tried and trusted ways to improve your business Improve your business web
6th September 2017
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3 tried and trusted ways to improve your business
To mark Small Business Advice Week (4th-10th September), Nichola Howard, founder of Launch Events and the Blackpool Expo, shares her top three tips for business success.
5 steps to avoid late payment invoice payment web
6th September 2017
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5 steps to avoid late payment
Sharon Walker, debt recovery manager at regional law firm Napthens, a Boost & Co member, offers some advice on how growing businesses can avoid late payment and reduce the risk of bad debt.
Productivity boost for manufacturing and engineering businesses Productivity through people programme 2017
4th September 2017
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Productivity boost for manufacturing and engineering businesses
The 12-month ‘Productivity through People’ programme brings together top industrialists and academics to tackle the productivity puzzle in the North West’s key manufacturing and engineering sectors.

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