PRIME business club

Date: Wednesday 19th November 2008

Time: FREE Exhibition with workshops 9.00am to 3.45pm, followed by buffet and networking for registered PRIME attendees at 5pm, then presentation 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Venue: Ramada Belfast, 117 Milltown Road, Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast, BT8 7XP

Status: PRIME event after HMRC event

PRIME is attending HMRC’s Business Advice Open Day, and is running its own event at the same venue in the evening. You can attend PRIME’s daytime workshop sessions, the evening presentation, or both. All are free. During the day you also have a whole programme other sessions run by other exhibitors to choose from.

PRIME’s programme is aimed at anyone over 50 who is thinking of starting a business or planning to be self-employed. You will need to book in advance for both the afternoon workshops and the evening presentation to be sure of a place. But you can drop-in to the exhibition.

Booking form here

PRIME’s daytime sessions, all 45 minutes long, will include:
• 09.30-10.15am – Essential selling skills for your new business
• 10.30-11.15am - Buying a franchise when you’re over 50
• 11.30-12.15pm - Web site marketing – harnessing the power of the Internet
• 12.45-13.30pm – Motivating yourself to become self-employed
• 13.45-14.30pm - Putting your creativity to work
• 14.45-15.30pm – How to double your profits within 12 months

These are then followed by:
• 17.00–18.00pm - Refreshments: buffet and networking break
• 18.00-19.30pm - Evening presentation with Tom Edge: Age is no barrier
  – top tips for setting up a business when you’re over 50

FREE business guide for people who attend PRIME’s daytime workshops

Every afternoon workshop attendee* will receive a FREE copy of the award winning Essential Business Guide , worth £24.95. The guide has assembled the combined knowledge of 32 highly-experienced business experts, and is the perfect reference guide for you if you’re just starting out, or if you’ve been in business for many years. *max one per delegate.

EVENING PRESENTATION – BOOKING ESSENTIAL

AGE IS NO BARRIER - Top tips for setting up a business when you are over 50, starting with a free buffet and networking session from 5.00 to 6.00, Tom Edge, our ever popular inspirational speaker will present his views on why, when you’re 50 or older, you have a better chance of making it in business. Tom draws on his many years of business management, with an action-packed 90 minutes of practical tips and advice, interspersed with humorous anecdotes.

The HMRC exhibition during the day is also worth attending as you will be able to get advice, support and information from local experts in self-employment and business start-up. In addition to PRIME’s afternoon workshops, other exhibitors will be running sessions on topics like the basics of self-employment and the ins-and-outs of tax.