The President welcomed Lucie New, who stepped in to represent Liz Oram Business Link. Liz has the role of Competitiveness Partnership Manager and works with businesses in the local area. Lucie works substantially in Bridgwater and updated everyone on the work of Business Link and the help it could offer. In particular, drawing attention to the free 1-2-1 business support clinics that are available. Example below:-
Aimed at business owners or managers of established businesses, the Business Advice
Clinic is a free, one-to-one 90-minute meeting with an experienced Business Link Adviser.
They will review, in confidence, key areas of your business and any issues you are facing -
identifying activity and support that will help improve performance.
The clinic will help generate a clear set of actions ready for implementation and can cover activities such as:
• Increasing sales and customer service
• Identifying new products or markets
• Reducing costs and improving productivity
• Managing people and developing skills
• Implementing plans for growth
Contact Details - Direct line 0845 602 3657 ext 8402 Email: Liz.Oram@blpeninsula.co.uk Website www.businesslink.gov.uk/southwest