Expert Office Hours - Manchester City Centre

Expert Office Hours - free expert support to grow your business

Drop in for our Expert Office Hours at Bloc hosted by Bruntwood SciTech.

This is part of a regular series where you can meet a variety of support and subject matter experts to help grow your business and make valuable connections.

Mark your calendars and come prepared to Ask the Experts!

Our Experts:

Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub - The GM Business Growth Hub supports innovation and commercialisation by providing expert guidance through its Innovation Navigator program, connecting businesses with world-class university and R&D expertise, facilitating collaborative research projects, offering access to specialist facilities, and providing innovation funding opportunities to help businesses develop and bring their products to market. They offer a dedicated support team to help businesses overcome barriers, unlock new markets, and accelerate the journey from prototype to commercialisation.

Puma Growth Partners - Ted Tavendale is an Investment Executive at Puma Growth Partners, a leading provider of growth capital to SMEs across regions of the UK, delivering in Business Services, Technology and Consumer Brands. Join Ted to discuss your idea, start-up or scale-up, get feedback, build relationships, and understand more about what investors are looking for and how VC really works. If you have any questions that you want to ask a VC - sign up today!

Department for Business and Trade - Come along and meet your local Trade Advisers and have a chat about your export aspirations. They are more than happy to talk to you about your plans and ideas whether you are just thinking about exporting for the first time and starting to venture out on your export journey or have been exporting for a while and are keen to expand your international reach.

The local DBT team operates across the North of England supporting businesses through tailored services such as International Trade Advisers, the Export Academy and strategic partnerships with other local business support providers. We have dedicated International Trade Advisers who have a wealth of commercial experience along with sector and market knowledge, who work with businesses of all sizes to help them accelerate their international growth ambitions through impartial and tailored advice. By working with the DBT team, you will also gain access to local events, trade missions and meet-the-buyer events.

Use the booking form to let us know which expert/s you want to meet. Time slots will be for 30 minutes.

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