Get Trading! Accelerate your business idea in 2025

Name: Get Trading! Accelerate your business idea in 2025
Start: 2025-01-15T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-15T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Eldon Street

Schedule

Wed Jan 15 2025 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Eldon Street | South Shields, EN

Over 3 informal sessions, this free in-person course will help South Tyneside people explore their business idea and get ready to start!
About this Event

The Get Trading Programme helps South Tyneside residents to progress their business ideas to the point of actually starting to trade. Exciting times, if not a little daunting? Book your place to be part of the JanuaryGet Trading Programme.

You'll get support from Business Advisors who've been round the track a few times, and have answered every conceivable question on starting a business. Add to that a team of new peers and this fully-funded programme is ready to help you firm up your idea and get going.

You'll find the sessions informal and chatty and very enjoyable!

Please note - this programme consists of 3 sessions - all held in person at One Trinity Green, Eldon Street, South Shields, NE33 1SR.

15th January in person at One Trinity Green, South Shields
10am-2pm - SESSION 1

Introductions
Marketing Essentials and Market Research
Making connections and how to network
Practical Q&A

22nd January in person at One Trinity Green, South Shields
10am-2pm - SESSION 2

Business Planning essentials – detail your business idea
Work out cost/pricing, sales forecast, cashflow.
Draft a template that’s fit for purpose for your business idea

29th January in person at One Trinity Green, South Shields
10am-2pm - SESSION 3

How to make the transition to trading
How to register you/your business as trading
Get Trading essentials recap
Moving forward!

If you live in South Tyneside, reserve a spot on the programme today and let's get going!

Businesses accessing this support will be asked to take part in a brief phone-based diagnostic to ensure as much as possible is gleaned from the programme.

This is a business start up programme delivered by TEDCO Business Support Ltd on behalf of South Tyneside Council which aims to support local residents with their aspirations to start up a business.

This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

A previous cohort of programme attendees pictured at the final session as they prepare to launch businesses within the next few months. Pictured with business advisor and mentor Allison Nicks (4th from left).

"I am grateful for the support from TEDCO. The workshops helped me to understand what I must do to start my business. Thank you."