Wisdom Wednesday: Town Centre Businesses

Wisdom Wednesday is a weekly advice session at Goldworks, where an expert in a select field, bases themselves in the coworking space for the day; with the caveat that you: our members and local businesses, are able to book advice sessions with them throughout the day.
Join us for a Wisdom Wednesday session with Karen Williams, Town Centre Business Development Officer, to talk through practical ways of starting, testing or developing a business within Blaenau Gwent’s town centres.
Karen works across Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr, Blaina and Abertillery, supporting town-centre activity and helping businesses understand the opportunities that are available locally.
During the session, she can offer straightforward advice on:
- Test trading ideas through short-term and low-risk options
- Using the Meanwhile Use Scheme, which can help businesses try out premises without committing to long-term leases
- Access to pop-up shop space in Abertillery
- Opportunities to test trade at Ebbw Vale Market
- Making use of town centre events and footfall to promote products or services
Karen can also answer questions about how town centres work: what tends to be suitable for different locations, and where support or signposting might be available if you’re considering your next step.
This session is suitable for anyone who’s thinking about trying retail, market trading, or town-centre-based business activity, and wants to better understand the options before committing.
This event is exclusively for Blaenau Gwent businesses and/or CURRENT Goldworks members.
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Mae Wisdom Wednesday yn sesiwn gyngor wythnosol yng Ngwaithaur, lle mae arbenigwr mewn maes penodol yn gweithio o’r gofod cydweithio am y diwrnod; gyda’r posibilrwydd i chi – ein haelodau a busnesau lleol – archebu sesiynau cyngor gyda nhw drwy gydol y dydd.
Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer sesiwn Wisdom Wednesday gyda Karen Williams, Swyddog Datblygu Busnes Canol Tref, i drafod ffyrdd ymarferol o ddechrau, profi neu ddatblygu busnes yng nghanol trefi Blaenau Gwent.
Mae Karen yn gweithio ar draws Tredegar, Glyn Ebwy, Brynmawr, Blaina ac Abertyleri, gan gefnogi gweithgarwch canol trefi a helpu busnesau i ddeall y cyfleoedd sydd ar gael yn lleol.
Yn ystod y sesiwn, gall gynnig cyngor clir a syml ar:
- Brofi syniadau masnachu drwy opsiynau tymor byr a risg isel
- Defnyddio’r Cynllun Defnydd Dros Dro (Meanwhile Use Scheme), sy’n gallu helpu busnesau i roi cynnig ar safleoedd heb ymrwymo i brydlesi hirdymor
- Mynediad at ofod siop dros dro (pop-up) yn Abertyleri
- Cyfleoedd i brofi masnachu ym Marchnad Glyn Ebwy
- Gwneud defnydd o ddigwyddiadau canol tref a llif ymwelwyr i hyrwyddo cynhyrchion neu wasanaethau
Gall Karen hefyd ateb cwestiynau am sut mae canol trefi’n gweithio: beth sy’n tueddu i fod yn addas ar gyfer gwahanol leoliadau, a ble y gellir cael cymorth neu gyfeirio os ydych chi’n ystyried eich cam nesaf.
Mae’r sesiwn hon yn addas i unrhyw un sy’n ystyried masnachu manwerthu, masnachu mewn marchnadoedd, neu weithgaredd busnes mewn canol tref, ac sydd eisiau deall yr opsiynau’n well cyn ymrwymo.
Mae’r digwyddiad hwn ar gael yn gyfan gwbl i fusnesau Blaenau Gwent a/neu AELODAU presennol Gwaithaur yn unig.