Sessions will be held at the BBF Saunderton Hub, Clare Charity Centre, Wycombe Road, Saunderton, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 4HU.

The following upcoming ‘Ask The Expert Sessions’ are available:

• Growth - Friday 13^th March with Growth Accelerator
• Export - Friday 20^th March with UK Trade & Investment & Enterprise Europe Network
• Manufacturing - Friday 27^th March with Manufacturing Advisory Service
• Innovation and R&D Funding - Friday 3^rd April with Enterprise Europe Network

Exporting Session

Talk to an expert from UK Trade & Investment about:

• Selecting the right export market for your business
• Researching export markets
• Development of an export action plan
• Website adaption for overseas trade
• Language and cultural considerations
• Registering for overseas business opportunity alerts
• Export skills training
• Exhibiting successfully overseas
• Help with commercialising IP overseas

Talk to Enterprise Europe Network about:

• Receiving personal introductions to companies in 54 countries
• Finding manufacturers, suppliers, subcontractors and distributors
• Browsing and promoting your products in a database of close to 7000 business opportunities
• Participating in matchmaking events during large international trade fairs

Growth Session

Helping businesses to achieve their potential by identifying their barriers to growth and providing tailored support that fits their needs, including:

• Business development coaching
• Building leadership and management skills
• Accessing finance
• Growth through innovation
• High growth community for networking
• Referring to other sources of support

Manufacturing Session

Helping manufacturers to:

• plan long-term strategies
• improve manufacturing processes
• bring new products to market
• develop supply chains
• provide support for exporting
• access finance
• build leadership and management skills
• and much more

Innovation and R&D Funding Session

Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses to:

• Source and sell technologies and find co-developers through a database of close to 4000 technologies from 54 countries
• Find licencing deals
• Find partners for EU funded R&D projects

This session will also help business understand EU R&D funding, including:

• How it works, what’s funded and how to apply
• Having proposals reviewed
• Focus on Horizon 2020, and its sub-programmes SME Instrument and Fast Track to Innovation, and Eurostars.

If you wish to attend one or more of these clinics, please fill out this expression of interest form >

If you are interested in attending ‘Ask The Expert Sessions’ they will be held on the following weeks

Ask The Innovation and R&D Funding Expert – 1^st Friday of each month

Ask The Growth Expert – 2^nd Friday of each month

Ask the Export Expert – 3^rd Friday of each month

Ask the Manufacturing Expert – 4^th Friday of each month

If you have any queries or have any business support queries, please contact businesssupport@bbf.uk.com