Online workshops designed to help small businesses in North Lanarkshire hit the ground running as lockdown restrictions ease are on offer.
Following a successful pilot last year, which saw 112 companies sign up to the free sessions offered by Viridor, a new programme of events has been announced.
The workshops will help participants manage the many challenges faced due to Covid-19 and empower them with practical advice which they can implement immediately.
This past year has brought to the fore the importance of health, be that physical or mental, and Viridor has reflected this in its programme, organising sessions from returning speaker, Anita Douglas from Bouncebackability to discuss Resilience and Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Awareness (June 3, 10am to 11am), while a session on the Power of Routine (April 22, 10am to 11.30am) will be delivered by Geoff Nicholson from GN Coaching.
Other areas range from Intellectual Property and Funding for Growth (May 13, 11am to 11.45am) delivered by Business & IP Centre Glasgow, and Returning to Work Safely (April 29, 10am to 11am) by Natalie O’Hare from BeyondHR who returns for the second year.
Chris Cassidy from Cassidy Financial Solutions will deliver a session on financial planning (April 15, 10am to 11.30am), while Viridor’s own Ewan O’Hara will discuss Health and Safety for Small Businesses (June 6, 10am to 11am).
These carefully chosen topics should provide solid advice to help small business owners get up and running after a difficult 12 months.
Sarah Bird, community benefits officer at the materials recycling facility in Bargeddie, said: “We’ve recently passed the one year working from home mark for many and so we wanted to bring our community together virtually and provide them with the chance to learn useful skills and arm them with practical information they can implement to put their best foot forward as restrictions ease.
“We are excited with the line-up we have so far and will be announcing more workshops in the coming months. We are always on the look out for new contributors, so businesses who think they might have a specialist subject they’d like to share with our community should get in touch.
"Our virtual workshops are a good way to get in front of Viridor’s network of SMEs and Social Enterprises across a number of local authorities.”
To register for a place on any of the workshops, or discuss running a workshop as part of the series, get in touch via email at transformingwasteinclyde@viridor.co.uk
