Posts Tagged ‘Business’

The number one HTTP Linux Server on the internet takes you to new heights to install, configure and manage a modern operating system that is the leading choice for independent web server platform technology today. Balance comprehensive and powerful functionality with safe, secure and reliable operation to become proficient with engaging Apache web server administration training.

Yorkshire and Humber businesses qualify for up to 60% part-funding for this course through the OS4B project - contact us for full details.

Get the knowledge and practical know-how to give your web site a serious performance makeover.

You’ve set up your web site, and its up and working. So now you need to invest some of your time and energy to make your site visible to web browsers, so they can visit your site, and buy your products.

Our three one-day courses will show you just how to do this - and more. Learn from experienced practitioners on these intensive workshops,  and leave each course with a clear picture of the actions you can take to make measurable improvements, which have real impact on your business.

Course One -  Search Engine Optimisation

Course Two - Google Adwords Training

Course Three - Google Analytics

Priced separately, the total cost of these course comes to £850.

Book all three together, as a package, for £725 - giving you a saving of £125

We’ve got a number of dates scheduled for each course; choose those that suit your plans.

Has your company got high growth potential? Are you looking for funding? If so, then this series of investment readiness workshops by Connect Yorkshire, is for you. They are designed to help you address the important question: What is an investor looking for and how can I give myself the best chance of raising finance? (more…)

Open Source for Business (OS4B) is the exciting joint venture from Yorkshire Forward and nti Leeds, designed to help regional businesses make the most of open source technology to benefit from cost effective IT solutions. Open source Zend and PHP training courses benefit your business solution to provide you with the skills for doing business better.

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CompeteFor is a free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to the London 2012 Games and other major public and private sector buying organisations.

With a particular focus on supply chain opportunities, CompeteFor acts as a brokerage service, matching buyers with potential suppliers. It also facilitates access to focused business support, through the national Business Link network, helping to boost the long–term competitiveness of your business.

Registering on CompeteFor will bring you closer to accessing new business opportunities relevant to your sector. This service is delivered through a partnership between public and private sector organisations, working closely with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). (more…)

Forward thinking innovative events and seminars are being developed across the region. Through the partners and resources of the NorthernNet innovation and collaboration programme, a calendar is being put together to communicate free and additionally funded events for the creative and digital sectors.

The events will connect the North West, Yorkshire and the North East, giving a detailed picture of who is doing what, where and how. Industry specialists will deliver their insight into what the industry can expect for the future. (more…)

Regional agencies across the north present a first-of-it’s kind, three-way, simultaneous event. Hear from some of the most inspirational women share their insightful and motivational accounts of their experience in the growing Creative and Digital Media industry. (more…)

On Wednesday 21st October at 12pm, join Tim Milburn and friends at the Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre (BBIC) to find out about saving money, forge new business partnerships and enjoy an executive lunch.

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On Monday 21st September, The Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry Street, Leeds and The Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus, Sheffield, will see Crossover Labs look into new ways to manage and support innovation that will commercially drive ideas generation into your business. Previous lab participants Diarmid Scrimshaw (Warp Films, Sheffield) and David Eccles, (Numiko, Leeds), will introduce the Crossover Labs concept and talk about how it impacted their business. Cross Labs’ Mark Atkins, Frank Boyd and Heather Croall will then lead a short session to introduce the approach. (more…)

Date: Tuesday 22 September

Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: To be confirmed

This evening event is your chance to hear from Simon Biltcliffe, the founder and managing director of Webmart. This company was formed by Simon in 1996 and its success is largely due to the quality, approach and hard work of its entire staff. (more…)

Hull Digital Live is Hull™s first one-day digital and technology conference happening on Wednesday 14th October 2009 at KC Stadium, the Kingston Suite, Hull. It will be held early October and is open to anyone who is interested in the digital and technology industries. It is aimed very much at people from ANY business that want to learn more about what they could and should be doing to help their business succeed using web and technology. (more…)

Reduce costs. Increase your Options. Take control.

Build your own business success in the face of global adversity.

Join us in Leeds at the home of OS4B at 8:30am on 31st March for a business breakfast where we discuss how to “Innovate in a Downturn” and gain competitive advantage through Open Source technologies which offer “Alternative IT Solutions for your business needs”.

This unique ˜Sandwich Breakfast’ is free and will feature fantastic speakers from Harvey Nash, Global IT Professional Services and Luminary, IT Consultants, dispelling the myths and old wives’ tales and helping you to understand what Open Source really means. Book now to register for this event and find out how Open Source can save you money. (more…)

nti Leeds are excited to announce the arrival of two new sponsored workstations from Sun Microsystems for the Innovation Showcase, our unique coworking area for startups and freelancers, as part of the Sun Startup Essentials Programme. And if you’re a recent start-up or busy freelancer looking for low-cost, high energy, creative workspace, why not come and take a look around?