Add expertise to your business with the University of Brighton’s Environment Placement Scheme. Placements total 30 days and are typically carried out part-time between January and May.

There are Masters-level students with expertise in environmental assessment and management, GIS and environmental management, water and environmental management and town planning looking for opportunities

COVID-19 restrictions mean these placements will have to be virtual so you will need to be able to supervise them online.

Contact Nick Jagger on n.s.jagger@brighton.ac.uk for more information.

• Date   11 December 2020
• Time   10:00am – 12:00pm
• Venue   Zoom

An introduction to sales strategy: helping you close more deals, convert leads and grow revenue. Focussing on green credentials, this workshop will teach practical sales tips and help you build a powerful sales toolkit.

This taster session will also give you an overview and insight into our full Art of Sales workshops series, starting in early 2021. It’s designed for businesses with a thorough knowledge of their market and target customer, who are ready to build a sales strategy and develop techniques.

The full workshop series will build the skills and confidence of a core group of highly scalable Clean Growth UK members and help them develop their ability to build a sustainable sales pipeline over time.

In this 60 minute taster you’ll cover:

• The Art of sales – an introduction to selling
• An introduction to pitching
• An introduction into how to start attracting customers (price, package and productising)
• An introduction to the sales process
• An overview of how to use data sources
• An insight into building referral and partner relationships
• Eligibility, next steps and what to prepare for the full workshop series

Who’s it for?

This workshop is for ambitious green businesses who are developing new green or clean products and services and are clear on their target customers and marketing channels and ready to sign up customers.

Ideally you should be ready to take products or services to market and have a solid understanding of your:

• Mission, vision and value proposition
• Market segments, who you are targeting and why
• Positioning and their sustainable competitive advantage.

Book your place below

https://www.clean-growth.uk/events/an-introduction-to-the-art-of-sales-for-green-innovators/

• Date   4 December 2020
• Time   9:30am – 11:00am
• Venue   Zoom

From large corporates to start-ups, embracing the circular economy can unlock growth and build resilience.

Bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic whilst tackling climate change will require innovation in business models and processes. At this free workshop on 4 December, you’ll learn how you can embed circular economy principles – designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use and regenerating natural systems – into your business.

This workshop is for managers, business owners and decision makers and will provide practical help to find new opportunities and/or start on the journey to becoming more circular.

You’ll cover what the circular economy is, including examples of businesses involved in circular supplies, resource recovery, product life extension, sharing platforms and product as a service, and how to adopt it in your business.

This is an introductory workshop, and a more in-depth multi-day continuation workshop will follow in the early 2021.

“I found the training really useful leaving us with lots of tangible projects to get on with. It went at a good pace and was very practical.” J Kingston City of London Corporation

Book your place below

https://www.clean-growth.uk/events/clean-growth-innovation-circular-economy/

• Date   25 November 2020
• Time   10:00am – 12:00pm
• Venue   Zoom

The one thing that has the power to accelerate your green business ambitions more than anything is funding.

Whether it’s crowdfunding, government grants, private equity investment or debt financing, what works for one business might not work for another. How do you decide what’s right for you?

This FREE workshop will help you identify the right kind of funding for your business.

With two streams – start-up and next-level growth – you’ll get advice and support that’s tailored to you and delivered by two Clean Growth UK Strategic Advisers. You can submit your funding questions in advance so that they get covered on the day.

The workshop will cover all aspects of business funding, including recent developments related to the Covid-19 crisis.

Work-stream 1: Startup Funding and Seed Capital

Delivered by Clive Bonny of Strategic Management Partners. Clive provides due diligence advice, intellectual property protection and networking support to enable fundraisers to improve their investability.

Work-stream 2: Growth Funding

Delivered by Lawrie Chandler of Edale Investments, an FCA regulated investment business and practitioner that helps firms access growth capital or cash flow improvement.

Book below
https://www.clean-growth.uk/events/access-to-finance-for-green-businesses/