Www.wrexham.gov.uk/businessline An introduction to Businessline Purpose Service objectives Support provision Innovation Proposed / planned developments.

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An introduction to Businessline

•Purpose

•Service objectives

•Support provision

•Innovation

•Proposed / planned developments

•Performance

•Feedback

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Businessline offer a largely free business information service aimed at:

•People thinking of starting their own business

•Existing SME’s

•Business students

•Job Seekers

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Main service objectives:

• To save people time

• To provide businesses with current and authoritative information

• To allow enterprises to make better / more well informed decisions

• To provide largely free access to market leading information and resources

• To have a positive effect and help grow the local economy

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Support available to new businesses:

•Business Opportunity Profiles

•Applicable licences and training

•Businessline Start-up Pack

•Start-up grants and funding

•Generic and industry specific business books

•Relevant referrals to additional support services

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Support available to new and existing businesses:

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Innovation:

•360 Networking Group and online referral system

•Local advertising pack

•Businessline newsletter and mailing list

•Event facilitation service

•Business events and conferences

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Proposed / Planned Developments

•Virtual Wrexham

•B2B Wrexham

•360 Networking rollout

•Wrexham Flair

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Performance:

•Circa 4,500 annual enquiries

•Website analytics:

• 2011 - 92.6% increase in unique visits

• 2012 - maintained unique visitor numbers

• 2013 - a further 60% increase

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Performance 2013:

Businessline Economic Development – WCBC

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Feedback:

•"I would like to say a huge thank you for your superb service! When I set up my Marketing Consultancy you were an invaluable source of information in getting established in the market with advice on seminars, networking groups etc. Businessline also generated mailing lists for me on the packaging industry and thanks to that I secured a large new customer. It was through this customer that my client supplied all the bags for the Olympic games in 2012. See website: www.flextex.co.uk." Alison Roberts, Marketing Manager – Flextex

•Testimonials

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Thank-you for Listening

Gareth Hatton

Telephone: (01978) 292092

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.wrexham.gov.uk/businessline

Linkedin: http://bit.ly/gareth-hatton