This event will incorporate the Business and Law Enterprise Clicni (BUSLEC) where students develop their practice legal skills through offering guidance on commercial matters to aspiring entrepreneurs, charities and social enterprises in the Coventry area.
Session 1 (10:00 - 12:30) Centred on issues small businesses may encounter and pointers to look at.
10:00 Registration
10:30 am – 12.30 pm Issues small businesses may encounter and pointers to look at:-
1) Where is the business plan?: The roadmap to success!
2) Cash is King! - Why understanding your businesses cash flow is important?
3) Understanding Cloud Accounting Software - Let them do the heavy lifting!
Speaker
Speaker:
Sandrea Maynard, Barrister-at-Law and Educator. I am the Enterprise, Commercial and International Associate Head of the Law School. Her role requires her to bring in new business for the Law School, negotiate business contracts, prepare proposals and networking at events and conferences. She has 20 years practising at the Bar of England and Wales where she has been an in-house barrister and for the majority of those years being self-employed. She has worked with small and medium business enterprises both nationally and internationally on a consultancy basis. She also runs a module called BUSLEC (Business and Law Enterprise Clinic) as part of the LLB Law degree.
Shane Grimes As an educator, qualified accountant and strategic business advisor, Shane has had the pleasure of training and advising small businesses over the years.
The event is aimed at start-ups, smaller businesses and entrepreneurs that aren’t as experienced. Attendees will gain confidence in legalities of running small businesses and developing additional skills outside their basic business focus.
There is also an afternoon session running from 13:00pm - 16:30pm, attendance is not mandatory!