O2 - Principal Partner

O2 is the UK’s leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK.

O2 never forgets that every company is different.

Business Link Yorkshire - Principal Partner

Business Link Yorkshire is your first point of contact whether you are thinking of starting a business or you already have a business that is ready to grow. We provide access to business support across the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber, with telephone based, online and face to face services delivered locally to you.

Information can be accessed by phone or email through our Customer Information Centre; 24 hours a day through our website and online services; by attending one of our many events throughout the region; or in person at our local access points, situated in local communities.

Visit www.businesslinkyorkshire.co.uk or call 08456 048 048 for more information.

HSBC Business Banking - All the Support You Need - Principal Partner

If you’re thinking about starting your own business or perhaps changing your existing business banking provider then now is a great time to do it.

With HSBC behind you, professional help and support are never far away. We give you access to 700 top Business Specialists available in branches across the UK and a wide range of online support, information and guidance.

With the flexibility to manage your money 24/7 and free business banking for the first 18 months*, you’ll have all the support you need to help your business succeed.

Barnsley/Rotherham Chamber Of Commerce

The Barnsley and Rotherham Chambers are membership organisations primarily for local businesses - although not exclusively - anyone with a connection to the areas can join.

The two Chambers have recently merged to become the biggest Chamber in Yorkshire. With a combined membership of over 2,200, this enlarged network will bring together a wider business community, resulting in more inter-trading and business opportunities.

www.brchamber.co.uk

Bradford Chamber

Not yet a member of Bradford Chamber? Then you are missing out on:

Business Growth
The opportunity to meet clients through:
networking events, international business development, online and printed business directory, PR and advertising opportunities.

Business Support
From the general information team who are on hand to answer your everyday business questions. To the Lobbying and Representation team who can help you with more serious business issues such as crime, planning, skills or education.

Business Protection
Includes valuable business protection tools including a free legal helpline and employment advice service designed to keep you on the right side of the law and out of court.

Money Savings
Great discounts on everyday business essentials, from private healthcare and business insurance through to merchant services, motoring and telecoms. What’s more inter-trading opportunities mean that you can take advantage of deals and discounts from other local businesses.

Want to know more?
Then call 01274 230049, email membership@bradfordchamber.co.uk or visit www.bradfordchamber.co.uk

Ernst & Young

Details to follow

Doncaster Chamber of Commerce

Inspiring success in business

As one of the fastest growing Chamber’s in the UK we are delighted to be working in partnership with DreamStart ‘08.

It’s a great opportunity for all businesses in Yorkshire to come together to learn new skills, source the latest information, products and services and ultimately, grow and fulfil the potential of their business.

Doncaster Chamber can help you achieve your company’s maximum potential by assisting you to increase sales, raise your profile, represent your views and save you money. As a member, you will be offered excellent marketing and networking opportunities, exclusive discounted services plus access to a range of comprehensive business support.

Since 1941 we’ve been giving advice to businesses in Doncaster. If you’ve got a question, we know where to find the answer.

Visit our website www.doncaster-chamber.co.uk to find out more and join Membership today.

Forward Ladies

Being a member of Forward Ladies brings not only the opportunity to network with like-minded women, but can also help grow your business through:

• Networking events
• Business Support - featuring information and access to specialists to help you  
• Free or reduced cost training courses - and business surgeries with experts to help your business grow
• Members’ on-line directory - promote your business to other members
• Meet the Members - your opportunity to connect with other members  
• Free and confidential mentoring service
• Inspirational Business Speakers
• International Trade Opportunities
• Dedicated members' website
• Access to PR opportunities - gain publicity for your company
• Free advertising of employment vacancies/situations wanted or work experience
• Discounted products and services from our member and partner companies
• Shout about your own good news
• 50/50 Events - for you and your male business colleagues

www.forwardladies.com

MySalesDirector

MySalesDirector was created when two successful consultancies Performability Limited and Ash Viney Limited decided to merge together.

The three principal directors from these companies have a combined experience of over 70 years of sales and sales management working with a wide range of companies and industry types including SME, Enterprise and Global Blue Chip organisations.

After extensive research within these various companies in the development of top performing sales teams, there is one common factor that stands out – the best performers consistently use 4 key elements of effective selling, regardless of the size or the complexity of the sale, these are :-

1. Understanding how to work effectively.
2. Knowing what activity and actions are needed to work this way.
3. Having the skill and knowledge required to enable this.
4. Having an effective method of being able to manage this on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

In 2003 Martin Driver one of the founding directors of MySalesDirector was responsible for the design, creation and delivery of the ‘Vodafone Corporate Sales Academy’. This was adopted throughout the Vodafone Group as worldwide best practice.

In 2004 Martin won the ‘Sales Trainer of the Year’ awards for the design of this Academy and the effect that it had on the corporate business as a whole.

Our objective at Dreamstart is to give you some quality information that you can take away and be able to use effectively in your sales teams. We look forward to seeing you at our seminars or our exhibition stand at the Dreamstart event!

www.mysalesdirector.co.uk

Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons is a full service commercial law firm with over 270 partners and over 900 lawyers in the UK and internationally. Pinsent Masons ranked in the top 15 law firms within the UK; and in the top 100 of law firms globally.

www.pinsentmasons.com

Talent Services

Talent are a national company, operating on a national level, providing a comprehensive range of products, including recruitment, training, business consultancy and event management.

www.talentservices.co.uk

Train To Gain

Train to Gain is the single point of access for businesses such as yours to get the training advice and support you need to succeed.

The Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain service provides impartial, independent advice on training to businesses. It can help you improve your productivity and competitiveness by ensuring that your employees have the right skills to do the best job.

Train to Gain gives you access to a skills broker who will carry out a needs analysis of training within your business and help you assess what skills your business has now and what you will need in the future.

To find out how Train to Gain can benefit your business visit www.traintogain.gov.uk or call 0845 833 7000.

Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA)

Yorkshire Association of Business Angels (YABA) is a unique regional forum which brings together the finance and business expertise of Business Angels with entrepreneurs and their new business ideas.

Where conventional financing often fails to serve the smaller 'higher risk' investment opportunities, Business Angels are now widely accepted as a vital source of funding that bridges the gap in the equity market.

YABA is non-profit making, charging only a modest membership fee to Angels and a small administration charge to entrepreneurs and takes no commission whatsoever from any funds raised.

YABA is supported by Yorkshire Forward ( www.yorkshire-forward.com ) – the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Development Agency.