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SUMMARY:Introduction to AI for Small Businesses - ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Take part in our online workshop to learn about AI and how it can help your small business utilise artificial intelligence\, improve productivity\, scalability and automation. Discover the transformative power of AI and embark on a journey to revolutionise your business with the latest advancements in technology. \nWhat you will learn in this workshop: \n\nUnderstanding AI Fundamentals: The basic concepts of AI\, including its definition\, how it works\, and common misconceptions.\nAI’s Impact on Business: Insight into how AI is transforming various industries and the potential benefits for small businesses.\nIdentifying AI Opportunities: Guidance on recognising areas within their own businesses where AI can be effectively implemented.\nCase Studies of Successful AI Integration: Real-world examples of small businesses that have successfully incorporated AI into their operations.\nPreparing for AI Adoption: Initial steps and considerations for small businesses looking to adopt AI\, including resource allocation and strategy development.\n\n  About the Trainer \nMeet Amba Lanning\, a dynamic business leader with a passion for empowering start-ups with the fundamental knowledge of Artificial Intelligence. In 2018\, she founded Intaeducate Limited\, delivering high-quality English and Maths tutoring and expertly managing a team of educators. Amba’s extensive background in education and business management laid the foundation for her entrepreneurial journey\, leading to the establishment of Mindible\, where she now serves as a leader in AI consultancy for start-ups. Amba holds a coveted certification from the renowned Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for AI in businesses\, and she is a CPD-accredited business and entrepreneurship coach\, embodying her dedication to growth and innovation. \nYou will need to download Microsoft Teams to do this ONLINE workshop. You will receive a reminder email with a link a few days before the event. \n 
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/introduction-to-ai-for-small-businesses-online-2/
LOCATION:Online – Microsoft teams
CATEGORIES:Business Development
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SUMMARY:Business Masterclass Series: Exploring the Digital Future
DESCRIPTION:Love Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce present the fourth event in our exclusive masterclass series for businesses to learn\, engage and discover tangible solutions to pressing business challenges. \nAs technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace\, understanding and navigating the digital landscape becomes essential for businesses. Our fourth masterclass centres around exploring new technology\, how to align this with your business goals and enhance your customer experience. \nWe welcome you to Flight Centre’s stunning new location in Wimbledon to hear from three keynote speakers with unique perspectives on how technology is shaping different industries and what lies ahead: \n\nDavid Owen\, CTO\, Global Corporate Support Leader\, Flight Centre Travel Group will showcase Flight Centre’s amazing new HQ\, share how technology has changed their business and how businesses can evolve their digital strategy\nClare Jefferies\, Managing Director\, Home Instead Wimbledon and Kingston and Merton Best Award Winner\, will discuss how they use newly adopted innovative technologies to better serve customers in a sector most wouldn’t normally link to technology\nMarcos Moret\, Managing Director\, Moret Consulting\, will highlight opportunities for businesses to use AI\, and how to go about introducing it\n\nYou should attend if: \n\nYou are a business looking to explore digital opportunities to meet changing markets\, customers and expectations\nYou want to learn best practices to help develop a comprehensive digital strategy for your business\nYou would like to connect with like-minded individuals\, entrepreneurs\, and professionals who share your passion driving forward the digital agenda\n\nMasterclass Agenda: \n\n5.30pm – 6pm: Registration\n6pm-7pm: An up close and personal discussion with our guest speakers\n7pm-8pm: Networking over drinks and canapes\n\nBooking is free but you must still get a ticket to attend! \n     \nIf you would like to submit a question to our panel in advance\, please email it to sophie@mertonchamber.co.uk \nThanks to funding from the London Borough of Merton\, this event is brought to local businesses by Love Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce at a special rate. An event of this calibre would normally start at £75 per person.
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/digitalfuture/
LOCATION:Flight Centre (Corporate Traveller)\, 120 The Broadway\, Wimbledon\, SW19 1RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Networking
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SUMMARY:Succeeding in Sustainability Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of our Business Masterclass Series: Succeeding in Sustainability\, we have teamed up with CSR-A to present this workshop. It will take place on 2nd November at William Morris House\, Wimbledon. \nIs this Workshop right for your business?  \n\nAre you struggling to navigate an increasingly complex sustainability landscape?\n\n\nAre you looking for help to audit\, benchmark\, measure and report on your organisation’s CSR engagement?\n\n\nDo you want to create strategies for sustainability and a roadmap for achieving them?\n\n\nDo you want to stand out as a purpose led\, sustainable business and attract like-minded talented employees who want to make a difference?\n\nWhat will participants walk away with  \n\nAn overall understanding of the complicated landscape that is sustainability\nThe nuances between CSR\, sustainability\, ESG etc \nA review of some of the legal landscape and global trends such as TCFD\, Carbon foot printing\, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals\, the COPs and different reporting mechanisms \nThe benefits of becoming a more socially responsible business on an environmental\, social and financial perspective \nAn insight into the CSR-A four pillar framework of Environment\, Workplace\, Community and Philanthropy to help you audit\, benchmark\, measure and report on your CSR engagement\nAn understanding of the accreditation process and how best to proceed \n\nWorkshop leaders  \n\nRichard Collins\, Founder CSR-A & Int’l Keynote speaker on Sustainability \n\n \n\n Jennifer Clark\, Cambridge University Sustainability Leadership Tutor & Business Advisor \n\n \nPLACES ARE LIMITED SO BOOK NOW TO SECURE YOUR PLACE! \nTea/Coffee and a light lunch will be provided as part of your ticket.
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/succeeding-in-sustainability-workshop/
LOCATION:William Morris House\, The Broadway\, London\, SW19 1SD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Networking
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SUMMARY:Business Masterclass Series: Succeeding in Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:BOOKINGS CLOSED\nImmediate impacts you can make to start your greener business journey. \nLove Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce present an exclusive masterclass series for businesses to learn\, engage and discover tangible solutions to pressing business challenges.  \nWith sustainability increasingly climbing to the top of the agenda for many businesses\, we have dedicated our third Masterclass to providing you with immediate but meaningful impacts your business can make to improve its sustainability credentials. \nTaking place during sustainability month\, we will be hosting this Masterclass at The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and will welcome three speakers with inspiring stories to share: \n\nHattie Park\, Sustainability Manager\, The All England Lawn Tennis Club \nAlex Woolf\, Chief Operating Officer\, Romulus (Centre Court Shopping)\nAlex Hughes\, Founder\, Auxilium Business Consulting \n\nYou should attend if: \n\nYou are a business who doesn’t know how they can start on this journey toward sustainability\nYou are being asked to demonstrate your sustainability commitments in commercial tenders\, but are unsure how to respond with conviction\nYou want to understand how you can take your sustainability goals to the next level\nYou want to meet other businesses like you that can help you reach your green objectives\nYou want to stand out\, attract like-minded clients and retain staff that share the same values as you do\n\nMasterclass Agenda \n\n8am – 9am: Networking breakfast\n9am – 10am: An up close and personal discussion with our guest speakers\n10am – 11am: A tour of the AELTC. This is included in your ticket price but is optional.\n\nAbout our Speakers \nHattie Park\, Sustainability Manager\, The All England Lawn Tennis Club\nHattie is the Sustainability Manager at Wimbledon\, leading their Environment Positive strategy. She is an environmental sustainability specialist with 15 years’ experience developing and delivering corporate sustainability strategies. At Wimbledon she is involved in everything from integrating sustainability within long-term regeneration plans and emission reporting to delivering Championship-specific initiatives.  She joined the AELTC in February 2019 after 9 years as sustainability manager at the BBC.  She has an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London.  \nAlex Woolf\, Chief Operating Officer\, Romulus (Centre Court Shopping Centre)\nAlex is the COO at Romulus\, a South West London-based property company\, and\, since 2021\, the owners of Centre Court Shopping Centre. Alex started his career as a Growth Consultant and had a big impact of the launch and development of a coworking brand Huddle in 2018. With a long-term\, hands-on approach and a strong emphasis on local communities and the environment – they are investing to reinvigorate the shopping centre with a mix of locally orientated uses including new shops\, workspaces\, gyms\, restaurants\, cafes and more. \nAlex Hughes\, Founder\, Auxilium Business Consulting\nAlex is a local small business consultant and founded Auxilium Business Consulting Ltd in 2017. Her passion is to show SME’s that sustainability should be at the core of their business\, is achievable and has huge benefits. Having been on this journey herself for Auxilium and awarded a silver accreditation from CSR-A\, she is well-versed in SME challenges to get started. She loves nothing more than watching SMEs sow the seeds of sustainability in their business that then lay the foundations to make meaningful impacts to help build a greener planet for generations to come.  \nIf you would like to submit a question to our panel in advance\, please email it to sophie@mertonchamber.co.uk  \nHOW TO GET TO THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB \nThanks to funding from the London Borough of Merton\, this event is brought to local businesses by Love Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce at a special rate.  An event of this calibre would normally start at £75 per person. 
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/business-masterclass-succeeding-in-sustainability/
LOCATION:All England Lawn Tennis Club\, Church Road\, Wimbledon Village\, SW19 5AG
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Networking
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SUMMARY:Business Masterclass Series: Building Workplace Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:Building Workplace Wellbeing\nRecruitment\, Retention and Resource planning for your business\n  \nLove Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce present an exclusive masterclass series for businesses to learn\, engage and discover tangible solutions to pressing business challenges. World class speakers and local experts share their perspectives for how to navigate a range of issues and opportunities facing businesses today. \nDo you have a plan for people and wellbeing in your organisation? \nWith so many businesses reporting that they are struggling with conventional routes to recruit the right people and real uncertainty about how best to retain your people post-pandemic\, our second Business Masterclass of 2023 takes a detailed look at what today’s workforce is looking for from its employers. Join us over breakfast at The Wimbledon Club to hear from experts at the forefront of the changing world of recruitment\, retention and employee wellbeing\, to learn how you can ensure your business responds to meet the needs of tomorrow’s successful workforce. \nYou should attend if: \n\nYou are looking for new ways to find or retain the right talent for your business;\nYou are a small business without an HR department but need to know best practices;\nYou want to know the most up to date legislation that affects your employees’ wellbeing.\n\nGuest speakers: \n\nOmar Qassim\, Head of Employment\, Peacock & Co Solicitors will touch on how the latest employment law legislation transforms how businesses must respond to societal issues including flexible working\, gender and menopause;\nDolina O’Neill\, HR Business Leader and Senior Consultant at Business Clan\, will review how business leaders can create and maintain a positive relationship with their employees in the absence of an HR team\, and develop their health and wellbeing offering to create a happy and engaged workplace;\nTsz Wu\, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer\, Pink Squid. Tsz will discuss disruption in recruitment and retention\, providing innovative creative solutions to help organisations find\, inspire and attract talent and the value of your employer brand.\n\nPlus we will be joined by Katrina Haynes-Brown\, from the CIPD. \n\nOur first Business Masterclass Event \nThe ticket price includes a networking breakfast at the stunning setting of The Wimbledon Club. \nClick here to find out more about the Business Masterclass Series and hear the podcast from our first event: Managing Business in Uncertain Times. \nThis event is brought to you in partnership with Love Wimbledon\, with funding from the London Borough of Merton at a special subsidised rate. An event of this calibre would normally start at £75 per person. \n \nIf you would like to submit a question to our panel in advance for this event please email caroline@mertonchamber.co.uk.
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/workplace-wellbeing/
LOCATION:The Wimbledon Club\, Church Road\, Wimbledon SW19 5AG\, Church Road\, Wimbledon\, London\, SW19 5AG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Networking
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SUMMARY:Raynes Park Business Event
DESCRIPTION:Our last Raynes Park Business Event was so popular that we have decided to do another one! This time we are hosting a post-work event to help you end your day productively. Join us on 1st March at 5:30 – 7pm as we get exclusive use of Sai Restaurant for some local networking over nibbles and drinks.    \nOne of the aims of the Chamber is to give businesses personal introductions to each other to help encourage professional relationships to be formed. A way we achieve this is by giving businesses the chance to speak about their company for 2 minutes at some of our events. At this event we will do exactly that. We recommend our newly joined members to take this opportunity to showcase their business. If you would like to sign up to speak please email natasha@mertonchamber.co.uk.  \n This event is sponsored by our Premier Members Peacock & Co. 
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/raynes-park-business-event/
LOCATION:Sai Restaurant\, 193 Worple Road\, Raynes Park\, SW20 8RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Business Development,Networking
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SUMMARY:Masterclass Series: Managing Business in Uncertain Times
DESCRIPTION:The Masterclass Series\nThe first of its kind in Merton\, Love Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce present an exclusive masterclass series for businesses to learn\, engage and discover tangible solutions to pressing business challenges. World class speakers and local experts share their perspectives for how to navigate a range of issues and opportunities facing businesses today. \nMANAGING BUSINESS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES\nCan you recession-proof your business?\n \nWith the UK potentially entering its longest recession since records began\, many businesses are facing rising costs\, a drop in confidence and difficult decisions ahead. Whether it’s business finance\, leadership psychology or transformative innovation\, there are solutions to successfully navigate the future. \nJoin us for the first in the Masterclass Series for an up close and personal discussion with guest speakers. \nAbout our Speakers:\n\nMichael Martin\, Financial Journalist and Founder of Cannizaro Planning\n\nMichael Martin has been a financial advisor for almost 25 years. He is a FT columnist and has written for numerous other publications: The Times\, The Independent\, additionally a frequent contributor to the Telegraph Money Expert column. He has appeared on many finance panels\, FT weekend Festival and others. He has recently established his own firm\, Cannizaro Planning\, which guides Private Clients to achieve their financial goals.\n\n\nAl Grljevic\, Chief Operating Officer\, Domestic & General\n\nAl joined Domestic and General in November 2021 and is now responsible for the Operations\, Transformation and Real Estate across all markets. Al is passionate about innovation\, operational disruption\, and transformational growth. Prior to joining\, Al held several senior roles within the publishing\, fintech\, media and travel sectors\n\n\nMonica Hunter\, Executive Business Coach\n\nMonica Hunter is an executive and business mindset coach who supports leaders and entrepreneurs in creating the businesses and lives they desire. She is an ICF accredited coach and has a wealth of experience in business\, having worked in senior positions for large organisations such as BT\, Informa and Inmarsat. She holds an MBA from Warwick Business School\, and is a promoter of curiosity\, play and joy in life.\n\n\n\nWhy you should attend:\n\nLearn practical solutions from experts in their field to manage your business through economic uncertainty\nGain insight on how to adopt a mindset to navigate difficult times\, embrace change and remain agile\nEnjoy drinks and canapés while you network with other Merton decision makers and business owners\n\nIf you would like to submit a question to our panel in advance please email it to caroline@mertonchamber.co.uk \nChamber Patron members Hartley Fowler Chartered Accountants and Morr & Co will be joining our panel members for questions from the audience. \nOur stunning location: the Head Office of Domestic & General\, Wimbledon\nThanks to funding from the London Borough of Merton\, this event is brought to local businesses by Love Wimbledon and Merton Chamber of Commerce at a special rate.  An event of this calibre would normally start at £75 per person.
URL:https://mertonchamber.co.uk/event/masterclass-series-managing-business-in-uncertain-times/
LOCATION:Domestic and General\, Swan Court\, 11 Worple Road\, Wimbledon\, London SW19 4JS\, Swan Court\, 11 Worple Road\,\, Wimbledon\, London\, SW19 4JS
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