Take Control of Your Destiny by Starting Your Own Business – Funding Help and FREE Help in Glasgow

 

A message from Karen – Make Your Own Sunshine

 

 

Its true that in the current climate things are tough on all fronts.  Rising unemployment and increased competition for jobs.  Its not all doom and gloom as there is support out there for those who want to take control of their destiny and make their own sunshine.

Are you unemployed? Are you mature and looking for a change in direction? Do you have a business idea and dont know where to start? Do you want to start up a business but dont have funding? Are you feeling entrepreneurial and do you want to take control of your destiny?

 

 

If the answer to any of these questions is yes then please do read on and book yourself onto the workshop today.

We are offering Business Start Up Workshops which are can be fully funded for those on lower incomes and we also provide lots of FREE support including software to help small business do big things.

See our page on this and dont delay book today and take control of your future. http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1638  where you can find more detail about the workshops in May and June and you can drop us a note to specify your interest.

We look forward to helping you take control of your own destiny in 2012

 

 

Make your own sunshine ….

 

 

3 Little Business Efficiency GEM Gifts for all our little entrepreneurs in and around Glasgow – Business Start up is as easy as 1-2-3

 

 

1. Business Start Up Workshop – First Step  (Can be Fully Funded with lots of FREE Help )

http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1638

 

2. Business Start Up Package – Next Step (Part Funded): 

http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1341

 

3. Business Development/Improvement Programme – Step 3  (Part Funded):  http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1296

 

 

 

About Strategem Consultancy Ltd (VFMStrategem) Visit Website

 

We are a small business and management consultancy based in Glasgow and we are doing big things for small business.  Our experience lies with big business transformation and we now bring big business methodoligies and technology based capability to small business.

 

 Our Raison d’etre – Our Core Aim

We are here to help you and your business to be the best it can be and it’s funded to allow you to access these workshops.  So please read on if you are either thinking of starting a business or if you want to take your business to the next level of development.

 

Karen is an accredited end-2-end business consultant and a qualified accountant.  You can access our VFMStrategem Business Pipeline © at any point depending on your need and you can leave at any point. Its flexible customer focused business consultancy and development.

 

Accredited Business & Management Consultants – Qualified Specialists

We are specialists in business transformation and have been working with large and smaller business and also working with our fledgling entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting a business.  I also work on a number of community initiatives helping improve our communities.

 

 

Our Little Business Efficiency GEMs

We have a number of fully funded and part funded workshops coming up so I wanted to tell you about these.  Places are limited so please read on and register your interest if you think that any of these workshops fits your needs.  We are allocating on a first come basis.   I do hope that you find these of use and that you decide to attend.

 

 

Business Start Up Workshop – Can be Fully Funded with lots of FREE help and support

25th May 2012 – 2 places remaining

28th June 2012 – limited places

 

Our First Little Business Efficiency GEM is for Business Start Ups  and this is aimed at Our Fledgling Entrepreneurs – Fully Funded and FREE Help – Workshops on 25th May 2012 and 28th June 2012– Start your business with us (fully funded)

 

At the 1 day workshop you will fast track your business idea and will be able to set up within 48 hours with our little business GEM.   On the day you can also find out about our Business Start Up package (step 2 on our vfmstrategem pipeline).  It’s another option for more complex business start ups.

Get your business ideas off the ground with a little help from Karen et al.  Karen is our Business Transformation Consultant and she will be assisted by partners who genuinely want to help you get your business off the ground with our support.  We are interested in community and in this respect we are talking specifically about our business start up community. To find out more about Karen Click Here

If you have been thinking of starting a business there couldn’t be a better time.  In the current climate and in these times of uncertainty it makes sense to take control of your own destiny by starting up a business.

We are providing a limited number of fully funded places (with FREE help) on our initial 1 day business start up workshops.  So don’t just think about it…. Come join us and make it happen.  It’s as easy as 1-2-3 so don’t delay and start your business journey today by registering using the form on one of our links.

 

 

How do I Book Onto This FREE and Fully Funded Business Start Up Workshop?

Simple – Just contact us using the short form at the bottom of this article to register your interest.  Please tell us which workshop you are interested in and we will be in touch.

 

25th May 2012 – 2 places remaining

28th June 2012 – limited places

 

Note: If you are attending with a friend who also wants to start up a business please send them the link or forward this email and ask them to register their interest as we want to obtain all details. You can find links at the top and bottom of this communication.

 

 

Our Second Little Business Efficiency GEM  – The Business Start Up Package –you will learn about when you attend the business start up workshop  (Remember – there is no hard sell here as this is about community)

 

We previously advertised this at the SSEC New Start Business Start Up Package at the SSEC New Start Scotland event in November 2011 (Request a Brochure).  This is an extensive package with lots of FREE must have business items and the package is part funded to help your business once it’s up and running.

We will be with you every step of the road smoothing the new business owner pathway to make it happen for you.  You can trust us because we are accredited. On the day of the business start up workshop you will learn more about the package and you will hear real life stories from people we have already helped.

If you are interested please do read on to find out more or you can register your interest today to take the first steps to starting your own business and taking control of your destiny.  After all it’s fully funded so you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Just click on the link and use the contact form and we will be in touch.

Fully Funded Business Start Up Workshop with FREE Help – Register your initial interest by contacting us using the short form below and we will be in touch.

 

 

Our Third Little Business Efficiency GEM  – A Part Funded Business Development Program – 26 weeks flexible program to help your business onto the next level

 

Places for this program are limited with registration close on 15^th June  2012 though places are filling fast so we may have to close the registration early. The program starts on June 29^th finishing in December 2012. To find out more about the program click on the link below and if you decide that this program is what your business and you need then you can contact us using our short contact form.

 

 

Business Development Program – To find out more (Click Here) Or copy the link below and paste it to your tool bar

http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1296

 

 

Spreading the word about this brilliant Little Business Efficiency GEM

Please do forward this link using your social media accounts below or copy the link below and email it to your friends.

 

Business Start Up Workshop -  http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1638

Business Start Up Package – http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1434

Business Development Programme – http://strategemconsultancy.com/Transform/?p=1296

 

 

Got a Question?

If you have a question about any of our services please contact us using the Contact Form  on our contact page or use the form below and we will get right back to you.

 

We look forward to helping you make your business aspirations a reality – Thank you

 

 

 

 

Government Going All out to Help Women into work

 

SNP Supports Womens Job Summit – Good News Ladies!

 

The Scottish SNP has announced that they are committed to helping women into employment.  This is great news!  In a press release today stated

 

“Helping more women into work is a top priority if Scotland’s economy is to grow faster, Alex Salmond told an audience of trade union members today”.

The first Womens Employment Summit later in the year.  See link

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/04/womens-job-summit24042012

 

SNP WELCOMES WOMEN’S JOBS SUMMIT

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie has welcomed an announcement from the First Minister that Scotland’s first Women’s Employment Summit will be held this year.
Alex Salmond told the annual STUC Congress in Inverness that helping more women into work is a top priority if Scotland’s economy is to grow faster.
Ms McKelvie, SNP MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, and a former UNISON shop steward, said:

“Tackling unemployment among women is critical, not just for our economy but for households across the country.

“Although we have higher female employment, the statistics for women need to be improved and we must do all we can to address this.

“That is why this announcement from the First Minister is so welcome – the summit will focus efforts on creating more jobs and helping females into employment.

“Women have a lot to offer our economy we must do everything we can to ensure we utilise these talents and abilities.

“The SNP Government remains committed to addressing this serious issue, having already begun conversations with STUC on a number of issues – including how to attract more females into manufacturing.

“And two thirds of the thousands of people benefitting from the introduction of the living wage are women.

“Women’s progress in the workplace needs to be nurtured and I believe this summit is a strong step in doing that.”

 

 

 

 

Here at Strategem Consultancy we too want to encourage women into work through support but more than that we want to encourage women into business.  If you are a woman and you are unemployed or in a very low paid job you can change your life by either starting a business or by entering into education.  As a woman I am passionate about helping other women through  Womenicity ©  or SHE….. Thats girl power and supporting her to better employment.

 

To find out more please contact me Karen for an informal chat.  You can do this through our Contact page

 

You can also find out more about the summit here:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/04/womens-job-summit24042012

 

Government Going All out to Help Women into work

 

SNP Supports Womens Job Summit

 

The Scottish SNP has announced that they are committed to helping women into employment.  This is great news!  In a press release today stated

 

“Helping more women into work is a top priority if Scotland’s economy is to grow faster, Alex Salmond told an audience of trade union members today”.

 

The first Womens Employment Summit later in the year.  See link

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/04/womens-job-summit24042012

 

Helping more women into work is a top priority if Scotland’s economy is to grow faster, Alex Salmond told an audience of trade union members today”.

The first Womens Employment Summit later in the year.  See link

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/04/womens-job-summit24042012

 

SNP WELCOMES WOMEN’S JOBS SUMMIT

SNP MSP Christina McKelvie has welcomed an announcement from the First Minister that Scotland’s first Women’s Employment Summit will be held this year. Alex Salmond told the annual STUC Congress in Inverness that helping more women into work is a top priority if Scotland’s economy is to grow faster. Ms McKelvie, SNP MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, and a former UNISON shop steward, said:

“Tackling unemployment among women is critical, not just for our economy but for households across the country.

“Although we have higher female employment, the statistics for women need to be improved and we must do all we can to address this.

“That is why this announcement from the First Minister is so welcome – the summit will focus efforts on creating more jobs and helping females into employment.

“Women have a lot to offer our economy we must do everything we can to ensure we utilise these talents and abilities.

“The SNP Government remains committed to addressing this serious issue, having already begun conversations with STUC on a number of issues – including how to attract more females into manufacturing.

“And two thirds of the thousands of people benefitting from the introduction of the living wage are women.

“Women’s progress in the workplace needs to be nurtured and I believe this summit is a strong step in doing that.”

 

Here at Strategem Consultancy we too want to encourage women into work through support but more than that we want to encourage women into business.  If you are a woman and you are unemployed or in a very low paid job you can change your life by either starting a business or by entering into education.  As a woman I am passionate about helping other women through the Womenicity © Initiative

 

 

To find out more please contact me Karen for an informal chat.  You can do this through our Contact page

 

You can also find out more about the summit here:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/04/womens-job-summit24042012

 

The Heart of Community – How I discovered Radio Kilimanjaro

 

 

 

Up until 2 years ago I was working with large business transformation programmes on a UK wide basis.  I have worked across sectors including local authority, higher education, retail, transport and mod orgs.

 

About 18 months ago I returned to Glasgow and decided to work with SME as I wanted to help to boost my local economy by helping small business to improve using big business methodologies.  One of the major barriers to achieving this was that a lot of small businesses stay small or fail because they have no funds to invest in improvement.

 

To remove this barrier I went around the houses researching thoroughly what was out there for small business.  At that time it was somewhat bitty and limited and a lot of businesses couldn’t access funding because of the sector or because of the stage their business was at in terms of business life cycle.

 

 

From Profit Motive to Community Driven

In the last year I have been working on community initiatives and some of these are progressing down south.  I have also begun to develop services for new start business and for businesses wanting to take their business to the next level.

 

It was during this journey that I decided to take our new business start up  package to the SSEC  New Start Scotland event in November 2011.  It was surprising that Strategem Consultancy Ltd were the only business offering a full package given that it was a new start event.

 

It was at this event that I first met Fraser Kennedy from Radio Kilimanjaro.  RKJ is an international community radio station with a wide genre but with a specific mission to reach out to people of African decent who are based within Scotland.  It’s a great site and the shows and music are really great.  Frasers slot is about community and his music is really fab!

 

When Fraser asked me to speak on the show I decided that it was a good thing as it fit in with my community focus.  That was 4 months ago and I have done quite a few interviews and business improvement slots since we first met.

 

Fraser presents a weekly show called community matters which focuses on issues & subjects which affect both the local & global community as a whole- the aim being to enrich, empower and influence people’s lives for their postive outlook.

Fraser has come from a radio broadcasting background inc. time spent at such stations as BBC, Feile FM & Revival FM covering talk based community shows.

 

Last week I met Kofe Amu and what an inspiration he is.  This man has many impressive strings to his bow and he is heavily involved and passionate about the http://friendsofwumenufarm.org.uk/   But I thing that this is for another blog story and a new chapter in my journey into the community.

 

Radio Kilimanjaro

To find out more about Radio Kilimanjaro just click on their logo here on the right and you can find more information on the remainder of this page.

 

Listen to a recent interview  (Hosted by Fraser and given by Karen Craig – Business Start Up and Business Development (Finded Assistance and FREE Help)

 

Radio and TV Kilimanjaro act as a bridge, mirror and window into and from Africa. It is a bridge for African-British, African Diasporas, Friends of Africa and those of African descent to link with their historic and cultural roots. Radio and TV Kilimanjaro is a window via which those who want to learn and beware about and be part of the African story.

 

Radio Kilimanjaro Objectives:

• To provide programmes that project our socio-cultural heritage, inclusive of discuss, music,
  folklores, and drama with live linkage with TV stations inAfrica and other parts of the world.
• To provide a platform that inform and educate Africans and friends of Africa in Scotland/U.K and other parts of the world about local, national, and international affairs and events that affects the African community
• To provide a platform that raise awareness and understanding of the African traditions, cultures, languages and history in Scotland/U.K
• To provide an effective support platform for all the businesses within the African Community in Scotland/U.K inclusive of charities, community organisations and groups. To provide a platform that facilitates access of information to African Communities in Scotland/U.K and friends of Africa

 

Potential

Radio and TV Kilimanjaro main U.K,Europeand African marketing target is over 7 million African Households, Friends of Africa, and community of listeners/viewers. Radio and TV Kilimanjaro has developed creative and innovative ways to capture and grow its target market. Non Stop African music, movies, drama, and entertainment;

 

Radio and TV Kilimanjaro is a music, information and entertainment milieu, providing programmes that reflects the socio-cultural diversity of the African continents, African-British, African Diaspora in U.K/worldwide and takes into accounts new music, drama, movies, history, documentaries, icons, politics and lifestyles.

 

To find out more visit www.radiokilimanjaro.org.uk

 

Enjoy the music.