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JUly 2011: Issue 93

LinkedIn & Twitter: Give your Business a Social Media Facelift

At this FREE breakfast seminar, Liz Cable of Reach Further will talk about "Why Social Networking?" in particular tying it in with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).

This event will investigate how Social Media can save you time, save you money, establish your expertise, widen your network of contacts and create new income streams. All at no cost (other than your time)

Date: Thursday 25th August, 8:45am-10:45am
Venue: Woodlands Conference Centre, Southport Road, Chorley PR7 1QR ...Find out more and Book Online

News

Get Ahead, Stay Ahead

Access over £1,000 of funding to develop your business, management team and employees and to plan strategies for future growth.

Funding has been made available through Enterprise4All for the development of business owners and their organisation through improving leadership skills, one to one bespoke support and masterclass core skill sessions....Read More

Manufacturing: Red Tape Challenge

Manufacturing businesses up and down the country are being asked to play their part in cutting bureaucracy and red tape in the latest phase of a campaign to reduce the burdens on British businesses.

For the next three weeks the Red Tape Challenge will focus on 140 different regulations that manufacturers and producers have to deal with every day. The Challenge asks whether the regulations are good and should be retained or if they are burdensome or redundant and should be scrapped. Have your say online.....Read More.

BT Must Block Pirate Website

BT has been forced to block the Newzbin2 file-sharing web site in an historic High Court ruling won by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Computing reports.

This is the first time the High Court has made such a ruling, and it is likely that this will pave the way for future site blocking.

Interestingly, BT welcomed the decision, claiming that it showed that court orders are a necessary step for rights holders when seeking to have a site taken offline....Read more

Innovation & Technology Case Studies

A Cycling Empire

Empire Cycles Limited (ECL) is a Chorley based company that to date has exploited unique approaches in the design and manufacture of cast aluminium alloy mountain bike frames. It is owned by Chris Williams, an industrial designer with many years experience in designing and developing automotive/motorcycle and bicycle structures.

The first ECL product to market was the AP-1, a competition downhill race bike. This product is now being used in competitions all over the world at the highest levels of racing. It has also been highly successful as a piece of product design, winning a prestigious Red Dot design award in 2010. The AP-1 was always going to be the bike that put ECL on the map. The unique looks, manufacturing technique and technical features have done their job well as mountain bikers all over the world are now aware of ECL as a brand.

Empire Cycles then wished to manufacture a mountain bike for trail riding purposes, in simple terms, one that can go anywhere. The company contacted Regenerate's Lancashire Innovation Network to advise and assit with this new product development.......Read More