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Flying Start Workshops
North East BIC
Free workshops covering what you need to know about starting a business.
- Amount
- Free
- Deadline
- Open all year
- Area
- North East Combined AuthorityLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10
Flying Start Workshops: How to secure your first customers
Tuesday 17 November, online. Free.
Run by North East BIC
When and where
Book or find out more on ne-bic.co.ukAbout this event
This free online live workshop, the third in the Flying Start series run by North East BIC, covers how to find, understand and reach your first customers, including target customer profiling, basic market research and low-cost marketing tools. It also looks at identifying your unique selling point and building an elevator pitch, and at using AI with your own judgement. It is aimed at people in Sunderland with a business idea or an interest in self-employment, and is led by business advisers Helen Wardropper, Hina Joshi and Kelly Marshall.
Its dates
- Tuesday 20 October 2026 (passed)
- Tuesday 17 November 2026 (next)Book
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Local Landscape gathers events automatically from organisers' listings, and wrote the description above from the event's own page on ne-bic.co.uk, read on 7 Nov 2026. Check the details with North East BIC before you go.