Reading Business Expo presents Geoffrey Pye from Berkshire Growth Hub who will be on hand in the Business Clinics Zone on the 25th February offering free 1-1 clinics to offer general business advice and support.

Appointments are 15 minutes and you can use your time to ask Geoffrey any questions you may have regarding business growth and support. 

Here are a few of the topics you could speak to Geoffrey about: 

• Growth strategy and planning
• Funding and finance
• Business grants
• Importing and exporting
• Services available to Berkshire SMEs from the Growth Hub

‍Geoffrey will be available for appointments during the following times:

10:15am– 10:30am
10:45am – 11:00am
11:15am – 11:30am
11:45am – 12:00pm
12:15pm – 12:30pm

‍We highly recommend that you pre-book an appointment as they are likely to be booked quickly due to high demand. You may be able to schedule an appointment on the day between the advertised time slots, but this will be based on a first come, first served basis. Appointments are only guaranteed if you have pre-booked online.

Please Note: The Business Clinics Zone is located opposite the networking cafe at the Reading Business Expo, which is taking place on Tuesday 25th February at The Madejski Stadium. 

The business-to-business expo will be open to the public from 10am-3pm.

Reading Business Expo presents Kieren O'Connor from Growth Stream who will be on hand in the Business Clinics Zone on the 25th February offering free 1-1 clinics to offer business growth and sales advice.

Appointments are 15 minutes and you can use your time to ask Kieren any questions you may have regarding business growth and sales. 

Here are a few of the topics you could speak to Kieren about: 

• Current sales teams daily structure
• Lead handling process 
• Follow up and follow back process
• Sales training and development of staff 
• Current sales teams daily structure

‍Kieren will be available for appointments during the following times:

12:45pm - 1:00pm
1:15pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 2:00pm
2.15pm - 2.30pm
2.45pm -3:00pm

‍We highly recommend that you pre-book an appointment as they are likely to be booked quickly due to high demand. You may be able to schedule an appointment on the day between the advertised time slots, but this will be based on a first come, first served basis. Appointments are only guaranteed if you have pre-booked online.

Please Note: The Business Clinics Zone is located opposite the networking cafe at the Reading Business Expo, which is taking place on Tuesday 25th February at The Madejski Stadium. 

The business-to-business expo will be open to the public from 10am-3pm.

Reading Business Expo presents Simon Portman from Apogee Solutions who will be on hand in the Business Clinics Zone on the 25th February offering free 1-1 clinics to discuss IT strategies for your business.

Appointments are 15 minutes and you can use your time to ask Simon any questions you may have regarding IT. 

Here are a few of the topics you could speak to Simon about: 

• Multi-factor authentication and security firewalls - Are these actually needed?
• VoIP
• The best ways to get more from your WIFI  
• Networking in the office
• What are Phishing, Ransomware and Account take-over attacks?

‍Simon will be available for appointments during the following times:

12:45pm - 1:00pm
1:15pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 2:00pm
2.15pm - 2.30pm
2.45pm -3:00pm

‍We highly recommend that you pre-book an appointment as they are likely to be booked quickly due to high demand. You may be able to schedule an appointment on the day between the advertised time slots, but this will be based on a first come, first served basis. Appointments are only guaranteed if you have pre-booked online.

Please Note: The Business Clinics Zone is located opposite the networking cafe at the Reading Business Expo, which is taking place on Tuesday 25th February at The Madejski Stadium. 

The business-to-business expo will be open to the public from 10am-3pm.

Reading Business Expo presents Mel Curtis from Melanie Curtis Accountants who will be on hand in the Business Clinics Zone on the 25th February offering free 1-1 clinics to offer free accountancy advice.

Appointments are 15 minutes and you can use your time to ask Melanie any questions you may have regarding accountancy. 

Here are a few of the topics you could speak to Mel about: 

• Growing your business
• Understanding  accounts
• Business Planning
• Moving your bookkeeping to the cloud

‍Melanie will be available for appointments during the following times:

12:45pm - 1:00pm
1:15pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 2:00pm
2.15pm - 2.30pm
2.45pm -3:00pm

‍We highly recommend that you pre-book an appointment as they are likely to be booked quickly due to high demand. You may be able to schedule an appointment on the day between the advertised time slots, but this will be based on a first come, first served basis. Appointments are only guaranteed if you have pre-booked online.

Please Note: The Business Clinics Zone is located opposite the networking cafe at the Reading Business Expo, which is taking place on Tuesday 25th February at The Madejski Stadium. 

The business-to-business expo will be open to the public from 10am-3pm.