The Business & IP Centre at Exeter and Barnstaple Libraries host a range of events and workshops to suit start-ups, entrepreneurs or businesses looking to learn new skills or research their industry.
Webinars run weekly on a variety of subjects and are a great way to get an overview of a new topic, or a refresher which can help you to look at your business plan in a new light. Whether you’re just starting out or an established business looking to grow, our webinars are useful, inspiring and informative.
One-to-ones are useful for enquiring about how you can access business information and support, to discuss a problem or question you have in a specific area of your business, or to find out more about Intellectual Property. Find out more information on our 1-to-1s page.
In our opening session, we’ll be sharing insights and tools for creating a daily personal development practice, to change habits and grow.We often convince ourselves (and others too) that we don’t have any spare time to focus on changing bad habits. We’re too busy, anxious and stretched. Yet, glance at the time spent on your […]
Intellectual Property (IP) can be a valuable asset in your business. Join us for an overview of how you can identify, protect & use your IP.Intellectual Property: what is it, and how can it be valuable to your business?In this overview session we'll look at how an awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very […]
During this session we share proven self-coaching tools to help you build and maintain better behaviours and self-discipline.Creating momentum, building good habits, and managing energy The secret to sustaining a daily personal development practice is self-awareness. We must first become aware of which habits are helping us, and which ones are working against us. During […]
In this session, we will cover tips and tools for managing emotions to break stress cycles and avoid burnout.Understanding emotions, managing fear & developing self-care A fundamental cause of overwhelm, stress and burnout today is not taking responsibility for our own actions, thoughts and feelings. We may have a multitude of avoidance techniques to numb […]
Celebrate Start-up Day with the latest Start-up Stories panel event. Four founders share their experience of starting their businesses.Join us for another Start-up Stories panel event. This time we are exploring limiting mindsets and discuss with panellists how they found the confidence to unlock their potential and make the leap into self-employment. Panellists include: Marie […]
An introduction to COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) Guides, available from home with your Devon or Torbay Libraries card.Are you in the early stages of starting up your business? Trying to get to grips with what you need to know before you launch or expand?Whether you're setting up as a chocolatier or a cobbler, a […]
To wrap up this 4-part series, we share many of the everyday practices that creatives and imagineers apply to help them innovate and inspireCreativity, Flow, Passion and PurposeOnce our basic survival needs are met, and we feel safe, balanced and emotionally stable, inevitably we move on to seeking out other more creative and fulfilling needs. […]
Intellectual Property (IP) can be a valuable asset in your business. Join us for an overview of how you can identify, protect & use your IP.Intellectual Property: what is it, and how can it be valuable to your business?In this overview session we'll look at how an awareness of intellectual property (IP) from the very […]
You know what you want to do, but where do you start? Get your plan in place with this session from Clare Palmer. Part of Women in Business.PLEASE NOTE: This session is part of BIPC Devon's Women in Business course, session are open to Devon-Based business women.Setting Up a Business: Planning & StrategyAre you looking […]
We share several useful mindset tools needed to help support you through those challenging and unpredictable times.PLEASE NOTE: This session is part of BIPC Devon's Women in Business course, session are open to Devon-Based business women.About this sessionWhether you are a stay-at-home mum, just launching a new exciting business, or an established professional in any […]
Thriving in business comes with extra challenges if you're not neurotypical. Join neurodiversity coach Anna, for an illuminating workshop.PLEASE NOTE: This session is part of BIPC Devon's Women in Business course, session are open to Devon-Based business women.How to maximize yourself and your business as a neurodiverse woman in business: from the perspective of women […]
Find out how to build a strategy that will build and audience and secure salesPLEASE NOTE: This session is part of BIPC Devon's Women in Business course, session are open to Devon-Based business women.Discover how to plan a PR and Marketing programme that will help you connect with potential customers and promote your products or […]
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