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.
To get to where you want to go you've got to know how to get there! This workshop focuses on digital skills to help you grow your business. About this event The digital world is ever changing and can prove daunting to the unaware - but this doesn't have to be the case! The DESME […]
This session is all of the things I now know, that I wish I had known then; taking the fear out of finances.If business finance is something new to you (and if it isn't), it can be one of the most daunting parts of starting and running your business. Yes, there is a lot of […]
An introduction to copyright and trade marks in the UK, and how you can use them to protect the intellectual property in your business. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look […]
Tips, tools and resources available through Devon Libraries and Torbay Libraries, to help you research your business idea. 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? This session will introduce you to some of the business […]
James Court from NatWest Business Builder helps you to discover your customers and get to know them so your business can meet their needs. Understanding who your customer is vital to ensuring your business operates as efficiently and profitably as possible, but with customer behaviour being so fluid – especially just now - remaining valuable […]
An introduction to GRANTfinder, available from home with your Devon or Torbay Libraries membership. Whether you're a small business, a charity, a social enterprise, or even an individual, finding funding can be vital to your success. This session will introduce you to GRANTfinder, a large database that allows you to search for grants, loans or […]
James Court from NatWest Business Builder helps you create a single page road map of your business using the Business Model Canvas. With so much change, challenge and confusion just now, it’s easy to feel lost. That’s why we like to use the Business Model Canvas – a single page road map of your business. […]
Join the NatWest Business Builder team to explore your vision for your business and turn it into manageable goals. We all have goals, certain things we strive for; a certain level of turnover, multiple product streams, etc. Goals are usually personal and so when something like COVID-19 comes along, a lot of the goals and […]
Tips, tools and resources available through Devon Libraries and Torbay Libraries, to help you research your business idea. 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? This session will introduce you to some of the business […]
Understand your own mindset, where it may be holding you back, and the tools and techniques you need to take the next uncomfortable step. Our mindset shapes everything we think and everything we do. From the brand of pasta or loo-roll we buy to the top priority business decisions we make. Often these decisions are […]
An introduction to GRANTfinder, available from home with your Devon or Torbay Libraries membership. Whether you're a small business, a charity, a social enterprise, or even an individual, finding funding can be vital to your success. This session will introduce you to GRANTfinder, a large database that allows you to search for grants, loans or […]
An introduction to copyright and trade marks in the UK, and how you can use them to protect the intellectual property in your business. As you build your business, you’re creating so much! From the words in your website, to your brand name and logo, your products themselves, new inventions perhaps – even the look […]
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