NatWest Business Knowledge Webinars Series
Helping to grow your business in 2010
Welcome to our new, complimentary webinar series offered by NatWest in partnership with Smarta, a free online resource to help you start and run your own business.
At NatWest we regularly ask you what we can do to better support you.
You have told us that you would like regular access to expert business knowledge to use when it suits you. With that in mind we have created a series of webinars on subjects that you have told us are important discussed by a panel of influential business owners and entrepreneurs including:
- Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and Smarta investor,
- Sir Richard Needham, Smarta Chairman, and
- Peter Ibbetson, NatWest Small Business Banking Chairman.
We're confident these webinars will give you information and ideas to help you grow and develop your business.
Accessible and convenient
We know that you’re busy so we’ll be delivering topics in a way that is accessible and convenient. The webinars will be available live (registration required) or as instant downloads any time that suits you.
You can select and watch any of the previous webinars at your convenience - every webinar will be available for download one hour after the end of the live event.
Future Webinars
We will be broadcasting future webinars in the Autumn.
In the meantime, why not view our previous webinars that cover topics such as Managing your cash flow, Exporting, and How to win new business?
Mentor Pre-election Special - Employment law in 2010 and beyond
Recorded in April, 2010
Nick Soret, Head of Employment Law Consultancy Support at NatWest Mentor updates you on the changes in employment law that businesses like yours can expect in the run up to and after the election.
This will support you in understanding the key legislation surrounding additional maternity leave, new flexible working rights and increased minimum holiday entitlement.
How to win new business
Recorded in May, 2010
Entrepreneur and Smarta investor Deborah Meaden, NatWest Small Business Banking Chairman Peter Ibbetson and Marcus Peffers from M&C Saatchi, share their best practices and top tips on ensuring a solid cash flow to enable growth, how best to build a sustainable new business strategy and how to effectively market your business.
World Cup Tips for Employers – Your game plan, tactics and maintaining team discipline
Recorded in June, 2010
Join Nick Soret, Head of Employment Law Consultancy Support at NatWest Mentor for a 30 minute coaching session that covers practical tips on:
- managing your team during the World Cup, and
- setting out a game plan and the tactics needed to pre-empt potential challenges caused by the upcoming event.
View Exporting: Widening your opportunities
Recorded in June 2010
Lewis Scott, International Trade Director, UKTI, Andrew Williams, Managing Director, Industrial Penstocks Ltd and Rob Keller, Global Trade Finance, NatWest present a webinar on exporting and the opportunities for your business.
Topics covered include the issues facing businesses that are new to exporting; how to maximise your export opportunities, if you’re already trading overseas; and understanding and managing the risks associated with overseas trade.
Manufacturing and Innovation: Maximising your local and global opportunities
Recorded in July, 2010
This webinar is ideal for manufacturing businesses new to exporting as well as those already trading overseas. Topics will include:
- Investment and cash flow: access to finance, getting paid and mitigating foreign exchange risk.
- Reaching new markets: exporting and innovation - how to maximise opportunities and overcome barriers.
- Remaining competitive: tax changes, managing exchange rate volatility and protecting your products.
View Manufacturing and Innovation: Maximising your local and global opportunities video now
How to manage your cash flow and trade with confidence
Recorded in July, 2010
This webinar is designed to help you manage your cash flow and trade with confidence. It is ideal for SMEs that are affected by late payments and concerned about wasting valuable time pursuing slow paying customers.
View How to manage your cash flow and trade with confidence now
The NatWest Business Knowledge Webinar Series will be broadcast in one of the following formats:
Video Business Webinars
Online audio and visual seminars. Think of them as a seminar with delegates attending via their computer. Participants will have the ability to submit questions to the speaker in advance and live.
Audio Business Webinars
These allow participants to listen and view a slide presentation via their PC and submit questions to the speaker in advance and live.
Technical requirements:
Which video players are supported?
- Windows Media Player 6.4 and above
- RealPlayer 6.0 and above
- Flash Player 8.0 and above
- QuickTime Player 6.5 and above
Which browsers are supported?
- Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
- Firefox 1.0 and above
- Mozilla 1.7 and above
- Netscape 7.0 and above
- Opera 8.0 and above
- Safari 1.3 and above
Which platforms are supported?
- Windows 98SE
- Windows ME
- Windows NT4 SP4
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- MacOSX
Which system specifications are required?
The required system specifications depend on the used player - browser - platform combination. A PC with a 400Mhz CPU, 128MB RAM and a soundcard should be capable of viewing a webcast. A screen resolution of 1024x768 is recommended.
