Civica operates a shared management of business services with Canterbury City Council and oversees the collection and administration of Canterbury City Council's Business Rates. This will be your perfect opportunity to ask Sadie Furner of Civica all your questions about business rates. BUSINESS RATES SUPPORT Tuesday 8 February, 9-10am (via Zoom) To book please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
Are you overwhelmed by talk of plastics and carbon? Think you and your business can’t make a difference? Too busy dealing with the day to day to deal with the ‘what if’ of sustainability? Helen Burridge of Place Positive will give you a quick overview of the issues and provide real actions to take away for your sustainability journey. CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON, AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE EVERYWHERE Friday 11 February, 10-11am (via Zoom) To book please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
If you manage a social media channel for your business and you’re looking at ways to sharpen your copy, join the Google Digital Garage team for a session on writing for social media. Learn ways to develop a written tone of voice and tips for creating copy for limited space online. GOOGLE DIGITAL GARAGE: WRITING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA Tuesday 22 February, 11-12noon via YouTube Live To book please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
Our February BID Networking session will be held on Tuesday 22 February, 5.30-7pm at the brand new Fitzgerald Jewellers store in Burgate, in partnership with Girlings. BID members, you are welcome to come and enjoy drinks and nibbles while admiring Fitzgerald Jewellers beautiful new store with open plan workshop, stunning view of the Cathedral, and of course surrounded by beautiful jewellery. Booking is essential and limited to 50 places. Please book your FREE place by emailing Emily Wells at enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
Please click HERE to see further details about this event, happening on 5 and 26 March 2022
The In Conversation series continues with Dame Prue Leith, DBE., DL who will be joining Gavin Esler live in the Gulbenkian Theatre at 18.30 with doors opening at 18.00. Prue Leith’s career has included her own restaurants, catering and cookery school businesses; she’s been a board director of companies such as British Rail, Halifax, Safeway, Whitbread, Woolworths, and Belmond (ex-Orient Express) Hotels. She has published eight novels, a memoir, Relish and 14 cookbooks. Her latest cookbook, The Vegetarian Kitchen, which she co-wrote with her niece Peta Leith, was published in 2020. Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, but she has also been a judge on The Great British Menu and My Kitchen Rule
Create real relationships with your customer and measure real results with this hands on session with Sinead Hanna and Abby Sales from Pillory Barn. This will be an opportunity to learn, take-away and take action based on what the team know works. Selling the Sizzle through Social Wednesday 9 March | 9-10am | Via Zoom To book please email enquiries@canterburybid.co.uk
Come and reconnect and re-energise ready for success in 2022 at Canterbury’s 5th International Women’s Day networking breakfast. The event is hosted at and presented by the Westgate Hall in collaboration with Canterbury BID on Thursday 10 March, 9-10.30am and will feature inspirational women speaker Ruth Simpson, Founder of Simpsons Wine Estate. Tickets are £12.50 and include a light buffet breakfast by Lily’s Social Kitchen with drinks, including a glass of Simpsons sparkling wine. Find out more about this fantastic inspirational, friendly and popular event (and book your place) HERE
Learn practical examples of how your organisation can tackle climate change at our environmental, 'Be Bold, Go Green Conference'. About this event We are delighted to invite you to our Be Bold, Go Green Conference, where we will be bringing together over 100 organisations from across Kent and Medway to learn how local businesses can practically tackle climate change. Hear from expert speakers on how to instil best, environmental practices within your organisation and receive a specialist toolkit to help you get started. Be bold. Now is the time to pledge your support for COP-26 net-zero targets. General Tickets: £20 & include a complimentary, vegan lunch courtesy of Lily's Social Kitchen. Find out more HERE
