InvestSefton, the Council’s business support service will be holding two of its popular events for local companies at The Lake House, Waterloo in the coming weeks.

Digital, Creative & Tech sector

Thursday 24th October is the date for the next Sefton Huddle for businesses in the Digital, Creative & Tech sector.

And on Thursday 14^th November, the next biannual Sefton Economic Forum & Marketplace is open to all Sefton businesses.

Opening at 11am, the Sefton Huddle will feature three guest speakers.

Francis McEntegart LLB (Hons) Barrister MC Legal Ltd will be talking about the legalities of content creation, copyright and trademarks.

Professor David Reid, Professor of AI and Spatial Computing SMCSE, Liverpool Hope University, will give a presentation on Living in a Technological Flatland: The Metaverse, AI and Mixed Reality.

And there will be a Meet The Business session with Barrington Paul Robinson, film producer from Redbag Pictures Ltd.

Afterwards there will be sandwiches and nibbles, the chance to network and the opportunity to browse the Business Marketplace. The Marketplace will include the Growth Platform, Universities, Gather and LCR Connect and other organisations that can provide support to help businesses grow.

Sefton Economic Forum

Taking place twice a year, the Sefton Economic Forum is a relaxed and informal event open to any business located in Sefton, of any size and from any sector. Its starts with Breakfast & Networking from 8.15am, presentations between 9amand 11am and then the Business Marketplace and Networking until 12.30pm.

Once again Ken Clark from the Bank of England will be providing an informative economic update and taking questions from delegates. And there will be opportunities to network with other Sefton businesses and support providers from across the Liverpool City Region.

Other exciting key speakers will be announced nearer to the date.

Places at both events are limited so businesses wanting to attend either or both are urged to book now by calling To Dom or Sharon on 0151 934 3452 or by emailing investsefton@sefton.gov.uk.

Popular and useful

Cllr Paulette Lappin, Sefton Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Economy and Skills said: “Our InvestSefton events are popular and afterwards businesses tell us how useful they find them.

“So, if you’re a company in the in the Digital, Creative & Tech sector get signed up for the Sefton Huddle and if you’re a company of any sort that’s based in Sefton, reserve your place at the Economic Forum today.”

Around 40 companies have attended previous Huddles events and over 120 representatives from Sefton business attended the previous Business Forum event in August.

InvestSefton

InvestSefton is Sefton Council’s enterprise, business support and inward investment service. It offers free information and advice and access to a wide range of services. It is there to help any business, of any size, in any sector.

People wanting to find out more about how the InvestSefton can help support their business, can visit www.investsefton.com or contact the team on 0151 934 3452 or investsefton@sefton.gov.uk.