Seminars
This year NEW START SCOTLAND will bring together an outstanding collection of successful entrepreneurs, start-up advisors and business experts to give you two days of free instruction, guidance and motivation. Over 50 free seminars will contain practical information on topics such as raising finance, forming a company, sales and marketing, tax issues, recruiting staff and much much more.
 |  Are you an entrepreneur? |
 Rachel Elnaugh – Entrepreneur, founder of Red Letter Days and former star of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den |
| 'Michelle Mone, Creator of Ultimo the biggest designer lingerie brand in the UK | |
| Michelle Mone |
 | Growing your business with Supply2.gov.uk |
| Phil Adams, Business Development Manager, Supply2.gov.uk |
 | Marketing Your Business |
| Business Gateway |
 | Let's Talk More Profit |
| Kiki Maurey, Barclays |
 | Financing your Business |
| Business Gateway |
 | Helping your business, helping your environment’ |
| Alan Parnell |
 | How to extract profits from your business and minimise your tax bill |
| Ian R. Nairn BA CA, Managing Director, Nairn’s Chartered Accountants |
 | Young, Gifted and Broke? |
| Tony Dorrington, PSYBT |
 | Grow your business through IT |
| Alan Moody, Managing Director, Mamut Business Software |
 | Writing a Business Plan |
| Business Gateway |
 | Welcome to VAT |
| Business Support Team, HMRC |
 | Big Technology Breakthroughs for Small Businesses |
| Graham Bucknall – Director, Adventi Group |
 | Setting up a Limited Company & the new Companies Act |
| Companies House |
 | Can Business be a Force for Good? |
| Mick Jackson |
 | Tax doesn't have to be Taxing! |
| Business Support Team, HMRC |
 | Intellectual Property - how this affects you |
| Gary Townley |
| The Adventures of Jam Boy | |
| Fraser Doherty, SuperJam |
 | Making connections: the art of networking |
| Fraser Murray, Managing Director, Rock The Boat Consulting |
 | Should I be registered for VAT |
| Business Support Team, HMRC |
 | “Taking the First Steps" |
| Ken Stewart, Glasgow's Regeneration Agencies |
 | Business information on the web: key resources for researching your market |
| John Coll, Business Information Services Manager, National Library of Scotland |
 | Small Business, Big Future |
| Ben Kench |
 | Good enough is good enough – |
| Nigel Botterill, The Best of |
 | Managing change with the Butterfly Experience. |
| Karen W Smith |
 | Developing Your Business or How to Grow Your Business While Retaining Your Sanity. |
| Geri Downes |
| Shock horror probe. How to get your business in the headlines but without tears | |
| Alasdair Northrop, Business Insider Editor |