Organisations on hand to guide and encourage entrepreneurs

Central to the week is a business support fair, being held at the Corran Halls on November 2, bringing together a wide range of public and private organisations. More than 40 organisations will be on hand to outline the advice and support they can offer. Organisations exhibiting at the Business Support Fair include:

Expert help: HIE innovation specialist, HIE creative sector, Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service, Scottish Development International Export Advisory Service

Digital: Digital Boost, The Digital Garage by Google, Community Broadband Scotland

Social enterprise: First port, Inspir Alba, Just Enterprise

Finance: DSL Business Finance Ltd, RBS, Pensionwise, Prince’s Trust - Youth Business Scotland, Virgin Start Up

Training and education: Argyll College/UHI, Skills Development Scotland Jobs: HI Jobs, Job Centre Plus Business organisations: BID4 Oban, Federation of Small Businesses

Energy efficiency: ALI Energy, Resource Efficient Scotland

Business services: McPhee & Partners, Argyll Financial Services, BC Technologies, BT Local Business

Tourism: Argyll and the Isles Tourism Co-operative

Council: Regulatory Services, Procurement, Business Gateway, Live, Work & Invest Argyll and Bute

Media: Oban Times Group, The Press & Journal A series of taster sessions will run throughout the day alongside the Business Support Fair. These informal, 45-minute sessions will feature a short presentation on the free help available, followed by a Q&A. 11am – Scottish Manufactur- ing Advisory Service (SMAS) 11.45am – World Host™ Customer Service Training 12.30pm & 4.15pm – The Digital Garage by Google 1.15pm – Resource Efficient Scotland 2pm – Scottish Development International ’s export adviser 2.45pm – HIE’s intellectual property adviser 3.30pm – Argyll and Bute Council Regulatory Services.