1. An introduction to Businessline
Purpose
Service objectives
Support provision
Innovation
Proposed / planned developments
Performance
Feedback

2. Businessline offer a largely free business information service aimed at:
People thinking of starting their own business
Existing SME’s
Business students
Job Seekers

3. Main service objectives:
To save people time
To provide businesses with current and authoritative information
To allow enterprises to make better / more well informed decisions
To provide largely free access to market leading information and resources
To have a positive effect and help grow the local economy

4. Support available to new businesses:
Business Opportunity Profiles
Applicable licences and training
Businessline Start-up Pack
Start-up grants and funding
Generic and industry specific business books
Relevant referrals to additional support services

5. Support available to new and existing businesses:
Market research
Local business events
Local marketing
Networking Meetings
Business-to-business marketing lists
Business Information Factsheets
Sourcing suppliers
Competitor analysis
Credit checks

6. Innovation:
360 Networking Group and online referral system
Local advertising pack
Businessline newsletter and mailing list
Event facilitation service
Business events and conferences

7. Proposed / Planned Developments
Virtual Wrexham
B2B Wrexham
360 Networking rollout
Wrexham Flair

8. Performance:
Circa 4,500 annual enquiries
Website analytics:
% increase in unique visits
maintained unique visitor numbers
a further 60% increase

9. Performance 2013:
Businessline
Economic Development – WCBC

10. Feedback:
"I would like to say a huge thank you for your superb service! When I set up my Marketing Consultancy you were an invaluable source of information in getting established in the market with advice on seminars, networking groups etc. Businessline also generated mailing lists for me on the packaging industry and thanks to that I secured a large new customer. It was through this customer that my client supplied all the bags for the Olympic games in See website: Alison Roberts, Marketing Manager – Flextex
Testimonials

11. Thank-you for Listening
Gareth Hatton
Telephone: (01978)
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