Business Briefings from Business Link in the East of England (and partner organisations) could be right up your Hertfordshire street - and best of all, they won’t break your recession-hit bank.

Business Link has harnessed the skills and expertise of organisations such as The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and HM Revenue & Customs UK to strengthen the delivery of their new timetable of must-attend events.

Pat Smith, Chief Executive of Business Link in the East of England, said: “Our new programme of Business Briefings for established businesses is more comprehensive than ever! As well as fine-tuning our most popular events we’ve added some new ones and, for the first time, we have joined forces with partner organisations, such as The Chartered Institute of Marketing, to offer combined expertise.

“We are confident that through this new programme of events, coupled with our broad service portfolio, we will continue to provide the region’s SMEs with practical and impartial help, advice and support to ensure they grow out of the recession”.

Business Link events taking place across Hertfordshire, between October and December, are detailed below:

-An introduction to public sector tendering – Hemel Hempstead – 13th October

-Book-keeping and accounts – Stevenage – 14th October

-Marketing your business – Watford – 15th October

-Envirowise – business resource efficiency – Welwyn Garden City – 14th October

-Dealing with difficult customers – Welwyn Garden City – 16th October

-Lloyds – how to pitch for finance – Welwyn Garden City – 20th October

-Planning and developing a website – Watford – 22nd October

-HSE – health and safety for small businesses – Hemel Hempstead – 23rd October

-Book-keeping and accounts – Welwyn Garden City – 24th October

-Marketing your business – Stevenage – 30th October

-Practical selling skills – Welwyn Garden City – 3rd November

-Book-keeping and accounts – Bishops Stortford – 7th November

-Using the Intellectual Property system to protect and grow your business – Welwyn Garden City – 10th November

-Marketing your business – Hemel Hempstead – 11th November

-Presentation skills – Bishops Stortford – 11th November

-Communication skills – Bishops Stortford – 11th November

-How to write a winning tender – Hemel Hempstead – 11th November

-ACAS – employing staff – Welwyn Garden City – 12th November

-CIM – MORE your business! – Hemel Hempstead – 17th November

-Planning and developing a website – Harpenden – 17th November

-Increasing your sales in a challenging economy – Norwich – 18th November

-Smart networking – Hemel Hempstead – 18th November

-HMRC – what’s new for businesses? – Welwyn Garden City – 19th November

-Time management – St Albans – 19th November

-Book-keeping and accounts – Hemel Hempstead – 20th November

-Making projects happen – Welwyn Garden City – 23rd November

-Fire regulations – are you hot on the topic? – Hemel Hempstead – 26th November

-Marketing your business – Letchworth – 27th November

-Practical selling skills – Stevenage – 4th December

-Excellent customer service – Stevenage - 4th December

-Presentation skills – Hemel Hempstead – 9th December

-Communication skills – Hemel Hempstead – 9th December

-Marketing your business – Welwyn Garden City – 10th December

-Planning and developing a website – Welwyn Garden City – 11th December

Visit www.mybusinesslink.co.uk for further information on events, times and locations.