DDU Update
Newsletter for June 2007 : Issue 47
Monthly news and events from Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Digital Development Unit...
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New opportunities for advice and support...
The Pennine Lancashire Borough Councils have successfully secured new funding under the Local Enterprise for Growth Initiative (LEGI) "Great Goals" bid. The Digital Development Unit has been awarded responsibility for developing the ICT and Innovation or "Eureka" strand of this initiative. This means that we are now able to support qualifying businesses throughout Pennine Lancashire. Alongside companies based in Blackburn with Darwen, those within Hyndburn, Burnley, and Pendle may now also be eligible for advice, support and funding opportunities. For more information please email us at digital.envoy@blackburn.gov.uk
To reflect this wider geographical remit, we will be rebranding the Blackburn Business Net website and developing an events program featuring new venues and speakers. Subjects being considered for inclusion in this programme are ICT, Digital Marketing, Innovation and Production and Process Technology. If there are any subject areas that you think would be of interest to businesses within Pennine Lancashire please email your thoughts to lee.jorgensen@blackburn.gov.uk .
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Blackburn Business Net Events
Book online now for your business breakfast and free place at Blackburn Business Net's event,
How to run a successful Google Adword campaign and drive real business to your site.
Speaker : Colin Clarke, MD, Brick Technology Ltd.
Thursday 5th July, 2007: 0800 - 1000: Conference room, BTMC, Blackburn, BB1 5QB
Programme
08:00 Registration, coffee and breakfast
08:30 Welcome and introduction to the Digital Development Unit : Michael McNicholas
08:50 Guest speaker:Colin Clarke, MD, Brick Technology Ltd
09:30/ 09:40 Questions and discussion Close and networking opportunities until 10:00 am
The Blackburn Business Net events have been running for 2 years and are intended to help local SME’s to get the most from innovation and technology.
Colin Clarke is the Managing Director of Brick Instant Web sites based at Eanam Wharf in Blackburn. Brick Instant Websites/Brick technology Limited is a “Google Qualified Professional Company” Colin Clarke is a Google Qualified and Accredited Advertising Professional.
Intended to help SME’s understand many of the issues that are important insetting marketing budgets and measuring ROI, Colin will demonstrate how operators of web sites can run effective Pay per Click campaigns, both with Google Adword and Yahoo Search Marketing. Colin will look at how to devise campaigns, how to select the key words for that campaign and monitor the results. The event will also outline the need to set a marketing budget for search marketing and measure a ROI.The DDU is looking to stimulate discussion on the subject.
News stories for Month 2007
Newsletter Archive now online
We now have an online archive of past DDU newsletters
Languages Link Go Global
Blackburn based startup company Languages Link have become the latest local business to benefit from advice and financial support from the Digital Development Unit. Languages Link provide provide translation and interpreting services to the UK and potentially world wide market.
Pharmaseekers improve locum search
Darwen based locum pharmacists Pharmaseekers have benefited from advice and financial support from the Digital Development Unit in automating their core business.
Long term DDU support helps rubber manufacturers bounce back
The Digital Development Unit has aided local rubber mouldings and gaskets manufacturers Fairham Mouldings to transform their business by providing ongoing advice and financial support over a four year period.
Community website : Families Together
The DDU's E-enablement project currently funds the Community Websites that are available free for non-profit making community groups within the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen. Occasionally it also funds larger community sites such as the East Lancs Hospice, featured in this newsletter earlier in the year. Families Together is the latest community organisation to benefit from such an investment
Blackburn Business Net website
Blackburn Business Net Directory
The Blackburn Business Net website has a business to business enquiry tool that is driven by a large database of Blackburn with Darwen companies. The free tool enables you to search the business directory on "Line of Business", "Company Name" and "Address" and then allows a single email enquiry to be sent selected companies from the search results. To take advantage of this tool or to register your company free in the database visit the Directory at Blackburn Business Net.
We need your news!
We are always happy to hear success stories from local businesses, particularly from those who can attribute part of that success to advice and support received from the Digital Development Unit. If you have a news item that you think would be worthy of inclusion in the Blackburn Business Net news section, or an event that you would like to publicise in the events section, please email me, Lee Jorgensen with your content attached as a Word, RTF or plain text file. (Final inclusion of content on the BBN site is solely at the discretion of the Digital Development Unit.)
