Practical ways to help small businesses stop wasting profits - Switch off and Save £s

Tuesday 2 March 2010, 1:45 pm – 4:45 pm, The Guildhall, Derry/Londonderry

If you’re wasting resources, you’re not just losing money; you’re also damaging the environment. By cutting costs, successful businesses can increase profitability and survive the recession. Reducing the energy and water bills of your business will help you make instant savings and a positive contribution to the environment. Better waste management can also have a positive impact on your bottom line -improving your green reputation can help win more customers, reduce your carbon footprint and can even earn you money.
Business in the Community, in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses and Derry City Council, cordially invite you to a practical, information seminar to find out how your business can reap instant benefits from reducing energy bills, cutting water consumption and recycling more waste.

Connections Best Practice Seminars for Small Businesses aim to help small businesses achieve responsible growth. Connections is a three-year programme providing mentoring and support to SMEs by bringing together owner-managers of small businesses with experts from larger companies to help address specific development issues. Connections are sponsored by ESB Independent Energy.

Who is the seminar for? Small business owners and managers interested in saving money, saving energy and saving the planet.
What will I gain from attending? Instant ways to save money; How to operate more efficiently ; Increased competitiveness; Enhanced company profile; Improved environmental performance ; Access to specialist experts in the field of environmental, waste and energy; Ways of encouraging responsible behaviour from staff ; How to gain staff 'buy in' to maximise cost savings and long-term sustainability

To book a place - Book online, email heather.major@bitcni.org.uk or call (028) 9046 0606