Workshops and events for Hunter businesses

Offered during Small Business Month, this practical workshop builds confidence in identifying and applying for suitable funding opportunities, from finding grants that suit your organisation through to budgets and structuring an application. Presented by Penny Chapman, with a Q and A alongside experienced grant writers.

Our networking get-togethers: introductions around the room, five minutes one-on-one with the people you want to meet, and no hard sell. Members and guests welcome.

AI is already inside most law firms, whether anyone decided that or not. The question is no longer whether to look at it. It's how to tell the difference between a tool that saves your team real hours and one that quietly puts a client file at risk.

This session is built for solicitors and practice managers who are time poor and risk aware. In one hour you'll get:

• A plain-English picture of what AI actually does well in a legal practice today, and what it does badly.
• The five-minute test for whether any AI tool is safe to use near client information.
• The traps that have already caught lawyers elsewhere, and how to stay out of them.
• A clear-eyed look at where the admin hours in a small firm really go, and where time is best spent first.

There's no charge and nothing is sold in the room. Presented by James Whitehill, founder of VerusLink, hosted by The Business Hub. Places are limited by the room, so book early.

This session is designed to satisfy the requirements of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 in the field of Practice Management and Business Skills. Solicitors self-assess their own CPD under the Rules. One hour of attendance may be claimed as 1 CPD unit. An attendance record and certificate are provided on the night for CPD records.

Hands-on sessions in the training room on the skills that keep a small business healthy. Members attend paid workshops at reduced cost.

Half days in weeks 3, 6, 9 and 12 of the Self-Employment Assistance program, for participants starting their own business.