FREE Business start-up - Taster Workshops 2013

Business start-up  - Taster Workshops

With a mixed menu of business support organisations

Where do I go, who do I speak with, how do I access business support?

To book your free place to attend the workshop of your choice please email amrit.choda@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 247 57 45

Book here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4196826822/?ref=estw#

DATE OF EACH WORKSHOP	TIME	ADDRESS OF EACH VENUE WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD AT
January 14th – Monday	10.30am – 1.30pm	The Reginald Joint Service Centre Address: 263 Chapeltown Road Leeds LS7 3EX                      Tel no.0113 336 7683
January 25th – Friday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Pudsey library Address: Church Lane Pudsey Leeds LS28 7TY                        Tel: 0113 214 6035
January 28th –  Monday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Compton Road library Address: The Compton Centre Harehills Lane Leeds LS9 7BG      Tel: 0113 336 7790
February 6th – Wednesday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Farsley library Address: Old Road Farsley LS28 5DH                              Tel: 0113 214 6038
February 12th – Tuesday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Halton library Address: 273 Selby Road Leeds LS15 7JR                   Tel: 0113 214 1320
February 19th – Tuesday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Seacroft library Address: Seacroft Crescent Leeds LS14 6PA                              Tel: 0113 214 4171
March 19th – Tuesday	10.30am – 1.30pm	Pudsey library Address: Church Lane Pudsey Leeds LS28 7TY                        Tel: 0113 214 6035

To book your free place,  and to attend the workshop of your choice,  please, email, amrit.choda@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 247 57 45



FORMAT FOR EACH WORKSHOP:

1. An overview of business support within Leeds –  Leeds City Council
2. How to access, Business and Patent Information Services  - Library Business Services
3. Business advice and guidance  – Leeds Chamber
4. Making Tax & Book keeping less painful  – HMRC – Business Education & Support Team
5. Maximising your marketing ability  – Chartered Institute of Marketing
6. Are you eligible for the  Enterprise Allowance scheme? - Job Centre Plus
7. Networking (between speakers and attendees)

Alumnus Sir Robert Worcester visits Summerfield

by Dan Dutcher

Prof. Nelson and Worcester

Professor Noelle Nelson welcomed Sir Robert Worcester to her introductory consumer behavior class Thursday, Nov. 29. The University of Kansas School of Business alumnus spoke to a packed classroom about his experiences since graduating from KU in 1955. Worcester talked about how he got to where he is today, often crediting KU with giving him the skills to succeed.

Early in his career, he said, “everything was fitting into place because of KU.”

Worcester also shared some advice with the crowd of students and faculty mentioning his fondness for a “grasshopper mind,” a mind that can balance many projects at one time and jump between them when needed. But, when a student raised his hand and asked if there was one specific thing Worcester could tell young business students, his answer was simple.

“Take a risk. If you think something should be done, do it,” Worcester said. “Then if somebody says you weren’t supposed to do it, tell them you didn’t know you weren’t supposed to do it. Just take a risk.”

Worcester is the chancellor of the University of Kent and the chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Committee, celebrating the documents 800th anniversary. He is also the founder of Market & Opinion Research International (MORI). Worcester is originally from Kansas City and is a Korean War veteran.

28/11/12 "The Secret Power of Patents" Leeds Inventors Group

New faculty: Scott Whisenant

A “Boomer Sooner” at heart, Scott Whisenant, joins the accounting area as an associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Business. 

For the last 11 years, Whisenant taught at the University of Houston.  He began his teaching career in 1997 at Georgetown (McDonough School) and also was a visiting faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School).  Whisenant attended Texas A&M for his bachelor degree, and completed his master of accounting and doctorate degrees at the University of Oklahoma.  

Although he is warming up to becoming a Jayhawk sports fan, he is excited to be surrounded by extremely talented faculty members who are also dedicated to research similar to his areas of expertise. 

“From a research perspective, this was one of the best places I could be.  KU has a great reputation around the world for its audit market focus in accounting research,” Whisenant said.   

He teaches Advanced Auditing to graduate students, and tries to bring to the classroom skill sets learned from his past experience as an auditor.  His class focuses on exposing students to the challenges in auditing and financial reporting of accounting for complex business transactions and events.  

“My goal in my class is to enhance each student’s critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities,” Whisenant said. 

Business professor presents evidence favoring auditor rotation auditing standards

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) invited audit market professionals and academics to present evidence on the debate on requiring auditor rotation for public companies in the U.S. at a Houston (Texas) Roundtable on October 18.  The PCAOB is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress in 2003, to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and the public interest by promoting informative, accurate and independent audit reports. The PCAOB also oversees the audits of broker-dealers, including compliance reports filed pursuant to federal securities laws, to promote investor protection.

Dr. Scott Whisenant, associate professor in accounting at the University of Kansas School of Business, was one of those invited to discuss the implications of his research to members of the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange Commission.  He presented the results from two current research projects that offered empirical evidence to the debate on mandatory auditor rotation.  In one study, he finds (with his coauthors Dr. Michael Willenborg from the University of Connecticut and Dr. Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy from the National University of Singapore) that new audits (which would be expected to increase under a mandatory auditor rotation rule) are not associated with lowered audit quality.  The evidence is important since this is often argued as the primary reason against a forced rotation policy.  In the other study, Dr. Whisenant and his coauthor (Dr. Kathleen Harris from the University of Houston) find evidence of benefits to audit markets through an enhancement of overall audit quality following the adoption of rotation rules.  This research offered the PCAOB members insights into the experiences of other countries that have adopted forced rotation of audit firms for public companies.

“It was an honor to be invited,” Whisenant said. “Anytime a quasi-governmental agency, especially the PCAOB, calls up and wants your opinion on an issue that affects investors and our capital markets, you appreciate the opportunity to talk about your research.”

The webcast archive of the Houston roundtable is available on the PCAOB website. 

Supporting Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012

Leeds gets ready for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012

The Enterprise club workshops will start from 12th November 2012  as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012.

first session- Is starting a business right for you?  is on the 12/11/12 from 6pm, 5 workshops follow fortnightly covering tax,finance,marketing,researching and getting online see our website for more details

This global event is from 12-18 November and will be asking the question ‘Are you ready to pass it on?’

The focus of the Week - which last year involved over 900 partner organisations in the UK, reaching over 213,000 people - will be on ‘passing on’ the practical help and support needed by early start-ups and individuals who are considering taking the plunge. The aim is to create a collaborative, local and practical week, which enables people to learn more about the wealth of support available to entrepreneurs in Leeds and across the UK – vital in a time of continuing economic uncertainty.

Andrew Devenport, Youth Business International CEO and GEW UK host, called for more people to get involved in the Week, saying:

“Global Entrepreneurship Week is now in its 5th year, and continues to go from strength to strength. In 2012, we want to make the week focused, practical and supportive, to help and inspire those people in the early stages of developing their businesses. We’re looking for as many people as possible to get involved and ‘pass on’ their best advice – whether through hosting an event or joining in the discussion via our social media channels. By working together to make a better environment for enterprise, we can help create businesses that will have a genuine, positive impact on the UK economy – helping generate income and employment for many years to come.”

If you would like more information about Global Entrepreneurship Week or to find out how you can get involved or register an event, visit www.gew.org.uk 

Global Entrepreneurship Week UK is hosted by Youth Business International in partnership with Barclays.