Media Release: New mentoring group for the retail sector

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GIVE your retail business a boost early in the New Year and register for this free retail mentoring group brought to you by Renfrewshire Chamber.

Your Mentor – Kathie Reid, store manager – Marks & Spencer, Paisley High Street.

Kathie has a background spanning over 35 years in retail including working for Arcadia, Ralph Lauren, Zara, and latterly Marks & Spencer. Experienced also in running own business. Qualified Life Coach and NLP practitioner

Details of 1st retail group meeting is:
TUESDAY 10TH JANUARY 2012, TIME: 8.45AM-10.30AM
VENUE: At the Chamber, Glasgow Airport Business Centre – free parking / breakfast rolls and refreshment provided

First group session to discuss:
How to manage the change curve in business: Trading in difficult circumstances: Impact on sales: Working as a team; customer service. This is first of up to four sessions – next date to be agreed after first session.

These sessions are delivered free under the Business Mentoring Programme – a partnership between Scottish Chambers and Scottish Enterprise. European funding allows us to offer these sessions to you at no charge, provided you meet the eligibility criteria, which are:

  • in business for one year with plans to grow
  • turnover of £100K or plan to achieve that level
  • not involved in the programme on a one-to-one level for the last year (but can move into an one-to-one from a group)
  • Business must be in Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Dunbartonshire or Helensburgh areas

Book /more info

For further information contact Linda Perry, mentoring executive, at Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce, lperry@renfrewshirechamber.com or phone 0141 847 5458.

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Contact: Bob Davidson
Phone: 0141 847 5452
Email: bdavidson@renfrewshirechamber.com
Website: http://www.renfrewshirechamber.com