Events, useful business resources and our 'most downloaded'!

Welcome to the October edition of useful things for small business owners. Always short and full of free resources to help start-up, small and medium-sized business owners.

A selection of FREE in-person and virtual business events in October

• FSB Creatives Connect
• Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight Virtual Networking
• Health, wellbeing and personal development for small businesses
• Employment law changes: What you need to know and how FSB can help
• FSB Talks: Southampton
• Get new and repeat business with email automation
• Let’s Grow Business Together – LGBT+ led business networking
• Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight Virtual Networking
• Disabled Entrepreneurs Networking
• 6 Ways to Grow Your Business Value

The above are taken from a selection of over 100 events in October - full listing here: https://www.fsb.org.uk/event-calendar.html

The Top-Ten most downloaded document templates from the FSB Legal Hub

Our Members have access to over 1000 template and guidance documents, from contracts and policies to letters and essential forms for running a compliant and protected business. Here is the leader table for October -

• Notification of Disciplinary Hearing
• Confirmation of a Formal Verbal Warning
• Informal Warning for Minor Misconduct
• Written Warning
• Risk Assessment Form
• Home Working Self Assessment
• UK GDPR Privacy Notice for Websites
• English Apprenticeship Agreement
• AI Workplace Policy
• Cookie Policy

Please do contact me if you want the full tour of everything we have available, and don't forget that all the documents come with unlimited telephone support!

Useful articles and downloads

The FSB website contains a massive amount of free guidance, covering most aspects of running a business. Here is just a very small selection from the 100's available!

• How to easily improve your digital strategy on a budget
• Insurance for contractors and freelancers
• Ask the experts: Debt recovery for small businesses
• What is the Consumer Rights Act?
• How to protect your intellectual property as a small business
• Legal documents every start-up business needs for success

Access our full resource listing here: https://www.fsb.org.uk/knowledge.html

A reminder of how the FSB helps business owners:

Here is our latest leaflet, outlining the many essential services for business owners that we offer: https://bit.ly/FSB_BenefitsNov23

Thank you for making it this far!

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