Business Academy events

Top intellectual property experts share their experience in advising start ups and SMEs using real life examples and applying practical commercial advice.

Navigate export controls with confidence, learn how to classify your goods, understand licensing requirements, and stay compliant when trading internationally.

Move beyond gut feel and discover a simple, data-driven way to identify and prioritise the export markets with the greatest potential for your product or service.

Reaching the right customer with the right message at the right time is more crucial than ever. We'll show you how to use AI to help you identify and prioritise the audiences most likely to buy your products or services.

How to use exhibitions to identify opportunities, enter new markets and build international business.

From £10 and a few online listings to a global ecommerce success story: join Barry Tong as he shares the lessons, challenges and opportunities behind building one of the UK's leading marketplace businesses.

Get a clear introduction to the actions you may need to take before sending goods to India under the FTA agreement.

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Talia Slade, Director and founding member of Boundless, the Bristol-based snack brand on a mission to get the nation "gut happy" through its innovative range of activated snacks.

This session explores what consumers are really buying when they buy from a brand, how trust is built commercially rather than simply communicated, and where UK brands often lose customers in Australia and New Zealand despite having invested heavily to acquire them.

Crack the code on agents, distributors and direct sales so you can pick the perfect route to market and expand with confidence.