Entrepreneur Country in association with Smith & Williamson are pleased to present the 'Building Your Business' Summer Workshop.

This half-day event in central London has been developed to help innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level. We will analyse the potential financial and technological benefits of keeping your infrastructure flexible; discussing the growing importance of access to mobile communications, cloud computing in the digital economy and how to develop business plans for investors.

With many businesses sensing the current economic climate is a great opportunity for growth, we will examine the role the banks are playing in lending to small business, discuss the tax implications and incentives of the recent Treasury budget and provide an insight into writing business plans to present to potential investors.

This event is an essential guide to anyone looking to build and grow a business.

*92% of attendees have rated our past two events as either Excellent or Good and would recommend the event to a colleague or business associate.

Please join us from 8.30am with teas, coffees and networking on arrival. There will be a mid-morning networking session with refreshments and a hot buffet and networking after the event from 1.30pm.

Make sure you follow @encountry on Twitter throughout the day using hashtag #ECBYB

Speakers on the day include:

• Duncan Cheatle - Prelude Group & Co-Founder, StartUP Britain
  The Right Kind of Growth
• David Scholtz - Associate Director, Ariadne Capital
  Tailoring Business Plans for Investors
• Travers Clarke-Walker - Product & Marketing Director, Barclays Business
  ‘Just Level with Us... Are Banks Lending?’
• Guy Rigby - Director, Head of Entrepreneurs & Adrian Walton - Director, Tax Services to Businesses at Smith & Williamson
  Sources of Finance and the Benefits of EIS Tax Relief
• Jasdev Dhaliwal - Head of Communities & Dhan Mannakkara - Global Marketing Manager, AVG Technologies
  How Social Media Can Enrich Your Business
• Darren Hopper- Head of SME Propositions, Orange UK
  Business Without Borders