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Enterprise Nation has helped thousands of people start and grow their businesses. Led by founder, Emma Jones CBE, Enterprise Nation connects you to the resources and expertise to help you succeed.

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James Bailey is buying director for packaged food at the retail giant and looks after a unit of the supermarket business that turns over Â£7bn a year which makes our exclusive offer an amazing opportunity.

All five will now pitch to James on 27 October and you can listen in live! You'll also get a chance to ask questions. To join in, 

Following a degree in Law and Japanese, Emma joined international accounting firm Arthur Andersen, where she worked in London, Leeds and Manchester offices and set up the firm's Inward Investment practice that attracted overseas companies to locate in the UK. 



In 2000, bitten by the dot.com bug, Emma left the firm to start her first business, Techlocate. 

After 15 months, the company was successfully sold to Tenon plc. The experience of starting, growing and selling a business from a home base gave Emma the idea for Enterprise Nation which was launched in 2006 as the home business website. The company has since expanded to become a small business membership community of over 75,000 people who benefit from events and support: online and in person. Enterprise Nation also presents a campaigning voice to government and the media on behalf of its members. 

In 2021, Emma was awarded a CBE for services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Founder

Announcing the launch of a new-look Enterprise Nation platform

After a sturdy spring clean, the Enterprise Nation platform is set for a new look.

Lucy is a jargon free, social media trainer and consultant. Lucy is a #SheMeansBusiness accredited trainer and founder of SocialDayUK the UK’s biggest social media marketing festival. Lucy is also a Director at Avviso Media, a digital marketing agency that specialises in content and social media marketing for B2B and events brands. Lucy’s passion is to up-skill women and so set up DigitalWomen with Natwest, a community created to empower 1 Million plus women through digital skills which holds regular events and highlights the great work women are doing in digital and entrepreneurship.

Director

Social media marketing for small Business

A group to learn and share social media advice and tactics

Creative Director

Creating Your Brand Identity

&lt;p&gt;What will you get?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will have a magnificent, stand out&amp;nbsp;brand identity and brand handbook to keep it that way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What you cover&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;li&gt;What is a brand identity?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;How to tell your story.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;What are the most important elements of branding?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;How to create your brand identity.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Why you need a brand handbook, and how to use it as your b

I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side of marketing, and pride myself on building out a mar-tech stack for clients of any size that allows them to realise the full potential of having a marketing engine that generates and converts leads in the most efficient and cost effective way using a range of tools that automate various email workflow and social media activity to keep customers and prospects engaged. I'm passionate about educating my clients and helping their businesses grow so that they can employ an in-house marketing person/team that will make me redundant!&nbsp;

Managing Director

Anneka Hicks

I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side

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