
Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1
Tue 15 Sept · 13:00
Altrincham Library
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Build A Business - Module 1 is a free session held at Altrincham Library in Manchester on 15 September 2026. The event focuses on how market research and other resources can support start-ups and small businesses.
Discover why market research and other resources can boost your start up or small business to success.
Giving valuable insights into unlocking the Business & IP Centre Manchester’s £5 million collection of UK and global business databases (including market research and company and financial information) to assess market potential and develop a viable business plan, upskilling you to ‘know your market’.
At this session you will learn:
Why market research & other sources of information are important to the success of your business idea
How to find information on customers, market size, competitors, trends & other key data.
The basics on conducting your own research
How to use these tools to help complete your own business model canvas
This session is one of the modules in the Build A Business in GM Libraries core workshop programme. Other workshops:
Business Basics
Intellectual Property: Protect Your Assets
Marketing: The Essentials
PLEASE NOTE:
This workshop is part of our Build A Business in GM Libraries programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
To be eligible to attend this workshop you must either:
Own a small business (including sole traders and microbusinesses) OR
You are thinking of starting a business or have a business idea you want to develop
You or your business also needs to have a postcode within one of the following Greater Manchester authorities:
Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan.
Find out more at buildabusinessgm.org
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Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 takes place on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 13:00.
Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 is held at Altrincham Library in Manchester (2 Pott Street, Altrincham, WA14 1AH).
Entry to Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 is free.
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Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1
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Build A Business - Module 1 is a free session held at Altrincham Library in Manchester on 15 September 2026. The event focuses on how market research and other resources can support start-ups and small businesses.
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Discover why market research and other resources can boost your start up or small business to success.
Giving valuable insights into unlocking the Business & IP Centre Manchester’s £5 million collection of UK and global business databases (including market research and company and financial information) to assess market potential and develop a viable business plan, upskilling you to ‘know your market’.
At this session you will learn:
Why market research & other sources of information are important to the success of your business idea
How to find information on customers, market size, competitors, trends & other key data.
The basics on conducting your own research
How to use these tools to help complete your own business model canvas
This session is one of the modules in the Build A Business in GM Libraries core workshop programme. Other workshops:
Business Basics
Intellectual Property: Protect Your Assets
Marketing: The Essentials
PLEASE NOTE:
This workshop is part of our Build A Business in GM Libraries programme, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
To be eligible to attend this workshop you must either:
Own a small business (including sole traders and microbusinesses) OR
You are thinking of starting a business or have a business idea you want to develop
You or your business also needs to have a postcode within one of the following Greater Manchester authorities:
Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan.
Find out more at buildabusinessgm.org
Description supplied by the event organiser.
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When is Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1?
Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 takes place on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 13:00.
Where is Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 taking place?
Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 is held at Altrincham Library in Manchester (2 Pott Street, Altrincham, WA14 1AH).
How much are tickets for Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1?
Entry to Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 is free.
How do I get tickets for Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1?
Tickets for Know Your Customers, Get Competitive: Build A Business - Module 1 can be booked via Eventbrite using the "Check Tickets & Live Prices" button on this page, which opens the official booking site in a new tab.
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