(Busy)ness Lab

Hi All!

What an eventful week I've had at the lab!

We have had 100% attendance and excellent results from our Business Start-up courses! There has been lots of interest over the last few weeks and it’s amazing to see the results with such high numbers attending!

The Business Lab is getting busier and being noticed more by the public. The Stratford Centre is the perfect place to be. We have a lot more workshops that are taking place on a weekly basis and these are filling up fast. The marketing team are advertising extremely well and we are always fully booked. So if you would like to attend one of our workshops, book yourself in straight away before you lose your spot.

As always, study Fridays are my relaxing days away from work when I completely focus on my apprenticeship coursework. I am currently finishing off the functional skills side of things but that should be completed very soon so I can concentrate solely on my units that are relevant to my work at the Business Lab!

I have an exciting few weeks ahead as I will be having a Finnish work experience student helping me out in the lab! An extra set of hands is always helpful!

All the best,

Jen

 P.s – I hope you know Finnish otherwise my next blog post might be hard to read.

'Tis The Season?

Hello All,

So as usual, the last week has been busy here at the Business Lab!

We have been hosting the business start-up taster days in order to recruit for the two week course Exploring Entrepreneurship at Newham College. We have achieved high volumes of positive feedback and have had some very happy customers.

There have been a lot of business driven people interested in beginning their very own adventure. Maybe it has something to do with the wonderful weather?

Study Friday was a packed day of Functional Skills. I really feel each week is making a difference. As well as getting on with that I also completed one of my units! Once it has been checked with my assessor it will be ready to load onto my portfolio!

My target for this week is to carry on with recruitment for the next Business Start Up taster day!

Wish me luck!

Jennifer

The Best of Both Worlds

Hello all!

Back to work after a relaxing summery weekend! Hope you all enjoyed yours! J

I’ve had quite a busy few days at work, 2 days at the Business Lab and Friday studying at the College.

On Wednesday I was getting the Lab up to scratch. I did some admin duties, spring cleaning through our leaflets and making some new copies. Our Events page for April is updated again and filled with fab workshops for our SME Businesses, come and have a look and grab your copy!

Thursday I attended the Job Fair with Colleagues from the college at Stratford Town hall to promote the college courses as well as the Business Lab. My main aim was to introduce the lab to people who didn’t know or knew very little about it, as well as promote the business start-up courses which are starting up again very soon.

On Friday I was studying back at the College and met the new trainer of functional skills, and carried on with some more unit work. I get the whole day to focus on my studies and I feel so lucky to have this opportunity to be an apprentice.  I get to work in a professional environment while learning at the College and working towards my qualifications.

#BestOfBothWorlds

Catch you all next week for my next post!

Jennifer J

Absence makes the heart... you know the rest.

Hi All!

Sorry I have been away for so long. Just a quick one to say hello!

I had an absolutely fantastic Easter break - busy yet very relaxing, I Hope you all had a lovely break too! J

Wednesday was my first day back working at the Business Lab. Cracking on with promoting our business start-up courses blew away my ‘back to work blues’, and I’m back to my usual self helping all the Lab users with whatever they need.

All is back to normal again here as well, we’re open Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5:00pm.

My next post will be up Monday next week with a longer update.

Until then, happy reading! J