As a service Dormen has served over 1500 businesses, offering owners and those in management roles the opportunity to be matched with experienced and senior businesspeople across all sectors who volunteer and train as mentors. We practice what our Mentors preach in reviewing our goals and business plan regularly. As we approached our recent plan […]
Throughout the year we take our popular ‘Discover Mentoring’ events around Dorset. Our next stop is in Bournemouth, 14th May at the Hilton Hotel, 5.30-7.30pm. We will announce locations and dates in this section of our website, on our Facebook and Twitter feeds, as well as Eventbrite where bookings are made for places. Each season […]
We are delighted to announce that Investec Wealth & Investment are sponsoring our bi-annual Mentors Conference on 4th December. Investec Wealth & Investment have a background in supporting organisations who make a meaningful contribution to the local community. Their sponsorship recognises the centre of excellence that is Dorset Business Mentors and our positive impact on […]
Small business Saturday on 7th December is a great opportunity to be part of something BIG! If you are a small business, find out all the ways you can be involved and benefit from this nationwide spotlight. Register your business, come up with a plan and take part in the huge social media campaign. Get […]
Author: Charlotte Bowater / Joint Programme Manager. I recently attended the LSI Alembic Canteen in Bridport to listen to a talk given by British entrepreneur Johnnie Boden. Boden started in 1991 at the kitchen table with eight menswear products. Last year the business chalked up 2.5 million customers worldwide and sales of over £350 million […]
The Treasury recently commissioned Alison Rose, CEO of commercial and private banking at NatWest, to lead an independent review of female entrepreneurship. The resulting ‘Rose Review’, published in March this year, has shed renewed light on the barriers faced by women starting and growing businesses. The report and Government response set out eight steps to […]
In addition to 1:1 mentoring DORMEN delivers skills workshops across areas such as ‘Managing Yourself More Effectively’, ‘Negotiating and Persuasion’, ‘Marketing’. These have been developed in conjunction with our Mentors to meet the needs of business owners. Workshops are all free of charge and are complimentary to those offered by the Dorset Growth Hub thanks […]
Throughout the year we take our popular ‘Discover Mentoring’ events around Dorset. Our next stop is Gillingham, at the Guild of Fine Food on 4th November, 4-6pm. We will announce locations and dates in this section of our website, on our Facebook and Twitter feeds, as well as Eventbrite where bookings are made for places. […]
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With the first couple of months of the year behind us and the risk of “Beasts from the East” diminishing the signs of new growth are starting to appear in the countryside around us. Irrespective of the weather this time of year our fields, woodlands and gardens begin to burst with new growth and opportunity […]
