Business owners and entrepreneurs across Omagh and surrounding rural areas can access a series of upcoming Business Academy webinars designed to help companies build skills, grow sales, and explore opportunities in markets across the UK and internationally.
Delivered by the Department for Business and Trade, the Business Academy supports businesses at different stages of growth, from developing digital skills and improving day-to-day operations, to scaling up and exporting goods and services overseas.
The webinars are aimed at helping local businesses strengthen their knowledge, improve competitiveness, and identify new opportunities for growth in an increasingly digital and global marketplace.
Digital skills
These webinars will help you:
- get the tools to build a cohesive digital strategy
- improve your website and refine your content
- get to grips with social media and tailoring your messaging
29 May – AI in sales: Close more, faster
Starting a business
20 May – Ideas to reality: Validating your product and finding market fit
20 May – Ideas to reality: Validating your product and finding market fit
27 May – Building a team and founder-led growth: From first hire to first advocates
Running and growing a business
These webinars will help you:
- thrive in any market or sector
- explore key topics including funding, leadership and more
- develop a strong business with the capabilities to grow
26 May – Beyond badge scans: Measuring success and converting conversations into value
26 May – Making Tax Digital: Understand what it means for your business
Selling overseas
These webinars will help you:
- to sell overseas with key know-how
- explore global trade opportunities
- to learn from sector and overseas growth experts
14 May – India’s DPDP Act 2023: Cross‑border data rules UK SMEs need to know
18 May – India on the menu: Unlocking growth for UK food and drink brands
19 May – Navigating India’s automotive shift: EVs, E20 and UK collaboration
21 May – The smarter way UK SMEs are going global
27 May – Decoding Indian culture for business success
28 May – India–UK FTA: Unlocking trade and growth opportunities
