This session is particularly aimed at anyone struggling to recruit or retain staff in the current market. Discover practical advice and tools to ensure your business attracts and engages the right people that will help grow your business.
Currently South West business owners are reporting that business recovery and growth is being “significantly held back” by skills shortages and recruitment difficulties, in this session we aim to offer some solutions on how you can address some of these issues to ensure growth and competitive advantage.
In this session we’ll look at the 3 main challenges that business owners are facing:
o Access to good staff, where to find them, along with short term v longer term strategies to attract staff.
o Managing performance and using key business drivers to engage and retain staff whilst growing the business
o The benefits of an effective reward and recognition programme that engages employees whilst ensuring consistent growth of your business.
Key takeaways from this session:
• A clear understanding of the best sources to recruit for your business in today’s competitive market
• Confidence to build a recruitment plan that ensures you target the right people
• Tools to support you in effectively managing performance of individuals
• Understanding of how to use reward to increase performance against business targets.
Our aim is to ensure every attendee comes away from the session with a clear plan and outcomes, but more importantly that everything can be used in your business. You won’t find any of our workshop material languishing in bottom draws in the office.
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Creative industry events in and around Bristol
University of Bristol Innovation Showcase 2026
14:00
-18:30
Watershed, Bristol BS1 5TX
Showcase
People Strategy Surgery with Richard Roberts
10am
-12pm
Online
BCI HR Surgery
We are pleased to offer the opportunity to book a free of charge 30 minute 1:2:1 session for people strategy advice, specifically geared towards the needs of creative businesses.
These sessions are an opportunity to ask Richard any questions about your people strategy. These might relate to culture, employee engagement, talent retention or the establishment of best practice HR policies.
Bristol Creative Industries Freelancer Networking Drinks
5.30pm
-8pm
The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HB
BCI Networking
Come along to our freelancer networking drinks at The Square Club on Tuesday 21st April…. widen your networks, make new connections, discuss common problems, and discover potential opportunities for collaboration. Free for BCI members!
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