Community & Events

Name: Unlocking Potential Design Thinking & Creative Solutions
Start: 2025-03-19T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-19T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Octagon Theatre

At The Wellsprings, it’s not just about having a beautiful space to work in. It’s about being part of a community of like-minded thinkers – being part of an environment where your business can thrive.

Unlock endless possibilities for success by joining our vibrant community of creative and technology-focused businesses. With support from our Innovation Director, and an abundance of support resources, you can share knowledge, forge meaningful connections, and turn your commercial vision into reality.

Discover Business Opportunities and Invest in Bolton’s Thriving Economy

Explore Bolton’s dynamic business community with Business Bolton. From networking to business support, it’s your pathway to success. Unlock opportunities with Invest in Bolton, providing the resources and guidance for new ventures and business expansion.

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Providing Bolton’s creators and innovators with a single destination for sustainable business growth.

Attend inspiring events, participate in expert-led masterclasses, and showcase your talents to elevate your business to new heights. Dive into this exciting opportunity and watch as your business transforms with newfound knowledge and connections.

STARTUP

Bolton Start Up Support:
Igniting Ideas Bootcamp

Do you have a tech, creative or digital business idea but don’t know where to start? Have you dreamt of building your own business but are daunted by idea of it. Do you have the drive and passion to succeed but need a guiding hand to take you through the practical steps to test, validate and launch your idea? Look no further, we’re here to help entrepreneurs grow great business!

This two-day bootcamp is designed specifically for startups in Bolton, focusing on the tech, digital, and creative sectors. It aims to equip early-stage entrepreneurs with the essential tools and knowledge needed to refine their business ideas,
develop strategic business plans, and enhance their digital presence.

INNOVATION

Bolton Innovation Support:
Igniting Innovation Sessions

So, you’ve started and grown but know you need to innovate in your business to maintain market position, develop new products and services and to get to the next stage in your journey. Let us work with you on developing a detailed and personal innovation roadmap to determine how to bring forward new technologies and approaches in your business, test and validate your innovative ideas, develop a minimal viable product and then launch strategy. Basically, be your innovation navigator.

This two-day workshop Tech-Transform: Identifying and Adapting Business Processes with New Technology aims to guide businesses through the process of identifying internal challenges and potential areas within their operations that can benefit from new technologies. It focuses on practical strategies for technology assessment, integration planning, and fostering an innovation-driven culture in the workplace.

The Igniting Innovation Sessions will be held in a central Bolton location in September and December

GROWTH

Bolton Igniting Business Growth Workshops: our monthly workshop programme

Our monthly workshop programme will deliver topical and thought provoking sessions across all areas of business start-up, growth and innovation: everything from effective financial planning, market valuation, building growth teams, creative problem solving in business … and many more!

Bringing together recognised experts in their fields, these sessions will see you leave with an action plan and the tools and skills to put it in to practice. You’ll also get to meet like minded entrepreneurs and innovators, building your own peer network.