Great British Entrepreneur Awards in association with BT Skills for Tomorrow have designed a free, live-streamed series of 'Lightbulb Sessions' to support small businesses and entrepreneurs with insightful and advice-driven sessions with the UK's brilliant entrepreneurial minds to illuminate their path to entrepreneurial success.

Full agenda

11:30 - 12:30 Building a thriving community for business success

More details about the session

In this free session, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards will speak with previous winners Ruari Fairbairns of One Year No Beer and Hannah and Sophie Pycroft of Spectrum Collections.

Ruari, Hannah and Sophie will share their experience of how a thriving community has played a significant role in their success and offer advice on how you can get your community off the ground. From aligning your identity, to building trust, giving value and involving your audience in your content, they’ll give step-by-step instructions on creating a community engagement that isn’t just about selling a product, but selling the brand.

Online Session

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More about the speakers

Ruari set up his first business on the island at the age of 16 selling and servicing PCs. A successful oil broking career in London followed where Ruari was quick to establish himself as a success. However, it was a career path that was fuelled by alcohol, and it led Ruari to realise the impact that regular drinking was having in other aspects of his life. After a few failed attempts, Ruari quit drinking and found the effects life-changing, Keen to spread the word, Ruari formed a friendship with fellow alcohol-free oil broker Andy Ramage and established OYNB in 2016 with the aim of helping other people realise the life advantages that come from changing their relationship with alcohol. OYNB has since helped over 80,000 people in 90 countries create healthier lifestyles. It’s not just about not drinking. It’s about putting members back in the driving seat and helping break down the habits associated with drinking - the same habits that can help change multiple areas of your life. A major reason for OYNB’s success is the MEND system. Standing for Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do, it’s all about developing a more positive and proactive mindset about going alcohol-free and making the most of the time, money, energy and positive relationships that come as a result.

BT Skills For Tomorrow

It’s more important than ever to have digital business skills. Through our BT Skills for Tomorrow programme, small business owners and employees can learn from our expert-led webinars and online courses. Our partnerships with Small Business Britain, Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Google Digital Garage gives you a wide range of courses and topics to choose from.

Whether you’re just starting out, or ready to scale up, we can help you with a range of topics; like digital marketing, online tools, social media, managing a team remotely and data protection.

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