Another successful project by Commendium’s team of business advisers – BIG Cumbria.
Our team were tasked to increase Cumbria’s GVA by £8.5m as part of an EU funded project. However, we surpassed that target reaching £15.1m. On average, businesses who used the service to boost sales realised a £19k uplift in GVA. Commendium’s team assisted businesses across all sectors to improve their IT processes, streamline their work flow and take their online marketing and sales to another level.
With only limited time and ERDF restrictions on eligibility, the team worked tirelessly to ensure businesses reaped the benefits of Superfast Broadband and business IT tools. From internal systems to sales and marketing, local businesses could either ask for a visit to their business, or attend one of the multitude of workshops located across the county.
Topics covered with Cumbrian businesses included:
- Digital marketing
- Search engine optimisation
- Email marketing
- Online cloud storage
- Cloud accounting
- Document / data sharing
- Networking
- Customer relations management
- Social media
- Time management and logging
- Analytics and website statistics
- Lead tracking
The project was a success with a great number of businesses benefiting from the advice and support.