Halton Council Business Investment & Growth Team

13/07/2026

Sign-up for Cyber Security Essentials: Preparing Your Business for Cyber Attacks
Sci-Tech Daresbury, Tuesday, July 21 • 9 AM - 1:30 PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyber-security-essentials-preparing-your-business-for-cyber-attacks-tickets-1990376456561

Cyber threats are no longer just an IT issue — they’re a business risk!

Join us for an essential, practical event designed to help organisations of all sizes understand today’s cyber risks and how to respond effectively if the worst happens.

This interactive session brings together law enforcement, legal, and insurance experts to explore real-world cyber threats, mitigation strategies, and incident response best practice — with the opportunity to put your skills to the test in a cyber escape room.

What to Expect:

Expert presentations on current cyber risks facing businesses
Practical guidance on risk mitigation and prevention
Panel discussion covering: Common types of cyber attacks, what to do if your business is attacked, how to minimise operational, financial, and reputational impact, key messages to communicate internally and externally, how cyber insurance can support your response and recovery
An interactive Cyber Escape Room experience to test your cyber resilience skills
Networking with fellow business leaders and cyber professionals

Speakers include Fiona McNichol (Regional Cyber Protection Officer, North West Regional Organised Crime Unit), Carla Murray (Head of Commercial, Tech & Data Protection Lawyer, Slater Heelis) and Graham Walker (Cyber Insurance Specialist, Konsileo)

Sign up now ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyber-security-essentials-preparing-your-business-for-cyber-attacks-tickets-1990376456561

Cyber threats are no longer just an IT issue — they’re a business risk!

15/06/2026

Register for the next Sci-Tech Daresbury Business Breakfast Network to connect with some of the North’s most dynamic hi-tech entrepreneurs, corporates, universities, support organisations and funding and professional communities. https://networkhub.sci-techdaresbury.com/event/business-breakfast-networking-event-june-2026/

Schedule
08.15 am/08.30 am – Arrival and registration
08.30 am – 08.55 am – Networking
09.00 am – Hybrid live event starts (Elevator pitches)
09. 45 am – Hybrid event finish
09.45 am – 10.15 am – Networking
Places to attend the physical BBN event are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.

Approximately 24 hours before the event you will receive a follow-up email containing further information you will need to be aware of when visiting the campus including car parking instructions.

If you miss the opportunity to join the in-person event you can still join online ➡️ https://networkhub.sci-techdaresbury.com/event/business-breakfast-networking-online-webinar-june-2026/

Don't miss the Post BBN seminar being delivered by our very own specialist Joy Lewis, PR Strategies to Build Brand Awareness and Gain Media Coverage from 11am-12pm ➡️ https://networkhub.sci-techdaresbury.com/event/pr-strategies-to-build-brand-awareness-and-gain-media-coverage/

09/06/2026

SME's across the North West are able to benefit from a range of free services from the North West Cyber Resilience Centre, including:

• Security awareness training online for employees.
• M365 configuration reviews
• Network Vulnerability Assessments
• Website vulnerability assessments
• Security policy reviews
• Policy documents and templates
• Digital footprint assessments

All support is fully-funded. We strongly encourage all Halton businesses (and businesses across the North West) to access the service to look at ways to improve cyber resilience in their business to cut down on cyber crime. Scan the QR code to book your first chat!

02/06/2026

Subscribe to our new and improved Halton Business Brief newsletter to keep up-to-date on the latest business news, events, training opportunities, featured stories and more across Halton! 📰

Sign-up form: https://signup.es-mail.co.uk/Signup/c7f165336999182e403158e884c678fc

View our May 2026 Edition here 💡 https://shorturl.at/p9jKh

01/06/2026

We are now pleased to announce our next Logistics network, which after a fresh coat of paint is now called the BIG On Logistics Cluster!

Event details:
• Date: Wednesday 1st July 2026
• Time: 08:30am – 11:00am
• Venue: The Heath Business and Technology Park, Runcorn, WA7 4QX

Halton is a key hub for the transport, warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing sectors. This event brings together local businesses to connect, collaborate, and explore the growing support available across Halton and the wider Liverpool City Region.

Presentations at this event will include:
• Adam Sanderson - STFC Hartree Centre, Daresbury. An introductory overview of their capabilities and support offer to businesses.
• Jen Bowles-Smith - Made Smarter. An overview of what Funding advice and support Made Smarter can provide to Manufacturing businesses.
• Liverpool University - Details of Help to Grow Management Course

To confirm your attendance, please email [email protected]. Place are limited.

13/05/2026

Local businesses and entrepreneurs are invited to meet the Business Support Service from Halton Borough Council. 🪄

Join us on 21 May 10 am – 1 pm, The Heath Business and Technical Park, Runcorn – Come and meet our friendly team of specialists to see how we can help you embrace your full
business potential! Come along and enjoy complimentary refreshments while gaining insight from our team of experts in a friendly and welcoming environment! ☕️

Registration not required, but getting in touch early to confirm your attendance would be helpful for the team - email [email protected]

11/05/2026

Halton Village Silver is hosting a support group for small business owners to meet like-minded people, share ideas and work through challenges over some tea & biscuits. No booking needed! For more information 👇️

16/04/2026

Today we came along to the South Liverpool Business Forum, hosted by Liverpool City Council's Business Support Service. It was a great event, and we found it insightful to hear from businesses operating in sectors such as aviation, local transport, rail and more across the Liverpool City Region! Thanks for having us! 🌟

15/04/2026

Halton People into Jobs would like to invite HEP partners/employers to attend their next Jobs Fair which will be taking place on Monday 27th April in Widnes.

This is an excellent opportunity for your organisation to come along and meet with local people that may want to apply for a range of roles that you have on offer (live vacancies).

HPIJ has held several Jobs Fairs which have been well attended, resulting in many local vacancies being filled as a direct result of employers attending.
Find out about potential grants for employers to recruit young people from Halton.

To book a place please email: [email protected]

13/04/2026

Meet the Seed Funds - April 24th 2026, 10:30am-11:30am @ Sci-Tech Daresbury
https://networkhub.sci-techdaresbury.com/event/meet-the-seed-funds/

Event Content
This event is to support founders and directors of high potential scale-up science and tech companies who are looking to raise seed and equity funding.

This event will be led by Delyth Edwards of the British Business Bank and you will hear from a selection of equity funds that support investment into companies at Sci-Tech Daresbury:

• The UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund delivered by Future Planet Capital
• The Liverpool Seed Fund Fund delivered by AXM Venture Capital
• LYVA Labs
• Deepbridge Capital
• SFC Capital

The investment funds will outline their fund, what they invest in and how they invest, and any key issues to watch out for.

The event will include a panel discussion where we will take questions from the audience and the objective of the event is to demystify equity funding, give you the ‘investor perspective’ and enable you to understand the key dos and don’ts when it comes to fund raising.