Growth & Resilience Workshop
Free practical support to help your business grow
We’re pleased to be working with Catherine Erdly of The Resilient Retail Club and Chichester-based Uncommon Blue on a new programme of free practical support for independent businesses in Chichester city centre.
Date: Monday 5 October 2026
Workshop: 5pm – 6.30pm
One-to-one sessions: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Location: Uncommon Blue, 21 Stocklund House, East Street
The evening will include:
~ An interactive growth workshop with Catherine, designed specifically for independent retail, beauty, wellbeing and hospitality businesses, exploring practical ways to increase sales, improve profitability and make better business decisions with greater confidence.
~ One-to-one support after the workshop with Catherine
~ One-to-one marketing support sessions with Uncommon Blue following the workshop
~ Online follow-up clinic with Catherine
About the Growth and Resilience Workshop led by Catherine Erdly
How can you build a business that grows stronger as well as bigger?
This practical, interactive 90-minute workshop will help you identify real opportunities to increase sales, improve profitability and build a more resilient business.
You’ll explore the key levers that drive growth, how to get more value from the customers and audiences you already have, and where you could be leaving money on the table. You’ll work through practical tools and exercises designed to help you make better, more confident business decisions.
You’ll leave with fresh ideas, useful tools and a clear, focused action plan you can start putting into practice straight away.
Catherine Erdly
Catherine Erdly is a retail strategist, speaker, writer and founder of The Resilient Retail Club, helping independent retailers and product brands increase sales, improve cash flow and grow more profitable businesses.
With more than 26 years of retail experience, including senior roles at Laura Ashley, Coast and Paperchase, she brings big-business expertise to ambitious small-business owners.
Catherine is a Forbes.com contributor, experienced media commentator and speaker, and host of The Resilient Retail Game Plan, the UK’s top retail podcast. She has delivered over 100 workshops for organisations such as Small Business Britain and Enterprise Nation.
Uncommon Blue
Uncommon Blue is a Chichester-based digital and growth marketing agency with a difference. Born from the in-house marketing team of Chrysalis Courses, the agency brings first-hand commercial experience to its work with ambitious brands. Its team combines expertise across branding, design, web development, digital marketing, SEO and content, working as an integrated partner rather than a traditional supplier.