DanMartin
4th October 2007, 16:18
UK Business Forums members can gain FREE entry (saving £13 on the standard entrance price) to the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference by entering code GBZN1 at www.sme-events.com (http://www.growingyourownbusiness.co.uk/registration_index.php).
GROWING YOUR OWN BUSINESS EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, NEC, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 5 & Saturday 6 October 2007
Featuring speakers:
Karren Brady, MD of Birmingham City Football Club
Sean Phelan, founder of Multimap
A full range of the UK's most fascinating entrepreneursLeading advice, inspiring stories of triumph, and a comprehensive range of business services will make the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference the place where entrepreneurs can take the next step in expanding their businesses.
Visitors to the the event at Birmingham's NEC on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 October 2007 can learn valuable insights from successful business experts sharing the secrets behind their achievements. A seminar programme of outstanding speakers will be providing solutions to the key issues that entrepreneurs face as they build their businesses.
Some of the speakers on the programme include Karren Brady, managing director of Birmingham City Football Club who became the youngest managing director of any UK PLC in 1997. Karren has built a reputation as the leading woman in the football industry. She will be calling on her remarkable success in this challenging environment to advise on how to build and sustain a winning team.
Tristram Mayhew, co-founder of Go Ape, the award-winning forest adventure courses, will explain how he went from entrepreneur to business leader. He will recall how he took his idea of a treetop adventure course and built a hugely successful business with twelve outlets.
Sean Phelan is founder of Multimap, which provides online maps, point-to-point driving directions and ("where's my nearest?") searches to more businesses and consumers than any other supplier in Europe. Sean will provide ideas on innovation – where ideas come from and how to build an innovation culture.
Visitors to the event can also receive one-to-one guidance in the Business Advice Zone and network with other entrepreneurs; find out about legal issues in the Tax and Law Zone; discover the latest IT and telecoms ideas in the Technology Village and meet exhibiting companies with services to help small businesses throughout the show.
The exhibition features leading specialists in small business management with superb solutions to help businesses increase their efficiency and, most importantly, improve their profitability and develop sustainable growth. Professionals including accountants, lawyers and small business support services will advise visitors on all aspects of developing their business.
The event is co-located with The National Franchise Exhibition, enabling small businesses not only to access business products and services, but also to explore the options of franchising as a route to expansion.
To find out more information about speakers and exhibitors at Growing Your Own Business visit www.sme-events.com (http://www.growingyourownbusiness.co.uk/registration_index.php).
The Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference is open from 10am each day, closing at 5pm on Friday 5 October and 4pm on Saturday 6 October.
Entrance is £8 in advance or £13 on the door but UK Business Forums members can gain FREE entry to the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference by entering code GBZN1 at www.sme-events.com (http://www.sme-events.com/).
GROWING YOUR OWN BUSINESS EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE, NEC, BIRMINGHAM
Friday 5 & Saturday 6 October 2007
Featuring speakers:
Karren Brady, MD of Birmingham City Football Club
Sean Phelan, founder of Multimap
A full range of the UK's most fascinating entrepreneursLeading advice, inspiring stories of triumph, and a comprehensive range of business services will make the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference the place where entrepreneurs can take the next step in expanding their businesses.
Visitors to the the event at Birmingham's NEC on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 October 2007 can learn valuable insights from successful business experts sharing the secrets behind their achievements. A seminar programme of outstanding speakers will be providing solutions to the key issues that entrepreneurs face as they build their businesses.
Some of the speakers on the programme include Karren Brady, managing director of Birmingham City Football Club who became the youngest managing director of any UK PLC in 1997. Karren has built a reputation as the leading woman in the football industry. She will be calling on her remarkable success in this challenging environment to advise on how to build and sustain a winning team.
Tristram Mayhew, co-founder of Go Ape, the award-winning forest adventure courses, will explain how he went from entrepreneur to business leader. He will recall how he took his idea of a treetop adventure course and built a hugely successful business with twelve outlets.
Sean Phelan is founder of Multimap, which provides online maps, point-to-point driving directions and ("where's my nearest?") searches to more businesses and consumers than any other supplier in Europe. Sean will provide ideas on innovation – where ideas come from and how to build an innovation culture.
Visitors to the event can also receive one-to-one guidance in the Business Advice Zone and network with other entrepreneurs; find out about legal issues in the Tax and Law Zone; discover the latest IT and telecoms ideas in the Technology Village and meet exhibiting companies with services to help small businesses throughout the show.
The exhibition features leading specialists in small business management with superb solutions to help businesses increase their efficiency and, most importantly, improve their profitability and develop sustainable growth. Professionals including accountants, lawyers and small business support services will advise visitors on all aspects of developing their business.
The event is co-located with The National Franchise Exhibition, enabling small businesses not only to access business products and services, but also to explore the options of franchising as a route to expansion.
To find out more information about speakers and exhibitors at Growing Your Own Business visit www.sme-events.com (http://www.growingyourownbusiness.co.uk/registration_index.php).
The Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference is open from 10am each day, closing at 5pm on Friday 5 October and 4pm on Saturday 6 October.
Entrance is £8 in advance or £13 on the door but UK Business Forums members can gain FREE entry to the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference by entering code GBZN1 at www.sme-events.com (http://www.sme-events.com/).