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Breakfast Briefing for The Finance Community |
Date: 23rd January 2007 Venue: Faraday Wharf, Aston Science Park Series: Financing Growth Cost: Free of charge thanks to the sponsors |  |
Help your customers! Give them the information they need! Be better advised! Synopsis This Breakfast Briefing event is a forum organised for the banking and finance community to interact, share ideas, exchange information and to keep abreast with the latest developments in the financial sector. Find out the current and future plans in the areas of business support and finance in todays briefing which can be utilised by your clients.
Who should attend? This briefing is beneficial to those involved in the finance community, particularly bankers or brokers involved in offering advice and support to small businesses in the region and also for those who need to get a sense of the latest changes in public sector support for the Birmingham and wider West Midlands area. | | Agenda | 08.00 | Arrival and registration | | Breakfast & networking | | 08.30 | Welcome address | | Phil Lines, Director of Finance, Aston Science Park | | Overview to breakfast briefing | | 08.45 | Briefing 1 | | Mohammed Nazir, Chairman of West Midlands Minority Ehtnic Business Forum and Member of the West Midlands Enterprise Board | | Regional update on business support Support schemes now and in the future | | 08.55 | Briefing 2 | | Steve Walker, Chief Executive of ART (Aston Reinvestment Trust) & Member of the Regional Finance Forum | | The escalator of finance Understanding CDFI's and their role | | How do CDFI's benefit banks and the finance community? | | 09.10 | Interactive Q&A | | 09.25 | Closing remarks | | 09.30 | Close |
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