Date: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Venue: Aston Science Park, Birmingham. B7 4BB
Cost: Free of charge – thanks to our sponsors
Series: Seminars for Success
Event: Growing Your Business
Places: 100 places - FULLY BOOKED
Synopsis
The Seminars for Success series identifies critical elements that a company will have to consider in order to drive sustainable business improvement and growth. The events are extremely informative providing a powerful combination of personal development and networking, sponsored by a range of partners that wish to support the development and growth of businesses. Who will benefit?
Any owner manager or senior executive with an interest in developing their business. Table top exhibitions will be available during the breaks and open until 11.45am. This will allow delegates the opportunity to network and gain one to one advice and assistance. If you are in the business of offering support services to businesses looking to grow, you may wish to reserve an exhibition table top or leaflet drops in the delegate packs.
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Aston Science Park - The ideal business location
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Agenda
| 08.00 | Breakfast and networking | | 08.45 | WELCOME | | Matthew Hidderley, Marketing & Sales Manager | | of Aston Science Park | | Chair - Andy Parker, Director (Parker Business Development) | | 08.55 | SECTION 1 - GROWING YOUR BUSINESS | | Steve Wright, Director, Sandler Sales Institute
• Improving your bottom line
• Sales skills
• Techniques to improve your sales | 09.10
| SECTION 2 - CONTRACTS
Peter Manford, Partner, Martineau Johnson
• Helping get the best deal
• Managing risk and liability
• Protecting value and the brand | 09.25
| NETWORKING BREAK
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09.50
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SECTION 3 - PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS
Diana Wardley, Partner at Forresters on behalf of The West Midlands IP Association - Fillip
• Capitalising on your assets
• How to grow your business | | 10.05 | SECTION 4 - MAXIMISING A BUSINESS | | Fiona Hudson-Kelly, Director (Fusion ICT)
• Harvesting opportunities
• Creating the mindset | | 10.20 | Summary, Q&A and closing remarks | | 10.45 | Close |
For any further details about this event including exhibiting at future events, please call the events team on 0121 260 6168.
Find out more about exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities.
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Growing your Business Event Speakers
Matthew
Hidderley
| | Marketing & Sales Manager,
Aston Science Park
Matthew manages the hugely successful Marketing & Communications team, with responsibility for maximising external and internal awareness of Aston Science Park. Matthew has over 7 years of ‘hands on’ marketing experience to date and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) specialising in Marketing, as well as an array of business and sales experience through his employment at Aston Science Park. His role involves actively promoting the park via liaison with the national media, tenants, sponsors and industry partners. Matthew is also responsible for the property lettings at the 65 acre campus park shared with Aston University which is home to over 120 businesses and excellent conference facilities. Matthew is actively known for delivering the extremely popular ‘Seminars for Success’ series at Aston Science Park which attracts over 100 Midlands based businesses. | 
Andy
Parker
| | Managing Director of Parker Business Development
Andy is a Chartered Accountant and MD of Parker Business Development Ltd & Parker Financial Planning Ltd. Andy works primarily on tax planning projects however his companies provide a range of financial business services to the owner managed business sector.
The Seminars for Success programme has proved to fit well with Parker Business Development’s focus of adding value to their clients and they are proud to be associated with them. | 
Steve
Wright
| | Director, Sandler Sales Institute
Prior to running Sandler Sales Institute in the West Midlands, Steve gained a vast wealth of international sales and sales management experience. His last assignment was turning around an ailing sales organisation in California, USA. Steve’s ‘must see’ presentation introduces a little known alternative way of selling efficiently and effectively by breaking all the rules. | 
Peter
Manford
| | Partner, Martineau Johnson
Partner in charge of commerce group in Birmingham at Martineau Johnson. Heading a team of lawyers specialising in advising upon drafting and negotiating a range of contracts extending from terms and conditions of sale and supply to major outsourcing arrangements. Sector specialisms in the group include direct selling, outsourcing, supply chain management and franchising. | 
Diana
Wardley
| | Partner at Forresters
Diana is a Patent and Trade Mark Attorney. She obtained her BSc and PhD in Physics from the University of Birmingham and has worked in the IP departments of a national defence organisation and a leading agricultural vehicle manufacturer. Diana advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property law. In the field of patents, deals with mechanical inventions, but have a particular interest in medically related inventions. | 
Fiona Hudson Kelly
| | Director, Fusion ICT
Share the secrets of this award winning entrepreneur who has created two multi million pound businesses from scratch whilst raising 4 children single handed! Achieving incredible success in the male dominated world of technology whilst retaining her femininity and individuality you will leave her session feeling compelled to do something different.
Fiona was a finalist in the CBI’s First Woman Award, a Cosmopolitan Award holder, a previous winner of the prestigious Midlands Business Woman’s Award and won the 2007 £1 Midlands Connect Challenge. |
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