Thursday 4 September
Doncaster
Business Bootcamp Collaboration and Connectivity
Sponsored by
Programme
9:00 10:00 10:15 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:40 14:10 14:40 14:50 15:25 15:30
Delegates arrive, registration, networking & expo
Event Opens, seats to be taken
Welcome to FSB South East Yorkshire & The Humber Bootcamp
Emma Smailes, FSB North of England Manager
Welcome to Doncaster
Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster
Headline Sponsor Welcome
Michelle Cupples, Trade Remedies Authority
Speaker 1: Busting the Perfection Myth: The Power of Real Connection
Andrea Morrison, Andrea Morrison Coaching
Speaker 2: The power of peer support and pressure
Peter Cruikshanks, Outside in Management Ltd
Speaker 3: Marketing Your Business on LinkedIn®: Practical Strategies for 2025
Judy Parsons – The LinkedIn® Lady
Lunch - Networking + Expo
Speaker 4: The Fundamental Five The Framework to Scale with Social
Rik Courtney, Just Ask Rik
Speaker 5: The Supply Chain Network : Connecting you with businesses and opportunities
Kathryn Gregory, East Riding Supply Chain Network
Fireside Chat : Trade Remedies Authority
Michelle Cupples with Barney Mynott, FSB West Yorkshire Development Manager
Building Bridges: Cultivating Collaboration & Connectivity for Business Growth Panel Discussion
Closing Remarks
Event Close
Host
Emma Smailes
Emma Smailes (MIED) is the North of England Manager for the Federation of Small Businesses. Emma leads a team of staff and volunteers, working with policy makers, business, and educational and commercial stakeholders, supporting thousands of business across the North of England from a number of industries and sectors, helping to them to achieve their ambition. Emma is a passionate advocate for social justice, women in enterprise and women in leadership. An accomplished musician and musical director, she is an enthusiastic champion for the contribution it can make within skills and education, as well as the power of music for all ages to combat mental health issues, physical health conditions and social isolation.
Speakers
Andrea Morrison
Andrea Morrison is a Transformational Coach & Psychologist, 2 x Tedx Speaker who enables Business & Senior Leaders to realise their ambitions with confidence, resilience and balance, releasing themselves from stress, overwhelm and fear.
Andrea will be Busting the Perfection Myth: The Power of Real Connection in Business. In this talk, Andrea Morrison explores the quiet truth behind so many business journeys: that the doubts, fears, and moments of not knowing - the parts of us we think we should push away - might actually be our greatest strength.
Through story, insight, and her own experience as a coach, psychologist, with over ten years of working with businesses and senior leaders, Andrea reveals how letting go of the perfection myth opens the door to deeper connection, stronger communities, and more sustainable growth. andreamorrison.co.uk
Peter Cruikshanks
Peter, a recovering accountant, has been a business coach for nearly 15 years. He runs several mastermind groups for small business owners. He is also a non-executive director of an employee-owned business.
Imagine having 10 business owners like you who give you advice, challenge you, hold you accountable. All in a confidential space. Mastermind or peer groups are the great collaborative path for ambitious business owners.
In this talk, learn about:
The 7 benefits of being in a peer group.
1. The stories of group members.
2. Starting your own group.
3. Joining an existing group. outsideinmanagement.co.uk/about
Speakers
Judy Parsons
As an independent LinkedIn trainer and mentor Judy works with business owners and SMEs to unlock LinkedIn’s potential, so they Get Found, Get Known and Get Leads from LinkedIn. Passionate about de-mystifying LinkedIn Judy ensures her clients make the most of the time they spend on LinkedIn, closing the gap between ‘just being on LinkedIn’ and making LinkedIn work effectively as a tool for generating inbound enquiries.
For many business owners, success means getting in front of and having conversations with the right people, aka those who understand what you do and actively want to engage with you. Achieving this on LinkedIn requires a clear strategy to avoid wasting time on ad hoc activity that gets you nowhere.
In this session, Judy will share practical ways to use LinkedIn to attract the right people, turn connections into conversations and make LinkedIn a powerful part of your day to day sales and marketing. Everything Judy teaches she uses to generate her own leads and grow her business. She believes that if she can grow her business on LinkedIn then anyone can.
judithparsons.com
Rik Courtney
Rik Courtney is a dynamic digital strategist, speaker, and educator best known for cutting through the chaos of online marketing with his Fundamental Five framework. With a sharp eye for what actually works, Rik helps business owners and marketers ditch the fluff and focus on five nonnegotiable pillars: having a clear goal, a powerful value proposition, social proof that converts, tuned-in social listening, and data that drives decisions.
Rik’s session will break down the noise and hand you a clear, no-fluff framework called the Fundamental Five—designed to help you show up, stand out, and scale up in a digital world that moves fast and forgets faster. By the end of this session, you won’t just leave with a notebook full of ideas - you’ll walk away with a game plan, energy in your stride and the permission to show up bigger and smarter than ever before.
www.linkedin.com/in/rikcourtney
Speakers
Kathryn Gregory
The Supply Chain Network is an online portal with three main tools, The Supplier Directory, The Opportunities Map and The Supply Chain Promise.
The aim of The Supply Chain Network is to support businesses to showcase their products and services to a wider market and promote new work opportunities. It also encourages businesses to commit to, where possible, using local and regional suppliers when sourcing goods and services for their business.
thesupplychainnetwork.co.uk
Exhibitors
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
FSB is for support, for protection, for business offering FSB members a wide range of vital business services including advice, financial expertise, support and a powerful voice heard in government. Established in 1974, FSB is now the UK’s largest membership organisation for small businesses and the selfemployed. Members can enjoy an exclusive package of great value business services including advice, financial products, and support covering a wide range of benefits such as tax, legal and HR, business banking plus local networking events and more. www.fsb.org.uk
Trade Remedies Authority (Headline Sponsor)
The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority offers the first line of defence for UK manufacturers if they face unfair international competition from low-priced imports. Since the TRA was established in 2021, it has protected UK producers from unfair trade practices across £22bn of UK imports.
www.gov.uk/uktra
LaunchPad: Business Doncaster (Event Sponsor)
Business Doncaster is Doncaster Council’s Inward Investment team – aiming to promote a thriving location with a wealth of investment and development opportunities for any size or type of business.
Launchpad is a fully inclusive programme designed to help ambitious entrepreneurs set up, run and grow successful businesses. Launchpad brings together a wide range of business start-up and support services
including workshops, events and one to one support from business advisors and coaches.
www.businessdoncaster.co.uk/business-support/ business-start-up
Catapult Films
Catapult Films is a video production company that brings stories to life to best promote your product, business or service. They’ll set you apart from your competition, help you reach a wider audience, increase sales and encourage happy customers to come back to you.
www.catapultfilms.co.uk
Training That Works
Training That Works provide training that adopts their 3Ps approach – People, Products, and Processes. They aim to improve productivity, processes, generate effective results, and remain adaptive. With the intention of ensuring their training can be applied in various business settings and can be aligned with your specific goals. They continuously improve their training programs by incorporating student feedback and updating their courses with the latest information and best practices. With this in mind, they aim to eliminate any unnecessary information for more efficient learning. trainingthatworks.co.uk
North East Business Resilience Centre
The North East Business Resilience Centre is a policeled, not-for-profit organisation that provides 24/7 cyber security support to SMEs. Their trusted cyber security services have developed an ethical reputation and formed a partnership network with the Cyber Essentials Certification to protect businesses from cyber risks. They offer a free membership, as well as many other cyber security services. www.nebrcentre.co.uk
Snow Elk Productions
Snow Elk delivers effective corporate video productions. Snow Elk has worked with organisations large and small; local, national and international; industrial and consumer. Visit the portfolio section of their website to enjoy a sample of their finished work. snowelkproductions.co.uk
WPA Health Insurance
WPA Health Insurance is a specialist not-for-profit health insurer in the UK, WPA provides awardwinning health insurance solutions for individuals, families, and businesses of all sizes.
You can choose from a range of award-winning health insurance with cover levels and lifestyle options, to create exactly the right health insurance policy for your needs.
www.wpa.org.uk
Make-A-Brew
Make-A-Brew build brands for businesses, like LEGO they use strategy and creativity to create and develop brand stratgeies and identities that stand you out from the crowd and attract your customers.
www.facebook.com/makeabrew
Discover Insights
Discover Insights provide a brand new approach to understanding all aspects of personality. Their unique tool helps you to discover insights into your personality type and how that affects how you act, feel and react in all areas of your life. It supports greater understanding, empathy and compassion and so reduces stress and enhances wellbeing across individuals and teams.
discoverinsights.co.uk
QBC Agency
Founded in 2000 by Richard and Bruce, two promoter DJs, QBC was created to provide a comprehensive, one-stop solution for the late-night industry. Frustrated by working with multiple companies, they built QBC to offer design, print, and entertainment services under one roof. The company quickly became a trusted partner, and today, their reach extends well beyond the late-night sector.
www.qbcagency.co.uk
Your Utilities
Based in Halifax, Your Utilities are your commercial utility specialist. Having spent over 40 years working with SME’s across the UK, Phil Pinder has helped 100’s of business owners create bespoke and cost effective communication and utility strategies working as a trusted provider in partnership. They class utilities as Telecoms, Gas, Electric, Water, Mobile phones, Internet Access and anything connected to it.
yourutilities.uk
Hawk & Heath
It may sound strange, but Hawk & Heath can show you how to forest bathe virtually! Their app empowers you to learn how to forest bathe at your own pace, in your own space. Taking you on a journey of discovery so you can pursue the power of nature for yourself. For a one-off payment for lifetime membership, you’ll get full access to the existing back-catalogue of videos to enjoy at your own pace, in your own space; and enjoy new content, updated every Friday. Members also have exclusive access to extra benefits and discounts on other wellness services and products.
hawkandheath.co.uk
Business Energy Direct
Cradle to grave award winning Energy Consultants providing meter connections, procurement, account management, rebates and advice on all things energy related.
www.linkedin.com/company/business-energy-direct/ people
Adam Bradley Business Growth Consultant
Adam Bradley provides bespoke consultancy and strategies for businesses of all sizes. A personal and tailored approach, backed by award-winning expertise, to help your company achieve guaranteed growth. www.adam-bradley.co.uk/home
Crest IT Solutions
Their expert team offer a range of IT services to give you peace of mind that things will run smoothly from here on out, including support, maintenance and security as well as network design, strategy and management.
Offering limitless support Monday to Friday, their aim is to ensure you have as little downtime as possible while reducing your business’ overall IT costs. crest-it.co.uk
Team Cherry Events
Whether you’re dreaming of a roaring 20s theme or the latest trending look, Team Cherry Events is here to bring your vision to life. They specialise in event decor hire for birthdays, weddings, and corporate events, offering stunning balloon bouquets, flower arrangements, and eye-catching LED table centres in Leeds and West Yorkshire area.
www.teamcherryevents.co.uk
Logica Digital
Logica Digital are experts in digital marketing, making sure they keep up to date with the latest trends and changes in their industry so you don’t have to. They have multi-sector expertise and find solutions that fit your needs and blow your expectations out of the water. Their honest and transparent approach means that they’ll always tailor your digital marketing strategy to your business, your customers and your goals.
www.logica-digital.co.uk
Work, Rest Or Play
Work Rest or Play offers web-based resources such as a local directory, events calendar and Virtual High Street, as well as a news section and social media channels. They welcome you to use the site and all that they offer.
www.workrestorplay.co.uk
Frank Jay, Chilli Shop
The Trade Remedies Authority exists to defend the UK against unfair international trade practices.
The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority investigates import practices which could harm UK businesses
If your business manufactures goods and you are struggling to compete with unfairly low-priced imports, you could apply to the TRA for a trade remedy to apply a tariff on these imports at the border
You can find guidance on all aspects of the TRA’s investigations on their website to guide you through the process T H E T R A
The TRA investigate whether new trade remedies are needed to prevent injury to UK industries caused by unfair trading practices and make recommendations on appropriate measures to defend UK economic interests.
If you would like to find out if a trade remedy could help protect your business from unfair international trading practices, contact the TRA on contact@traderemedies gov uk They are ready to help.