HALL 2 FRIDAY 10.30 - 11.30
14.00 - 14.30
The legal world of setting up and running your own business
How to drive sales to your business and get access to funding
You will be inspired and educated by professional and experienced Lawyer Ritu Sethi, who runs an award winning practice. This seminar will help you to visualize your goal and plan your success with strategic precision and help you to assess your risks when setting up and running your business.
In this exciting seminar, MD of Rockstar Mentoring, Jonathan Pfahl will outline how SMEs can fast-track their sales growth, increase margins and achieve private investment. Jonathan will show how any business with the right focus and team can prosper.
Jonathan Pfahl Rockstar Mentoring Group
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Rithu Seti Sethi Partnership
14.45 - 15.15
Brad Burton 4Networking
Be The Business. Be The Brand. Be You.
12.30 - 13.00 Eamon FitzGerald Naked Wines
Naked Wines – a true social media business Naked Wines is an online wine merchant which invests in talented independent winemakers, in exchange for preferential prices for its customers. It is the fastest growing online wine company in the UK, and recently launched in the US and Australia. Naked has recruited over 250K customers in 3 years, by doing the exact opposite of their competitors – being a truly social business.
6 years ago Brad delivered pizzas to keep his start-up business afloat – now he delivers hilarious, inspiring, laugh out loud talks on life, business and motivation.Never one to toe the conventional line, Brad used the motivation of £25,000 of personal debt and many people telling him “it’ll never work” to build the world’s fastest growing business breakfast network – now a multi-million pound international business. Brad’s seminar will reveal just how his staggering success came about, and how you can achieve the same.
15.30 - 16.00 Vicki Wushe
From Redundancy to Financial Freedom and the life of your dreams
13.15 - 13.45
Stephen Blackman RBS
Economic Outlook: the long and winding road to recovery Stephen Blackman of RBS will provide an overview of recent developments in the UK economy, before considering the outlook for 2013 and beyond. Can we escape recession and, if so, what sort of recovery should we expect? There are many reasons to be pessimistic but Stephen will also emphasise some key strengths that the UK can exploit.
One of Vicki’s most inspirational and valuable talks explains how she moved from redundancy to financial freedom. This seminar will explain three key lessons that Vicki learned once she accepted responsibility for her life and her future.
ABOUT THE SPONSOR
Supporting SMEs across London and the South East
Notes
Business Connections is a membership based website set up by the London Evening Standard’s business team to help London’s SMEs and start-ups. Join now to find ways to help your business grow annual membership is only £40. Membership includes: • • • • •
Bespoke website dedicated to SMEs Free events with world class speakers Opportunity for networking with other members Interaction forums Discounted ad rates in the London Evening Standard newspaper
For more information go to www.es-bc.co.uk
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