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Climate Change on the International platform

Tuesday 19th January | 10:45am

Eoin McQuone – Director, Go Climate positive

 

Eoin believes that building a profitable, future-proof business nowadays requires a change from the traditional model. It’s not only about making a profit now, it’s about creating a business that will continue to grow and flourish in a world of climate change and scarce resources.

 

Eoin started “Go Climate Positive” to help businesses understand and reduce their carbon footprint, ultimately becoming Climate Positive. He’s a sustainability lead on the Cheltenham Economic Recovery Task Force and co-founder of the Gloucestershire Climate Commitment.

Dr John Henry Looney – Director, Sustainable Direction Ltd

Climate Change is the most significant threat facing the planet today.  The Global business community has a leading responsibility to address the impending crisis with investment, operating methodology and management priorities having an overriding effect on society’s ability to engage the problem before we get beyond the point where it is possible to do so.

Every scale of business is involved from the smallest owner managed micro business through to the largest multinational corporations, the issues and decisions are just of a different type.

We bring together a cross section of Business from a range of countries to compare notes, discuss the alternatives and think out loud about how we can accelerate the discussion and planning that will make a difference. 

  1. How engaged is the business community in tackling the big sustainability challenges (climate emergency, ecological emergency, resource scarcity, equality, fairness/social justice).
  2. What has your National government committed to do? How well is it backing this up with policy?
  3. What are your companies required to do on energy efficiency, carbon reduction and environmental or social sustainability by law?
  4. What policy measures are expected in future years?
  5. Are market forces running ahead or behind policy? In what way?
  6. What measures are businesses commonly taking voluntarily?
  7. Is there a different level of activity between markets sectors and/or business size?

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Creating Brand – Cultural Relevance

Tuesday 19th January | 12:30pm

Lex Beckett – Director, Squashed Robot Films

Lex Beckett’s business, Squashed Robot Films is a Films, Photography and Animation agency based in the heart of Cheltenham that has been making great content for businesses across the UK and internationally for a number of years now.  In 2014 he picked up a BAFTA nomination for his work on a short film.

Lex is passionate about producing content which delivers results for their clients – no matter what their sector, industry or market share.

Other participants –

Janina Neumann – Janina Neumann Design

Neil Morgan – Neil Morgan Design

Internationally speaking, our Brand can have unexpected connotations and implications.  We design it as we review our business from our own business perspective and for the culture and markets that we are used to.

But what happens when you project internationally? Do certain words have different meanings?  How is colour perceived subconsciously in different cultures? How do you go about meeting new contacts, what is the norm for saying hello and getting to know people?  Should you expect to fit completely into the culture you’re approaching, or is there a sensible path where you meet in the middle and work on a mutual cultural understanding with your new international prospects?

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Risk & Resilience in International Trading

Tuesday 19th January | 14:30pm

Phil West, Director, Continuity West

Philip developed his unique experience as a trainer with expertise in crisis management as well as major incident and event command during his career as a Police Inspector in England. He has commanded at major events like the G8 conference in Scotland, international football matches in Wales, Glastonbury Music Festival in England as well as numerous spontaneous critical incidents. 

Business Risk & Resilience planning is an important, if sometimes difficult aspect of running a business.

When it comes to resilience planning for international trading, Brexit has created a sharp focus. In 2020 the Covid pandemic became a huge risk area for business and over the last 5 years, the cyber threat landscape has become a well-established, sensitive and significantly under reported factor.

The international trading opportunities have never been greater and SME business in particular have great opportunities to find new markets as we all become familiar with video conferencing.  Our Panel considers the risks specifically around international trade operations and the resilience thinking that can help businesses grow their International trade in a secure and robust way.

 

He retired in 2010 to form his own company in business continuity and now advises public sector and SME’s on risk and resilience. 

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The Global visitor economy – recovering from a catastrophic year

Wednesday 20th January | 10:00am

Steve is an experienced and highly motivated tourism & hospitality Sales Director with the drive, passion and enthusiasm to inspire and lead others. 

He enjoys leading a sales culture throughout business and is a marketer with experience across design, digital and social platforms in multifaceted environments in local, domestic and international markets. 

Steve describes himself as an Organiser, a team player and a champion for well-being, diversity and inclusivity.

To say that 2020 has been a disastrous year for the visitor economy – wherever you look on the planet – would be an understatement, we all hope that 2021 will bring a way forward and options for recovery that will be very welcome.

But what does that mean? How have the businesses weathered the tough times?  What has changed, what can be recovered and what new thinking has emerged that will bring whole new ways of doing things?

Our panel of professionals involved in the visitor economy from across different countries and continents share their thinking and discuss how the different cultures and communities that have been impacted in very different ways are looking at 2021 and what they are doing to encourage the best recovery they can. 

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Risks in trading – International Cyber Security

Wednesday 20th January | 14:00pm

Following an extensive career in automotive, aerospace, nuclear power engineering and senior management in US, UK, Europe, India and China, Roger is the director and founder of Sabre UK Ltd. Founded in 2007. 

With abundant experience as Quality Director, Managing Director in a wide range of global corporations, including GM, Rolls Royce, SKF, ISMT India, Kalyani Group India and Changan Group China, Roger is an experienced professional guiding clients through strategic direction and planning to enter and establish presence in Asian markets.

As businesses anywhere start thinking about trading internationally, they will engage with unfamiliar cultures, laws, languages and customs.  Who is trustworthy, what are the do’s and don’ts and what should businesses be doing to ensure that their cyber security measures are adequate?

Are there countries where the cyber security threat is greater than others, or is the threat landscape broadly similar in a digitally connected world?

With international banking the backbone of international trade, what can be expected of different banking regimes and will their thinking about online security in the UK stand them in good stead internationally?

These and other questions are discussed with some Cyber Security professionals with experience in different cultures and how the risks translate.

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The Changing Faces of Media

Wednesday 20th January | 16:00pm

Having spent over 25 years in the regional media – 15 of which was as an editor and director at amazing newspaper groups in the Midlands (Tamworth) and the South West (Bath) – Sam became a Development Manager for Britain’s biggest and most successful business representation group the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in March 2013.

Sam works to help and support the thousands of FSB members who run small businesses, are self-employed or have that entrepreneurial spirit throughout the Gloucestershire and the West of England area.

Other Participants:

John Hewitt Jones
Senior Reporter, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

Andrew Merrell
Raikes Journal

Lois Cooper
Journalism Student, University of Gloucestershire

Journalism, the press, and media in general has changed beyond recognition over the last two decades.

The arrival or the digital age with lighting fast communications, social media, fake news, and the move away from hard copy press media has created some real challenges for Journalists looking to get

accurate reporting of important stories out in a relevant and accurate way.

How has this changed the way we absorb business news? And where does the future lie when it comes to independent, reliable, and accurate journalism?

Join us for this international discussion as we look at the changing face of journalism from different parts of the world. 

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International Trade – Any Questions?

Tuesday 19th January | 14:30pm

Following an extensive career in automotive, aerospace, nuclear power engineering and senior management in US, UK, Europe, India and China, Roger is the director and founder of Sabre UK Ltd. Founded in 2007. 

With abundant experience as Quality Director, Managing Director in a wide range of global corporations, including GM, Rolls Royce, SKF, ISMT India, Kalyani Group India and Changan Group China, Roger is an experienced professional guiding clients through strategic direction and planning to enter and establish presence in Asian markets.

Following our International Trade Forum discussion, we bring together a number of international specialists to take questions around building business development though trading internationally.

Brexit has created both opportunity and vulnerabilities, the current pandemic has exponentially increased the use of online communications that have made it so much easier to reach out internationally and build new business relationships.

Culture, language and the simple interpretation or brand, graphics and body language are all areas of discussion and our panel will be looking to understand business concerns and uncertainties around how to build new international business.

You can submit questions via the event registration process, or on our dedicated email address: BI21.1@business-shows.co.uk

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Question Storming: “How can Placemaking Help Set a Path Toward an Inclusive Recovery?”

Tuesday 19th January | 14:30pm

Sandra is the President of Personal Cities, a smart city company dedicated to “imagining the city as it will be.” She works to enrol every stakeholder toward a shared sense of now—toward safe, prosperous, happy communities.

Today, among the convergence of crises facing our world, Placemaking really matters. From supporting our local economies, to attracting business investment, attracting tourism, providing cultural opportunities, encouraging volunteerism, reducing crime and improving public safety and mobility, and improving public health and the environment—all are a part of an attractive place to live and work. 

Never has there been a more important time to design and re-shape urban space. If we are smart, we will leverage the talent and resources of our business community. We will work collaboratively to understand new paths toward an inclusive society and an inclusive recovery with thriving businesses and prosperous cities.

To understand Question Storming better: http://bit.ly/Question_Storming 

 

 She is a champion of creative collaboration between the public and private sector and has worked with city leaders, worldwide for over 20 years. Through stakeholder engagement, social inclusion and the acceleration of innovative technologies, Ms. Baer inspires coordinated action to make cities smarter

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Local to Global – Cultural Awareness

Tuesday 19th January | 15:30pm

Janina Neumann, Janina Neumann Design

Janina Neumann is a bilingual (German/English) graphic designer, intercultural management trainer, and business owner of Janina Neumann Design. JND is a bilingual design company, helping clients create a social impact in the UK and abroad. The bilingual focus ensures clients can communicate their message equally effectively across different languages and cultures. Janina is also the Co-Founder of Local to Global, a gateway to fulfil all exporters’ cultural, linguistic and branding requirements.

Eva Túnez Salvador, Genuine Translations

Eva is a Spanish translator who is passionate about international trade and the cultural and linguistic challenges linked to it. Her multilingual translation company, Genuine Translations, helps businesses that are exporting to foreign language markets with all their marketing, legal and technical translation requirements. Eva is also the Co-Founder of Local to Global, a a gateway to fulfill all exporters’ cultural, linguistic and branding requirements.

Exporting into a new market can be daunting if you don’t speak the language or you haven’t experienced the culture before. These are critical success factors when exporting your products or services to other countries. These are key factors influencing the exporter’s decision of entering a particular market.

We will explain what it means to be culturally aware and analyse the Asian and South American cultures based on eight culture scales. There will be an opportunity to learn about different ways of doing business in different markets; from communication and organisation to leadership and etiquette. There will also be an opportunity to discuss and learn from incidents involving cultural misunderstandings, and we will share some tips on how to work effectively in multicultural teams.

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Access to Finance: Financing International Trade

Wednesday 20th January | 10:30am

An experienced business executive with 30 years of business and financial services experience. Richard has worked as a consultant, sales executive and manager for several major international companies.

In 2018 he changed focus and started to work with start-ups and SMEs. In 2019 he formed Berkshire Dales, which offers SMEs advice on getting the right business finance, and other consulting services.

Roger Mackrill,
Director,
Sabre UK

Callum Wade,
Key Account Director Trade Finance,
Ebury

Edward Booth,
Business Development Manager
Bibby Financial Services
07341 562860
edward.booth@bibbyfinancialservices.com 

TBC
Fleximize

Access to finance, is a key business function and fast-changing, whether a sole trader or an established significant business. Having good finance in place is critical to facilitate international trade.

Hear how finance companies can fund setting up overseas supply chains for importing goods into the UK, The supply of UK good overseas markets and Investment into the start-up costs of international trade.

Our Access to Finance Forum will be looking at the state of the funding landscape, types of lending/criteria, costs of finance. 

The discussion is held as a virtual boardroom discussion of professionals.  20 observer seats are available for those who have an interest in understanding the industry sector.  The Chair will invite input from the observers during the forum discussion.  

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International Trade – Any Questions?

Tuesday 19th January | 14:30pm

Following an extensive career in automotive, aerospace, nuclear power engineering and senior management in US, UK, Europe, India and China, Roger is the director and founder of Sabre UK Ltd. Founded in 2007. 

With abundant experience as Quality Director, Managing Director in a wide range of global corporations, including GM, Rolls Royce, SKF, ISMT India, Kalyani Group India and Changan Group China, Roger is an experienced professional guiding clients through strategic direction and planning to enter and establish presence in Asian markets.

Following our International Trade Forum discussion, we bring together a number of international specialists to take questions around building business development though trading internationally.

Brexit has created both opportunity and vulnerabilities, the current pandemic has exponentially increased the use of online communications that have made it so much easier to reach out internationally and build new business relationships.

Culture, language and the simple interpretation or brand, graphics and body language are all areas of discussion and our panel will be looking to understand business concerns and uncertainties around how to build new international business.

You can submit questions via the event registration process, or on our dedicated email address: BI21.1@business-shows.co.uk

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Question Storming: “How can Placemaking Help Set a Path Toward an Inclusive Recovery?”

Tuesday 19th January | 14:30pm

Sandra is the President of Personal Cities, a smart city company dedicated to “imagining the city as it will be.” She works to enrol every stakeholder toward a shared sense of now—toward safe, prosperous, happy communities.

Today, among the convergence of crises facing our world, Placemaking really matters. From supporting our local economies, to attracting business investment, attracting tourism, providing cultural opportunities, encouraging volunteerism, reducing crime and improving public safety and mobility, and improving public health and the environment—all are a part of an attractive place to live and work. 

Never has there been a more important time to design and re-shape urban space. If we are smart, we will leverage the talent and resources of our business community. We will work collaboratively to understand new paths toward an inclusive society and an inclusive recovery with thriving businesses and prosperous cities.

To understand Question Storming better: http://bit.ly/Question_Storming 

 

 She is a champion of creative collaboration between the public and private sector and has worked with city leaders, worldwide for over 20 years. Through stakeholder engagement, social inclusion and the acceleration of innovative technologies, Ms. Baer inspires coordinated action to make cities smarter

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Local to Global – Cultural Awareness

Tuesday 19th January | 15:30pm

Janina Neumann, Janina Neumann Design

Janina Neumann is a bilingual (German/English) graphic designer, intercultural management trainer, and business owner of Janina Neumann Design. JND is a bilingual design company, helping clients create a social impact in the UK and abroad. The bilingual focus ensures clients can communicate their message equally effectively across different languages and cultures. Janina is also the Co-Founder of Local to Global, a gateway to fulfil all exporters’ cultural, linguistic and branding requirements.

Eva Túnez Salvador, Genuine Translations

Eva is a Spanish translator who is passionate about international trade and the cultural and linguistic challenges linked to it. Her multilingual translation company, Genuine Translations, helps businesses that are exporting to foreign language markets with all their marketing, legal and technical translation requirements. Eva is also the Co-Founder of Local to Global, a a gateway to fulfill all exporters’ cultural, linguistic and branding requirements.

Exporting into a new market can be daunting if you don’t speak the language or you haven’t experienced the culture before. These are critical success factors when exporting your products or services to other countries. These are key factors influencing the exporter’s decision of entering a particular market.

We will explain what it means to be culturally aware and analyse the Asian and South American cultures based on eight culture scales. There will be an opportunity to learn about different ways of doing business in different markets; from communication and organisation to leadership and etiquette. There will also be an opportunity to discuss and learn from incidents involving cultural misunderstandings, and we will share some tips on how to work effectively in multicultural teams.

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Access to Finance: Financing International Trade

Wednesday 20th January | 10:30am

An experienced business executive with 30 years of business and financial services experience. Richard has worked as a consultant, sales executive and manager for several major international companies.

In 2018 he changed focus and started to work with start-ups and SMEs. In 2019 he formed Berkshire Dales, which offers SMEs advice on getting the right business finance, and other consulting services.

Roger Mackrill,
Director,
Sabre UK

Callum Wade,
Key Account Director Trade Finance,
Ebury

Edward Booth,
Business Development Manager
Bibby Financial Services
07341 562860
edward.booth@bibbyfinancialservices.com 

TBC
Fleximize

Access to finance, is a key business function and fast-changing, whether a sole trader or an established significant business. Having good finance in place is critical to facilitate international trade.

Hear how finance companies can fund setting up overseas supply chains for importing goods into the UK, The supply of UK good overseas markets and Investment into the start-up costs of international trade.

Our Access to Finance Forum will be looking at the state of the funding landscape, types of lending/criteria, costs of finance. 

The discussion is held as a virtual boardroom discussion of professionals.  20 observer seats are available for those who have an interest in understanding the industry sector.  The Chair will invite input from the observers during the forum discussion.  

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#BI21.1 International Trade Forum

Tuesday 19th January | 10:30am

Roger Mackrill – Director, Sabre UK Ltd

Following an extensive career in automotive, aerospace, nuclear power engineering and senior management in US, UK, Europe, India and China, Roger is the director and founder of Sabre UK Ltd. Founded in 2007.

With abundant experience as Quality Director, Managing Director in a wide range of global corporations, including GM, Rolls Royce, SKF, ISMT India, Kalyani Group India and Changan Group China, Roger is an experienced professional guiding clients through strategic direction and planning to enter and establish presence in Asian markets.

Development of International trading opportunities comprises one of the most important routes to building a strong economy in any county.

Our International Trade Forum brings together professional advisors and businesses involved in international trading from across different countries and continents.

Understanding culture, language, protocol and local custom is vitally important to developing lasting international trade relationships and our forums discuss, help understand and underpin trading relationships that will build on opportunities to do business across boundaries.

An agenda based discussion between international trade professionals, we also invite other interested business people to join and help explore how we can grow this important area.

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#BI21.1 Employment & Skills Forum

Wednesday 20th January | 10:30am

Steve passionately feels that employers and job seekers suffer from a lack of knowledge about how recruitment works.  Jobseekers are not taught how to find a job and employers are not taught how to find a new employee, it’s amazing anyone gets hired!

A recruitment professional with 2 successful recruitment business,  a member of REC – the Recruitment Federation and an Enterprise Advisor, Steve uses his experience and knowledge to help give employers and job seekers the knowledge they need to find each other

Employment and Skills in business are crucial areas of thinking on a national or international level.  Understanding that businesses across the globe face similar issues and looking at how the different countries and cultures are thinking about it is important as we think about the sector.

In a Globally connected age, with digital communications we can look beyond national boundaries for businesses to fill skills gaps and for candidates to build careers.  Brexit in the UK and international political thinking is constantly changing the employment landscape for both employers and candidates.

Our international Employment forum, thinks about opportunities for businesses and job seekers and how we can look beyond the normal boundaries we think about

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Procurement Forum

Thursday 19th November | 1:30pm

Procurement processes can account for over two thirds of spend for a Company. Understanding the process and how to access supply chains can be a significant lead to revenue streams for businesses who have goods and services that apply to a sector.

Private sector procurement and public sector procurement are both good roots to regular and stable sales revenue, but they carry and overhead cost in time and resource to pursue, so the decision to commit to procurement processes can be a difficult one.

Local authorities are keener to buy locally and support the local economy, public and private sectors are increasingly aware of the climate implications and the PR implications of better supporting employment, skills and the economy locally and regionally

So how do we engage a system and allow micro and SME businesses to efficiently and effectively procure from significant businesses and how do we encourage buyers and procurement officers to take their local SME market seriously, keeping a higher proportion of their spend local?

In a very challenging year, we’ll be looing at the risks and solutions around Covid and also the huge Gloucestershire opportunity that the Golden Valley development brings.

The Discussion is held on the Zoom Digital Platform with our Chair and formal delegates at “The Boardroom Table”.

We also publish 20 Observer registrations on our Eventbrite page and those will be able to be booked on a first come, first served basis. Observers will not be engaged in the core discussion and will for the most part be muted during the discussion. Questions will be able to be posted in the Zoom Chat Box though and through the meeting there will be specific points at which the meeting will be opened up and observers will be invited to make comments or asked questions.

If you have any questions for the Panel prior to the event, you can email them to BI20.2@Business-shows.co.uk (please quote the Event title in your email).

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