The Business Show Guide November
Welcome to the 30th Business Show! It’s been a long journey since the first Business Startup show in 2000 and we’ve gone from strength to strength every year. Thanks to all our supporters over the years and a warm welcome to all our new visitors in 2013.
Welcome to the 30th Business Show! It’s been a long journey since
the first Business Startup show in 2000 and we’ve gone from strength
to strength every year. Thanks to all our supporters over the years
and a warm welcome to all our new visitors in 2013.
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2013 SHOW FEATURE<br />
THE<br />
BOARDROOM<br />
If you’ve ever fancied taking your place at the boardroom table, then this<br />
is your chance! Pull up an executive chair and benefit from peer-to-peer<br />
mentoring and business development support in <strong>The</strong> Boardroom.<br />
It’s easy for a business owner to<br />
lose sight of the bigger picture<br />
as they work hard on their<br />
business every day. And if you’re<br />
an owner-operator or you only<br />
employ a handful of staff to help<br />
out, then it can be hard to find<br />
the right people to bounce ideas<br />
off. That’s why we created <strong>The</strong><br />
Boardroom.<br />
Participants gather around a<br />
boardroom table, in a combination<br />
of peer-to-peer mentoring and<br />
networking activity, where business<br />
owners support one another by<br />
sharing their experiences. Anyone<br />
who attend <strong>The</strong> Boardroom can<br />
bring a particular issue or question<br />
to the table for discussion, with<br />
the aim of gathering fresh ideas<br />
and approaches that may result in<br />
significant breakthroughs for their<br />
business.<br />
Whether you want to talk about<br />
how to obtain finance, what<br />
marketing style would work best<br />
for you or how your business could<br />
expand, <strong>The</strong> Boardroom offers a<br />
WHICH<br />
BOARDROOM?<br />
Take your place at the start-up<br />
table with other entrepreneurs whose<br />
businesses are in the first two years,<br />
or join the small business owners<br />
who have been trading for more<br />
than two years in the SME<br />
boardroom.<br />
platform for you to air your issues,<br />
share your own experiences,<br />
and have fruitful and engaging<br />
discussions with like-minded<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are two separate<br />
Boardrooms. One is aimed<br />
directly at aspiring entrepreneurs<br />
and recent start-ups, while the<br />
second is specifically for small<br />
ABOUT THE SPONSOR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Federation of Small <strong>Business</strong>es is a non-profit making<br />
membership organisation at the forefront of lobbying on behalf of<br />
the UK’s SMEs. FSB Membership provides a range of benefits and<br />
support to UK businesses. Together, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Show</strong> and <strong>The</strong><br />
FSB are working hard to make the boardrooms an inspirational<br />
platform to provide support, advice, and information to small and<br />
growing businesses.<br />
To join or find out more information, please<br />
visit www.fsb.org.uk or call 0808 20 20 888.<br />
MANAGED BY<br />
<strong>The</strong> Network of Trusted Advisors<br />
is a membership organisation for<br />
business professionals who work in any advisory capacity<br />
(Advisors, Coaches, Consultants and Mentors). We provide the<br />
opportunity to share ideas around best practice and our profits<br />
go towards marketing our members’ services.<br />
Find out more at<br />
www.networkoftrustedadvisors.com<br />
business owners who have been<br />
operating for more than two years.<br />
Both of the tables are chaired<br />
by a trained facilitator to ensure<br />
that your session is relevant and<br />
productive.<br />
Just choose which table is<br />
relevant to your business and<br />
book your place online at<br />
www.thebusinessshow.co.uk<br />
IN PARTNERSHIP<br />
WITH<br />
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