2023 AGENDA

Starting and growing your own business takes a special kind of person and the key to success is having the right mindset. That mindset is even more important as you set challenging goals and stretch targets for your business. We’re joined by successful entrepreneurs to discuss their business mindset, how they maintain a positive outlook, balance personal and business priorities, and galvanise the people around them.

Hear fresh and innovative Black-owned businesses present to investors, buyers and top-level executives.

Finalists

Judges

In this panel, we’ll be exploring how you can maximise the power of intrapreneurship to create career longevity in your place of work, and careers across different industries that will stand the test of time in an ever-changing job climate.

We sit down with some of the country’s finest beauty experts, barbers and hairdressers to talk about the business of hair and beauty and how you can succeed in an ever-thriving industry.

In this conversation, we hear what building a legacy means and looks like through the eyes and experiences of our intergenerational panel who operate in different areas of business across the UK.

Host & Panellists

Social enterprise is a key pillar of our community driven by the activists who work tirelessly to make change happen. But how do we make the numbers make sense for our organisations in order for us to continue adding value? We discuss this and more in this inspirational panel.

Host & Panellists

Our panellists will discuss what generational wealth looks like to them. The multiple routes to accumulate and keep it, and why it’s important for our communities to pursue this conversation.

Host & Panellists

Sir Trevor McDonald OBE was born and educated in Trinidad where his career in the media began, first as a radio reporter, news presenter and sports journalist.

How effective networking can help you build key relationships and boost your brand.

In this session sponsored by B Corp, we’ll be taking a look at the opportunities within the sustainable/social impact business space, how purpose-driven business outperforms mainstream SMEs and how businesses can measure and monitor their impact.

Host & Panellists

If you have no paying customers you have no business. You don’t want a better website, or a better logo, what you really want is more customers. Learn how to get more people interested in your business, from someone that’s been there and done it and taught thousands.

Speaker

Five concurrent roundtable discussions. Limited spaces per table, arrive early!

Content Marketing Magic ✨ – Unleashing your brand’s potential (with very little budget!)

Are you feeling stuck in a rut with your content strategy? Are you struggling to reach new audiences? Are you ready to unleash your brand’s incredible potential? Join us in this content marketing roundtable, where we will be discussing: 

• Aligning your marketing objectives with wider business goals 
• Covering different areas of the marketing funnel 
• Managing your distribution channels 
• Efficient content creation 

Join this interactive session to learn how to make your content marketing strategy go further and work for you!

2. How to build a Career in Finance sponsored by Deutsche Bank

Join Deutsche Bank and learn hot tips on starting a career in finance

3. How to invest in property  

Property investment is a great way of accumulating wealth. Learn about the current housing markets, and how to successfully build your property portfolio from scratch.

4. Building a food and drink business  

Come and learn the basics of what it takes to run a successful food and catering business.

5. Implementing AI into your Business

AI is transforming the way we work, one update at a time. Come and learn how you can get your business up to speed and ahead of the game using new technology.

Whether you’re interested in exporting for the first time, or an experienced exporter, support from the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) can help your business to grow in new markets. 

Join this interactive workshop hosted by Mark Burkett, Export Academy Adviser, to explore the benefits of exporting and learn how DBT can support your business to grow with our free Export Academy programme.

We’ll also be joined by experienced exporter, Byron Dixon OBE Founder & CEO of Micro-Fresh a Midlands-based business, for a fireside chat with Mark, where Byron will share his top tips for global growth!

To round up the session we will host a Q&A session which will give you the chance to pitch your questions to Mark and Byron.

To build a profitable business and brand you need to ensure that you have all the basics covered to get started but also to grow. From protecting your intellectual property, building your personal brand to creating multiple streams of income, in this 30 minute workshop learn the ten key steps to building a successful business.

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Panellists

It’s not the most exciting part of the entrepreneurial journey but building a budget for your business is a vital element in its long-term success. In this practical session, we look at why a business budget is so important, the steps you need to take to build one and what a bank is looking for in your budget when you ask for financing. We also explore how budgeting can help you keep control of your personal finances, especially in today’s challenging economic environment.

Leaving university and embarking into a whole new world of work and career can be an exciting and also scary time. In this workshop we show you how to become career ready and land the job of your dreams.