Keynote Speakers

Representing Government and local business views, our keynote speakers are experts in their field. They will provide insights for taking advantage of the opportunities which are specific to businesses in this area during these challenging times.
 

Andrew Bridgen MP for NW Leicestershire and local business owner

Andrew Bridgen is the newly elected MP for North West Leicestershire. He's a successful local businessman living and working within the constituency, as a result he understands what needs to happen in the area to help local people and business succeed. Andrew is committed to making North West Leicestershire a better place to live and work.

Andrew was born in 1964 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. He attended Netherseal Junior School and later The Pingle School at Swadlincote where he gained 11 O-Levels and 4 A-Levels. He went on to study genetics and behaviour at Nottingham University, graduating with a degree in Biological Sciences.

After graduation, Andrew trained as an officer in the Royal Marines. He returned home at 23 to help with the family market gardening business. Alongside brother Paul, Andrew decided to diversify the business into producing pre-washed potatoes. They formed AB Produce in 1988. The company is now located in Measham and produces pre-prepared potatoes and vegetables. They employ 230 members of staff. Andrew is a former 'Young Executive of the Year UK' and 'Young Director of the Year (Midlands) Medium Sized Business'.

Andrew is married to Jacqueline, and they have two young sons, Alexander and Benjamin. His interests include spending time with his family, rugby, military history, skiing, fishing and other country pursuits. His company sponsors Burton Rugby Club.

John Copeman Business Accelerator Academy

John Copeman is recognised internationally for his inspirational seminars, training,coaching, consultancy, and keynote speaking.

As the founder of Just Communicate in the late 90’s John specialises in personal and team development. His dynamic programmes explain how the brain and emotional intelligence affects how we function in both our personal and business life.

Using psychology, Accelerated Learning techniques, body language and even hypnotism, John is renowned for getting people motivated, focused and able to achieve their true potential. The businesses who employ John learn about their people, develop better employee relationships and ultimately grow faster as everyone is in tune with their goals and how they align with the business they are working in.

The Business Accelerator Academy is a joint venture with Quiet Storm and is focused upon helping SME’s understand and apply proven sales and marketing practices. The workshops equip people in your business with the knowledge, tools and actions to generate higher quality enquiries, convert more of them into sales and build customer loyalty.

Claire Oliver & Graham Eden Marlow Associates Business Advisors & Accountancy

Graham Eden is a tax expert specialising in tax strategies which enable business owners to maximise their wealth creation via tax efficient profit extraction from their businesses.
Claire Oliver joined Marlow Associates to provide a business ‘eye view’ of the services offered in relation to the needs of business owners through her extensive commercial experience.

Together they are able to establish the core factors which influence any small or medium sized businesses success and create a strategy for growth, profit and the owners personal wealth.

Marlow Associates, are based in Shepshed and support a network of businesses throughout the East Midlands and further afield.

Whilst appreciating that clients need basic tax compliance services, during the past several years they have developed and fine tuned their holistic service range known as Marlow Proactive. This is aimed at the needs of more progressive businesses who seek high growth and above industry average profits.

Steve Megson Quiet Storm New Business, Sales and Marketing Experts

Stephen Megson is an expert in marketing of products and services to other businesses. His clients range from international giants like LG Electronics, Norbert Dentressangle and Aggregate Industries to SME’s. As Managing Director of Quiet Storm, Steve’s business has been based in North West Leicestershire since 1987 during which time he has helped many fledgling businesses grow their profits, exceed their targets and even sell the company.

Stephen’s approach to marketing is simple, ‘start with what works’ – using the science of human behaviour and implementing systems that empower everyone within the business to sell, has proven to be a winning formula. Having worked with budgets, large and small, he has discovered that the ‘bit that makes it work’ isn’t down to how much cash is spent -it's all about what you do and how you do it.

Having spent two years and an estimated £250,000 developing products for SME’s, Steve’s new challenge is to provide smaller businesses with the resources to compete on an equal footing with larger companies. Small and medium sized businesses often lack the resources and/or internal skills to develop marketing processes, which means they often have the right tools but they do not function effectively. The new affordable marketing products from Quiet Storm provide small businesses with access to FREE planning, a systematic process which incorporates lead generation, sales conversion and client development.

Plus they are guaranteed to work or you get your money back!

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