CWO Enterprise 2021 - In Conversation: Levelling Up

We are delighted to invite you to join to the CWO Enterprise event with focus on levelling up. With levelling up at the top of the policy agenda we will discuss with our fantastic panel what this means for businesses, communities and equality.

Our panel session will explore what is needed for businesses and the public sector to realise the levelling-up agenda in the short term, as well as what framework is required to unlock growth opportunities, raise productivity and unleash the North’s full potential.

We will also explore the principal recommendations in the paper “A Northern Big Bang – Unleashing Investment in the North”, published by the Northern Research Group (NRG) in conjunction with the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

We will be joined by Jake Berry MP, Former Northern Powerhouse Minister and Chair of the Northern Research Group, Simone Roche MBE, Founder - Northern Power Women, Northern Power Futures and the Power Platform, Jill Mortimer, MP for Hartlepool and Sharon Jandu, Co-chair of CWO Enterprise and Project Director of Northern Asian Power.

We will wrap the session up with time for you to ask your questions, and for those that can stay online we will provide an opportunity to network after the session.

About Our Speakers

• Jake Berry MP - Chair of Northern Research Group - Jake Berry is the Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen and former Cabinet Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth. Jake has recently helped to launch and is chair of the 60-strong Northern Research Group who are supporting and championing the Governments levelling up ambitions.
• Simone Roche MBE, CEO & Founder of Northern Power Women - Simone Roche CEO and Founder of Northern Power Women launched Northern Power Women out of a passion to connect and engage with people about gender equality. Simone was awarded MBE in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to gender equality in the north of England.
• Jill Mortimer, MP for Hartlepool - Jill Mortimer has recently become the first Conservative MP and first female for Hartlepool in the seat’s 47-year history. Prior to this Jill was an elected councillor in Hambleton District Council. Jill describes herself as a farmer and businesswoman.
• Sharon Jandu Project Director, Northern Asian Power, Founder of Yorkshire Asian Business Association and Regional Board Member, CBI, IoD and FSB.

About CWO Enterprise

CWO Enterprise is for enterprising women, provides a forum for women in senior positions, those who run their own companies, and professional women to meet up and support better connections between politics and business. It holds forums on business issues with MPs, it allows networking and support for women in business, and it encourages women to move between the business world and political world.