The annual Growing Gloucestershire conference will take place on Tuesday 15th October at Pittville Pump Rooms, Cheltenham. A firm fixture on the business calendar, Growing Gloucestershire attracts 200 people each year. It is a great opportunity to learn new things, meet new people and catch up with old friends.

Your success as a business person depends on having both breadth and depth of knowledge - knowing a little bit about a lot and a lot about a little (your core area of expertise). We can't help on your core area but we can give you that breadth. Providing the knowledge you need to be successful. We have three groups of four seminars on topics as diverse as pricing, innovation, selling skills, diversity, being both more profitable and green, communication skills, cyber security, mind set, emotional intelligence, telling your story, managing your business on your phone. And on top of that we are delighted to welcome key note speakers Peter Cheese, CEO of CIPD, Rick Sturge of Bloodhound LSR, Sophie Bennett of Cranfield school of management and Tarra Simmons of mid counties Co-op. There is truly something for everyone.

Take a day out, invest in your personal development and transform your business.

We have a few discounted and free tickets for start ups, smaller SMEs, charities and other deserving business. If that is you, please contact us growinggloucestershire@gmail.com for a code to access hidden tickets.

The conference is not for profit and brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

CIPD Members: click here for tickets. All other institutes (CIMA, CMI, FSB, ICAEW) please contact your local branch for discount code to be applied to standard price ticket.

To keep up-to-date with the latest conference news and speaker / programme announcements visit https://www.glosprofs.com

Timetable:

8:15 - Registration and Networking

9:00 - Welcome

9:10 - Key Note 1 - Peter Cheese, CEO of CIPD

9:40 - Key Note 2 - Sophie Bennett, Cranfield School of Management

10:30 - BREAK

11:00 - Seminars - Robin Waite, Peter Cheese, Danny Matthews, Jackie Handy

11:40 - Seminars - Eoin McQuone,, Mark Faithfull, Martin Croft

12:20 - LUNCH

13:00 - Key Note 3 - Peter Milligan a highlight from last year's conference.

14:00 - Seminars - Vicky Henderson, Rachel Savage, Andrew Moss, Angharad Trueman

14:30 - BREAK

15:00 - Key Note 4 - Rick Sturge, Bloodhound Land Speed Record Project

15:30 - Official close