SME Business Insight Conference - Productivity Through People - Scotland
Event Information
About this Event
How to grow your business with smarter management and investment; Clydesdale Bank, Strathclyde Business School and CBI Scotland,
Does your business have less than 250 employees, are you turning over £5m - £26m?
Hear from Robin MacGeachy of Peak Scientific and Rabinder Buttar of Clintec as we bring together some of Scotland’s fastest growth companies and leaders to share their insight and advice.
We also want to hear from you on where the challenges lie when growing a business in Scotland.
Time: Thursday 13 September, 09.00 – 16.00
Place: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Format of the day
The morning will focus on growth and productivity through the lens of innovative management practice. We will feature insights from Strathclyde Business School and Dr Melissa Carson from the Be the Business Programme.
With keynotes from:
Robin MacGeachy, Founder and Chairman of Peak Scientific – 6 time Queens Award for Enterprise winners, with significant local presence on every continent; and
Rabinder Buttar, President, CEO and Founder of Clintec International - winner of the Scale-Up Business of the Year award 2018 and capabilities in over 80 countries.
There will also be a panel discussion with panel members; Chris Blade, Managing Director at Cumbria Crystal, Emma Marriott, Managing Director at Contract Scotland, Dr Melissa Carson, Director of Research & Insights at Be the Business, and Graeme Gordon, CEO at IFB (Internet For Business) and Chairman at ScotlandIS.
Over lunch there will be a session with STV and the Advertising Agency. Many SMEs assume TV advertising isn’t for them – they are too small - it’s too expensive. This session will show you how it can be used for your business and how affordable and highly effective it can be for SMEs on their growth journey.
In the afternoon, sponsored by Clydesdale Bank, we will focus on how to fund growth: financing scale up, funding new technology and how to make good investment decisions. SMEs who have successfully funded their growth will share their lessons with the group on a LSE ELITE panel discussion, and Clydesdale will present their latest SME Health Check Index Results.
