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Seminar Theatre 4Discover why the UAE has become a preferred destination for British entrepreneurs, investors, and high-net-worth individuals. Attendees will gain insights into why the UAE continues to attract global entrepreneurs and investors, including its business-friendly environment, government vision, residency opportunities, real estate potential, wealth preservation structures, and succession planning strategies. The session will provide a broader understanding of how the UAE can support long-term business growth and family wealth objectives.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comGrowth can hide risks and vulnerabilities until pressure exposes them. In this practical session, Rania Bejjani reveals five common blind spots that can weaken an otherwise successful business. Attendees will learn how proportionate risk management can improve decision-making, protect performance and strengthen resilience, and leave with practical questions to identify where their own business may be exposed.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredFrom big ideas to big decisions, Touker Suleyman reveals what itr eally takes to build a brand from scratch, stand out from the crowd and turn an idea into a successful business.
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For Growth
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Keynote Theatre 3Marketers are limiting growth trying to be everywhere at once, spreading themselves thin across too many disconnected channels. The fix isn't to add more, but to pull that chaos into a single, interconnected ecosystem. In this keynote, Duane Holland explains how to move beyond traditional advertising and create flow within TikTok's ecosystem
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Seminar Theatre 4
Join us for an insightful seminar designed for entrepreneurs, investors, startups, business owners & family offices looking to establish or expand their presence in the middle east. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of entity setup options for conducting businesses as well as Foundations / Trusts for inheritance planning along with the legal, tax, and operational considerations involved.
Key Takeaways:
• Types of entities in the UAE
• Setup process and regulatory requirements
• Tax benefits and compliance considerations
• Residency and visa opportunities
• Costs, timelines, and best practices
• Growth opportunities across key sectors
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Seminar Theatre 5 - Sponsored By Hotels.com
AI can level the playing field for SMEs. It can increase the speed and scale at which you can market, sell and deliver. Find the best ways to utilise AI to deliver growth to your business from some of the industries best.
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Seminar Theatre 6Small businesses are drowning in admin, not strategy. BEYLA Founder & CEO Daniel Callis explores the shift from AI that answers to AI that acts, and what it means for founders running without the resources of an experienced C-suite. Learn how proactive intelligence can support finance, operations and cash flow, while freeing leaders to focus on growth, customers and the decisions only humans should make.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comThis seminar explores how Young Ladies Club is supporting girls from underrepresented groups to engage with STEM education and career pathways. Through school-based programmes and partnerships with STEM organisations, attendees will learn about the barriers facing young women in STEM, effective engagement strategies, and the impact of targeted interventions demonstrated through programme outcomes, participant feedback, and case studies.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPower
We will show you how you get more time and grow your business by outsourcing your calls and admin. As a business owner, you're likely all too familiar with the stress and pressure that comes from juggling a heavy workload. Between managing day-to-day operations, communicating with customers, and dealing with administrative tasks, it can feel like there are never enough hours in the day.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachMost founders don't have a scaling problem, they have a leadership bottleneck. As teams grow, the gap between founder judgement and team capability becomes the ceiling on growth. This talk breaks down the essential components of driving team performance: clarity, alignment, and communication, and shows how to systematically raise the leadership skill level within your business so 90% of decisions get made without you in the room.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CMany employers, especially SME's are carrying serious people risk and have no idea. 63% of UK employees report at least one characteristic of burnout; presenteeism costs UK employers around £24 billion a year, and ACAS disability discrimination notifications rose from 15,361 to 20,180 in twelve months. Tim Pattenden and Emma Hanford of Case-UK put forward the cost of the present risk and show why belonging is the practical answer.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedAn informative overview of the evolving UK energy market, exploring wholesale market trends, backwardation, geopolitical influences, policy changes and the transition towards Net Zero and renewable generation. The seminar will examine the factors shaping energy costs towards 2030 and beyond, providing practical insight into market risk, future budget protection and the considerations organisations should understand when navigating an increasingly complex and rapidly changing energy landscape.
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Seminar Theatre 13AI can generate code, content, and ideas in seconds, but building a successful digital product takes far more than technology. This seminar explores what separates products that succeed from those that fail, covering user-centred design, scalable development, AI, and long-term product strategy. Ideal for founders, product leaders, and organisations looking to build digital products that deliver lasting value.
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Seminar Theatre 14
Whether you're just looking to get started in property investment, growing a portfolio or building a property service business, success within the UK property industry depends on trusted knowledge, professional support and valuable connections.
Drawing on more than a decade of experience, co-founders of the National Landlord Investment Show will present and explore how landlords, investors, developers and property businesses can identify opportunities, navigate change, reach the right audiences and build the relationships needed to succeed and thrive in the UK property market through expert led education and connection.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper Squared
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For GrowthAI is reshaping the human experience of work, not just the technology. In this practical keynote, Christopher Lane of Accenture shows business owners how AI is changing tasks, skills and ways of working, where smaller firms should focus, and how to adopt AI safely and get started. He also introduces AI for Growth, the non-profit alliance offering free tools and support for UK SMEs.
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Keynote Theatre 3Many brands fight for attention on screens. But the fastest-growing businesses are finding their customers somewhere unexpected: in audio. In this session, Spotify's Tristan Toulemonde explores why listeners are more attentive, more trusting, and more likely to act than users on visual platforms, and what that means for brands that don't have massive budgets to burn.
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Seminar Theatre 4Join Stella Zenios, Managing Partner of Censia Global Ltd, for an engaging seminar on why Cyprus has become a leading European business and investment hub. Discover the advantages of Cyprus company structures, taxation, relocation opportunities, international trusts, and EU market access. Through practical insights and real-life examples, this session will educate entrepreneurs, investors, and international businesses on the strategic opportunities Cyprus offers in today’s global marketplace.
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Seminar Theatre 6Whether you run one vehicle or one hundred, do you truly know what each one costs your business? This session unpacks the full picture of vehicle ownership costs, from acquisition and fuel through to maintenance, downtime, and disposal, and gives you a practical framework for taking control. Expect honest conversation, audience participation, and insight you can act on the same day.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comYou will learn exactly what drives up the value of a privately owned SME or Mid-Market business. We will set out the step-by-step actions you can take to double or triple the value of your business in the M&A market today.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPower
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachAi and Transformation have become the most overused words but are still something of a black box. Do i buy a platform? How can i use it to scale and grow? What if I spend my money and it doesn't work or it grows wrong? Can i take that risk? This seminar will demystify and empower you all to rethink about how to use transformation and AI reach to the next level.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CWhat if the biggest risk to your customer experience is insisting on doing everything yourself? Outsourcing has moved far beyond cheap labour and distant call centres, yet many businesses are still making decisions based on an outdated view of the industry. This session challenges those assumptions and explores how specialist partners, technology and new models of operational stewardship can help businesses grow, improve customer relationships and access capabilities they could never justify building alone.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy Limited
Business structures and processes that work with 10 employees create chaos with 50 employees. Growing a business successfully, from 10 to 210 employees, requires ever-changing responses, with key inflection points as employee numbers pass the 30, 50, 75 and 100 marks.
In this seminar talk, Irial O'Farrell will explore those changing needs within the context of three common organisational bottlenecks and provide practical insights to avoid the pitfalls.
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Seminar Theatre 13Burning budget on a failing technology project because it's "too big to fail" is the fastest way to stall company growth. Join moderator Lucy Lynch CoS at OMNIADIGITAL for a candid, fireside chat with Matthew Small (CEO, OMNIADIGITAL) and Mark Stevens (CTO, C&A). Drawing on real-world lessons from our active transformation partnership with Mark and his team, we'll explore why knowing when to hit the 'kill switch' is a leader's ultimate superpower and exactly how to stop bleeding capital on tools that don't deliver profit.
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Seminar Theatre 14An interactive, informative overview of The Institute of Directors, their history, how they are supporting directors and senior leaders. Also a professional overview into achieving Chartered Directorship.
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Seminar Theatre 5 - Sponsored By Hotels.com
43% of UK SMEs have identified a cybersecurity breach in the last 12 months, with smaller organisations increasingly being targeted. As cyber threats become more sophisticated, businesses must balance innovation with effective risk management and resilience. This panel will bring together industry leaders to explore the latest cybersecurity developments, including the role of AI in threat detection and response, while providing practical guidance on protecting data, managing risk, responding to breaches, and building a resilient business.
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How do you transform a strong, established real estate advisory business into a truly high-performing, client-centric market leader? John Muday explores Colliers' journey to align its UK business with its global standing as the world's third-largest real estate advisory firm, highlighting the cultural, strategic and leadership changes.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredHow do you transform a strong, established real estate advisory business into a truly high-performing, client-centric market leader? John Muday explores Colliers' journey to align its UK business with its global standing as the world's third-largest real estate advisory firm, highlighting the cultural, strategic and leadership changes.
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For GrowthIn a fast-changing business landscape, continuous transformation is essential. EY research with Oxford University’s Saïd Business School shows that leaders who prioritise workforce emotions and behaviours are 2.6 times more likely to succeed. Dr Valeria Winkworth shares global insights on navigating critical “turning points” with humans at the centre—an approach that can improve transformation performance by up to 12 times.
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Keynote Theatre 3AI is advancing at an unprecedented pace, transforming how we work, create, and solve problems. This session explores where we are today—from generative AI and intelligent agents to real-world business impact—and looks ahead to the next wave of innovation. Join us for a practical, forward-looking discussion on the opportunities, challenges, and future direction of AI.
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Seminar Theatre 4Expanding internationally is exciting — until a compliance mistake costs you thousands or stops your goods at the border. This seminar draws on 15 years of real-world experience across defence, pharma, automotive, and food sectors to reveal the most common errors UK businesses make when trading globally. From wrong HS codes to missed sanctions checks, learn what goes wrong and how to avoid it before it happens.
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Seminar Theatre 6Calling all entrepreneurs, how do you break into a booming property industry? How do you start creating cash and passive income from a property business right now?
As one of the UK’s youngest property investors, with a portfolio size within the top 1%, Vishaal will be sharing with you the proven system that has allowed him to do this part-time.
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Seminar Theatre 6Most small business marketing struggles not due to a lack of effort, but a lack of direction. In this live presentation Alex Moon will break down COMPASS - his propietary 7-step framework taking SMEs from confusion to clarity. You'll learn how to define your cause, read the market through Observation, build a Monetisation offer that converts, set Purposeful Objectives, choose the righ Approach, rund focused Sprints, and build marketing Systems that compounds results without constant reinvention.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPowerRunning your own business can be lonely and there is very little guidance out there which is why so many start-ups fail. This seminar will highlight some simple steps to give your businessthe best chance of success.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachAre you paying more tax than you need to? Discover 10 powerful tax tips every SME business owner should know to keep more of your hard-earned profits.Learn smarter ways to extract money, maximise tax reliefs and structure your business tax-efficiently. We'll reveal practical opportunities and common tax mistakes that could be costing your business thousands. One seminar. 10 tax tips. Potentially significant savings.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CMost business owners are the bottleneck in their own company. Every call, invoice and question routes through them. Patrick Mattis shows his firm running on an AI Operating System live: the morning brief, the inbox, the invoice chasing. A working system, not slides about the future, an honest comparison of doing it yourself versus having it done, and how to put a pound figure on the hours you lose.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedTwo costly failure points hit UK business owners repeatedly: deals that stall without a clear reason, and offshore hires that never quite click. SpecifiVA founder Kemka Emereole and Axis Consulting director Zahida Omar reveal the overlooked skill behind both — reading people and situations accurately — and show how mastering it closes more deals and builds remote teams that perform from day one.
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Seminar Theatre 13FreeAgent CEO Roan Lavery reveals candid lessons drawn from real scaling stories. Learn how to stay in control of your business finances, forecast blind spots and avoid hiring and firing mistakes. This session delivers honest, practical wisdom that the textbooks skip - giving attendees a shortcut to smarter growth decisions.
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Seminar Theatre 14The next generation of AI acts like an employee handling sales, support, operations, and customer communication. Discover how companies are implementing AI employees today, the mistakes to avoid, and the practical steps to turn AI into a measurable business advantage.
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Seminar Theatre 5 - Sponsored By Hotels.com
Sustainability is increasingly influencing where customers choose to spend their money, creating a powerful opportunity for SMEs to stand out from larger competitors. Hear from leading sustainability experts on how to make practical, impactful changes across your business, from operations and supply chains to products and marketing. Discover how to embrace sustainability authentically, avoid greenwashing, and turn your environmental efforts into a competitive advantage that drives growth and helps your business punch above its weight.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredAI Won't Fix a Broken Business: Every business is being told to build a brand and adopt AI. Far fewer are told what to fix first. Drawing on running a £1.2bn business and a £170m capital raise, Vineta Bajaj shares what genuinely paid back, what was expensive theatre, and why data, process and ownership have to come before tools.
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For GrowthHow do we build a marketplace customers trust, sellers value and brands want to join.
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Keynote Theatre 3AI transformation isn’t about automating yesterday’s processes faster. It’s about fundamentally rethinking how operations work. Drawing on the
complexity of global trade, this session explores how LLMs, intelligent document recognition and logic-based decisioning can combine to transform operational workflows; augmenting human expertise, simplifying complexity and unlocking scale. It will offer a practical framework for leaders considering how AI can move from isolated use cases to the operational engine of their business.
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Seminar Theatre 4
Going global brings financial complexity that must be managed. Beyond the fundamentals of multi-currency accounts and international payments, cross-border businesses are exposed to currency swings that can silently erode margins. This session is a practical primer on FX: how exposure builds, the hedging tools available, and how to plan without a treasury team. Led by Thanim Islam from Equals, it draws on current market conditions and real client scenarios.
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Seminar Theatre 6Most organisations already have wellbeing policies, leadership frameworks and training programmes. What's missing is the nervous system literacy that determines whether any of it actually works under pressure. This seminar introduces Nervous System Literacy as a strategic imperative equipping leaders to recognise regulation, activation and shutdown in real time and close the gap between policy and practice, reducing escalation, absence and costly decision-making failures and a universal organisational language.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPower
In this focused 25-minute session, discover why traditional sales training fails due to the "steep forgetting curve." We will introduce the core principles of a modern, value-led approach, briefly exploring diagnostic discovery, reframing buyer perspectives, overcoming indecision, and collaborative timelines. Crucially, you will learn how applying the power of intention and belief whilst utilising neuroplasticity to recode core behaviours that create real, lasting change that maximises sales success.Professionalising the Art of Selling: A Value-Led Approach to Lasting Commercial Success In today's competitive B2B landscape, achieving predictable revenue requires more than just a charismatic pitch; it demands a robust, repeatable commercial system. However, traditional sales training consistently fails to deliver lasting results. Driven by the "steep forgetting curve", sales professionals frequently revert to deeply ingrained, reactive habits once back in the day-to-day sales environment. Instead of acting as strategic problem-solvers, they default to being transactional ‘people pleasers', pitching features and competing on price. Simply giving your team a new set of tools and frameworks does not work without addressing their underlying mindset.
This focused 25-minute session is designed to fundamentally shift how your SMB or mid-size business approaches revenue generation. It provides an insightful overview of what it takes to transition your sales team from reactive order-takers into proactive, trusted commercial authorities. Throughout the seminar, we will introduce the core themes of a modern, value-led sales approach. Attendees will get a high-level overview of key concepts, such as using diagnostic discovery to uncover a prospect's true commercial pain, effectively reframing buyer perspectives to challenge their status quo, and systematically overcoming the customer indecision that stalls otherwise promising deals. We will also briefly touch upon the mechanics of commercial efficiency, including objective pipeline qualification and the use of collaborative shared timelines to maintain unwavering deal momentum and maximise your successful sales outcomes.
Crucially, we will explain exactly why traditional training fails to make these concepts stick. The critical differentiator of this talk lies in its focus on behavioural psychology. We will highlight the necessity of moving beyond standard sales training by exploring the utilisation of an individual's neuroplasticity. You will understand how an individual can identify and recode their limiting subconscious rules and beliefs to affect positive behavioural change, and consequently commercial improvement. Ultimately, attendees will leave this concise overview with a clear understanding of the roadmap needed to professionalise their commercial operations. You will gain the foundational insights required to implement permanent behavioural shifts, elevate your team's market positioning, and ensure your organisation is equipped to build highly predictable revenue streams that confidently command higher margins.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachSearch is turning into answers. Ask ChatGPT or Google now and you get one reply with two or three businesses named in it. Everyone else is invisible. I'll explain how those answers get assembled and why some businesses get picked, in plain English, without the acronyms the industry has invented to make it sound harder than it is. Then what you can do from Monday.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CEveryone's talking about AI, but few smaller businesses are seeing real returns. Fractional CFO and Finzu founder Anne Allibone cuts through the hype to show where AI genuinely moves the needle, saving time, cutting cost and freeing you to focus on growth. Bringing a finance leader's eye for what actually drives value, she'll leave you with a practical, jargon-free way to decide where AI is worth it.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedEvery generation of business faces a defining shift that reshapes how companies grow, compete, and scale. Today, that shift is the convergence of global talent and AI. This session explores how forward-thinking organizations can combine both to build more agile, resilient, and scalable operating models for the future.
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Seminar Theatre 13The seminar will explore the challenges and complexities of dealing with people at work, how organisations develop, how leaders struggle, and the key steps towards making your organisation as successful as your business. Simon will discuss how the focus of an organisation changes over time, and how leaders and business owners can best engage their people.
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Seminar Theatre 14Every leader reaches a point where being the person who decides everything stops being a strength and becomes the thing holding the team back. This session is about that shift - learning to grow out of being the final word on everything, and understanding how your everyday behaviour shapes the culture around you, often more than anything you say. Honest, practical, and relevant to any leader managing a team.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredAdopting generative and agentic AI is rapidly reshaping how organisations design workflows, deliver services, and manage risk. This session explores how enterprises can move from experimentation to scaled deployment, drawing on practical lessons from early adoption across regulated and complex environments. It will cover real-world use cases, governance and risk considerations, and the regulatory and trust frameworks needed to enable safe, responsible, and value-driven AI adoption at scale.
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For Growth
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Seminar Theatre 4Many businesses view US expansion as a natural next step, but a lack of preparation can create significant risks. Drawing on real-world experience, our Managing Partner at Samartin and Friends will discuss the opportunities, challenges, and misconceptions surrounding US market entry, providing practical guidance on navigating legal, commercial, and regulatory complexities while positioning a business for sustainable growth.
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Seminar Theatre 5 - Sponsored By Hotels.com
Expanding overseas can be a powerful growth opportunity for SMEs, opening the door to new markets, customers, and revenue streams. With the right preparation and strategy, even smaller businesses can successfully compete on a global scale. Hear from experienced international growth experts as they share practical insights on entering new markets, navigating challenges, and building a strategy for sustainable international expansion. Discover how to take your business beyond borders and turn global opportunities into real growth.
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Seminar Theatre 6Growth creates work that cannot be ignored: customers waiting for answers, sales leads needing follow-up, admin pulling people away from higher-value tasks and collections requiring steady attention. Outsourced staff can take on these pressure points, giving businesses the capacity to move faster, stay organised and grow cost effectively without overloading the team they already have.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comThe biggest AI risk isn't the technology. It's not knowing how it's being used. Can you prove your AI security, compliance and control? Discover how Microsoft Copilot helps businesses unlock productivity while reducing the risks of Shadow AI, GDPR breaches and compliance failures. Learn practical steps to adopt AI safely, protect your contracts and certifications, and gain a competitive advantage. Includes a FREE AI Readiness Assessment and Review for attendees.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachCalling all entrepreneurs, how do you break into a booming property industry? How do you start creating cash and passive income from a property business right now? As one of the UK's youngest property investors, with a portfolio size within the top 1%, Vishaal will be sharing with you the proven system that has allowed him to do this part-time. Join the entrepreneurial property revolution and attend this seminar.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CAI agents are no longer experimental — they are being deployed inside real businesses right now. But most organisations are either ignoring them entirely or bolting on tools without a strategy, and both approaches are expensive mistakes. This session cuts through the noise to explain what the AI agent era actually means for your business, what to build first, and how to avoid the traps that are catching most companies out.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedYou get your numbers every month but something doesn't feel right - and you're not really sure how to use them to move your business forward. Claire Hancott explains why so many growing businesses feel this way - and what it looks like when your finances are actually working for you. This is finance like you've never heard it before.
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Seminar Theatre 13Most accountants only talk to you at tax return time. This session flips that. Discover the five numbers from break-even to runway to your real tax rate. These separate businesses that grow on purpose from those that just get by. Practical, no jargon, and built for owners who want their accountant working for them all year round.
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Seminar Theatre 14Discover The Surprising Truth About Small-Scale Property Development For First Time Developers
Most people come with pre-conceptions about what's involved in developing property. Not only are they usually wrong, they're frequently AMAZED by the reality.
Discover how small development projects are perfect for first-time developers and can generate life-changing results in relatively short-timescales
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For GrowthSharing key insight building the worlds biggest brands ( HelloFresh, Google, Pinterest, Tinder)
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Keynote Theatre 3Discover PracticalAI workflows you can use right away to make your global content supply chain up to 50% more effective. This session will show tools and techniques you can apply today, with real-world examples and live demonstrations that help you create, adapt, and validate content across markets faster, smarter, and with measurable impact.
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Seminar Theatre 4Expanding internationally presents significant opportunities, but payment complexity can quickly become a barrier to growth. This session explores the common challenges businesses face when managing cross-border transactions, international supplier payments, currency risk management, and global collections. Attendees will learn practical strategies to reduce friction, improve cash flow visibility, and build a scalable payment infrastructure to support successful international expansion.
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Seminar Theatre 6As a founder, your bandwidth is your scarcest resource - it drives your growth and, left unmanaged, becomes your biggest growth blocker. This session covers how to guard it and future-proof your business: protecting your time like it's capital, identifying single points of failure, understanding the importance of SOPs and workflows, using AI as a force multiplier (not a crutch), and how capacity doesn't necessarily mean hiring full-time headcount.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comLarge enterprises run finance, sales, procurement, HR, and operations on integrated, automated platforms. Most SMEs can't — juggling separate tools for each function, with data trapped in silos and no single source of truth. This session unpacks why that gap persists, what fragmentation actually costs SMEs in time, errors, and missed decisions, and why enterprise-grade integration has stayed priced out of reach. We'll look at what's changing, and what SMEs should demand next.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPowerMost B2B businesses treat poor LinkedIn results as a volume problem - post more, connect more, message more. It rarely works, because volume is rarely what's broken. This session walks through the three things that determine whether LinkedIn produces sales, in the order that matters - and shows why fixing them in the wrong sequence wastes money. Attendees leave knowing exactly which fix to make first, and how.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachAt Smart Corporate Stays, we help landlords reposition properties to attract corporate clients, contractors and relocation professionals, unlocking stronger demand and higher income potential.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CWant to hire the best person for the job, wherever they're from? This friendly, practical session cuts through the jargon on UK right to work rules and visa routes for non-UK nationals in 2026. You'll learn how to complete the Right to work for all hires, what a sponsor licence involves, which visa options suit growing teams, and how to avoid compliance mistakes that catch people out. Practical and actionable guidance for building your team with confidence.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedThis seminar explores how SMEs can access alternative finance to support growth, manage cash flow, and unlock new opportunities. We explain how Crowd2Fund connects ambitious businesses with private investors through a fast, flexible funding platform, offering an alternative to traditional bank lending. Attendees will gain practical insights into the funding process, understand what lenders look for, and discover how the right finance can help their business invest, expand, and achieve long-term success.
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Seminar Theatre 13Discover the power of strategic networking to build profitable business relationships and drive growth through practical, actionable insights
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Seminar Theatre 14UK businesses are expanding globally, facing rising costs, and competing for talent in an increasingly competitive market. Offshore staffing is a proven response, and South Africa is the most strategically aligned delivery location for UK operations. This session covers why, drawing on real client outcomes, the specific advantages South Africa offers UK businesses, and the best practices that make the difference in any offshore engagement. Interactive and designed to challenge assumptions.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredCalling all entrepreneurs, how do you break into a booming property industry? How do you start creating cash and passive income from a property business right now?
As one of the UK’s youngest property investors, with a portfolio size within the top 1%, Vishaal will be sharing with you the proven system that has allowed him to do this part-time.
Join the entrepreneurial property revolution and attend this seminar.
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Keynote Theatre 2 - Sponsored By AI For Growth
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Keynote Theatre 3AI is now cheap and everywhere, so the tool is no longer the advantage. The firms winning major contracts are the ones that package expertise into measurable outcomes clients will pay a premium for. Drawing on 25 years across London 2012, Crossrail and HS2, and on deals with global investors, Zeena shows SMEs how to reframe what they sell, price it, and scale it.
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Seminar Theatre 4
Discover the vast and often overlooked opportunities emerging across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. This dynamic seminar will explore high-growth sectors including renewable energy, technology, tourism, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and international trade. Gain valuable insights from an industry business expert, learn how to access these markets, build strategic partnerships, and identify profitable ventures. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or business leader, this is a unique opportunity to position yourself for growth in one of the world’s most promising regions.
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Seminar Theatre 6Growing businesses are losing contracts, failing supplier checks, and leaving themselves exposed, not because they lack ambition, but because the security foundations are not in place. Audit and assurance, third-party risk management, and staff training are no longer optional extras. They are what your customers are already asking for. This session explains what the cyber security table stakes actually are in 2026, and how getting them right becomes a direct commercial advantage.
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.comMost sales teams don 't underperform because they can 't hire or won 't invest in training. They underperform because talent, training and technology aren 't connected. In this session, Sarah Skelton, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Flourish, shares how recruiting for potential over pedigree, combined with AI and technology, helps businesses build high-performing teams and drive sustainable growth
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPowerAI is everywhere. But implementing AI isn't the same as adding value. For SMEs, the challenge isn't whether to use AI; it's knowing what's worth implementing and what's just noise. This session shares three practical, low-cost ways small businesses can use AI right now: keeping leads warm, spotting deals going cold, and handling routine follow-up without hiring. Clear guidance on what to automate first, and what to leave alone.
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Seminar Theatre 9 - Sponsored by Bloom CoachSize Doesn't Matter! The Bid Winning Top 10 for SMEs Customeric's high-energy 'chart countdown' of bid-winning tips will debunk the myth that public sector bidding is only for large organisations. In fact, of the UK's £385 billion annual public procurement spend, £45 billion goes directly to SMEs (2025) - Size doesn't matter! We'll cut through jargon, simplify the process, and equip you with tools and confidence to bid, win, and fast-track your growth.
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Seminar Theatre 10 - Sponsored By Case-UK C.I.CSmall businesses can be AI's biggest winners, and Anthony Karibian reveals why the business phone number you already have is your fastest AI win, the hidden cost of every bad or missed call and what happened when real businesses switched it on. Leave knowing exactly where Voice AI can give your business a massive boost without losing the human touch.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy LimitedBusinesses have evolved—but has commercial property? As hybrid working, AI, ESG and changing employee expectations reshape the workplace, many organisations still rely on outdated property strategies. Discover how aligning commercial property, workplace strategy and facilities management with business objectives can reduce risk, unlock value and create a genuine competitive advantage.
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Seminar Theatre 13The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of today's ever-changing business world, using real-life examples to bring key issues to life. We'll highlight emerging opportunities, practical lessons from recent successes and failures, and the risks businesses need to prepare for. From challenges you'd rather avoid to realities you can't ignore, this session focuses on what you need to know to stay resilient, informed, and one step ahead of change.
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Seminar Theatre 14A business is an organism - its documents, compliance, and financial data are the neural connections that hold everything it knows about itself. This talk asks a provocative question: could that brain eventually run on its own? It explores what's technically possible today, starting with the piece most SME founders are blindest to - their finances - and what it means to build toward the rest.
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Keynote Theatre 1 - Sponsored By Prosper SquaredLuke Tobin has built and exited multiple businesses, including scaling Digital Ethos from a £100k start-up to an eight-figure exit. Drawing on that journey and his work advising agency founders through Unusual Group, Luke shares why founders don't fail from lack of ability - they fail from overload - and the practical frameworks that let you grow the business without losing yourself in it.
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Seminar Theatre 6Sharing the journey from start up to multiple successful business exits using the power of Finance to Transform any business. A warts and all success story for any business owner showing the power than finance can bring to achieve substantial growth and ultimately success
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Seminar Theatre 7 - Sponsored By Hotels.com
How AI is helping small and mid-sized businesses to do more without increasing headcount — from the answering phones to processing paperwork - without complexity and without the hype.
Covers examples including customer service, sales, HR, finance and operations. We'll walk through case studies for small and mid-size businesses, and finish with three things you can do to find out if AI is the missing pair of hands your business needs.
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Seminar Theatre 8 - Sponsored By AdPowerWTF in Marketing has two meanings: marketing being overwhelming and the real question, what's the future? Marketing has become a tick-box exercise where everything is declared "dead" and nobody agrees what's working. In 30 minutes we'll unpack why brands stay invisible to the 95% not buying yet, why being known isn't being trusted, and how to actually stand out. We promise one thing… this is not a sales pitch.
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Seminar Theatre 12 - Sponsored By Green Shift Energy Limited
Discover what it takes to successfully enter and expand in the UAE market. This seminar provides practical guidance for international investors on business setup, choosing the right activities and facilities, understanding local requirements, and planning for sustainable growth.
Learn how UAQFTZ can support your journey from establishing a UAE presence to building and expanding your business across the region.
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Seminar Theatre 14Everyone's talking about AI; far fewer are actually using it well. Drawing on a year of integrating AI across two established businesses, Sascha Lopez cuts through the hype to show what works in practice. Whether you're starting out or running an existing company, you'll leave with practical, affordable ways to apply AI to sales, operations and customer service, plus the mistakes to avoid along the way.



