Fresh Business Thinking Theatre

Evette Orams, Director, Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions

Financing your Business: 'The growing role of Asset Based Lending'

Time: 10:15am - 11:00am

Evette has an extensive and comprehensive background in the commercial finance sector, having worked within a broad range of financial operations in a variety of roles including Operations, Risk Management and New Business. Hilton-Baird is the UK’s leading independent commercial finance brokerage, assisting businesses of all sizes in finding the right funding to underpin their growth.

Evette will provide background on the Asset Based Lending as a funding tool for SMEs as well as exploring the growth in the market and what this means for your business. There are a multitude of Asset Based Lenders in the UK and Evette will share insight on the differences in approaches to funding as well as underlining the importance of getting the right fit of funding partner for your business.

Evette will uncover the flexibility of ABL solutions and how this form of funding could work for your business, as well as providing a case study to highlight its benefits.
 

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Mike Pawley, Marketing Director, FDUK

'Good Financial Controls'

Time: 11:15am - 12:00pm

In today’s tough economic climate there is often a fine line between staying afloat and going under so it is essential that businesses establish and maintain good financial controls.

Mike joined FDUK in 2004 and he is a hands-on commercially focused FD and particularly enjoys the day-to-day challenges of start-ups and SMEs. His seminar is based on more than 20 years experience in business and in it he will outline why it is so important for businesses to keep on top of their business. He will explain how businesses can make sure they have important information available - both financial and non-financial - to make the right decisions at the right time.

As well as acting as part time FD to a portfolio of businesses as diverse as diving equipment manufacture, childcare and events production to insurance and corporate communication, Mike is an experienced mentor, currently working with a number of entrepreneurs in start-up and fast-growth businesses to help them overcome the issues facing them in growing and developing their businesses.

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Andrew Myall, Seed Exchange

Private Equity and Raising Finance

Time: 12:15am - 13:00pm

Andrew is an accomplished businessman having held senior and board level positions in Blue Chip and SME enterprises. He has been involved in securing Debt & Equity Finance for the past 10 years including various types of strategy consultancy work. He has also started several business ventures of his own including Telecoms Infrastructure, Offshore Hedge Funds, Jewellery Importers and Land & Property thus making his knowledge base both flexible and diverse. Andrew today operates as an Associate to Beer & Partners a successful private equity introducer as well as an independent consultant.

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Rona Cant, BT Global Challenger Adventurer, Speaker & Author

Steering the Right Course

Time: 13.15-14.00pm

For the last five years, across three continents, Rona has been motivating businesses abnd individuals to get out of their comfort zone and reach their potential. She has taken part in BT Global Challenge Round the World Yatch Race (the toughest yatch race in the world);  two days later embarked on the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island (one of the world's toughest trails); not to mention the Nordkapp 600k Artic Expedition to the northernmost tip of Europe, a trail thought to be impossible.

Rona's personal inspiring story of adventure links the challenges of sailing the wrong way around the world with those in the business environment. You will learn about leadership, team building, success out of failure and effective winning strategies to put you and your organisation on course to becoming outstanding! Rona will provide a template for businesses to overcome the fear of failure and see challenges as opportunities.

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Alex Hilton-Baird, Managing Director, Hilton-Baird Financial Solutions

'Watch the Cash'

Time: 14.15-15.00pm

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Cashflow is key to survival in these challenging times and this seminar will discuss getting the basics right and keeping your business in business!

Alex has built the Hilton-Baird Group from a standing start and is acknowledged as an expert in marketing for the Corporate Finance Sector. He has established relationships with funding partners across the Corporate Finance market and brings his personal experience of financing a growing business to a wide range of new businesses. Alex has also been key supporter of the development of factoring in Central Europe and has recently launched Hilton-Baird Polska

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Nick Young, Founder of Beer & Young Ltd

'Business Angels - bringing business back to life'

Time: 15.15-16.00pm

Nicholas is the founder of Beer & Young Ltd. Prior to the creation of Beer & Young, he joined David Beer at Beer & Partners in early 1997 when there were a mere handful of Associates & became Regional Director for London when the management structure was formed in 1999. In his seminar he will discuss the turnaround investment market in today's economic climate.

Beer & Young has been established since 1998, and over the years has become a leading company delivering turnaround equity solutions to SME’s. It manages the largest & most active network of active investors in turnaround and offers practical advice to entrepreneurs who face challenging circumstances.

Prior to joining the Beer group, Nicholas has run his own businesses since the late Eighties, advising companies on fund raising and venture capital. You could say that he is a dedicated small business entrepreneur who is well placed to understand the needs of clients in the SME sector.

Find out how you can raise money from Angels and investors in the era of the credit crunch. 

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Martin Driver

Director, My Sales Director.co.uk

Time: 16.00-16.30pm

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