Edinburgh

  • 05 April 2011
  • Caledonian Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 2AB

Confirmed speakers:


Mark Tennant, Senior Adviser, JP Morgan, Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise

Angela Knight, Chief Executive, British Bankers’ Association

Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Former Chair of CBI SME Council

Shaun Millican, Partner, Johnston Carmichael

Who should attend?

This free half-day seminar has been designed to support and assist UK businesses. The event will be of interest to:

  • Individual business owners
  • Business leaders
  • Business organisations and representative bodies
  • Politicians
  • Regional development agencies and other government-based sources of business advice and support
  • Money advice groups and charities
  • Media: national; regional and specialist
  • Bank staff
  • Civil servants
  • Professional advisers and mentors.
Organised in association with:

Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Programme

 
0900

Registration and Refreshments

0925 

Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Robert Carr, Chairman, Anderson Strathern LLP, President, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

0930

Keynote Addresses
Mark Tennant, Senior Adviser, JP Morgan, Chairman, Scottish Financial Enterprise
Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Former Chair of CBI SME Council

Introduction to the Taskforce & Better Business Finance
Angela Knight, Chief Executive, British Bankers’ Association

1015 

Question and Answer Session/Panel Discussion
Shaun Millican, Partner, Johnston Carmichael
Susanna Freedman, Managing Director, Tsuko
Alasdair Scott, Managing Director, Barclays Corporate Scotland
John Rendall, CEO Scotland, HSBC
John Watson, Portfolio Optimisation Director, Lloyds
Peter Ibbetson, Chairman, Small Business Banking, RBS
Steve Pateman, Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking UK, Santander

1115 

Coffee Break

1130 

Breakout Sessions - covering task force initiatives

1. How mentors can help support your business
2. Lending Code; lending principles and appeals
3. Open surgery with the banks
4. Finance for exporting
5. Ways to grow your business including business planning and alternative sources of finance

1200 

Breakout Sessions 1-5 Repeated

1230 Close of Seminar and Networking Lunch