Better Business Finance

Registration and Refreshments

Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Neil McLean, Chair at Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, Chair at Leeds City College, Consultant at DLA Piper

Keynote Address
Shaun Watts, Managing Director, Chameleon Business Interiors

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

Question and Answer Session/Panel Discussion

James Cliffe, Divisional Director, Barclays Business
Mike Conroy, Senior Manager, Strategy Implementation, HSBC
Stephen Pegge, Director of Commercial, Lloyds Banking Group
Shaun Watts,  Managing Director, Chameleon Business Interiors
Neil Williams,  Regional Director, Yorkshire, Santander UK Plc
Peter Ibbetson, Chairman, Small Business Banking, The Royal Bank of Scotland

Coffee Break - 1-1 meetings with individual banks will be available

Breakout Sessions - Taskforce Initiatives

1. Access to finance for start-up firms and growing businesses - 1 hour session
2. How mentors can help support your business – ½ hour session
3. Open surgery with the banks – ½ hour session
4. Finance for Exporting – ½ hour session

Breakout Sessions 2-4 Repeated

2. How mentors can help support your business – ½ hour session
3. Open surgery with the banks – ½ hour session
4. Finance for Exporting – ½ hour session