Final details are now confirmed for this year’s annual Business & Manufacturing Breakfast Seminar hosted by Shorts Chartered Accountants, NatWest and Banner Jones Solicitors at the Proact Stadium in Chesterfield. This year’s event is being held as part of Destination Chesterfield’s Made in Chesterfield week on Thursday 26 November 2015. Rupert Seggins and Dr Alex Mardapittas are confirmed as this year’s speakers, who will be focusing on the future of business and manufacturing within the region.
Providing a ’one stop’ opportunity to speak with people from many sectors under one roof, representatives from AMRC, Derby University, Ashgate Hospice, UKTI, Sheffield EEF, Shorts, NatWest, Banner Jones, Destination Chesterfield, EMSc and East Midlands Chamber will also be attending with information stalls.
Anyone wanting the opportunity to discuss import / export issues, obtain more information on training or apprenticeships, employment law and other legal issues, finance, Grants, R&D or tax issues relating to Manufacturing businesses will be able to speak to representatives before and after the event. Stalls Information
During the Seminar, Rupert Seggins, Senior Economic Adviser in the RBS Economics Team will be the first speaker. Prior to joining RBS, he worked at HM Treasury and most recently at the British Embassy in Tokyo. Rupert will look at the current economic situation in China and whether the Greece and Eurozone problems are over. We will discuss interest rates and the UK outlook post-election, and specifically the impact of the Northern Powerhouse and Sheffield City Region devolution on East Midlands and South Yorkshire areas.
The second speaker, Dr Alex Mardapittas is Managing Director of EMSc (UK) Limited. He has an extensive knowledge of software programming and innovative engineering design. Alex studied at Kings College London and then at Brunel University. On completing his research fellowship at the Brunel Centre for Manufacturing Metrology in 1993, he went on to work in professional computer software training and development. Since then, the company has become an engineering-led market leader, renowned globally for the innovative design of a range of energy saving solutions. The company’s flagship solution Powerstar, devised by Alex, is a voltage optimisation system that works to reduce electricity consumption, and has been heralded as one of the most commercially viable energy saving applications available in the marketplace. He set up EMSc (UK) Ltd in 2001 to provide energy and environmental consultancy to organisations.
Individuals representing manufacturing and engineering industries are invited to register their place by following this link. Places are offered free of charge, but are now extremely limited.
Registration is from 8.00am, presentations commence at 8.30, with Q&A to close. The event is expected to close at 10.30am.
