Liverpool Loves Business

The Business Big Top will host the day’s activities, starting with an opening ceremony from 8.45am. Professor David Gibson from Liverpool John Moores University Centre for Entrepreneurship will welcome delegates to Liverpool Loves Business, followed by a business breakfast hosted by Liverpool & Sefton Chambers of Commerce. A full programme will continue throughout the day until 5.30pm.

The day will serve as a platform to showcase new and up-and-coming businesses; provide opportunities for business owners and professionals to develop skills and connect; and aims to encourage entrepreneurs with the next big idea to take the plunge – all through a series of themed workshops, seminars and discussion panels.

Morning seminars include Make Your Shop Window Is Shining; Streamline Your Business With Digital & Tech; Get The Right Mix Of Marketing & Media; Adapt And Evolve – Grow Around The Local Environment; Pitch Perfect; and What’s The Right HQ For You?

A Business Clinic will run from 12pm to 2pm, hosted by business networking and news organisation YB News, the Growth Accelerator programme and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Delegates will need to register in advance to be allocated an advice time-slot. There will be export advice at The First Port Of Call panel session, hosted by UKTI and Liverpool & Sefton Chambers of Commerce.

Four key members of the Liverpool City Region business community will form a panel to discuss the Four Ps – People, Pioneering, Partnerships and Progress. The panellists are Rosie Jolly, Chief Executive Officer of SEN Together (Social Enterprise Network); Maggie O’Carroll, Chief Executive Officer of The Women’s Organisation; Jenny Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool & Sefton Chambers of Commerce; and Frank McKenna, Chief Executive of Downtown in Business.

Networking opportunities will be available throughout the day, with a specific area of the Big Top reserved for delegates to meet and conduct business. This includes Let’s Connect between 1.30pm and 3pm, hosted by The Women’s Organisation. It will focus on funding, media and connecting, and the event is open to all.

Liverpool Loves Business will close with the festival launch party from 5.30pm to 9pm, as the final networking opportunity of the day.

All seminars are free to attend. Register for a complimentary Liverpool Loves Business delegate pass.