Business Leader's EVENT

Taking Stock: Why Business and Marketing Planning Matters

The Marketing Centre and Evelyn Partners: Your Business & Marketing Alignment Experts

Wednesday 26th June
08:30 - 10:30 am
Evelyn Partners, Portwall Place, Portwall Ln, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6NA

It's time to take a breather and assess where we stand. Whether you're on track, need a tweak, or starting from scratch, we've got you covered.

For those starting from scratch, we're here to guide you in determining your needs and establishing metrics to measure your investments of energy, time, and finances.

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What is the event about?

Many SME’s struggle due to the absence of a well-crafted business and marketing growth plan. While larger companies invest in detailed roadmaps, smaller businesses often miss out on this crucial step. Reasons vary from it seeming too time-consuming to simply not knowing where to start.

Our recent research highlights this trend: while many business leaders have a vision, less than half of SMEs prioritise a formal business plan. But here's the thing: a plan is more than just paperwork. It's your roadmap to success. It helps you forecast income, lay out your growth vision, and identify the steps to get there. Plus, it's a powerful tool for attracting finance and navigating potential challenges.

Event Timings:

  • 8.30 - 9.00am Registration and networking
  • 9.00 - 10.00am - Presentations and Q&A
  • 10.00 -10.30am - networking to close

So, whether you’re an SME just finding your feet or an established business looking to fine-tune your strategy, join us for this free networking morning event hosted by The Marketing Centre and Evelyn Partners, as we navigate the road to success together.

 

Reserve your place:

Guest Speaker:

Lynne Blakey
Director
Advisory Consulting

Lynne combines 20 years’ experience in practice across restructuring, advisory, audit, risk and internal audit, with 4 years industry experience, working as a Finance Director in a fast paced business environment.

Through her time in at KPMG, she supported clients with a wide spectrum of projects including turnaround, cash flow management performance improvement, accelerated sale processes, business planning, strategic risk and process/control improvement.

Her industry experience saw her working as Finance Director for a high growth business operating across multiple sectors. This experience provides Lynne with commercial acumen and a good understanding of the challenges businesses face on a day to day basis.

Throughout her career, Lynne has worked across a wide variety of businesses in terms of both business size and sector with specialisms in hospitality, retail, construction and manufacturing.

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Guest Speaker:

Sally Shuttleworth
Regional Director
The Marketing Centre

Sally’s career has spanned over 20 of years working both in marketing/advertising agencies as well as growing and running her own successful businesses. She has been involved in all elements of marketing and sales across a wide range of industries and business sizes.

Sally’s passion has always been working with mid-size businesses on marketing and sales strategy.  Sally started The Marketing Centre South Africa (Pty) Ltd in 2012, which now has a team of 30 Marketing Directors in three major cities. 

In 2018, Sally moved to Bath with her young family, and took the opportunity to join The Marketing Centre UK as a Regional Director for West Country and Wales, whilst continuing to oversee the day to day operations of the South African business as CEO. The Marketing Centre provides her with the opportunity to scale her skills into a business that is able to provide many businesses with access to a variety of different & highly talented part-time marketing professionals.

 

 

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