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The Challenge of Change: Are You Up to It?
The current economic climate is bringing with it a great deal of change - unpredictable for the most part. Reduced demand, an increasingly competitive landscape and downward pressure on pricing are in turn forcing businesses to change how they operate, simply to stay afloat - change for which most are ill-prepared.
Join us at our upcoming seminar, where you will discover:
- How your attitude to change - and that of your team - can sabotage your initiatives and what you can do to ensure success
- How competing on price will send you into a downward spiral; how to compete on value instead
- How to handle restructuring to minimise the impact on morale and productivity
- How to ensure that you keep on the right side of employment and other legislation as you change your business for the better
- How to keep finances on track during these turbulent times - and ensure you are fighting fit to compete when the upturn comes
- The wealth of opportunity out there currently and how to turn this to your advantage
- The power of collaborative partnerships and how to develop these for extraordinary success
What others have said about our events:
"Tremendous energy and passion""Very thought-provoking"
"Inspirational"
"Pleasant lack of jargon"
This two-hour seminar - including lunch - is priced at just £25 plus VAT. Places are limited, so we expect them to go quickly!
So, don't delay, book your place today by completing the registration form below and sending a cheque for £28.75, payable to Dunham Solicitors LLP, to Katie Davis-Lyons at this address:
Katie Davis-Lyons (The Challenge of Change)
Dunham Law
12 Walker Avenue
Stratford Office Village
Wolverton Mill
Milton Keynes
MK12 5TW
We look forward to seeing you there!
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| Where: | Dunkley's Restaurant Castle Ashby Station Grendon Road Whiston Northampton NN7 1NP Tel: 01604 810546 | ||||||||||||
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| Date: | Thursday 11th June 2009 | ||||||||||||
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Speaker Profiles
Cathy Rhodes BSc (Hons), MCIM
Business Advisor, The Infinite Group
Having worked with many successful businesses, both in the UK and Continental Europe, Cathy is passionate about bringing their best practices to SMEs.
She embarked upon a career in marketing in 1990, successfully climbing the ranks of various blue chip brands, including Heinz and Wilkinson Sword. She set up her consultancy in 2000, with an illustrious client list including Coca-Cola & Procter & Gamble.
Based in Buckinghamshire, Cathy is now proud to work with the Infinite Group, working with talented owners of SMEs. She combines best practices of the great businesses she has known, tried and tested tools and techniques with real passion to help her clients achieve the success they deserve.
01280 815 122
www.cathy-rhodes.co.uk
Fiona Button, Solicitor, LL B (Hons), PgDip
Partner, Dunham Law
A member of the Employment Lawyers' Association, Fiona is a highly experienced Solicitor who provides pragmatic, commercially minded advice to businesses of varying sizes.
Having trained under the guidance of a well known Employment Judge (formerly Tribunal Chairman), Fiona has specialised in employment law for over 10 years. She was a founding Partner of Dunham Law and was the youngest Solicitor to be personally listed in the Legal 500.
Dunham Law has offices in Northampton, Milton Keynes and London and Fiona, along with her fellow Partners, sets herself apart by providing clear, jargon-free legal advice which also works from a commercial perspective.
01908 311 300
www.dunhamlaw.co.uk 
Jason Sykes
Managing Director, Boyd Coughlan Accountants
Financial Director, Boyd Coughlan Independent Financial Advisors
Having worked for a number of chartered accountancy practices, Jason's experience of more than two decades has helped him advise many hundreds of clients of various shapes and sizes.
Jason began his career in 1987 in the Aylesbury offices of Blackstone Franks Chartered Accountants and worked his way up the career ladder, before moving into smaller practices and eventually becoming an entrepreneur himself in 1996. His work has ranged from bespoke work undertaken for Plc's and their employees, high net worth clients and businesses to personal tax affairs and business start-ups, treating them all with the same importance, care and pro-activity.
Boyd Coughlan are based in Buckingham, but have clients throughout the world. They are founder members of the AVN association and have access to complex tax strategies that you would usually associate with a much bigger firm. Jason and his team including members of the Institute's Tax Faculty pride themselves on giving clients proactive service and advice.
01280 823030
www.boydcoughlanaccountants.co.uk
www.boydcoughlan.co.uk
www.avn.co.uk
Adam Thwaites BSc, Bizlinx UK
Adam helps business owners across the UK grow and develop through the power of networking. Adam's drive is to help passionate people achieve their business goals.
Based in Oxford, Adam is a co-owner of Bizlinx. Bizlinx helps business owners build a professional network and trusted relationships on which new opportunities and alliances can form.
Understanding the need for business owners to work together to increase profits and become better in business, Bizlinx puts the framework in place to do this effectively. Bizlinx members build their businesses under the concept of sustainable and collaborative growth.
07947 301 302
www.bizlinx-uk.com