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The Scottish Business Exhibition: Taking Your Business to the Next Level
What: The Scottish Business Exhibition
Where: SEC Glasgow
When: November 21st & 22nd - 10am – 4pm
Tickets: Free - Register Online
Scotland’s biggest business event is dedicated to helping business professionals from across Scottish corporate, mid-market and large SMEs take their business to the next level The event is co-located with New Start Scotland and offers unrivaled opportunity to network with thousands of entrepreneurs and professionals, find cost-effective suppliers and understand how to remain competitive in today’s industry.
At the show, you’ll find more than 80 free expert seminars and interactive workshops.
ASOS Chairman, Brian McBride will give insight into his journey from a salesman in Glasgow with Xerox to working at the top of some of the world's great companies - IBM, Dell, T Mobile, Amazon before delving into how retail industry is existentially challenged by the march of technology and how to keep up.
Yell CEO Richard Hanscott will be giving his keynote presentation at the show packed full of easy to use tips on how businesses can be more successful online
Selling for Dummies Author Ben Kench will present proven insights and techniques that you can easily adopt to ensure that your business stands out from the crowd and be a competitive force in the market.
Develop Strategies to Increase Efficiency & Profitability
Workshops are led by relevant experts and are in-depth, interactive sessions that enable you to walk away with answers to your specific questions. Covering crucial topics such as:
- Finding Funding to Grow Profitably
- Employment and Leadership
- Sales Success
- Automation and Technology
- Digital Marketing
There is a huge amount of applicable knowledge on offer for Scotland’s business owners and professionals. Workshops will help you to improve your own leadership skills as well as business efficiency and overall profitability, all presented to motivate you to make the changes your business may need to thrive in today's economy.
The Supplier Development Programme
The public sector market place in Scotland is worth £11billion and buys a wide range of goods and services from local business. The Supplier Development Programme will be setting up at the exhibition and ready to help Scottish SMEs improve their performance in winning contracts in the public sector with free expert advice.
Networking: One of The Best Ways to Build a Better Business
Networking makes up a huge part of the 2-day event. Whether you'd like to build your contact list, find referral partners, or secure introductions to potential clients, it's important to maintain your business connections by attending networking events that work for you. The dedicated networking zone at SBE will start each morning with an informative seminar, held by Business Network Scotland, to encourage you to get the most out of networking, before giving you the opportunity to try out three different types of networking throughout the day, ran individually by 4Networking, The Wonder Woman Club and BNI.
With a huge amount more to see at the show, including Google Digital Garage, The Funding Zone, the Small Business Clinic, and 1-2-1 private advice appointments, you’ll find everything that you need to take your business to the next level at the Scottish Business Exhibition this November.
Tickets are free, make sure that you register in advance online now!
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