Agenda

Panel Themes

Globalisation

The growth of the use in technology has had a massive impact on the speed to market, productivity and customer interaction, the growth of emerging market economies and the ability to do business 24/7 across the globe. Many UK businesses have been at the forefront of this but plenty have suffered by being unable to respond to the challenge. How do businesses ensure that they correctly identify the two sides of the globalisation coin?

Liquidity and the Credit Crunch

With larger and ever more diversified markets has come a significant level of access to funding. What impact has this almost constant level of liquidity had on UK corporate and lending cultures? Has liquidity driven complacency or encouraged bold entrepreneurial decision making? With a much vaunted credit crunch on the horizon just how severe are the consequences of excessive leveraging going to be?

M&A

M&A activity has been at the forefront of UK corporate activity over the past 20 years which poses questions both for now and the future such as: What characterises a good deal? Has focus been lost by the seemingly endless appetite for deals amongst debt providers? Will current changes in the market result in an increase in businesses attempting to buy themselves out of trouble?

The Talent Agenda

Effective leadership and a committed workforce have always been amongst the hallmarks of a successful business. The emergence of the “global citizen” means that businesses are able to identify, attract and integrate the best people from a large talent pool such that the organisation grows and thrives on its new found diversity which is the key to success.