Developing Skills for a Brighter Future

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Free Skills Conference - Tuesday 24 February 2009

The Future’s in your Hands

City & Guilds & ILM, in association with the Learning and Skills Council and Train to Gain London Brokerage Organisation invite you to attend a free half day Skills conference for business leaders.

These are hard times, but clear-thinking businesses made up of motivated and qualified staff will continue to grow and prosper.

Through the fantastic line-up of speakers you will hear how a skilled workforce is vital to the success of your company.

Find out about:

• Boosting productivity and competitiveness
• Improve efficiency and profits
• Increasing staff motivation and retention
• Fully funded Apprenticeships & qualifications available to you & your staff
• Share ideas with other businesses and network

Keynote speaker:

• Karren Brady. The 'first lady of football', Karren Brady became MD of Birmingham City at the age of 23. Now one of our most successful and well-known business personalities, Karren has been Business Woman of the Year and Cosmopolitan's Woman of the Year.
  
  Karren now holds directorships with Mothercare, Channel 4, Kerrang! Radio and Sport England. She has written two novels and two business books and is a regular columnist in The Sun, The Guardian and Birmingham Evening Mail. Her numerous television appearances include The Apprentice, hosting her own show and presenting Live Talk.

Key addresses from:

• Joe Billington - Director of Communication & Diversity
  Learning and Skills Council London Region
  
• Sue Hill – Director of Customer Relations, Business Development and UK Sales Operations
  City & Guilds
  
• David Pardey Senior Manager, Research and Policy
  Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
  
• Rhys Madoc - Head of Large Employers Unit
  Train to Gain : London Brokerage Consortium
  
• Keith Faulkner CBE FRSA - Chairman of Working Links
  London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  
• Andrew Lawson - Head of Human Relations
  Fifteen Foundation

For full details please visit www.cityandguilds.com/londonemployersevent.