About

The Lancashire Festival of Business, in partnership with Boost, is a new event in the calendar, which will celebrate and support business and entrepreneurship.

With opportunities to be grabbed and challenges to be met, we will bring together business leaders to share their experiences and advice.

We’ll also bring the best expertise, guidance, market intelligence and inspiration to the Festival from across Lancashire’s business support community and beyond.

Everything you need to grow, scale or start a business in the county will be on hand with two tracks to provide inspiration and learning at the heart of each.

The event will focus on the below with panels and masterclasses:

Funding and finance for your business
Recruiting and retaining the best team
How to plan for your future with a clear strategy
Getting started with ESG
How to boost sales
Leadership

Please note masterclass places are limited and not guaranteed.

Location

Get directions

Dunkenhalgh Hotel
Blackburn Road, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire BB5 5JP

Masterclass registration

Places are limited at each masterclass and you need to pre-register. The masterclasses are:

• Harnessing ESG
  Miranda Barker OBE and Stephen Sykes, East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce

This masterclass will cover:

• • What is ESG and how does it differ from CSR?
  • Reporting Frameworks and why?
  • ESG and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • B Corp and B Corp Certification
     
• Planning and strategy – How to Drive Growth
  Professor Simon Bolton, Edge Hill University

This masterclass will cover:

• • Six insights that are driving success in Lancashire businesses
  • Three key strategies for growth
  • How to use internal data to improve productivity and stimulate growth
  • Understanding how to measure success

• Increase your sales
  Helen Tebay, The Sales Lady

This masterclass will cover

• • Strategies for immediate business growth
  • The top three actions that most sales professionals forget
  • Empowering sales teams for control and consistency
  • How to put into practice what you have learnt

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