East of England Economic Summit

On 30 November 2020, ICAEW will release its hotly awaited Business Confidence Monitor™, one of the largest and most comprehensive quarterly reviews of UK business confidence providing a regular snapshot of the economy informed by senior business professionals running all types of businesses across the UK. This, in conjunction with a summary from the Bank of England and your opportunity to input into local discussions, makes this event one not to be missed as we consider the question ‘how can the local professional community help SMEs during a challenging H1 of 2021?’

Your attendance at the East of England Economic Summit, bringing together ICAEW’s nationwide research with expert views from local panellists and speakers is more important than ever before. As we draw towards the end of a year heavily impacted by the COVID pandemic and with less than 30 days until the end of the transition period, business insight has never been so crucial for policy makers, regulators, and indeed businesses themselves. The Summit will start with presentations from both ICAEW and the Bank of England on their views at a national and regional level before breaking into County Panel groups to explore the implications of this at a local level. The overarching objective is to stimulate debate on how best the local economy can weather the storm and emerge stronger, and how the local professional community can work to support this goal over the coming 12 months.

Panel as follows:

Essex

Chair: Simon Medcalf, ICAEW South Essex President

Panellists:

1. Paul Sullivan, Senior Manager, East of England. British Business Bank
2. Professor Neil Kellard, Dean of Essex Business School, University of Essex
3. TBC

Brexit

Chair: Rachel Underhill – Senior Business Strategy Manager, ICAEW

Panellists:

1. Alan Todd, East of England Regional Policy Lead, FSB
2. Mike Chapman, Trade Business Adviser, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
3. Paul Davey, Head of Corporate Affairs, Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd

Skills

Co-Chairs: Julia Root-Gutteridge, Manager, Board Effectiveness, ICAEW and Dr Hilary Lindsay, Patterns of Learning

Panellists:

1. Anne Bailey, CEO, Form the Future
2. Laraine Moody, Vice Principal, Employer Engagement, West Suffolk College
3. Olga Tregaskis, Head, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia