Help to Grow: How SMEs can innovate, grow and drive recovery
Event details
Virtual
Free event
Past dates
- Wed Jun 23rd 2021 | 10:30 am till
Join the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, for the next in a series of live panel discussions.
The panel will discuss how UK SMEs and start-ups can scale-up, becoming vital engines of growth, innovation and social value across the UK. This is a unique chance to hear the experiences of some of the UK’s top business leaders, with members of the panel sharing their experience and thoughts on enterprise & entrepreneurship.
The panel:
Debbie Wosskow OBE – Founder of LoveHomeSwap and co-founder of AllBright
Former CEO of Love Home Swap, a subscription-based home exchange business, which she sold for $53m in 2017. She also co-founded AllBright, a club and community that celebrates and connects women at work.
Marta Krupinska – Cofounder of Azimo & Head of Google for Startups UK
Founded Azimo, a global money transfer platform in 2012. In 2018 she joined Google as Head of Google for Startups UK, a role in which she works with high potential tech start-ups.
Laura Tenison MBE – Founder and Managing Director of JoJo Maman Bébé
Founded JoJo Maman Bébé in 1993 & over the last 28 years has grown the Newport, Wales based company to become one of the UK’s leading maternity wear and baby clothing retailers.
Professor Nigel Locket – Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Strathclyde
A senior academic and serial entrepreneur. He also has over 25 years of experience as a company director, with a track record in managing start-ups & social enterprises.
Byron Dixon OBE – Founder & CEO of Micro-Fresh
Beginning his career as a lab technician, Byron founded Micro-Fresh after he developed a way of preventing mould growing on household products and his since grown the company to global sales of over £10m.