Report on the BSA Conference
Wednesday 24 September 2008
Windmill Village Hotel, near Coventry
TURBO CHARGE YOUR BUSINESS
“Days like that make the membership of the BSA worthwhile on
its own. The speakers were excellent…. I came away really motivated ….
It has injected ideas into my marketing.” (Mike Graham, Teknomat)
“One of the best conferences that I have ever attended.” (Nick
Jackson, Catering Equipment Solutions)
“It was great to hear from Steven Bartlett about Coffee
Republic.” (Chris
Winter, Bravilor UK)
“Excellent presentations, interesting and geared to
the audience. Would highly recommend it.” (Steve White, RPC Tedeco-Gizeh)
“Really professional standard of speakers – everything
about the day was excellent. Really glad I went.” (Rebecca
Stone, Bottle Kiln)
“The mix of speakers was good and topical to the current
economic climate.” (Martyn Herriott, Barry Callebaut)
If you missed out on this excellent event, please see the report below,
and remember to book for the 2009 event.
Attended by representatives from many factions of the industry: distributors,
suppliers, manufacturers, café owners & trainers, this event
was an opportunity for all to reflect and learn how to survive, and
indeed be strengthened, by the current economic climate.
Conference Chair, Paula Bentley commented “Ensuring your business
is not “put on hold” during this period is essential and
also investing in the right areas – the areas that will make
your business more robust and therefore more likely to survive.”
In offering this conference, the BSA were undoubtedly taking the bull
by the horns and giving its members much needed support through a very
strong range of speakers. There were three main areas: Finance, Marketing & Employment
culminating with the keynote speaker Steven Bartlett CEO of Coffee
Republic.
Steven Bartlett concluded his extremely well received talk – “all
must be reminded that remaining stagnant and doing nothing during this
unstable time will almost certainly result in failure. Action is the
key.”
For details of all speakers click here for the Conference Programme.
The conference was followed by the BEV-E
2008 Awards dinner click here for more details.
