Helping Businesses Compete

On 9 September 2008, the Design Council hosted a national event on the difference design makes to profitability. An audience of senior business intermediaries gathered at the Met Hotel in Leeds to hear from a diverse range of speakers at the event chaired by BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders. The event was supported by Yorkshire Forward.

SPEAKERS

Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Science and Innovation

Sir Alan Jones of Toyota, Chairman of SEMTA and Diploma Champion for Employers

Tom Riordan, Chief Executive, Yorkshire Forward

Richard Seymour, Director, Seymour Powell

Jonathan Sands, Chairman, Elmwood

Showcases from businesses who have benefited from the Design Council’s business support programme, Designing Demand: Graham Burchell, MD, Challs International Ltd and John Kaye, MD, Heritage Cashmere Ltd.

 

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