11 Feb 2010

NSAFS South West Employer Conference 2010

On the 11th February, the NSAFS held a regional conference for employers across the South West at the Exchange in Bridgwater.

The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Recession, Recovery and Regulation – Working Together for Success’.

Speakers

• Chairperson’s Opening Remarks – Paul Beesley, Chair of the NSAFS Regional Employer Board for the South West. Paul Beesley speaker slides
• ‘Your People Determine your Success: Business Excellence through Staff Investment’, Sylvia Perrins, CEO, NSAFS

• ‘Get Britain Working’, John Penrose MP, Shadow Minister for Business Read John Penrose’s answers to your questions
• ‘The State of UK PLC’, Alun Powell, Senior Economist, HSBC Alun Powell speaker slides
• ‘Meeting the Challenge of Regulation’, Jonathan Bundy, Financial Services Authority (FSA) FSA speaker slides- ‘RDR Professionalism’

  

  Several workshops ran on the day:

• Meeting the challenge of RDR and a regulated environment, run by the FSA
• Business Consultancy: Diagnose your Business Needs with Navigator, run by the NSAFS
• Leadership and Management for financial services, run by the NSAFS
• Access Training Support across the South West, run by City of Bristol College

The conference started at 9:30am and finished at 2:30pm after a networking lunch.

Download the programme: South West Employer Conference Programme

View photographs of the event.

Read press release

“A well balanced provision of information- most useful.”

Paul Underwood, Nationwide

“Students from the Finance Academy loved it. It was well-paced and put theory into practice for them.”

Nicki Williams, Cirencester College