Developing your Business Competitive Advantages: Playing to your Strengths (Crawley)

2nd August
Holiday Inn Gatwick Worth
8.30am – 1pm

£50.00

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What you will learn...

Did you know there are 10 different types of competitive advantage in business? Only some of these will relate to your unique selling point too. Learn from these speakers how to build and sustain a competitive business, focusing on your strengths not what needs improving!

Understanding what your competitive advantages are and how to use them

Tim Rylatt, UK Growth Coach

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Tim Rylatt is a highly experienced business coach who has worked with more than 200 companies during the past 15 years. He is also the author of 3 books that address the topics of sales skills, strategic marketing, and business growth.

Unlike many coaches, Tim is also a business owner himself, as a director in two marketing agencies, as well as his own coaching firm (which is now also a franchise).

Communicating your competitive advantage to prospects to win business!

Henry Laker, Growth by Design

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Henry is a highly experienced business owner and has been heading up businesses within the print, design and digital marketing sector for nearly 25 years.

He is known for being entertaining, direct, and creative, with a huge passion for results-driven marketing.

In 2018, the marketing agency he founded with co-director Tim Rylatt won the ‘Best New Business award for the Gatwick Diamond Area and most recently the award for Most Impactful SME Marketing Agency – South East 2023. 

During this time he has worked with hundreds of companies to help refine their brand presentation, lead generation, customer lifetime values and reputations. He has also co-authored two books on the subjects of marketing and business growth with Tim Rylatt.

To be confirmed

Tony Baulch, Ashdown Solutions – Managed IT

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Tony has a wealth of IT experience, starting out at British Caledonian, before working for BT and then supporting projects such as the Dartford River Crossing  and Faslane submarine shiplift. He spent 12 years in a senior role supporting retail operations of some 400 Texaco petrol stations.

With a young family, and not wanting to travel into London, he started Ashdown Solutions to look to bring his years of automation and project management skills to serve SME’s based in the Gatwick Diamond.

To be confirmed

Chris Irving, Curve Accountancy

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Chris Irving is a Fellow Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and has been working in the accountancy industry since he left school in 1990. He is a director of Curve Accountancy based in Crawley that specialise in owner-managed business accounts, tax and payroll.

Chris has presented several tax and accountancy seminars to individuals and business owners over the last 6 years and his engaging, straight-talking style will leave you with a better understanding of the tax legislation that directly impacts you.

To be confirmed

Bernie Knight, Regency Grove Communications (telecomms)

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Bernie Knight has over 40 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. His swift rise through the ranks of BT in the first stage of his career, to RGC being a trusted and highly regarded supplier by a diverse customer portfolio, is testament to his dedication to providing customers with the right telephony and broadband solutions for their business.
 
Bernie’s knowledge, and his passion for outstanding personal customer service has seen him become a valued advisor to hundreds of SMB and SOHO businesses in the 15 years since RGC was founded. He is currently working hard to help customers navigate the challenges that will come with the 2025 switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

schedule

We've made time for lunch!

Lunch is provided in the main restaurant and please let us know any dietary requirements at least a week before the event.

The indicative schedule for the training event is as follows:

8.30 – 9am ——  Arrival and coffee

9am – 9.10am ——  Welcome and housekeeping

9.10am – 9.50am – Speaker 1 presentation 

9.50am – 10.30am – Speaker 2 presentation

10.30am – 10.40am – Tea and coffee break

10.40am – 11.20am —– Speaker 3 presentation

11:20am – 12pm —– Speaker 4 presentation

12pm – 12.40pm —– Speaker 5 presentation

12.40pm – 1pm —— Lunch

Location & venue

Holiday Inn Gatwick Worth

Conveniently located for both Gatwick Airport and Crawley, the Holiday Inn Gatwick-Worth is easy to reach by road.

It has it’s own dedicated and secure free parking for event guests (you will need to register your car details upon arrival to avoid a penalty). With the conference facilities in their a dedicated wing, we have self-contained facilities.

Holiday Inn Gatwick-Worth
Crabbet Park, Turners Hill Road.

Is it free to park, but you need to register your car registration number at reception. Please make sure that you do this in order to avoid a fine.

All proceeds from the events will go to The Chaseley Trust.

The Chaseley Trust is a unique, independent charity-owned, 55-bed nursing home.  They specialise in long-term nursing and respite care for people with complex disabilities, such as Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury, stroke, spinal cord injury and degenerative neurological conditions such as Huntington’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone and Parkinson’s disease.

We are delighted to be able to support this charity.

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