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Productivity campaign to make return for fourth year running
By Jessica Brookes
A campaign which aims to boost productivity and leadership skills across Greater Birmingham will return in 2020, with a boosted events listing. Greater Birmingham Chambers
of Commerce's (GBCC) month- long Growth Through People campaign is back for a fourth year, taking place between 2 March and 2 April 2020. Delivered by the GBCC and a
range of partners, Growth Through People includes free training sessions, workshops and events alongside research and thought leadership content published on the Chamber's digital channels. In 2019 the campaign had 500
delegates attend its 16 events, and digital thought leadership advice and guidance reached 3.1 million on social media. Aston University and Curium Solutions are backing this year's campaign as headline sponsors. The 2020 campaign will feature
for the first time a one-day conference on 2 April at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, University of Birmingham. The conference will take a
closer look at responsible leadership, attracting and engaging talent, unlocking potential and employee resilience.
...The Griffin Report from page 17 Nicole’s social conscience, which
had already seen her help victims of eating disorders during her time as Miss Indiana, came to the fore again when she and Martin worked with Snowball Express, an organisation which helps children of fallen military in the US. “We were talking about fame
one night, and he said he didn’t want the fame to be in vain. It can’t be just fame for fame’s sake to pay the bills. “Martin would go and speak at
Snowball Express events. We would host families at race tracks, offer them VIP experiences, get them to meet him in the car. It was great. We made great connections with families. We met 3,000 people in Dallas. A lot of kids felt ostracised at school – they have not only lost their loved ones, they are uprooted from their existing homes.” Today the Plowmans – who were married in Florida in 2016 - live in
Discussing productivity: Chamber staff who were involved in the campaign last year from left: Paul Faulkner, Anjum Khan, director of Asian Business Chamber, policy and patron adviser Emily Stubbs, and director of policy and strategic relationships Henrietta Brealey
Chief executive of The Big Issue
Foundation, Stephen Robertson, has already been confirmed as the conference's first speaker. Stephen has led the homeless
charity Big Issue Foundation for 13 years, previously serving as was director of commercial operations at Shelter. Alongside his role at Big Issue
Foundation, Stephen has helped found and chair The Association of Charity Shops, a professional body
a rural idyll near Tamworth, with Martin still pursuing his racing career and Nicole marketing and strategy director of KEP Print, the printing firm founded by his grandparents Ken and Irene and parents Mark and Anita nearly 40 years ago. It’s still very much a family affair,
with Martin’s parents at the helm, and Nicole the marketing and strategy director. Typically, Nicole is already
embracing the challenges facing the printing industry with relish. “It is extremely competitive. Almost weekly there is another print company going under. There has been the influx of digital but digital has been so saturated, people still love the touch and feel of print.” As an example of the vision of
KEP Print, the Tamworth firm provided pop-up sports helmets at the Greater Birmingham Transatlantic Chamber of Commerce annual conference 2019, with Virgin Atlantic achieving a
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4,000 per cent return on their investment at the NFL matches in London last year.
which represents the majority of charity retailers in the UK. Paul Faulkner, chief executive of
GBCC, said: “Growth Through People has gone from strength to strength in recent years. “For 2020, we are incredibly
excited to be launching the Growth Through People conference in addition to the campaign's traditional four weeks of free events, workshops and digital content.
“Growth Through People events
throughout March are also now open for bookings and we very much look forward to seeing interested readers at the conference.”
A limited number of conference tickets are available. To find out more or to book visit
www.greaterbirminghamchambers. com/research-campaigning/ growth-through-people
Sporting spirit: Delegates trial the helmets at the Transatlantic Chamber conference
“The helmets captured the spirit
of sport. We are proving that print isn’t dead,” says Nicole.
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