This month's 1st Friday Breakfast meeting is on 3rd July at the Innovation Centre in Paignton.
The guest speaker at July's 1st Friday is Angela Butler. Angela is Site Director at Riviera Desserts in Paignton which is part of Uniq PLC and has employed up to 450 people in the manufacture of chilled desserts. Prior to joining Riviera Desserts, Angela led a number of change programmes within Elementis PLC and Glaxosmithkline. These have included:
- Consolidation of businesses and transfer of manufacturing between sites
- Implementation of a £13m ERP system across 5 continents
- Set up and running of Shared Service Centres in the UK and US
- Integration of businesses post acquisition
Angela will be talking about Leading Change, sharing with us some of her experiences and her thoughts on how to successfully drive change in a business.
The agenda for 3 July at Paignton is:
8.30 Arrive, refreshments and networking
9.10 Welcome, Angela George
9.15 Leading Change, Angela Butler
9.30 Networking
10.00 CLOSE
To help us plan for this event, please reply if you wish to attend.
There is an entrance charge of £5.
Because of the summer break, this will be the last 1st Friday until September, so we really look forward to seeing you.
Best wishes
Adrian Sheen
Business Innovation Centres Manager
South Devon Innovation Centre
South Devon Innovation Centres manage three Innovation Centres in Ivybridge, Paignton and Torquay providing office/desk space to small businesses from as little as £125pcm inclusive of gas, electricity, water, telephone/broadband rental and business rates. |