The next 3rd Friday Breakfast meeting is on 17th July at the Watermark Innovation Centre in Ivybridge.

The guest speaker at July's 3rd Friday is Michael Seymour from Seymour Williams Associates who will be talking about How to Succeed in a Competitve Environment.

Keen guitarist and motorcyclist, Michael Seymour has spent most of his career in the food and retail industry, spending 12 years with both Dairy Crest and Tesco.

As part of his time with Tesco, he became the real ‘Big Cheese’, flying around the world, eating cheese and negotiating with suppliers. In his latter role  within Tesco, he was responsible for setting up a buying office in the West Country, with the aim of sourcing local products from local suppliers for local Tesco stores – introducing 75 new companies to the Tesco supply chain.

Having left Tesco at Easter, Michael now runs his own business. His main objective is to help suppliers develop better trading relationships with retailers.

Michael will be covering:

• How to respond to market changes
• Identifying changing customer trends
• Practical tools for marketing
  

The agenda for the 17th July is:

 8.30: Buffet breakfast
 9:05 Welcome from Adrian Sheen
 9.10: How to Succeed in a Competitive Environment
 9 .30: Networking
 10.00: Close

Please note there will be a £5 charge towards the costs of this event. Please reply if you wish to attend. We really look forward to seeing you.

Best wishes

Adrian Sheen
Business Innovation Centres Manager
South Devon Innovation Centres

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.