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Inaugural Seminar Proves That 'Business Matters'
Monday June 21st, 2010
Business Matters - a Seminar hosted by Newcastle Business School in collaboration with the Newcastle Business Forums.
Newcastle Business School was delighted to play host the inaugural ‘Business Matters’, seminar taking place earlier this month. The event was launched by Newcastle Business School’s Professor Teresa Waring who welcomed two well renowned guest speakers, Professor Max Robinson and Michael Mitten. Professor Robinson, who has vast experience as an entrepreneur, gave a candid yet uplifting presentation to the audience as he talked about his failures in business and finished by describing his latest business venture – Kromek. Kromek have successfully pioneered a revolutionary x-ray technology which has huge commercial benefits for a range of sectors, especially the transport security industry.
The second guest speaker Michael Mitten, Managing Director of Houghton International, gave an inspiring talk not only on his business experience and but about his trip to the Geographic North Pole. It was on this trip (where he almost lost his guide and mentor and came close to death himself) where he where he learnt much about himself and qualities of leadership.
The audience, mainly made up of local SMEs, were also able to take advantage of an SME style ‘Question Time’ where they were able to ask business related questions to an invited panel of experts that covered Marketing, HR and Emplyment, Fiannce and customer service.
Professor Teresa Waring said, “I would like to thank Ross Waldie and colleagues from the Newcastle Business Forums for their help and to Angie McLean from FastForwardNow who was instrumental in supporting the seminar. Feedback I have received so far has been extremely positive and it’s reassuring to hear that the audience has been so inspired and motivated by our guest speakers and expert panellists. Newcastle Business School look forward to hosting this event again next year.”
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