Join us on Wednesday 29 March 2023 in the Buckingham Suite, Holiday Inn Peterborough West, Thorpe Wood, PETERBOROUGH PE3 6SG
The day is free for EDA wholesalers, manufacturers, solution providers and service providers.
You’ll find the full speaker programme below, and you can register via the online form at the foot of this page.
Due to the high standard of presentations and content at this EDA Regional Business Forum, it qualifies towards your Continuing Professional Develpment (CPD) target.
You’ll receive a personalised CPD Certificate when you attend this EDA Regional Business Forum.
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9.50am – 10.00am
Welcome and Introductions
Richard McCartney, Director of Supplier Relations, Edmundson Electrical Ltd
10.00am – 10.30am
EDA News Update including industry forecasts, State of the Sector Survey highlights
Margaret Fitzsimons, CEO, and Anne Vessey, Head of Marketing & Communications
10.30am – 11.00am
EDA training success stories: meet a wholesaler who’s studied 12 EDA Product Knowledge Modules and hear the benefits to their business, plus a behind the scenes look at the role of an EDA Apprenticeship End Point Assessor. Could you be an assessor too?
Tracy Hewett, Head of Education and Training, EDA
11.00am – 11.30am
Data Superheroes: manufacturers explain why high quality product information is the wholesalers’ greatest ally in the drive for sales
Richard Appleton, Head of Digitalisation
11.45am – 12.15pm
what3words: helping increase delivery efficiency and customer satisfaction with precise delivery locations
Khongorzul Otgonbayar, Partnerships Lead, what3words.com
12.15pm – 12.45pm
The Contractors’ View: The ECA (Electrical Contractors’ Association) shares what 2023 has in store for the electrical contractor and what that means for the wholesaler
Martin Cordrey, ECA Regional Manager – Eastern Region
2.00pm – 2.30pm
Taking the fear out of fire: why the fire safety market could be an untapped sales opportunity for your business
Nick Gee, National Account Manager (Wholesale), EU Fire and Security
2.30pm – 3.15pm
A wholesalers’ guide to human and buyer behaviour: essential know-how that drives sales at the trade counter
Nick Widdowson, Merchandising Expert, with Chris Lea of ABM Electrical.
