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SUMMARY:EDA Regional Business Forum\, Leicester - The National Space Centre\, Exploration Drive\, Space City\, Leicester LE4 5NS
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]EDA Business Forums are open to anyone from an EDA business. Register your place using the online form further down this page\, or call the EDA team on 020 3141 7350. \nDate: Thursday 27 August 2026. \nVenue: The National Space Centre\, Exploration Drive\, SPACE CITY\, Leicester LE4 5NS.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h3″ style=”outline” color=”black” spacing=”2″ c_align=”left” active_section=”1″ no_fill=”true” title=”EDA Business Forum Leicester\, Programme”][vc_tta_section title=”8.30am – 9.00am Registration and Refreshments” tab_id=”1783431751880-d5b25023-718e”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”9.00am – 9.30am: Planetarium Experience\, Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium” tab_id=”1783431751885-f490490b-f13a”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”9.30am – 9.45am: Continued Networking” tab_id=”1783431957579-e3367636-30a1″][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”9.45am – 9.55am: Welcome and Introductions” tab_id=”1783431995844-67eff489-5f85″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”86514″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Tom Barton\nDirector of Supplier Relations\, Edmundson Electrical Ltd\nEDA Board of Management” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”10.00am – 10.20am: UK Economy and Construction: a look at the UK construction sector” tab_id=”1783432291843-1a6fdb24-f8d7″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”53339″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Margaret Fitzsimons\nEDA CEO” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” 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your business\, and your contractor customers” tab_id=”1783433804488-e930351f-9f0d”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”89726″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Nick Hayler CEng MIET\nDirector of Member Services &\nHead of Building Electrical Systems\nBEAMA – the trade association for electrotechnical manufacturers” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90320″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Anthony Britten\nAccount Manager\nWastepack” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90319″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Emma Butler\nHead of Commercial\nWERCS” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90049″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Paul Collins IEng MIET\nTechnical Support and Training Manager\, Hager\nBEAMA’s Technical Committee” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_text_separator title=”11.15am – 11.30am: Refreshment Break” color=”blue” border_width=”3″ el_width=”80″ css=””][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h3″ style=”outline” color=”black” gap=”2″ c_align=”left” active_section=”1″ no_fill=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”11.30am – 12.15pm: What’s changing in the contractors’ world? Diversification\, Customer Expectations\, and Staying Competitive in a Changing Market” tab_id=”1783432765003-ff61dc3d-8054″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90439″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Alex Bailey\nOperations Director\nEast Goscote Electrics Ltd” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90395″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Darren Cornwall\nHead of Operations\nElmleigh Electrical Systems Limited” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”90438″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Dionne Suppiah\nRegional Manager – East Midlands\nECA – Electrical Contractors’ Association” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”12.15pm – 1.15pm: Read Your Customers Better: Using DISC Profiling to Build Stronger Customer Relationships” tab_id=”1783432765011-57b68e0b-443d”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”90317″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border_circle” border_color=”white” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Juliette Ryley\nBusiness Coach” font_container=”tag:h6|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Ever had a conversation and thought\, “I might as well be speaking a different language“? Well\, maybe you were. \nDiscover why customer conversations fail and how personality profiling helps you connect\, communicate better\, and win more business from day one. \nJuliette Ryley has spent years inside owner-led businesses\, watching brilliant people battle with customer relationships for one daft reason: they were speaking their own language\, not the customer’s. \nShe coaches tradespeople\, manufacturers\, and professional firms to break down those barriers using personality profiling. \nStripping out the jargon and making it work in the real world. Come ready to spot yourself\, your colleagues and your most awkward customer within the first ten minutes.” font_container=”tag:p|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_text_separator title=”1.15pm – 2.00pm: Lunch” color=”blue” border_width=”3″ el_width=”80″ css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h3″ style=”outline” color=”black” c_align=”left” active_section=”1″ no_fill=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”2.00pm – 2.45pm: Expert Drop-in Clinics Round 1: talk to the EDA experts about Training\, the EDATA data pool\, or the new Recruitment Campaign to help EDA Wholesalers” tab_id=”1783433577596-7f8c9ed9-c90d”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2.45pm – 3.30pm: Expert Drop-in Clinics Round 2 – talk to the EDA experts about Training\, the EDATA data pool\, or the new Recruitment Campaign to help EDA Wholesalers” tab_id=”1783433577602-5f73717c-bd83″][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\n                \n                        \n                            2026/08/27 Regional Business Forum\, Leicester\n                        \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    First\n                                                    \n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                            Last\n                                                            \n                                                        \n                            \n                        Email(Required)\n                            \n                        PhoneJob title(Required)Organisation name(Required)Organisation TypeWholesalerManufacturerSolution providerService providerTraining providerIndustry BodiesTrade press & PR AgenciesCityVehicle Registration Number (required for free parking)If you would like complimentary parking at the venue\, please provide your vehicle registration number. Free parking cannot be arranged without this information.How did you hear about this event?Social MediaEDA communicationsWord of MouthRefer a FriendPast ParticipantOther\n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.eda.org.uk/event-calendar-single/eda-regional-business-forum/
LOCATION:The National Space Centre\, Exploration Drive\, SPACE CITY\, Leicester LE4 5NS
CATEGORIES:All EDA Events,Forums
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