Conference & Awards - Thursday 27th February 2003

                         GROWING THROUGH CHANGE

                 Main Sponsor

09.00       Registration 

              Coffee Hosted by The General Manager Churchill Inter-Continental Hotel

09.25       Welcome Introduction 

              Tina Knight, Chairman - Women Into Business

09.30       Baroness Howe of Idlicote - President Women Into Business

              Welcome Introduction to set the scene

09.40       Women Doing Business - Bank of Scotland

              Ray Macfarland - Head of Community Group Relations
              Question and Answer Session
              Chair : Tina Knight

10.00      Enterprise Bill and its Workings

 Governement Minister
 Chair:  Patti Boulaye

10.20      British Franchise Association
                Could your business be a Franchise Opportunity
             Simon Wise - Deputy Director British Franchise Association
             Chair: (Pam Bader)

10.50      Success through Change (Case Stories)

  Bank of Scotland Customer - tbc
  Toni & Guy
  Councillor Joan Spiers
  Chair: Ray Macfarlane

11.30      COFFEE 

12.00      Womens Organisations              
             Tina Knight

12.30      Sue Biggs - Managing Director Kuoni (TBC)
                Sahar Hashemi - co-founder Coffee Republic (TBC)
                Chair: Irene Jeffrey

12.45      The Media Sponsor - (theme to be agreed)
                Guest Speaker House Beautiful Magazine
             Success Story Business Award Winner
             Chair: Caroline Redman (BBC Westminster)

13.00     Luncheon

14.15      Dr Marilyn Orchaton
                Chair: Linda Ward

14.30      All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group 

             Challenges and issues that face women in business - Question and Answer Panel
             Member of Parliament from
             Labour - Meg Munn MP
             Conservative - Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP
             Liberal Democrat - To be Confirmed
             Chair: Carole Stone

15.15      Closing remarks - Tina Knight

             Please Travel to the House of Commons for Tea
             Announcement of winners of the WIB Awards to be made on the Terrace

16.15      House of Commons

             Tea on the terrace - Presentations to be made by a 
              Government Minister and Ray Macfarland

18.00      End of conference and awards

This programme is subject to change and alteration

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