Start your day right with Beyond Breakfast from Nexus and KPMG
Start your day right by hearing expert tips from some of Leeds’ brightest business leaders over your morning coffee.
Beyond Breakfast is our brand new event series in partnership with KPMG. Taking place before your morning meetings, Beyond Breakfast is designed to help you develop new skills and insights that can be directly applied to your business.
Our Beyond Breakfast events will take place at venues across Leeds city centre, bringing Nexus into the heart of the city.
Be inspired before arriving at the office
Powered by KPMG and Nexus, Beyond Breakfast will give you an inspiring and productive start to the day.
Business leaders and innovators will benefit from in-depth expert insights and advice for overcoming business challenges.
In 2023, we’ll be tackling topics including:
- Making the most of your innovation – 28 Feb 2023
- The importance of ESG in growing your business – May 2023
- Putting the ‘fun’ back in fundraising – October 2023
- How to enter overseas markets successfully – November 2023
Beyond Breakfast is also a great opportunity to network with like-minded business leaders from across different sectors.
Register nowBeyond Breakfast: Making the most of your innovation
The first session in the brand new series kicks off at KPMG Leeds (LS1 4DA) at 08:30 on Tuesday 28 February 2023.
We’ll be joined by Justine Andrew (Partner, KPMG UK) and Eve Roodhouse (Chief Officer, Culture & Economy, Leeds City Council) who will set the scene on the Leeds city region innovation landscape.
Daniel Burton (Senior Manager – Innovation Advisory, KPMG UK) will walk you through how to identify the markers of innovation capability, and how to innovate more efficiently and effectively to maximise value creation. He’ll also share tips on how to overcome the challenge of identifying where and how to innovate, whilst still delivering the core function of your business.
Agenda
8:30 – Registration and networking breakfast
9:00 – Welcome remarks by Justine Andrew, KPMG
9:05 – Leeds Innovation Arc – Eve Roodhouse, Leeds City Council
9:15 – Making the most of your innovation with Daniel Burton, KPMG
9:55 – Q&A
10:00 – Event close
Register now
Image from left to right: Eve Roodhouse - Leeds City Council, Daniel Burton - KPMG UK, Justine Andrew - KPMG UK
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