The Retailer Summer 2017_FA_2

10-11 / 50

retailer | Summer 2017 | 11 10 | Summer 2017 | retailer
UPCOMING BRC EVENTS UPCOMING BRC EVENTS
Please pass on my sincere thanks for the BRC’s
hospitality at the dinner last night… A really good
evening as always and it was so nice to catch up
with so many people. – KPMG
This event is hosted at the BRC office in London Bridge and is only open to associate members. We will be providing refreshments
and the opportunity to meet key personnel within the BRC. More information at
The BRC offers numerous opportunities throughout the year that can help service providers put their brand in front of retailers.
To discuss these opportunities in more detail, please contact
Download the BRC events calendar at
The BRC has created a unique forum for our associate members
to meet our policy teams across a variety of subjects including
our 3 key campaigns; Brexit, business rates and retail workforce.
Our policy advisers and senior BRC leaders will be on hand to
talk to you about our work, we will be looking for how associate
members can contribute and partner with us and how you can
gain valuable insight into the challenges our retail members face
and what solutions they are looking for.
ALICE ELLISON
POLICY ADVISER –
ENVIRONMENT
ANDREW CREGAN
POLICY ADVISER –
PAYMENTS
JIM HUBBARD
POLICY ADVISER –
LOCAL ENGAGEMENT,
PROPERTY AND
PLANNING
ANDREW OPIE
DIRECTOR – FOOD &
SUSTAINABILITY
John O’Brien
Membership
Director
CHRIS EDWARDS
HEAD OF EVENTS
PETER ANDREWS
POLICY ADVISER –
SUSTAINABILITY
DAVID BOLTON
POLICY ADVISER –
NON-FOOD RETAIL
PRODUCTS
RACHEL LUND
HEAD OF RETAIL
INSIGHT AND
ANALYTICS
Tom Ironside
Director
– Business and
Regulation
FIONNUALA
HORROCKS-BURNS
POLICY ADVISER –
EMPLOYMENT & SKILLS
WILLIAM BAIN
POLICY ADVISER
– BREXIT
28 SEP 17
Annual Retail Industry Dinner
07 SEP 17
Associate Member Forum
DETAILS:
Gala dinner
Retail and Associate Members only
SOLD OUT
DETAILS:
Afternoon event
Associate Members only
FREE to attend
NEXT UPCOMING EVENTS
EXCLUSIVE TO BRC MEMBERS ONLY, THIS YEAR’S DINNER
WILL BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF 350 OF THE MAJOR
PLAYERS IN UK RETAIL. GUESTS WILL ENJOY AN EVENING
OF HIGH LEVEL NETWORKING, POLITICAL DISCUSSION
AND LEADING BUSINESS INSIGHT, COUPLED WITH A 5-STAR
DINING EXPERIENCE IN EXEMPLARY SURROUNDINGS.
This year’s guest speaker will be Andrew Neil journalist and
broadcaster, former Editor of the Sunday Times and a contributor
to Sunday Politics, BBC One and Daily Politics on BBC Two.
Andrew will bring a high-level political discussion to the Annual
Retail Industry Dinner and we are delighted he can join us.
Bookings for the event have had an overwhelming response
resulting in all standard table bookings being sold out! However,
there are still opportunities for our associate members to get
involved and become one of our premium partners.
Here are just some of the benefits of becoming a premium
partner:
• One table of ten at the Dinner in a prime location
on the floor plan.
• Invitation for 1 representative to sit on the top.
tables with our retail CEO guests.
• Access to the delegate list pre-event (names, job titles
and companies).
• Opportunity to provide pre-event communication to delegates
• Company logo featured on event website, relevant marketing
emails and on the post-event thank you email sent to all
attendees.
WHO IS ATTENDING THE DINNER ALREADY?
Bond
Dickinson Boots British Gas Carpetright
Clarks DFS Dreams Genie Goals
Hammerson Holland &Barrett John Lewis Kingfisher
KPMG Kronos Marks &
Spencer PayPal
PRGX RSA Group Sainsbury’s Santander
Shop Direct Specsavers The
Co-operative TJX Europe
Webloyalty Willis TowersWatson Yoti
GUEST SPEAKER
ANDREW NEIL
JOURNALIST
Speakers include:
To discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact
ANNUAL RETAIL INDUSTRY DINNER ASSOCIATE MEMBER FORUM
7 September, 2017 28 September, 2017
18 OCT 17
Brexit Webinar: Frictionless
Trade & Tariffs
DETAILS:
Featuring live Q&A