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Regional Economic Summits – 7th & 8th December 2020

On Monday 7th December and Tuesday 8th December 2020, the London & East Regional team and associated District Society Presidents held the London & South East Economic Summit and the East of England Economic Summit. These events began with analysis that focused on the results of the ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor before guests moved into their local breakout rooms for panel discussions around the economy and recovery, together with a focus on skills and Brexit. You can view the recordings from each breakout room below along with the chat box from each room along with the summary of the discussion.

London & South East Economic Summit – Monday 7th December 2020

London Breakout Room Discussions - 7th December 2020

Recording of the London Breakout room discussions during the London & South East Economic Summit on 7th December 2020. Chaired by Vicky Andrew, LSCA President with Luke Bruce, Head of Economic Development, GLA, Lauren Quiqley, Heald of Innovation Programmes, London & Partners & Rowena Howie, London Policy Chair, FSB as panellists.

Kent & Sussex Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Kent & Sussex Breakout room discussions during the London & South East Economic Summit on 7th December 2020. Chaired by Sam Mason, President, ICAEW South East with Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive, Shepard Neame Ltd, Gavin Cleary, CEO, Locate in Kent & James Bullock, Partner, Corporate, Brachers LLP as panellists.

Croydon, South London & Surrey Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Croydon, South London & Surrey Breakout room discussions during the London & South East Economic Summit on 7th December 2020. Chaired by Tom Ahmad, President, ICAEW Croydon with Richard Plant, Chairman, Develop Croydon, Steve Broom, Area Director, Metro Bank, Matthew Sims, CEO, Croydon BID & Caireen Mitchell, Chief Executive, Croydon College as panellists.

Thames Valley Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Thames Valley Breakout room discussions during the London & South East Economic Summit on 7th December 2020. Chaired by Paul Wagstaff, President, ICAEW Thames Valley with Alison Webster, Chief Executive, Thames Valley Berkshire LEP, Michael Cooper, Director, UK Co-ordinating Body at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs & Katy Rabindran, Director, Innovation & Technology, BDO as panellists.

Brexit Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Brexit room discussions during the London & South East Economic Summit on 7th December 2020. Chaired by Rachel Underhill, Senior Business Strategy Manager, ICAEW with John Boulton, Director, ICAEW Technical Policy, Allen Simpson, Managing Director of Strategy & Corporate Affairs, London & Partners & Paul Samrah, Partner & Brexit Impact Specialist, Moore Kingston Smith as panellists.

Main Room – Introduction & Analysis:

Recording of the summit introduction by Tom Ahmad, President, ICAEW Croydon followed by analysis by Iain Wright, Director, Business & Industrial Strategy, ICAEW.

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East of England Economic Summit – Tuesday 8th December 2020:

Cambridgeshire Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Cambridgeshire Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Steve West, Chair of ICAEW East of England Regional Strategy Board with Jane Paterson-Todd, CEO, Cambridge Ahead, John Bridge, OBE DL, Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, Anne Glover, CEO Amadeus Capital & NED, Court of the Bank of England & Fran Howell, Head of Corporate Banking – East Midlands Region, HSBC UK Bank PLC as panellists.

Brexit Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Brexit Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Rachel Underhill – Senior Business Strategy Manager, ICAEW with Alan Todd, East of England Regional Policy Lead, FSB, Mike Chapman, Trade Business Adviser, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, Paul Davey, Head of Corporate Affairs, Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd & Biplab Rakshi, IOD East of England Regional Chair as panellists.

Essex Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Essex Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Simon Medcalf, ICAEW South Essex President with Paul Sullivan, Senior Manager, East of England, British Business Bank, Professor Neil Kellard, Dean of Essex Business School, University of Essex & Alison Shadrack, IOD Essex Interim Chair as panellists.

Milton Keynes Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Milton Keynes Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Philip Fenn, Partner, Mercer & Hole with Ben Everitt, MP for Milton Keynes North, Lewis Stringer, Senior Manager, UK Network – East & South-East Midlands, British Business Bank & Hilary Chipping, CEO, South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) as panellists.

Norfolk Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Norfolk Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Mike Burrows, ICAEW East of England Strategy Board member with Chris Sargisson, Chief Executive, Norfolk Chambers, C-J Green, Chief Executive, New Anglia LEP & Duncan Baker, MP for North Norfolk as panellists.

Skills Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Skills Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Co-Chaired by Julia Root-Gutteridge, Manager, Board Effectiveness, ICAEW and Dr Hilary Lindsay, Patterns of Learning with Anne Bailey, CEO, Form the Future, Laraine Moody, Vice Principal, Employer Engagement, West Suffolk College, Olga Tregaskis, Head, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia & Fiona McGonigle, Director, Workforce Transformation Solutions Ltd as panellists.

St Albans Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the St Albans Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Julian Daly (BBH President, FD Olim Property and former leader of St Albans Council) with Neil Hayes, Chief Executive, Hertfordshire LEP, Bim Afolami MP for Hitchin & Harpenden & David Bisoni, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs & International Development at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden as panellists.

Suffolk Breakout Room Discussions:

Recording of the Suffolk Breakout room discussions during the East of England Economic Summit on 8th December 2020. Chaired by Luke Morris, ICAEW East Anglia Ipswich City Head with Doug Field, CEO, East of England Co-Op, Andy Walker, Head of Policy, Suffolk Chambers of Commerce, Richard DeNetto, Associate Director, East of England, CBI & John Cockburn-Evans, IOD Suffolk Interim Chair as panellists.

Main Room – Introduction & Analysis:

Recording of the summit introduction by Gareth John, President, ICAEW East Anglia followed by analysis by Iain Wright, Director, Business & Industrial Strategy, ICAEW.

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