LoveBiz IWD2026 at The Crowne Plaza Stratford upon Avon for Women in Business
Schedule
Wed Mar 18 2026 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon | Stratford-upon-avon, EN
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Join us for our International Women’s Day event at the Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon With business networking throughout the event, a 2 course lunch, refreshments and 2 educational and impactful speakers; Sue Tonks and Aime Armstrong, we can guarantee an inspirational day.
International Women's Day (IWD) has been around for over 100 years, as many issues are still impacting women's advancement in the UK and globally.
Our #LoveBiz event on 18th March 2026 will be recognising women's achievement and also supporting charities.
Our event is sponsored by Unico 3 Limited and hosted by Julie Cameron and Sue Crooks.
#GiveToGain #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInBusiness #WomenInBusiness
Venue: The Crowne Plaza, Bridge Foot, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6YR.
Our agenda.
10.00am - Networking with refreshments.
10.45am - Educational Speaker - Sue... Sue Tonks.
11.30am - Networking with coffee and comfort break.
12.00pm - Lunch is served.
1.15pm - Inspirational Speaker - Aime Armstrong.
1.45pm - Recognition
2.00pm - Close
Educational Speaker: Sue ... Sue Tonks.
Sue…Sue Tonks loves approaching life differently.
With her creative and pragmatic mind and the experience she has had across 7 industry sectors, Sue is ever eager to find easy solutions to everyday problems both inside the workplace and in life.
Sue is an incredible Trainer and Speaker. She delivers workshops and keynotes with unforgettable comedy moments. Her knowledge and tips on how to get the best from your Networking and Management experiences have given her international acclaim. Her fun and practical style enables delegates to vividly remember key points and develop long lasting skills.
Sue’s highly interactive, practical and fun sessions gives people the skills, confidence and desire to create immediate change.
Her joint honours degree in Psychology and Sociology gave her a curiosity about human behaviour. So much so that she is fascinated by human relationships and the effects people have on each other.
Her book “Can I Have A Word?” is written is Sue’s style - creating immediate impact and practical solutions to dealing with performance, attitude and behaviour both at work and in life. With video links throughout the book the readers can learn the techniques and see them working through video case studies, in the way only Sue can deliver!
Sue has learned her skills from the bottom up.
Her first business role was a management trainee (the first woman ever appointed) with British Road Services (BRS) followed quickly by a baptism of fire as Sue managed 86 heavy goods vehicle drivers and fitting staff - an interesting start to learning management skills.
Always willing to learn, Sue embarked on every training programme possible to develop her skills. Her practical approach to any situation enabled her to develop EASY methods for managers and people to put into place.
Sue, born and now living in Warwickshire. Is an internationally renowned keynote speaker and trainer on Networking and Leadership. Spreading her skills techniques to major businesses universities worldwide, manufacturing, accountancy and law firms.
She is the inventor and manufacturer of multi-award winning Hydroveg Kits with plans to help feed the world in addition to running five other businesses.
If Sue can do anything - she can take a problem, find an easy solution, and share it with others in a way that makes it easy, memorable and create immediate results.
Inspirational Speaker: Aime Armstrong.
Aime Ayrehart has made a career out of refusing to be pigeonholed. While others followed the usual paths, she thrived by doing the unexpected. A proud neurospicy mischief-maker, she’s never been driven by money. When her university tutor told her she had the brain, creativity, and presence to be a top tax barrister, she replied: “Why would I spend my life helping rich people avoid paying tax?” — and chose instead to spend two decades in HR across the NHS and local government.
Her fierce sense of justice and determination to fight for the underdog eventually led her to blow the whistle on the chief executive of a local authority — an experience she later turned into an Amazon bestseller that named names.
Since then, she’s reinvented herself more than once: founding the UK’s first pay-as-you-go trade union (HR and Workers Trade Union), launching a crisis-management HR consultancy (Ninja HR), and — somewhat accidentally — building an AI company with Google funding. AI&Me is her latest creation: a hybrid HR platform that blends AI and human expertise to make messy workplace problems easier, faster, and far less painful to deal with.
Those who cross her call her a nightmare. Those who work with her know she’s razor-sharp, deliciously unpredictable, surprisingly warm and exactly who you want in your corner when things get messy. She’s the person you’d happily share a drink with, rely on when the storm hits, and hope never to face across the table.
Follow her online, buy her book, or see if you can snag the seat next to her — if you’re brave enough.
Our sponsorship partner is Jane Barker, Unico 3 Limited.
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Where is it happening?
Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, An Ihg Hotel, Bridge Foot, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6, United Kingdom, Stratford-upon-avonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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