The Efficient Business Growth Summit
About this Event
Most businesses in the region are carrying cost they cannot see and chasing growth with tools built for a different decade. AI has changed what a small team can do, and very few owners have had the time to work out what that means for them. One morning, four subjects and the people who work on them every day. The four sessions will cover:
- Efficiency with AI. Where the hours and cost actually sit, which processes are worth handling to automation first, and what a small team can do that it could not do two years ago.
- Your marketing ecosystem. Why brand, website, search, content and paid media only work as a system, what being found in the age of AI search now takes, and what disconnected parts do to cost per lead.
- CRM and a real sales process. What a CRM should be telling you about your pipeline, why the process running through it matters more than the software, and how a team gets from enquiry to signed work consistently.
- Funding and investment. How growth gets funded when cash flow will not stretch to it, what backers and buyers look for, and why acquisition is often faster than building the same capability yourself.
What You Take Away
Not theory. Five things you can act on in the week after the event.
✅ A shortlist of things to automate: The processes worth handling to AI first, the ones to leave alone, and a sense of what each is costing you now.
✅ A clearer view of your marketing: Which parts of your marketing are pulling their weight, which are not, and what to fix first.
✅ A sharper sales process: What good looks like from enquiry to close, and the questions to ask of your own pipeline on Monday.
✅ How growth gets funded: The routes to funding an acquisition or a growth plan, and what backers and buyers actually look for.
✅ A room worth being in: Owners and directors from across the region, plus the people behind the businesses on the pitchside boards. Every speaker stays for the networking, so the follow up happens on the day rather than by email.
Do more. Spend less. Grow faster.
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM
Doors, breakfast and networking
🕑: 09:00 AM
Session 1: AI automations and savings
Host: Brett Allard
Info: Where the hours and cost actually sit. What to automate first, and what to leave. A live example, with the numbers.
🕑: 09:55 AM
Session 2: Marketing that pays for itself
Host: Jamie Stenton
Info: The marketing ecosystem, and why the parts connect. Being found in the age of AI search. Cost per lead, and what moves it.
🕑: 10:25 AM
Coffee and networking
🕑: 10:55 AM
Session 3: CRM and sales
Host: Justin Leigh
Info: Why a CRM matters, and why the process maters more. Building a sales process a team will follow. Turning enquiries into signed work.
🕑: 11:50 AM
Session 4: Acquisition and growth
Host: Jon Stump
Info: Where acquisition opportunities sit right now. Funding a deal: equity, growth capital, alternatives to bank credit. After the purchase, where value is made or lost.
🕑: 12:45 PM
Sports activation
Host: Alex Harris
Info: What sponsorship gets you, and what activation turns it into. How the club and Amplified work together. Turning a partnership into leads.
🕑: 01:00 PM
Networking and close
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 33.22
