Freeths Sector Showcase

Freeths are delighted to invite you to our first sector showcase. Please join us for an exciting and informative packed week of discussions on hot topics and trends.

Register your free place – you can choose to attend all or as many sessions as you like.

Energy, Waste & Sustainability
Public Sector
Food
Transport
Retail
Drinks, Hospitality & Leisure
Logistics & Warehousing
Digitalisation
Life Sciences

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Energy, Waste & Sustainability
Date: Monday 28th February 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Join our Energy, Waste & Sustainability team as they look back over the last 12 months at some of the hot topics that have been affecting our clients and the sector as a whole, as well as some horizon scanning. In this session we will be discussing:

• Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
• Bioenergy
• Heat networks and decarbonising heat
• Sustainability
• Clean energy generation and battery storage
• Impending waste legislation and regulatory changes
• Hydrogen and other low emission vehicle fuels.

Speakers
Clare King
Kirstin Roberts MCIWM
James Lamour
Liam O’Flynn

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Public Sector
Date: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

“The challenges of the changing shape of the high street – a local authority’s perspective”

Join the Public Sector team with support from its local authority clients and contacts as they take us on a five year journey of the challenges including:

• The mushrooming of online retailing and COVID (to name but two)
• Sustaining major shopping areas in medium sized towns

Speakers
Nathan Holden
Mitchell Ball
Hannah Greatbatch

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Food
Date: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

“Stepping up to the plate – the challenges facing the UK food industry”

Join our Food Sector team who will be accompanied by Nigel Jenney, CEO of the Fresh Produce Consortium, to debate the many challenges including:

• Supply chain
• Labour shortages
• Food regulations

Speakers
Mukesh Patel
Simon Baigent
Lisa Gilligan
Tom Walker
Nigel Jenney – CEO at Fresh Produce Consortium

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Transport
Date: Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

“The journey to NetZero for a sustainable transport system”

We are excited to begin the first in a series of webinars with our panel of transport experts, including specialists in railways, roads, bus & coach, airports and green energy solutions to discuss ‘decarbonisation in the transport sector’ including:

• Unpicking decarbonisation of transport infrastructure and vehicles
• Looking at key regulatory and commercial drivers, funding, and the future of transport in the face of significant industry and regulatory change

Speakers
Michael Bray
Iain Bowler
Shashi Chambers
Frank Suttie
Robert Bruce

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Retail
Date: Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

“Future of retail: top tends to watch out for and our predictions for 2022”

Join our Retail team of experts for the next event in our future of retail series! The retail sector displayed outstanding resilience in 2021, with strong recovery for many sub sectors, certainly outperforming initial expectations. 2022 will certainly bring some challenges, however, there are many exciting growth opportunities for retailers to embrace. In this session, members of our Retail team will lead a thought provoking discussion on:

• ‘What’s on trend’ for retailers and brands in 2022
• Our predictions on the most significant opportunities and challenges over the next 12 months
• Insight into some of the exciting projects we’ve been supporting retailers with

Speakers
Philippa Dempster
Simon Barker
David Lane
Matt Stephens

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Drinks, Hospitality & Leisure
Date: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

“Hospitality – challenges and opportunities”

Join Leo Skinner and colleagues from the Drinks, Hospitality and Leisure team who will be talking to Kate Nicholls ,OBE & CEO of UKHospitality, about issues facing the sector and how best to unlock the industry’s potential as we emerge from the pandemic. Topics for discussion will include:

• Industry staffing crisis
• Levelling up white paper and the hospitality and high street strategies
• The end of the moratorium on forfeiture for non-payment of rent

Speakers
Leo Skinner
Adam Boyd
Kate Nicholls – CEO at UKHospitality

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Logistics & Warehousing
Date: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

“Supply chain resilience – how an energised logistics and warehousing sector is adapting to current challenges”

Brexit and the COVID pandemic has affected every part of the supply chain, causing significant disruption for many businesses and significant growth for others. Whilst these events have adversely affected many sectors, those operating in the Logistics & Warehousing sector have seen customer demand soar, creating a different set of challenges for business leaders to overcome. During this session our team of sector experts will cover:

• Lessons learnt from the COVID pandemic
• How to maximise opportunities in a post-Brexit world and an outlook for 2022
• Building a resilient supply chain through collaboration
• How automation will impact your business and its people

Speakers
Nigel Gardner
Shashi Chambers
Iain Bowler

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Digitalisation
Date: Friday 4th March 2022
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

“Digital futures – what is driving digital growth?”

Walking through a digital city we will look at:

• Digital opportunities
• The growth technologies – smart city, small cell, DAS and fibre
• Structure – public & private partnerships & investment
• Physical roll out and balancing risk

Speakers
Emily Settle
Duncan Tringham
Daniel Cuthbert
Jessica Matthews
Iain Bowler

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Life Sciences Part 1
Date: Friday 4th March 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Part 1: “Keeping the lights on – how do you raise money from UK and international investors to sustain your next phase of growth?”

The COVID pandemic has galvanised interest in the life sciences sector among investors. The UK Bioindustry Association (BIA) recently published a report on UK biotech financing for 2021, which shows that a record £4.5bn was invested into UK life sciences companies in 2021. During this session our Life Sciences team of experts will cover the funding journey:

• Private equity capital v debt-based private capital
• Tips for acquiring private capital
• Monetising your intellectual property
• Preparing for funding

Speakers
Claus Andersen
Iona Silverman
Peter Jennings – Partner, Corporate Finance – Healthcare & Thames Valley – Grant Thornton
Jesper Ronald Petersen – Investor

 

Bonus Webinar – Life Sciences Part 2!
Date: Friday 18th March 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Register here >

Part 2: “Dispelling the myths around listing your business”

During this session our team of sector experts will cover:

• IPO process
• Specific DD requirements for life sciences companies
• Role of a nomad
• Preparing for an IPO
• The investor ecosyste

Speakers
Claus Andersen
Tim Davies – Regional Head, UK Primary Markets – The London Stock Exchange Plc
Colin Aaronson – Director, Corporate Finance – Healthcare – Grant Thornton
Vadim Alexandre – Head of Healthcare – SP Angel Corporate Finance
David Hignell – SP Angel Corporate Finance