We'd love to see you again at BCU for the Building a stronger business that gives you strategic options alumni event.

Building a Stronger Business That Gives You Strategic Options

Join us for a session with guest speaker Darren Downes, Growth and Strategy Expert. Darren leads a business consultancy supporting owners through growth and scaling, exit planning, and M&A — bringing a commercially grounded perspective from his career across sales, marketing, and commercial operations in multiple sectors.

How do you build a business that's more valuable, less dependent on any one person, more sustainable and easier to run. This session is for founders and senior leaders in Help to Grow businesses who want to shift from day-to-day operator thinking to strategic, long-term value building. We'll cover owner and key-person dependency, recurring revenue, systems and processes, management capability, customer quality, and the key commercial factors that drive long-term business value.

Event details

When: Wednesday 30th September, 11:00am – 2:00pm

Where: Curzon Building, Birmingham City University

Included: Lunch and refreshments

RSVP deadline: Friday 25th September (for catering purposes)

Whether you're just down the road or travelling in, we hope you can make it. Spaces are limited, so please register by Friday 25th September so we can confirm catering numbers.

If you have any dietary requirements or access needs, please get in touch at bcbsbusiness.services@bcu.ac.uk and we'll make sure everything's in place for you.

Photography and filming

We'll be capturing images on the day for BCU Business School and BCU communications. If you'd prefer not to appear in any shots, please let us know in advance at bcbsbusiness.services@bcu.ac.uk and we'll make sure you're not included.

We can't wait to see you there.

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