Business Week Quotes

“In our increasingly fast moving, aggressive and unforgiving world I usually offer this advice, that the solution is leadership, now remind me what the problem is. The challenge we have here in the UK is that it’s quite rare to be in the presence of inspired leadership, until YIBC.   Every year they just seem to surpass themselves with both quality and content.  You just have to be there.”

 

“I am usually asked are leaders born or made and my answer is always neither.  Leaders are found and there is no better place to find them than at the Yorkshire International Business Conference.”
René Carayol, business guru and leading business speaker

 

"Business Week and the Yorkshire International Business Convention have become the most significant annual events on the Yorkshire business scene.  With world class speakers every year, Business Week does so much to raise the profile of the city.  It provides great business networking opportunities, is ideally set up for corporate hospitality or, as in the case of Arco, for motivating and inspiring our own people, as well as being a showcase for local business."
Nick Hildyard, Joint Managing Director, Arco

 

"Hull  and  Humber  Business Week is the envy of many areas in Yorkshire and  the  North of England. This is a platform second to none.”
Cllr Stephen Parnaby, Leader, East Riding of Yorkshire Council

 

"Hull and Humber's week-long business conference is a unique event that brings real value to those who take part and as a result has become firmly established in the region's business calendar." 
Simon Hill, Executive Director, Business for Yorkshire Forward

 

“The Business Week is a first class series of events promoting business, which is unique to the Hull and Humber region. We are very pleased to host our Chamber Expo 2008 event as an integral part of Business Week and look forward to providing a showcase exhibition and large-scale networking opportunity for thousands of the region's business people.”
Ian Kelly, Chief Executive, Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce

 

“Businesses in Hull and the Humber are leading the way with this event. A look at the programme of events for Business Week 2008 demonstrates that this week is a celebration of the spirit that exists within our business community.”
David Kilburn, Chief Executive, MKM

 

“Business Week 2008 is a totally unique event that enables the entrepreneurs in the region to gather in one place and consolidate what we all do as individuals and organisations. It is incredible and a sign of the region’s ‘can do’ attitude that this event takes place in the Hull and Humber.”
Andrew Horncastle, Managing Director, Horncastle Group Plc

 

“Business Week 2008 is the envy of the rest of the country. We are extremely fortunate that this world-class event takes place in our region, allowing local businesses and entrepreneurs to benefit from its presence.”
Malcolm Fallen, Chief Executive Officer, KCOM Group PLC

 

"Business Week provides a multitude of benefits to the business of Hull FC.   The organisers have consistently improved their offer year on year and Business Week certainly sits within the Super League of events".
James Rule, Chief Executive, Hull FC

 

“Business Week is now in its fourth year. We were very-much involved in last year's event, helping to host Biz Ed Day for Hull and East Riding schools, which proved to be a great success.
"In its short history, the Week has brought a lot of high-profile attention to our City. The event really demonstrates to everyone that the Hull and Humber region means business."
Richard Brough, Managing Director of UK Port Services and Chair of the Earning Partnership of ONE HULL

 

"Each year the event seems to raise the bar in a bid to put the area on the business radar.
"We need every opportunity to create a positive impression, not just on a regional perspective, but nationally - and beyond our boundaries.
"Important conventions like Business Week are changing people’s perception of what this City and region has to offer.”
 “The week is not only about promoting successful businesses, but about providing the network for new companies and entrepreneurs to engage.
"The many events give young people an opportunity to test their own skills and confidence. It also aims to demonstrate that sometimes good business is simply about hard work, determination and belief."
Jim Dick, non-executive Director of Hull Forward and former President Wound Management,Smith and Nephew Group