About the event

Join us the hear more about how to empower your people for 2025.

A superb line up of guest speakers to give you the latest updates and answer all your questions.

Agenda

12.30pm: Drinks and Lunch on arrival

1.00pm: Seats taken for panel event

1.05pm: Introduction by Kylie Pentelow BBC World News Reader

1.10pm: Introduction to the Panel
1.15pm: Gloucestershire Recruitment Market by BBC TV News Reader – Kylie Pentelow

1.20pm: Questions to the panel 

Guest Speakers from the Panel

Neil Carberry – CEO of the REC 

 Based on the new Employment Rights Bill Act and the increase in Employers NI, what has a change in government meant to businesses’ people strategy? 

How is Gloucestershire fairing compared to other areas of the UK? 

Emma Summers – CEO of Juice Recruitment 

What hiring trends have you seen across the South West and what are employers thoughts on the recent changes in legislation? 

Has this changed employers thoughts with regards to recruitment and their people strategy? 

Stephen Conlon – Employment Partner – BPE Solicitors

Tell us about the concerns employers are raising with regards to the new Employments Rights Bill Act? 

 Is there a consensus of concern or acceptance with regards to their implementation? 

              What can you see maybe those areas that employers made need to look out for? 

Lucy Beresford – MD – SLG Cosmetics 

 Looking at organisations’ people strategy, how can businesses increase productivity and boost team engagement? 

What do (SLG) do to boost employee branding, culture, engagement, values and a sense of place and purpose? 

How has this helped SLG and how does this influence your people and recruitment strategy? 

Colin Beard – MD – Prosperity Care 

 What methods are businesses introducing to boost health and well-being within their businesses? 

How have Prosperity Care introduced health and well-being into their office environment and into those of others? 

Round UP

What should businesses be doing to invest in their people and how will this help their people and recruitment strategies moving forward? 

2.15pm Questions from the audience….

2.30pm Closing statement/remarks by Kylie Pentelow/Imogen Sellers

2.35pm Open networking and further refreshments

Working in Partnership with C2S Official Partners Juice Recruitment.