Business conferences from Policy Review TV

Adolescence to Adulthood with Autism

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 BST

Attend this conference and hear from senior representatives from the health, social care, education, housing and employment sectors sharing good practice models in delivering and commissioning services to ensure successful transitions into adulthood.

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Examples of our work

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 BST

Independent Commission on youth crime and antisocial behaviour

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 BST

Employee Engagement Summit

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 BST

This conference brought together expert speakers from Senior HR, Workforce Development, Occupational Health, Welfare and Wellbeing Professionals in the private and public sector to share the latest good practice around people management and learn valuable lessons from the private sector that carried many of its staff through the toughest times.

Supporting Creative Industries

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 BST

This conference brought together thought leaders from government, industry and education to learn about, and discover new opportunities for collaboration in support of, the latest creative industry skills needs.

Agenda

Future of Banking Commission final session

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

9.00am-10.15am Lord Myners (HMT)
10.15am-11.30am Lord Turner and Hector Sants (FSA)
11.45am-12.15pm Philip Collins (OFT)
12.15pm-1.00pm Robert Peston (BBC)

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Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Future of Banking Commission

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Commissioners:

Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive, Which?
Rt Hon David Davis MP (Chair)
Dr Vince Cable MP
Rt Hon John McFall MP
Philip Augar, writer on the financial services industry
Clare Spottiswoode, Chair. Gas Strategies Limited
David Pitt-Watson, Chair, Hermes Focus Asset Management
Roger Bootle, City of London economist

The third Session heard from witnesses representing the high street banks including, Antony Jenkins, Chief Executive Global Retail Banking, Barclays, Stephen Hester, Group Chief Executive, RBS, Stephen Green, Group Chairman, HSBC, Paul Thurston, Managing Director, UK Banking, HSBC, Sir Martin Taylor, former Chief Executive of Barclays, Helen Weir, Group Executive Director, UK Retail Banking, Lloyds

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Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Policy Review Interactive and Total Politics launch

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Review TV unveiled a new event partnership with Total Politicst at a special Pre-Election Briefing and reception on Tuesday 9th March at Altitude Millbank Tower.

The pre-election briefing was led by Andrew Hawkins, Chief Executive of ComRes, who revealed what the numbers are really telling us about the outcome of the next election and what in particular is happening in the key marginal seats which will decide the election. Iain Dale and Neil Stewart also make brief presentations on what we can expect in the run up to the election.

The Future of Banking Commission

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Commissioners:

Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive of Which? Rt Hon David Davis MP (Chair) Dr Vince Cable MP Rt Hon John McFall MP Philip Augar, writer on the financial services industry Clare Spottiswoode, Chair of Gas Strategies Limited
David Pitt-Watson, Chair of Hermes Focus Asset Management Roger Bootle, City of London economist

The Second Session heard from witnesses representing the Bank of England, consumer groups, banks and academia.

Mervyn King,Governor of the Bank of England
Patrick Barwise, Chairman of Which? Council
Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Executive Chairman of Virgin Money Sir Brian Pitman, Chairman of Virgin Money
Neville Richardson, Chief Executive of The Co-operative Financial services
Chris Rhodes, Product and Marketing Director, Nationwide
John Kay, Economist
Dr Jon Danielsson, Department of Finance, LSE
Julian Franks, London Business School

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NAO / OGC event

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Future of Banking Commission

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Commissioners:

Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive, Which?
Rt Hon David Davis MP (Chair)
Dr Vince Cable MP
Rt Hon John McFall MP
Philip Augar, writer on the financial services industry
Clare Spottiswoode, Chair. Gas Strategies Limited
David Pitt-Watson, Chair, Hermes Focus Asset Management
Roger Bootle, City of London economist

The first Session heard from witnesses representing consumer groups, trade unions, journalists and business.

David Harker, Chief Executive, Citizens Advice
Sian McLean, Head of Financial Inclusion, Toynbee Hall
Adam Phillips, Chair, Financial Services Consumer Panel
Will Hutton, Executive Vice-Chair, The Work Foundation
Jeff Prestridge, Personal Finance Editor, Mail on Sunday
Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary
John Wright, National Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses
Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy and External Affairs, British Chambers of Commerce

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Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Skills, Jobs, Growth

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This invitation only conference brought together national and international skills experts and leading thinkers to focus on the UKs future strategy for skills, jobs and growth.

The Comment Awards

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 BST

The Comment Awards are the first to celebrate comment in all its forms - both print and online from the Commentariat across both newspapers and the blogosphere. 2009 winners, announced on 13th October 2009 over a champagne breakfast at RIBA, London.

Best Comment Pages sponsored by Edelman

WINNER: The Times, edited by Anne Spackman
Commentariat of the Year sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover

WINNER: Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. Wolf, who joined the FT in 1987, has won numerous awards for his journalism including the CBE in 2000 ‘for services to financial journalism’. His most recent book was Fixing Global Finance (2009).
Cultural Commentator sponsored by Arts & Business

WINNER: Johann Hari, The Independent
Johann Hari writes for The Independent, The Huffington Post and a wide range of international newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and Le Monde. In 2008 he was awarded the Orwell Prize and in 2007 was Amnesty International’s Newspaper Journalist of the Year.
Diary Comment Page sponsored by Atlantic Books

WINNER: Londoners Diary, London Evening Standard
Londoner’s Diary of the Evening Standard first appeared on 11 April 1916 when Arthur Mann, the Editor, announced that it would consist of “three columns written daily by gentlemen for gentlemen” with its own distinctive slant on politics, personalities and London based stories. Former editors include Sir Max Hastings, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Magnus Linklater, Peter Cole and Sarah Sands. It is now edited by Sebastian Shakespeare.
Best Environment Comment sponsored by Climate Change Capital

WINNER: Camilla Cavendish, The Times
Camilla Cavendish is a columnist and leader writer for The Times. Cavendish won the 2008 Paul Foot award for campaigning journalism and in 2009 was awarded “Campaigning Journalist of the Year” at the British Press Awards. Previously, Cavendish has been a McKinsey management consultant, an aid worker and a CEO of a not-for-profit company.
Financial Commentator sponsored by Nationwide

WINNER: Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
Alex Brummer writes a column on economics for the New Statesman and is City Editor of the Daily Mail. He is author of ‘The Crunch: How Greed and Incompetence Sparked the Credit Crisis’ (2008), and has previously worked at the Guardian as Foreign Editor, Financial Editor and Assistant Editor.
Magazine Commentator sponsored by Green Thing (Dothegreenthing.com)

WINNER: Alex Brummer, New Statesman
Alex Brummer writes a column on economics for the New Statesman and is City Editor of the Daily Mail. He is author of ‘The Crunch: How Greed and Incompetence Sparked the Credit Crisis’ (2008), and has previously worked at the Guardian as Foreign Editor, Financial Editor and Assistant Editor.
Media Commentator sponsored by BT

WINNER: Peter Preston, The Guardian & The Observer
Peter Preston is a columnist for The Guardian and The Observer, writing about a wide range of issues including a weekly column on the media and issues surrounding newspapers. He has written two books and was editor of The Guardian for two decades, from 1975 to 1995.
Online Commentator (independent blogger) sponsored by Cision

WINNER: Iain Dale, Iain Dales Diary
Iain Dale is one of Britain’s leading political commentators, appearing regularly on TV and radio. Iain is best known for his political blog, Iain Dale’s Diary and football blog, West Ham Till I Die. He is a contributing editor and columnist for GQ Magazine, hosts a weekly Friday night talk radio show on PlayRadioUK and is the publisher of the monthly magazine, Total Politics.
Online Newspaper Blog sponsored by MessageSpace

WINNER: FT Alphaville, Financial Times
FT Alphaville is a daily news, real-time markets commentary and analysis service for financial market professionals. The FT Alphaville editorial team is headed by Paul Murphy, an award-winning financial journalist who has spent almost two decades commenting on financial sector developments and breaking large takeover news.
Poison Pen: Polemicist of the Year sponsored by Demos

WINNER: Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail
Richard Littlejohn is a columnist for the Daily Mail and has previously written for The Sun, The Evening Standard and The Spectator. Littlejohn has broadcast extensively on television and radio, is the author of several books and was included in the Press Gazette’s inaugural Newspaper Hall of Fame as one of ‘the most influential journalists of the past 40 years’.
Political Commentator sponsored by Weber Shandwick

WINNER: Fraser Nelson, The Spectator & News of the World
Fraser Nelson is Editor of The Spectator magazine. Previously political editor of The Spectator, Nelson joined the magazine from The Scotsman in 2006. Nelson also writes a column for the News of the World and is on the board of the Centre for Policy Studies.
Chairmans Choice Award chosen by Sir Christopher Meyer

WINNER: Matthew Parris, The Times
Matthew Parris joined The Times as parliamentary sketch writer in 1988, a role he held until 2001. He had formerly worked for the Foreign Office and been a Conservative MP from 1979-1986. He has published many books on travel and politics and an autobiography, Chance Witness, for which he won the 2004 Orwell Prize.

Bonfire of the Quangos: Where Next?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 BST

WATCH THE VIDEOS

Presented by Editorial Intelligence, Policy Exchange and Cass Business School the event was hosted by Policy Review Intelligence and held at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster.

Broadcast on Policy Review TV, this event provided an insight for our colleagues across the UK on the future of arms length and semi autonomous public bodies and an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in reaching policy audiences in Westminster, Whitehall and across the UK.

The discussion panel included:
Douglas Carswell MP, Conservative MP for Harwich
Peter Grant, Lecturer in Voluntary Sector Management, Cass Business School
Chief Constable Peter Neyroud, CEO, NPIA (National Policing Improvement Agency)
Neil O’Brien, Director, Policy Exchange
Philip Stephens, Assistant Editor and Chief Political Commentator, Financial Times

Securing City & Regional Prosperity

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 BST

Taking on board the impact of the current global economic crisis, this international conference will set out global competitiveness strategies, bringing together a panel of internationally recognised speakers to show how city and regional economies in developed countries can respond effectively.

Local Strategic Commissioning

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 BST

This national conference looked at the long-term impacts of the global financial crisis on the public sector. Cuts in public spending and the drive for greater efficiencies have intensified, whilst pressure from individuals and communities wanting more efficient and responsive local public services has increased.

NAO Private Finance Conference

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 BST

The event was a forum to assist decision making in private finance projects in the current financial and economic environment.

It featured:
• Findings of recent NAO reports on major private finance programmes
• Treasury update on the new financing arrangements for infrastructure projects
• Essential contract management issues in the current environment
• Networking opportunities with other private finance practitioners

Public Services Summit

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 BST

This conference provided the latest ideas and strategies to meet the challenges ahead. Delegates heard what the experts and policy makers have to say, shared their views and debated the latest thinking with colleagues from the wider public sector and business.

The Business Convention

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 BST

Business success is seen as the only way to pull the UK out of recession but with manufacturing output down by 6.2% in the last quarter how and when is the recovery going to happen? This event brought together leading business figures, politicians and economists to discuss the crisis and how it can be overcome.

Supporting Creative Industries 2009

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 BST

The creative and cultural industries are as vulnerable to the economic climate as any other SMEs and their value and potential for growth in the UK economy remains great, increasing the need to equip them for survival and future prosperity. This conference heard proposals to recession-proof creative industries and reform qualifications ensuring their competitiveness in the future. Delegates learned how to support the sector through the �350m Train to Gain funding the Government has made available to the most vulnerable SMEs. Delegates explored how to advocate investment in local creative economies through the changes to 14-19 funding to the benefit of local and regional economic development. There were also opportunities to share best practice in implementing the creative and media diploma, promote workforce diversity and improve leadership in the sector.

Business conferences from Policy Review TV

Adolescence to Adulthood with Autism

Examples of our work

Independent Commission on youth crime and antisocial behaviour

Employee Engagement Summit

Supporting Creative Industries

Future of Banking Commission final session

Future of Banking Commission

Policy Review Interactive and Total Politics launch

The Future of Banking Commission

NAO / OGC event

The Future of Banking Commission

Skills, Jobs, Growth

The Comment Awards

Best Comment Pages sponsored by Edelman

Commentariat of the Year sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover

Cultural Commentator sponsored by Arts & Business

Diary Comment Page sponsored by Atlantic Books

Best Environment Comment sponsored by Climate Change Capital

Financial Commentator sponsored by Nationwide

Magazine Commentator sponsored by Green Thing (Dothegreenthing.com)

Media Commentator sponsored by BT

Online Commentator (independent blogger) sponsored by Cision

Online Newspaper Blog sponsored by MessageSpace

Poison Pen: Polemicist of the Year sponsored by Demos

Political Commentator sponsored by Weber Shandwick

Chairmans Choice Award chosen by Sir Christopher Meyer

Bonfire of the Quangos: Where Next?

Securing City & Regional Prosperity

Local Strategic Commissioning

NAO Private Finance Conference

Public Services Summit

The Business Convention

Supporting Creative Industries 2009