My predecessor Kath Lavery left us the legacy of a strong foundation. Biz Week founder Paul Sewell handed down 20 years of tradition and the current business community harnessed all of that to deliver more than 40 events.
Many of the activities were tried and tested. Others were Biz Week firsts driven by energetic and innovative new recruits to the team.
There were some fascinating guest speakers who travelled to our city to take part in Biz Week and line up alongside the array of homegrown talent. The programme also made creative use of some interesting venues which hadn’t featured before.
The Steering Group has already begun the process of reviewing 2024 and planning for next year, and if you have any great new ideas for that feel free to give us a shout before we come to you.
But for now enjoy this special Humber Business Week roundup by The Hull Story and let’s start drawing inspiration for 2025.
Quotes of the week
“I took Rick Astley on as a Youth Opportunity trainee and paid him £40 a week. He lived with me in Crouch End and I took him to work every day. He makes the greatest toast.”
Peter Waterman speaking at the launch lunch.
“It’s to create the conditions in which culture and creativity can flourish in our region to enhance the quality of life for all.”
Dominic Gibbons, Chair of HEY Creative and Managing Director of Wykeland Group, launching the Creative Charter.
“The dumbest thing I ever did was take the company to court and then think that everything would be all right if I went back.”
Ragini Annan telling the Elevenses audience about her departure from tech giant Lotus.
“Someone saying they don’t need more training is probably the most frightening excuse people come up with.”
Caroline Hardcastle, head of the education team at Rollits, at the firm’s “Embracing Excellence” event.
“When we started 29 years ago I had five people and now I have 3,100. We are not geniuses. It’s just been a lot of hard work and a lot of great people.”
David Kilburn, co-founder of MKM Building Supplies, at the HullBID Inspiring People dinner.
“It’s going to make song-writing different. Whether it’s going to be better, I don’t know but it’s going to affect society as a whole. It could lead to spectacular things. On the other hand, we have to be very cautious so that it doesn’t exclude the human songwriter or producer or artist.”
Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA speaking to the BBC about AI before his appearance at The Business Day at Bridlington Spa.
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