Celebrating Optimism and Saying Goodbye to a 21st Century Great Depression

With Special Guests Teresa ‘What Glass Ceiling' Graham CBE and Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent drinks

On February 5th-6th 2010, Tigrent Learning UK Limited hosted its IVth respected annual Gala Dinner and Conference in London.  Despite 2009 being a tough year for many of us, we raised in the region of £67,200 in aid of Tigrent Learning UK's valued charitable partner, Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK - which grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. 

Saturday 6th February was also a successful day for networking amongst the delegates - all of whom who were brimming with ambition, entrepreneurship, investment intelligence and innovation, fuelled by two special keynote speakers and their respective pearls of wisdom:

Teresa ‘What Glass Ceiling' Graham CBE has been advising SME's for over 25 years.  Her varied professional life has included working in the Government's Enterprise and Deregulation Unit reporting directly to Lord Young, the Secretary of State for Employment and then Trade and Industry, as well as in many other public and private sector advisory and mentorship roles.

Teresa shared with the audience a humorous and insightful view of her life over the years, together with advice and expertise relating to growing successful small to medium enterprises.  Other topics covered included entrepreneurship and governmental support, networking, women in business, philanthropy through Teresa's work with The Sustainability Institute in South Africa and relevant life anecdotes.

Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent drinks, entertained us with his life story of how he progressed from being an enterprising eight year-old window cleaner to co-founder of the UK's number one smoothie brand, selling over two million innocent drinks in over 11,000 outlets in the UK and Europe each week.  The innocent story proves that with sound contacts, a fantastic team, positivity, a great brand and lateral thinking, it is possible to build and grow a profitable company from scratch, in spite of any odds.  

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