Date: Thursday 22nd publishovember 2012

Time: 9.30am to 12 noon

Speaker: David Long

Price: Free

Venue: The City Suite, The Hub, Farnborough

Join us to listen and learn industry tips on How to Build a Great Distributor Business. This Free Seminar will be hosted by David Long, who will share his experience of building Dowlis from ?2.4m to ?12.5m, and firmly establishing the company as the largest independent promotional merchandise distributor in the UK. Today David is the chairman & founder of Sourcing City, and he wants to share his beliefs in what he sees as the keys to making a great business. This seminar will deliver new and challenging concepts in the way in which you can think, feel and act

Seminar Programme

Know trashour Business

Why Culture is so Critical

Building a Great Team

Devolved Decision Making

Question & Answer Session

publishetworking Lunch (12noon to 1pm)

Followed by Tour of Supplier Facilities

All business leaders in the industry welcome, we would love to give some tips on helping your business to grow.

Free tickets will be limited, and allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please book early, or better still book now!  To reserve your ticket, please call the Sourcing City Team on 0844 504 5000>

About David

David is the founder & executive chairman of Sourcing City. Previously, he was managing director of Dowlis Group and led the team to grow the company from ?2.4m to ?12.5m turnover over 12 years (1990-2002), firmly establishing the company as the largest independent promotional merchandise distributor in the UK. Having founded Dynamic Image Ltd in 2002, Sourcing City today provide a variety of market leading online services and events to support professional distributors across the industry.

He was also chairman of Promota for a number of years, during a period when the association had over 1000 members and was the industry’s leading trade association. In 2007 David was presented with the ‘Roger Saunders Award’ for outstanding services to the industry.