Business Strategy Roundtables - Leeds Regional Growth Summits 2026
Business Strategy Roundtables
Timetable
How to HALVE any business growth investment, with government grant funding.
Business Strategy Roundtables
Susan & James will be advising on current grant funding available to halve what you are currently spending on any business growth training. James will advise on accessing the money currently available to you, if you are based in South Yorkshire and Susan, will cover what is available across the UK. Bring all your questions and see what funding is available for you. Susan will also be available all day for any business advice and funding questions from the Beauty Directors Club and Habia stands, and James and Susan will be hosting a drop in business clinic from 2PM - 4PM from the stands too.
Susan Routledge
Founder of Beauty Directors Club | Clinic Owner | Business Mentor
James Mullen
Business Funding and Growth Advisor
Susan Routledge
Founder of Beauty Directors Club | Clinic Owner | Business Mentor
Susan Routledge is the founder of Beauty Directors Club, a long established membership for Beauty salon and skin clinic owners who have outgrown ordinary advice. She is also a multi award winning clinic owner of 38 years, as well as a standards advisor, business mentor, best-selling author, speaker, judge and host of the hugely popular Beauty Business Matters Podcast.
James Mullen
Business Funding and Growth Advisor
James Mullen is a Business Funding and Growth Advisor operating within the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) framework. Based in Sheffield, James acts as a primary regional point of contact for businesses looking to leverage public capital, navigate grant funding opportunities, and secure co-funded, match funding, financial support.
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Business Strategy Roundtables
Marnie WIlls
AI Strategist & Fractional Chief AI Officer
Marnie WIlls
AI Strategist & Fractional Chief AI Officer
Marnie is a AI strategist and fractional chief AI officer who specialises in helping established business leaders build AP capability across the organisations without being overwhelmed by time or tech constraints.
