Final Speaker Announced for ACS Summit08
31 Mar 2008
ACS have announced that David Gordon, Director of Industry Development, at IGD, is to complete the programme of speakers at Summit08 at the NEC Birmingham Metropole on 24 April. Mr Gordon will be speaking as part of the session on the environment, in which Friends of the Earth Director Tony Juniper will also be speaking. Three convenience retailers, Proudfoots, Harry Tuffins and Plymouth & South-West Co-op will also be showing video case studies of the environmental measures they have taken in their stores. All the speakers will be interviewed by Summit08 Chairman John Stapleton.
ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: “David Gordon is a guru on the convenience sector, and he will be able to put issues around the environment into perspective by using new consumer data. We have already sold substantially more tickets for Summit08 than for our highly successful Summit07 event. We have more retailers attending this year than at any previous conference we have run, and we have more retailers on stage talking about their businesses than ever before.”
The full programme of speakers for Summit08 is:
Entrepreneur, ex dragon and founder of the Yo! Sushi chain, Simon Woodroffe
Executive director of Friends of the Earth, Tony Juniper.
Leading motivational speaker, Ken Hames
The Gala after dinner speaker is former Formula 1 racing driver Perry McCarthy, also known as the original 'Stig' from BBC's Top Gear.
Industry speakers include:
Edwin Booth of Booths
Steve Parfett of Parfetts Cash & Carry
James Perry of Cook
Jerry Marwood of SPAR UK
Andrew Thornton of Budgens Crouch End
Places at Summit08 can be booked by visiting www.acs.org.uk or by contacting sarah Johnson on 01252 515001.
Book now or you really will miss out!
Contacts:
Shane Brennan Public Affairs and Communications Manager
01252 515001/ 07921 372 978
Nina Collins Communications Coordinator
01252 515001
Michael Saxton/ Julie Kirby Grappa PR
020 7602 9222
Notes to Editors:
1. ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) is the voice of local shops, representing over 33,000 convenience stores. ACS helps local shops thrive through lobbying, support and networking opportunities.
ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: “David Gordon is a guru on the convenience sector, and he will be able to put issues around the environment into perspective by using new consumer data. We have already sold substantially more tickets for Summit08 than for our highly successful Summit07 event. We have more retailers attending this year than at any previous conference we have run, and we have more retailers on stage talking about their businesses than ever before.”
The full programme of speakers for Summit08 is:
Entrepreneur, ex dragon and founder of the Yo! Sushi chain, Simon Woodroffe
Executive director of Friends of the Earth, Tony Juniper.
Leading motivational speaker, Ken Hames
The Gala after dinner speaker is former Formula 1 racing driver Perry McCarthy, also known as the original 'Stig' from BBC's Top Gear.
Industry speakers include:
Edwin Booth of Booths
Steve Parfett of Parfetts Cash & Carry
James Perry of Cook
Jerry Marwood of SPAR UK
Andrew Thornton of Budgens Crouch End
Places at Summit08 can be booked by visiting www.acs.org.uk or by contacting sarah Johnson on 01252 515001.
Book now or you really will miss out!
Contacts:
Shane Brennan Public Affairs and Communications Manager
01252 515001/ 07921 372 978
Nina Collins Communications Coordinator
01252 515001
Michael Saxton/ Julie Kirby Grappa PR
020 7602 9222
Notes to Editors:
1. ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) is the voice of local shops, representing over 33,000 convenience stores. ACS helps local shops thrive through lobbying, support and networking opportunities.