Events

Event details:

When: 9am to 1.30pm on Friday 28 November 2025
Where: Hugh Aston Building, De Montfort University, Leicester LE2 7BY

This year's East Midlands Chamber 'State of the Economy Conference' 2025 will focus on the importance of innovation, and how we can ensure that we provide the best environment and framework to support productivity gains and economic growth.

We will bring together business leaders, policymakers and academics from across the East Midlands to engage in dialogue on the challenges and opportunities faced by the East Midlands business community through a range of keynote presentations and panel discussions.

Agenda includes:

• HSBC, Chief Economist – interpreting global economic trends and their impact on business growth
• The UK’s economic outlook and the Bank of England’s monetary policy response – Jamie Jordan, Deputy Agent, Monetary Analysis, Agency for the East Midlands, Bank of England
• Latest findings from the Q4 Economic Survey – Richard Blackmore, Director of Policy and Insight. East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire)
• Innovating Growth: Driving Regional Prosperity Through Innovation and Enterprise – Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL Chairman and Founder, RandalSun Capital Ltd
• Role of academia in supporting innovation and productivity gains – Professor Rachel Granger, Professor Urban Economies and the Director of the Institute for Responsible Business at De Montfort University
• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): How UKRI support businesses and investors to transform research into market-ready products and services – James Silverward, Regional Manager – East Midlands, UKRI
• Panel discussions and networking over lunch

Free to attend for all LBV members – for all the details and to reserve your place, please click here