Events

Event details:

When: 12-2pm, 10 September 2025
Where: MIRA Tech Park, Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV10 0TU

Join Leicestershire Business Voice and East Midlands Chamber for a special event exploring the region’s progress towards a Devolution Deal.

Leicestershire Business Voice invites members and stakeholders to a special guest speaker and industry panel event, held at MIRA Tech Park from 12-2pm on 10 September 2025.

At the event, which is held in collaboration with East Midlands Chamber, we will explore the evolving plans for a devolution deal for Leicester and Leicestershire, and the impact on the local business community.

The session will feature key figures speakers:

• Sir Peter Soulsby, City Mayor of Leicester
• Dan Harrison, Leader of Leicestershire County Council
• Pip Allnatt, Leader of Melton Borough Council and speaking on behalf of the Leaders of the Leicestershire District and Borough Councils

Panellists leading the discussions and negotiations are:

• George Oliver (Moderator) – 1284 Comms, LBV member, East Midlands Chamber board member
• Richard Osborn – Excello Law, Chair of Leicester Business Festival, Director of Team Leicester
• Iain McKenzie – COO, Mattioli Woods, large corporate/finance, major city employer
• Kevin Harris – Independent consultant, ex-Chair of LLEP and East Midlands Chamber
• Angela Orton – Managing Director, Structural Adhesives, King’s Award winner (Innovation), SME champion
• Sarah Windrum – Cluster Lead, MIRA, representing the Enterprise Zones

The event is free to LBV and East Midlands Chamber members and £25 (+ Eventbrite fees) for non-members and guests. If you would like to sign up for annual membership of LBV, please visit the membership web page here.

We hope that you can join us for this vital opportunity for the business community to engage with the shaping of local powers and responsibilities.Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Note: This event has expired.