Business Peak District hosts regular webinars on topics of interest to our members and the wider community. Below is the list of previous presenters and associated presentations and resources.
Webinar Series 2
During the second Covid lockdown BPD recognized the need to keep members connected and so a series of webinar were organized. The contents of these webinars can be accessed below.
We may also be posting them on our YouTube channel to watch later – very much dependent on permission from our speakers so don’t miss the live event in expectation of seeing it on YouTube.
19th May 2021
Department for International Trade
Kathryn Borg, International Trade Advisor
Kerry Bailey, International Trade Advisor
View the presentation here.
Visit the Department for International Trade.
12th May 2021
Peak District National Park Authority: Rethinking Travel in the Peak District National Park
Andrew McCloy, Chairman of the National Park Authority
Sarah Fowler, Chief Executive of the National Park Authority
14th April 2021
Sustainable Transport & Electric Vehicles in the Peak District National Park
Jim Sweeney, Director, Go Electric
Download Jim’s presentation here: Sustainable Transport in the Peak District
25th March 2021
The Green Entrepreneurs Fund
Allison Westray-Chapman, Interim Head of Economic Development, Derbyshire County Council. Download the presentation here.
Also see Nottingham University’s Business Support page where Derbyshire businesses can avail of green funding.
10th March 2021
Reinstating the Peaks and Dales Railway
Stephen Chaytow, MEMRAP. Download the presentation here.
Derek Bodey, Buxton Town Team. Watch the Buxton to Matlock Trails Proposal video here
17th February 2021
Gindleford Community Shop and ShopAppy.
Jean Ball, Eventful Places, and Sarah Battarbee, Manager, Grindleford Community Shop. Download the presentation here.
Click here for the Grindleford Community Shop on ShopAppy.
2nd February 2021
Rewilding the Peak District; Opportunities for a Green Recovery
Prof. Alastair Driver, Director at Rewilding Britain, download the Rewilding Britain presentation
Dr. Jo Smith, CEO Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, download the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and Rewilding presentation
13th January 2021
Breedon Hope Cement
Dr. Ed Cavanagh, Works Manager, Breedon Hope Cement, download Hope Cement Works – Past, Present and Future presentation (note: large file 10MB)
16th December 2020
ShopAppy
Jean Ball, ShopAppy. Download Shopappy presentation
2nd December 2020
Retail, environmental and visitor economy opportunities at PEAK Resort.
Rupert Carr, Director, Birchall Properties
Webinar Series 1
8th July 2020
Lindsay Rae, Marketing Peak District and Derbyshire, industry updates
Paul Stuart, East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, D2N2 support
Helen Pakpahan, High Peak Borough Council, coronavirus updates for business
24th June 2020
The Ins and Outs of Car Charging and a Greener Peak District
Faith Johnson, Environmental Quality Mark, 07702 452777, download Green Recovery presentation
Jim Sweeney, Go Electric, 07742 957841, The ins and outs of electric vehicle charging presentation
3rd June 2020
Tracy Duggan
Director, Skillslocal, 07974 139335
Workplace Wellbeing and Resilience
Download presentation: click here
27th May 2020
Successful Business, Returning to Work and Financial Future
- Ben Brindley, Brindley Garden Products, click here for presentation, 07704 641481
- Chris Tapp, Belper Care, click here for notes, 01773 827128
- Steve Dawson, Stephen Dawson Financial Planning Ltd., 0161 829 7301, 07879 647 393, Stephen.Dawson@sjpp.co.uk
- Matthew Hanrahan, Futures for Business, click here for presentation, 07780 328426
15th April 2020
Q&A with County, District & Borough Councils, and MPDD
Please read notes, links and resources here.
8th April 2020
Debbie Inglis
Download slides: Building Resilience Strategies Slides