How will the credit crunch affect small businesses?

Topic: How will the credit crunch affect small businesses?

Date: 22nd April 2008

Duration: 60 minutes

The credit crunch is starting to bite. So what can you do to make sure your business survives – or even thrives?Now’s your chance to find out. On 22 April this year HSBC and RBI gathered a panel of industry experts together to tackle the issues.

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The panellists

Wayne Bowser, Deputy Head of Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank plc
Wayne joined the Group (Midland Bank) in 1972. He has held a succession of positions around the Branch Network, both in the North and South of England, prior to his current appointment as Deputy Head of Commercial Banking. Wayne is married with a young son and enjoys walking, shooting and fishing.

Chris Hannant, Head of Policy, British Chambers of Commerce
Chris Hannant is Head of Policy of the British Chambers of Commerce. The BCC unites a powerful and influential network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK, making it the authoritative voice of UK business.

Alexandra Kelly, Managing Director, Powerchex
Alexandra Kelly is the founder and Managing Director of Powerchex Ltd, an award winning, pre-employment screening firm based in London. She has several years of professional experience in a range of sectors including banking and insurance, consulting, manufacturing and publishing, both in the UK and internationally. Alexandra has worked as an operational risk management consultant in the City where she advised on the methodology of identifying and controlling operational risks, focusing particularly in managing people risk. Previously she held senior roles in financial sales and banking operations for Morgan Stanley and Citicorp. As an accomplished executive, Alexandra has passed on her experience during several conferences, lectures and training seminars. In November 2007, Alexandra was awarded the Business Person of the Year Thames Gateway Award.

Karl Schneider (chair), Editorial Director, Reed Business Information
Karl Schneider is Editorial Development Director of RBI-UK, a new role created at the start of 2006 in response to the changing demands for content online and offline driven by the Internet. Karl job is to ensure that RBI has the editorial strategies, teams, processes and tools required to create great content that its target audiences love, both in print and on the web. Karl has worked for RBI-UK for 20 years, in various editorial roles. Prior to taking on his current role, Karl was Executive Editor of New Scientist and before that Editor-in-Chief of Computer Weekly.