SpeakEasy

Katie Webster and Sue France bring you SpeakEasy 2025!

A day designed to offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to listen and be heard. It’s time to take action and up the anti.

Immerse yourself for this one day in a room filled with fellow entrepreneurs and industry experts. You will be networking with other business owners, making new connections and, for eight lucky ticket holders, the chance to take to the stage and SpeakEasy!

Katie and Sue have taken to the stage nationally at various events to deliver talks. They have spoken openly about the hurdles they had to overcome to become comfortable with public speaking. Neither of them has any qualms about picking up a mic now and taking the stage.

This pair have done everything from podcasts to talks, hosting, to guest speaking.

One of the biggest hurdles can be finding the opportunity to speak publicly.

How do you find a platform to tell your story and an audience who would benefit from what you have to share with them?

SpeakEasy has been purposely designed to give eight lucky ticket holders that platform and an opportunity to take to the stage!

Our Headline Sponsor Sukhi Kaur - Director, Build 4 U Property Ltd chose the final eight from over thirty applicants.

Sarah Osborne, Lucinda Longster, Louisa Herridge, Susie Sprigg , Nicola Peake , Maddy Templeman and Catherine Pearson will be our ten minute speakers.

Encouraged and boosted up by Catherine Sandland and Carol Ann Reid.

We also have Keynotes and the first to be announced was, Nick James, the CEO and Founder of Expert Empires.

He discovered a love of business and entrepreneurship when he attended a Tony Robbins event at just 12 years of age! Since then, he has started, built, grown and scaled FOUR separate businesses from zero to seven figures in annual revenue from scratch. He has taken Expert Empires from just an idea in 2017, to become on the UK's best-known business events, with over 8,000 previous attendees. He has built an audience of 100,000+ people, attracted over 7,000 paying clients, and generated over £30million in revenue.

At SpeakEasy, Nick will share the best of what he knows when it comes to getting more exposure, attracting more clients, and making more impact in the world from speaking about your business. He will also choose one of our eight to speak at Expert Empires in the autumn.

Then we have the wonderful Rebecca Mac:

Rebecca is a passionate female entrepreneur and the owner of Mc Aesthetics, with three clinics across the UK & Training Academy. She also founded the Cosmetic Finance Group, offering financial solutions for the beauty industry. As a business mentor, Rebecca empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to succeed in their ventures by achieving remarkable personal and business growth.

We also thrilled that Celia Gaze will be a key note speaker too

Celia is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and visionary leader in the world of purpose-driven business. The founder of The Wellbeing Farm, a pioneering B Corp-certified venue, she has transformed the neglected farm in Lancashire into a thriving hub for sustainable hospitality, conscious celebrations, and innovative corporate events.Her journey is captured in her first book, "Why Put a Bowtie on a Llama?", a humorous yet profound exploration of reinvention and resilience.Celia captivates audiences with her unique blend of business insight, storytelling, and quirky humour.

This event includes

Buffet Lunch

This event includes tea/coffee

Afternoon break with Speakeasy Cocktail

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