19th June 2012, St Ermin's Hotel, London

While the Eurozone remains tumultous, the UK is showing strong signs of growth across many industries. Many companies are holding onto their recession attitudes, searching for the best value in every area including their accountancy needs. While the immediate future is still uncertain, now is the time for Accountancy firms to step out more boldly in the market and identify themselves in preperation for the inevitable post-recession boom.

Practices are distinguishing themselves more as businesses, and taking on the traits of other industries, in terms of their organisation, marketing and HR. This conference will look at how to promote your firm in business terms, and the best ways of getting the most out of your people and systems. It will seek to reveal the opportunities and the measures needed to capitalise on current trends and provide an interactive and enjoyable platform to share experiences that could give you the edge in offering the best possible services.

Key topics to be covered include:

• Using Knowledge Management to Drive Best Practice - exploring how innovative organisations manage their knowledge and use knowledge management techniques to drive better client engagement
  

• Growth during a recession - Staking Your Claim - discuss how it is the small and mid-size companies taking big strides into future growth, and why it is important for accountancy firms to stake their claim on this expansion now
  

• A Strategic Overview of Online & Event Networking - Rounding the Networking Circle - how you can use various networking strategies to benefit your practice, including client retention, growth and recruitment

• Viewing Your Firm as a Business - look at developing your practice's soft skills in HR, Organisation and company management, with some of the front line firms giving examples of their own innovative experiences
  

• School Leavers - The New Graduates - looking at recruiting those students wanting direct entry to training after A-level as a viable alternative to higher education
  
  

Accountancy Age welcomes forward thinking partners, directors and associates to attend this unique conference where they will gain invaluable advice and ideas from top tier speakers. Through interactive focus groups, keynote addresses and informal networking opportunities delegates will be exposed to solutions to the profession's most pressing problems.

We look forward to welcoming you in June,

Kate Love
Senior Conference Producer
Accountancy Age