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Meadowhall Business Advisors Panel calls for pitches, questions and ideas from emerging talent

Meadowhall shopping centre has called upon businesses seeking advice and mentoring at its upcoming Business Advisors Panel programme of events to submit questions, ideas, and pitches for support and feedback by 13th September, as it unveiled the team of leaders that will make up the panel.

The initaitive, which forms part of the centre’s summer ‘Pop Up’ retailer, business and event campaign will bring together some of the region’s most senior and respected figures and the next generation of business talent.

The panel boasts over 100 years of combined experience and includes: Meadowhall centre director; Darren Pearce; managing director of Future Wealth, Jillian Thomas; commercial director of Highlander, Chris Muscroft; SENTA business adviser, Steve Annakin; and Jon Wall, co-owner and marketing director of Voice.

The panel will be hosting a series of business advice forums for budding entrepreneurs and business owners chaired by Darren Pearce, who has managed and nurtured the development of Meadowhall shopping centre for over 20 years. He commented: “The Meadowhall Business Advisors Panel is the first of its kind for the centre and, through the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, we have called upon a fantastic board of directors to take part. “As representatives of successful businesses it is important that we support the next generation of entrepreneurs. These individuals will be responsible for creating future wealth and growth in our region.”

The panel will advise as many businesses as possible and the candidate the ‘Meadowhall dragons’ judge to have the most marketable business plan will be offered ongoing business support by the business leaders and the SCCI.

Submissions should be made to BusinessIdeas@mkthingshappen.co.uk

Meadowhall shopping centre hosts a range of retailers from large flagship multinationals to small, independent retailers ensuring a breadth and range of choice for shoppers.

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