International Festival for Business 2014
What is IFB 2014?
The inaugural International Festival for Business (IFB) will be the largest international business event in the world in 2014, and the largest business event in the UK for over a decade. It will be global, entrepreneurial and accelerate the growth of UK business into international markets. IFB 2014 is a truly global gathering of the world’s most inspiring businesses, taking place in venues across the North West in June and July this year.
IFB is central to the Government’s ambition to accelerate and maximize economic growth in the UK, by increasing foreign direct investment and outbound export/trade. If you are interested in pioneering new markets in the UK or overseas or want to connect your business with overseas investors, have a look at the following video and then read on...
The inaugural International Festival for Business (IFB) will be the largest international business event in the world in 2014, and the largest business event in the UK for over a decade. It will be global, entrepreneurial and accelerate the growth of UK business into international markets. IFB 2014 is a truly global gathering of the world’s most inspiring businesses, taking place in venues across the North West in June and July this year.
IFB is central to the Government’s ambition to accelerate and maximize economic growth in the UK, by increasing foreign direct investment and outbound export/trade. If you are interested in pioneering new markets in the UK or overseas or want to connect your business with overseas investors, have a look at the following video and then read on...
What's in it for Wirral businesses?
This summer’s International Festival for Business in Liverpool has been described as an "unprecedented global opportunity on your doorstep” for Wirral businesses.
Phil Southward, IFB senior project manager, talked about the festival and the opportunities there will be for Wirral businesses to do business with companies from all over the UK and the globe: “The IFB is a global business event but its not in Shanghai or New York, it’s in the Liverpool city region and I am keen for businesses in Wirral to make the most of the events taking place on their own doorstep".
IFB 2014 will feature hundreds of world-class events from June to July 2014 in Liverpool, attracting 250,000 visitors from across the globe, and bringing £100 million worth of investment into the UK economy.
IFB will deliver:
This summer’s International Festival for Business in Liverpool has been described as an "unprecedented global opportunity on your doorstep” for Wirral businesses.
Phil Southward, IFB senior project manager, talked about the festival and the opportunities there will be for Wirral businesses to do business with companies from all over the UK and the globe: “The IFB is a global business event but its not in Shanghai or New York, it’s in the Liverpool city region and I am keen for businesses in Wirral to make the most of the events taking place on their own doorstep".
IFB 2014 will feature hundreds of world-class events from June to July 2014 in Liverpool, attracting 250,000 visitors from across the globe, and bringing £100 million worth of investment into the UK economy.
IFB will deliver:
- Over one hundred events throughout June and July 2014
- An engaged audience of 250,000 business professionals
- Global representation from over 125 countries
- £100m direct investment into the UK
- A catalyst to double UK exports by 2020
- At every level the Festival will attract an audience of pioneers from the UK and across the world
Does this event have Government support?
Acting as an international showcase of great British industry, the Festival is a key part of the government’s ambition to promote economic growth, re-balance the economy and double UK exports by 2020. The growth of the UK economy will be shaped by a number of key sectors, which are central to the vision for the IFB.
They include:
Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron MP said of the event: “We are in a global race in our world today, a race in which Liverpool is not just competing with Barcelona and Hamburg; you’re competing with Beijing and Jakarta. Some countries will make it and others will fall behind, and I am determined that Britain, and cities like Liverpool, will make it. If 2012 showed us anything, it showed us that we can achieve great things in this country – we can achieve our personal best, go for gold, put on a show that will amaze and dazzle the world. That is what we did in 2012 and that is what I know you will do in 2014. I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to the International Festival for Business that you are going to be hosting here in Liverpool in 2014. I think it’s an absolutely excellent idea, you have my full support, and the government will be right behind you every step of the way.”
How can we find out more?
The International Festival for Business 2014 is quite simply the biggest event of its kind in the UK since the Festival of Britain in 1951, and Wirral businesses are warmly encouraged to get involved. For further information please visit the official International Festival for Business website at www.ifb2014.com.
Acting as an international showcase of great British industry, the Festival is a key part of the government’s ambition to promote economic growth, re-balance the economy and double UK exports by 2020. The growth of the UK economy will be shaped by a number of key sectors, which are central to the vision for the IFB.
They include:
- low carbon - valued in the UK alone at £112 billion and worth more than £3.2 trillion globally
- knowledge economies - including creative & digital, professional & financial, life sciences and advanced manufacturing
- global communications, including port & logistics
Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron MP said of the event: “We are in a global race in our world today, a race in which Liverpool is not just competing with Barcelona and Hamburg; you’re competing with Beijing and Jakarta. Some countries will make it and others will fall behind, and I am determined that Britain, and cities like Liverpool, will make it. If 2012 showed us anything, it showed us that we can achieve great things in this country – we can achieve our personal best, go for gold, put on a show that will amaze and dazzle the world. That is what we did in 2012 and that is what I know you will do in 2014. I am absolutely delighted to give my full support to the International Festival for Business that you are going to be hosting here in Liverpool in 2014. I think it’s an absolutely excellent idea, you have my full support, and the government will be right behind you every step of the way.”
How can we find out more?
The International Festival for Business 2014 is quite simply the biggest event of its kind in the UK since the Festival of Britain in 1951, and Wirral businesses are warmly encouraged to get involved. For further information please visit the official International Festival for Business website at www.ifb2014.com.