Calender of Events

22 October 2009 North West Regional Networking Event

Warburton’s Bakery welcomes members of UKWA for our North West Regional Networking Event on Thursday 22^nd October at their Head Office, Back o’th’ Bank, Hereford Street, Bolton. BL1 8HJ beginning at 1030am. For directions please cut and paste the following link into your web browser http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=BL1+8HJ+&countryCode=GB#map=53.59164,-2.42657|16|4&p=mm.poi.global.general.metrostation&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:53.59154:-2.42657:16|BL1%208HJ%20|BL1%208HJ

Interested members should indicate their intention to attend by return of email stating their name and position within their company. All members must wear safety shoes during the tour of the bakery which will be provided but please include your shoe size when responding. Parking is available on Hereford Street with Bolton main line station being some 2 miles distant. On the day members are requested to report to Reception area of the main office building.

Programme

1030
Coffee & Tea on Arrival

1100
Introduction and welcome by Iain Speak , UKWA North West Regional Chairman

1110
Presentation by Ian Guiver MD of axongarside a Cheshire-based business to business marketing agency. Since the company was established in 1975 they have worked with a wide variety of clients of all sizes in many different industries including Jungheinrich, Manchester Airport, Microsoft, Street Crane, Swisslog and of course UKWA . Ian has worked in a number of different sales and marketing roles over the past twenty years and now specialises in developing marketing strategies that help clients create sales opportunities. Ian’s presentation will focus on how small to medium sized businesses can make best use of their marketing budgets enabling them to punch above the weight.

1140
Presentation by Howard Marfleet , Group Business Development Manager of AMBIRAD Europe 's leading manufacturer of gas-fired radiant heaters and foremost supplier of warm-air systems and air curtains. AmbiRad's mission is to continue the development of its world class status in the provision of energy efficient heating solutions. The company’s strategy is to meet the needs of industrial and commercial customers worldwide through a supply-based service to contractors, specifiers and facilities managers. Howard will talk on energy efficient space heating methods and solutions within the warehouse environment.

Update on Association news and events by Roger Williams , CEO UKWA

1230
Product presentation and overview of the business by Adam Marson, Supply Chain Director, Warburtons .

1345
Lunch and networking

1430
Depart

About Warburtons

The history of Warburton’s Bakery can be traced back to 1870 when married couple Thomas and Ellen Warburton decided to purchase a small grocery shop in Bolton . During a slump in the grocery trade Ellen had a brainwave to bake bread. Selling her first batch in under an hour convinced the couple to rename the shop “Warburtons the Bakers.” Since these humble beginnings, Warburtons has placed a great emphisis on remaining a family-run business concentating on providing quality products to its customers. To achieve this consistant high standard the company works with a range of partners who are experts in their field and unlike most bakers who buy their flour in, Warburtons have hundreds of farmers growing only Warburtons wheat. Today the company is the UK's third biggest bread manufacturer after Allied Bakeries and RHM (British Bakeries) employing around 3,300 people at eleven bakeries across the country and producing one million bakery products per day. It continues to make no own-label products, just its own.