Growth Summit Breakfast

This Growth Summit Breakfast is designed for ambitious scale up founders looking to get unique insights, connections and opportunities to help them grow faster.

At the event you will:

• Meet and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs on a similar journey

• Hear from successful founders who have ‘been there and done it’, exiting their businesses for £millions

• Discover opportunities to scale your business globally

This event is hosted and sponsored by BGF (the most active equity investor in the UK) and sponsored by RBC Brewin Dolphin (one of the UK’s leading wealth managers) and the London Stock Exchange.

Featuring an exclusive talk from Richard Harpin, Founder & Chairman at HomeServe and Owner of Growth Partner & Business Leader. Hear how Richard scaled Homeserve and sold the business for over £4 billion – discover Richard’s 8 secrets to building a £Billion Business.

In collaboration with the ScaleUp Institute and Business Leader.

When all of my childhood friends were building Airfix models, I was trying to build businesses. From the moment I set up my first venture aged 14, through to the seat-of-my-pants moment when I snatched success from the jaws of failure with HomeServe and help from my first investor South Staffordshire Water, all the way to the essential lessons I learned as I expanded globally, I’ve been obsessed with how to build a better business.

But this is not about me. It’s about you, and thousands like you. If I can achieve this success, then I’m certain you can too. You just need a steer on what to do and when, to hear from another entrepreneur about how to make the transformation from good to great.

I believe these are the eight secrets to building a strong, large, sustainable business. They also happen to be the eight things that I wish I’d known when I started out. Armed with this advice, I’m certain I could have avoided mistakes, been able to make decisions with an extra level of certainty that I sometimes needed, and that I’d have been able to develop HomeServe that much faster.

Each rule or message has been specifically designed to build on each other. You might find that only two or three apply to you at this very moment and that’s fine, use them as required. However, think of these eight stages in order; one leads to the next.

Today, my passion is to inspire your success, to turn medium-sized businesses into large ones by following this simple step-by-step guide which reflects the smartest moves and silliest mistakes I’ve ever made.

Sophie Milliken MBE, founder and CEO of Moja Group, will be conducting an insightful interview with Richard Harpin. Together, they will explore the intricacies of entrepreneurship, share strategies for achieving business growth, and discuss the personal journeys and challenges that shape successful ventures.

Business Leader’s owner Richard Harpin will be hosting a scale-up workshop with some of the most exciting founders and CEOs in the UK.

This event is part of Business Leader’s mission to help mid-sized businesses scale up. Harpin, who grew his own company HomeServe from humble beginnings to a £4.1bn sale, is determined to help make such growth more widespread across the country.

According to Harpin, there are eight secrets to growing a £billion business. Helping businesses implement these eight secrets will be a key part of Business Leader’s membership programme. The programme will see growth-minded founders and CEOs come together to help each other drive their companies forward.

There are 110,000 medium-sized businesses in the UK but only 7,500 big businesses. If more medium businesses managed to scale up, this would have a profound effect on the country as a whole. The scale-up workshop will these medium-sized businesses under the spotlight in a bid to help them reach the next level.

To find out more visit Business Leader: HERE

Business Leader is here to help established companies across the UK unlock their full potential. Our vision is shaped by entrepreneur Richard Harpin, who acquired Business Leader in 2023. Richard has personally experienced the trials and triumphs of growing a business, having taken his own venture HomeServe from £50,000 of initial capital to a sale in 2023 for £4.1bn. As such, we understand the challenges faced by established companies seeking to scale up. That’s why we’re revolutionising support for this often overlooked group.

We serve as the ultimate destination for business insight tools, community, and mentoring. Our commitment is to inspire breakthroughs and bridge the support gap for companies, and we do this in a number of ways.

We diverse original content, including a magazine, weekly podcasts, a daily newsletter, and online features. Whether you prefer in-depth articles, thought-provoking interviews, or quick updates, our content is designed to oer everything you need to build a successful business.

Our events, roundtables, and summits are open to all, creating a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange, and our prestigious awards celebrate excellence and spotlight the people who are shaping the future of UK business.

Central to our mission is our exclusive peer-to-peer membership community of growth-minded founders and CEOs, which enhances the support network for those aiming to scale-up their businesses.