More than a thousand accountancy and finance professionals from across the UK will be heading to Manchester on Tuesday 10 September for Accountex Summit North – an exclusive one-day accounting conference and exhibition.
Doors open at 8.30am at Manchester Central with around 1,300 attendees expected. Delegates from many of the UK’s top accountancy firms, including Grant Thornton, BDO, Smith & Williamson, Saffery Champness, Haines Watts, Crowe UK, UHY Hacker Young, TaxAssist Accountants, Armstrong Watson, MHA Moore and Smalley, Cowgills, Beever and Struthers, Quantuma, Mitchell Charlesworth, Garbutt & Elliott, Bennett Brooks, Bulley Davey, PM+M, Ellacotts, and DSG Chartered Accountants, are among those preparing to attend.
Also on the visitor list are finance professionals from well-known businesses and institutions, including Procter & Gamble, Mars UK, Siemens UK, FirstGroup, HMRC, Co-op, Lush Cosmetics, BNY Mellon, WOCO, BOUYGUES, Emerald Publishing, Euro Garages, Nottingham University, Royal Museums Greenwich, Hitachi Capital, University of Liverpool, North Wales Wildlife Trust, Northumbria University, Beauty Bay, and SeatGeek.
Event director Zoe Lacey-Cooper says: “In one day, our delegates will enjoy a full line-up of CPD-accredited Keynotes, seminars, and panel sessions delivered by industry experts. They’ll take away real-time insights, tools and solutions, which will help them to continue to provide the best all-round accountancy service possible.”
80+ industry-leading exhibitors
The exhibitor line-up for 2019 features more than 80 top industry suppliers, including FreeAgent, Intuit QuickBooks, IRIS, Sage, Wolters Kluwer, Xero, HMRC, Tolley, Fujitsu, Silverfin, Receipt Bank, FUTRLI, DREAM AUDIT a Gest On Line Solution, Riverdale Insurance, SmartVault, AccessPay, GoCardless, MyWorkpapers, Nomisma, Qubic Tax, Senta, RollPay, ProsperChain, AutoEntry, PayFit, IWOCA, Soldo, Docusoft, and Arthur Online. They’ll be demonstrating and displaying the latest and most innovative accounting tools, tech, services, and solutions.
To view the full exhibitor list, please visit www.accountex.co.uk/summitnorth/exhibitor-list.
18+ hours of speaker sessions in three theatres
The conference will feature 24 sessions in three dedicated theatres, covering topics as diverse as AI, anxiety, Brexit, MTD, Open Banking, digital disruption, mental health, and more.
Speaker highlights include BBC broadcaster Joe Lynam, Rebecca Hutton (HMRC), Verna Gellvear (HMRC), Glen Foster (Xero), Philippa Hume (Intuit QuickBooks), Chris Downing (Sage), Nick Longden (FreeAgent), Andrew Hubbard (Taxation Magazine), Amanda Chadwick (Croner/Taxwise), Amanda C. Watts (TwentyTwo Agency), Gordon Gilchrist (2020 Innovation Training), Matt Garman (SalesEnabla), Des O’Neill (OmniPro Group), Lucy Whittington (Brilliant Business Things), Alan Woods (Woods Squared), Janice B. Gordon (Scale Your Sales), and Jo Edwards (JE Consulting).
“Accountex Summit North is critical to the accountancy industry because opportunities are lost when accountants do not get out from behind their desk. This is an opportunity to get out there, meet the best of the best, hear the latest insights, see different ways of doing things, mingle with the people on the same journey as you and be open to the possibilities,” says Des O’Neill, managing director of OmniPro Group.
“In these uncertain times it’s vital to have a forum for discussion and presentation of new ideas, thinking about a prosperous future and how to bring it about. There will always be a North/South divide, but Accountex Summit North helps to show that business in the North is of enormous value and is equal to, not less important than the South,” says Matt Garman, CEO and founder of SalesEnabla.
“Accountex Summit North is, for me, the must attend event in the industry, it’s a great chance to meet up with current suppliers, peers in the industry, influencers in the industry and learn best practice, along with more than a few shortcuts to success,” says Alan Woods, founder of Woods Squared.
The full programme is available to view at www.accountex.co.uk/summitnorth/conference-programme.
A selection of speaker Q&As are available at www.accountex.co.uk/summitnorth/category/speaker-qa.
Accountex Summit North is open at Manchester Central from 8.30am to 5pm on Tuesday 10 September. All delegate places are now fully booked and the event has sold out of all available exhibition space.
For further information, please visit www.accountex.co.uk/summitnorth.