Thames Valley: BDO and C8 Consulting launch panel of regional business leaders

Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP in collaboration with premier PR and marketing agency, C8 Consulting, have announced plans to create a new panel of business leaders to influence commerce, infrastructure and social trends in the Thames Valley. 

Members will be invited to contribute to the Thames Valley Business Barometer and represent a cross section of regional businesses from the area, giving companies the opportunity to influence Barometer reports through discussion and the identification of emerging trends.

Now in its second year, the Thames Valley Business Barometer provides a quarterly snapshot of business and economic confidence in the Thames Valley region. The survey results offer a compelling street-level view of business sentiment, helping to inform decisions on growth, investment and employment in the region.

Simon Brooker, head of BDO Thames Valley, commented: “This new Thames Valley Business Barometer panel gives local organisations a voice, creating an opportunity for discussion around topical issues and current trends in business. It provides panel members with key insights into the region’s growth strategy and an understanding of how their peers are faring, as well as the impact that businesses are having on the Thames Valley economy.”

Managing director of C8 Consulting Paula Elliott said: "By becoming a founding panel member, we are encouraging local businesses to commit to providing responses to the Barometer on a regular basis, making it easier for us to benchmark from one Barometer report to the next. Panel members will be asked to extend the invitation to complete the survey to up to three of their closest customers, suppliers or contacts within their networks within the Thames Valley. Those stakeholder organisations represented on the panel are asked to commit to share and promote the Barometer survey in their key forums and across their membership bases.”

Panel members will also be given the chance to attend the senior-level networking event, the Twenties Club. This takes place once a quarter and findings from the Barometer are previewed at this forum before being distributed to the general business community.

If you are a business in the Thames Valley area and would like to commit to becoming a panel member, contact Karen Meenderink at BDO via Karen.Meenderink@bdo.co.uk or Paula Elliot at C8 via Paula@c8consulting.co.uk