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3:00pm - 5:00pm, 19 May 2026
(Europe/London)
(Europe/London)
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Event Details
Business Diversification Forum
Tuesday 19th May
Registrations and refreshments: 2:30pm-3:00pm
Meeting: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: Brabners, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester
Networking drinks from 5:00pm
Kindly sponsored by
Key Takeaways
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Clarity on why diversification matters now and how it can strengthen resilience, competitiveness and long term growth.
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A practical framework for deciding when diversification is right for your business—based on market signals, organisational readiness and client demand.
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Insight into the range of diversification options, including new geographies, sectors and service models, and how to evaluate their strategic fit.
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Guidance on using data and market intelligence to shape decisions, reduce risk and prioritise the most viable opportunities.
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Real world examples from peers and leaders, highlighting what works, what doesn’t and what to expect on the journey.
Meeting Agenda
Welcome, introduction and APSCo update
Moya Rylands, Commercial Director, APSCo UK
Strategic Diversification: Knowing What to Add, When to Act, and Why it Drives Growth
Steve Carter, Principal, The Satori Partnership
In an evolving market, standing still is often the quickest way to move backward. Join sector expert Steve Carter for an incisive session designed to help staffing leaders move beyond "opportunistic" shifts and toward engineered growth. Drawing on decades of experience, Steve will explore how to build commercial, structural, and cultural resilience by diversifying with precision.
You’ll walk away with a practical framework for Validated Curiosity: using data-driven insights to determine when to hold your nerve and when to pivot. Steve will break down the essential due diligence required to avoid "single points of failure" and ensure your leadership team is fully aligned with a budgeted, committed plan. Don’t leave your firm’s expansion to chance; learn how to leverage your existing expertise to build a forward-thinking, aspirational organisation that thrives on "what’s next."
Mapping your diversification journey: how to build, launch and scale new markets
Alison Humphries, Owner & Director, Recruitment Leadership Ltd
Alison will share her experience helping recruitment businesses explore diversification and broaden the value they deliver to clients. Using real examples, she’ll outline how organisations have moved from identifying opportunities to developing proposals and successfully implementing new services.
She’ll discuss how businesses can leverage their client relationships and partner with third parties to create additional revenue streams while strengthening long-term partnerships.
In this session, Alison will explore what diversification really means, when it’s right for your business, and how data can support better decision making.
Leader Exchange
Maximise your time at this meeting with our Leader Exchange session - this is designed to deliver tangible outcomes. Guided by experienced business professionals, this discussion will ensure you gain real value from your attendance. You’ll collaborate with sector peers to tackle key challenges and leave with clear, actionable strategies you can implement immediately. This session isn’t just a conversation, it’s designed to be a catalyst for measurable business impact.
Facilitated by:
Lee Knowles, Owner & Director, Adepto Technical Recruitment Ltd
Alison Humphries, Owner & Director, Recruitment Leadership Ltd
Steve Carter, Principal, The Satori Partnership
Speakers
Alison Humphries
RecruitmentLeadership Ltd, Founder
Alison is an award winning NED and strategic advisor. Working with recruitment business owners to help them achieve their objectives profitably, intentionally and with individuality.
She has nearly 40 years of experience in the recruitment sector working as a Managing Director and director of sales, operations and training for some of the most successful, listed businesses in the industry and their client organisations (Hays, Robert Half, Barkers Norman Broadbent, Penna Plc).
She established a specialised consultancy in 2013 , working with businesses across the recruitment spectrum to help them maximise performance, achieve competitive advantage and optimise cultures. Also an experienced executive coach, conference speaker, columnist and author:
“The seven behaviours of successful recruitment leaders”. (Amazon 5*)
She is also a host of the Recruitment Leadership podcast, won awards including Best International Recruitment Agency, Best Achievement through L&D, and Recruiter Best Recruitment Company transformation, awarded Honorary Fellowship of the REC for services to the industry, one of only 25 people worldwide to hold this honorific.
Steve Carter
The Satori Partnership, Principal & Co-Founder
Steve boasts a 35-year global career in talent sector leadership, marked by consistent success in achieving high growth and market dominance.
His dynamic approach thrives in challenging market conditions and was recently recognised as the UK recruitment industry’s “Business Advisor of the Year”.
A disruptor and visionary, Steve applies his growth mindset as an operational and board advisor, leaving a lasting impact on the companies he collaborates with.