MyBusiness Seminar Programme 2011 - Care Show Birmingham

Wednesday 22 June*

Time	Session	Speaker
10.15 - 11.00	American & UK senior care systems: What we can learn from each • What are the basic differences and similarities between the UK / US long term care / geriatric support systems • With the Spending Review in and the UK and the landmark health reform legislation in the US – where are we headed? • What can we learn from each other?	Irving Stackpole Stackpole and Associates
11.15 - 12.00	Comparing the UK care home market with that in Germany • How are our respective populations ageing? • Demand Forecasts for the respective countries? • How do the legislation and funding regimes compare? • How do rents compare?	Phil Hall Jones Lang LaSalle
12.15 - 13.00	Social care: A banks perspective • Economic Update • Banks perspective on Key issues within the sector • Key industry statistics • Bank Appetite (Brief Overview of our Lending Criteria) • Lessons learnt	Ian Hardcastle The Royal Bank of Scotland UK
13.15 - 14.00	Investment opportunities in the UK healthcare market • How care home investments are structured • Where is there investment appetite? • What can we learn from the issues in the current market? • Opinions on the investment market from bankers, investors and operators	Chris Wishart Knight Frank
14.15 - 15.00	Care villages v care homes • Compatibility • Design • Financial Models	Tony Cole Castlemead Care
15.15 - 16.00	Are care homes and the green belt incompatible? • Council perspectives; welcome inward investment or intrusion into openness? • The development of “very special circumstances” within the care sector • Future proofing; the importance of viability arguments • If wholesale changes to planning policy are on the horizon, what does the future hold?	Richard Borrows Ward Associates Consulting

Thursday 23 June*

Time	Session	Speaker
10.15 - 11.00	Tax saving tips for care home owners • Tax saving opportunities for care home owners • Personal and corporate taxes and looking at • The impact of the Capital Allowance regime • The seminar will avoid jargon and will equip owners with tax planning ideas that are straightforward and easy to take on board Kingston Smith - Healthcare	Paul Samrah Kingston Smith LLP
11.15 - 11.45	The future of care funding beyond the Dilnot Commission • What is the long-term care funding challenge confronting the government? • What is the Commission on Funding Care and Support likely to recommend? • How might this agenda develop in the future?	James Lloyd The Strategic Society Centre
12.15 - 13.00	Capital allowances valuations in the healthcare sector • Recent developments in valuation practice • Capital allowances and the coalition government • Opportunities for care home owners	Neil Farquhar Savills
13.15 - 14.00	Effective media relations & crisis management • What is “Crisis Management”? • How Might Media Coverage Become A Problem For You? • How to Prepare Before a Crisis Occurs • What Can You Do To Protect Your business/organisation? • Integrating Your PR & Legal Operations • Top tips on Dealing with Journalists	Chris Calland Political Lobbying & Media Relations Ltd
14.15 - 15.00	Benchmarking your costs - How do you compare? What makes them vary? • How do your costs compare to other homes? Are you spending double the amount of your peers on gloves or cleaning? • Getting a handle on costs is easy with benchmarking. It gives you the tools to find out where you are spending too much and once you have tackled the problem, you can keep an eye on the situation without having to sift through loads of invoices. • As always the devil is in the detail and with the right reporting the information can be at your fingertips.	Sam Gompels Gompels Healthcare Ltd

*Topics and speaker details are subject to change.

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