Industry Leaders’ Summit
November 13, 2024

One Industry, One Voice

Join us for the BBSA’s second industry leaders’ summit to discuss how we can work together to promote the proven benefits of shading.

With increasing focus on the challenges of overheating of our homes and other buildings, well-being, comfort, saving of energy, passive solutions and general sustainability there is one solution which is still largely overlooked.

Collectively we can make a far bigger impact than individually so please join us at the Industry Leaders’ Summit to make a difference.

Expert speakers

Hamish Taylor

Customer and industry focus = market growth

From flat beds on BA flights, a world first, to the turnaround of Eurostar and Sainsbury’s Bank, Hamish Taylor drives innovation in businesses, successfully leading them through times of change or challenge.

Hamish’s mantra is ‘If you want a breakthrough, look outside your current environment’. Always challenge industry norms and always place the customer at the core of all activities.

Trained in brand management at Procter & Gamble Ltd, Hamish went on to become management consultant at PwC, head of brands at British Airways, CEO of Eurostar, and CEO of Sainsbury’s Bank, all before the age of 40.

Regularly featured in broadcast media, today Hamish acts as an advisor to some of the world’s largest companies assisting with specific innovation projects, customer focus and people leadership.

Paul Johnson CBE

Will the economy shine on the shading industry?

Paul is the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and a member of the Climate Change Committee. The institute is widely considered the leading independent economic research and analysis organisation in the UK. As well as analyses of the economy and future of government spending, Paul also considers the economics of climate change and the path to net zero.

Paul has published and broadcast extensively on various issues in the economics of public policy including tax, welfare, inequality and poverty, pensions, education, climate change and public finances. He has written a number of books and is a regular contributor to news and current affairs programmes across the UK broadcast media.

The following BBSA members are invited to the summit:

  • Blinds2go
  • Bloc Blinds
  • Caribbean Blinds
  • Cleland McIver
  • Decora Blind Systems
  • Dickson Constant
  • Eclipse Blind Systems
  • Ellard
  • Green & Brown
  • Global International Trading
  • Guthrie Douglas Group
  • Hillarys Blinds/Hunter Douglas Retail
  • James Robertshaw
  • Luxaflex/Hunter Douglas Trade
  • Lienesch
  • Louvolite
  • Lutron
  • Nice
  • Ningbo Grand Home Furnishing
  • Perfect Blinds
  • Shuttercraft
  • Silent Gliss
  • Somfy
  • Sunflex
  • The Appeal Group
  • Top Window UK
  • Tropical Blinds
  • Weinor