CIDO were delighted to host a business seminar by successful entrepreneur Philip Bain on 1st December at the i² CIDO Innovation Centre, 73 Charlestown Road, Portadown with all proceeds going to the Prince’s Trust Million Makers Programme.
Phillip Bain, who co-founded the highly successful mobile shredding company Shredbank in 2007 just after the collapse of Northern Rock, give highly motivational talk on how to survive and thrive in a recession.
The seminar focused on key areas that all businesses need to address in order to survive through difficult economic times.
Philip Bain and his business partner James Carson established ShredBank just after the collapse of Northern Rock and the beginning of one of the deepest recessions since the 1930’s. ShredBank entered a document shredding market dominated by well established multi-nationals and a deteriorating economic climate. Despite this, under Philip’s commercial leadership ShredBank has become a fast growing multi-award winning company that has experienced high double digit growth year on year and disproved the notion that success in a recession is impossible.
Having recently won Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 and Young Businessperson of the Year 2011, we are delighted that Philip agreed to share his thoughts and experiences on what it takes to start-up, grow and succeed in tough financial times.
Phillip will donate his seminar fee to the Prince's Trust 'Million Makers' corporate competition.
Shredbank donated their time and delegate packs for this seminar as part of their fundraising efforts in support of the Prince's Trust.
We were delighted with the turn out and are confident that the attendees could learn a great deal from Philip’s experience.