The Good Business Festival is set to return to Liverpool in the spring of 2022, it has been confirmed.
The in-person event, which has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will now be staged between March 22 and March 24 next year.
It will feature presentations, panel discussions, workshops and knowledge sessions at six showcase events across Liverpool City Region.
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The showcase events will take place in Sefton, St Helens, Halton, Wirral, Liverpool city centre and Knowsley.
Venues for next year’s events include Oh Me Oh My on Liverpool Waterfront, The Liverpool Guild of Students in the Knowledge Quarter, and CONTENT in the Baltic Triangle.
Major names taking part include Innocent, Arbonne, musician Louis VI, as well as Joe Illes from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Kelly Beaver from Ipsos Mori, Felicia Odamtten, founder of The Black Economists Network, Jude Kelly, CEO and founder of The WOW Foundation and Andrew Sandoz, CCO at Deloitte.
Joining them at the event will be a host of local businesses and speakers including Joanne Holden, sustainability director at Peel L&P, Carl Beer, CEO of Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority, Dorcas Seb, multi-disciplinary artist, The Regenda Group, while Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram will also be speaking.
He said: "The Good Business Festival has been on quite a journey since it was first launched. What was originally planned as a three-day summit has transformed into a programme of virtual and in-person events lasting more than a year.
"We know that the Coronavirus pandemic has hammered people and businesses across our region and around the world but the time in lockdown last year also gave us an opportunity to pause and think about the kind of city region, and world, we want to build.
"Throughout the last few years, we’ve delivered an unprecedented package of support to protect and grow the local economy before, during and after Covid, and have launched projects like The Good Business Festival to reimagine, revitalise and reshape the way that we do business.
"I’m sure we’re all looking forward to be able to meet in person and have the festival we originally hoped for."
