Wandsworth Business Forum with Wandsworth Council - Monthly on a Wednesday morning
Description
Join us for the Wandsworth Business Forums with Wandsworth Council updates and access to Business Experts - Meetings are open at 7.45 AM to allow you to check your online connections. We will start the meeting promptly at 8AM. Now on the first Wednesday of every month (excluding January, August and September)
Please note Business Forum 2026 dates will be as follow:
4th March
6th May
1st July
7th October
2nd December
Event Date:
11-02-22
12-07-22
02-01-23
03-01-23
04-05-23
05-03-23
06-07-23
07-05-23
10-04-23
11-01-23
12-06-23
02-07-24
03-06-24
05-01-24
06-05-24
07-03-24
10-02-24
11-06-24
02-05-25
03-05-25
04-02-25
06-04-25
07-02-25
10-01-25
11-05-25
12-03-25
03-04-26
05-06-26
07-01-26
10-07-26
12-02-26
Event Time:
08:00 AM - 09:30 AM GMT
Location:
Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce - ONLINE
Contact Person:
Beverley Corson
(phone: 020 3633 6575)
Details:
Wandsworth Business Forum - Have your say for Businesses
This Forum will feature an introduction from Cllr. Kemi Akinola, Deputy Leader, Wandsworth Council/ Cabinet Member with responsibility for Business. We will also hear about other business support initiatives from Susan Shaw, Economic Development Office at Wandsworth Council.
GUEST SPEAKER:
John Mc Loughlin, Group CEO & Sales Director UK
ABOUT:
Cyber Security – it won’t happen to me!
The presentation will discuss how cyber security has nothing to with technology. John will dive into the size of the problem, what cyber security really means to small and medium business and go over some recent attacks to show you what a cyber-attack could look like for your business. He will leave you with practical steps to start improving your cyber security posture and end with an interactive piece on passwords. No technical jargon.
John Mc Loughlin – is the Group CEO and founder of J2 Software, a managed cyber security services provider. John is a certified Data Privacy specialist with a passion for helping businesses do better business in a modern world. He knows that every business is a digital business today and we must provide equal access to real cyber resilience services to businesses of all sizes.
J2 was founded in 2006 and has grown from a 2 person operation, sharing a desk in a warehouse in South Africa, to an organisation that serves more than 750 customers on 5 continents with offices in London and Johannesburg, with further growth planned to Australia in 2026. Having real world experience with businesses of all sizes, John knows that achieving cyber resilience is possible for every business.
Business Forum Agenda
8.00 - 8.10 Welcome from Beverley Corson
8.10 - 8.20 Breakout room session 1 - Meet and Greet
8.20 - 8.30 Council update including business support offering
8.30 - 8.35 Questions to council speakers
8.35 - 9.00 John Mc Loughlin - Cyber Security – it won’t happen to me!
9.00 - 9.15 Breakout room session 2
9.15 - 9.25 Feedback and questions
9.25 - 9.30 Wrap up
Q&A Session
The Panel for the Q&A session will include our speakers and Steve Diamond from the Economic Development at Wandsworth Council, You will have an opportunity to direct questions to our panel, hear questions from other business owners, share strategies, and take action. The session will be recorded.
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So, please sign up, receive some useful information and share your news by getting involved in a breakout room. See you on the 1st October.
Kind regards,
Beverley
Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce
Supporting Local Businesses