Keynote Speaker
Tom Lawton
Maverick Inventor
www.tomlawton.com
@TOWLAWTON
An Inventor’s Tale – Tom’s Epic Journey from WakeYoo to Wonder: How Imagination Inspires Creativity, Unlocks Genius, and Builds a Sustainable Future, Together
Tom Lawton BPMA Conference 2025
About Tom Lawton
Tom Lawton, born in 1976, emerged as a world-renowned Inventor, Artist, and Wonderer, seamlessly blending art, science, and spirituality in his creations. His journey navigates life’s twists and turns, igniting inspiration in all who encounter his work. From award-winning wind and human-powered lights to whimsical innovations, Tom’s creations exude joy and celebrate the essence of being alive.
An artist at his core, Tom’s recent masterpieces, Uplift and Wonder, stand as extraordinary kinetic sculptures, elevating spirits and soothing minds, democratising meditation for all. As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and recipient of the prestigious US Green Dot Award for environmental excellence, Tom’s impact transcends boundaries. His prime-time television series, Tom’s Fantastic Floating Home, showcased his boundless creativity to audiences worldwide.
Tom Lawton embodies the essence of astonishment, defying expectations with his mesmerising artistry, leaving all touched by a profound sense of wonder.
Angus Murray
International Trade Adviser
Department for Business and Trade
southernengland@trade.gov.uk
0204 566 5998
Presentation: DBT Angus Murray BPMA Conference 2025
Growing your business through international trade
An insight into the benefits of export, some tips for new and novice exporters and a summary of support from DBT.
Graeme Beever
Delivery Manager
Innovate UK
graeme.beever@iukbg.ukri.org
Graeme Beever | LinkedIn
Presentation: Innovate UK Graeme Beever Business Growth intro BPMA Conference
Innovate UK Business Growth – Support to help businesses grow and scale
Innovate UK and the UK’s Innovation Agency. Our Mission is to help companies grow their development and commercialisation of new products, processes and services, supported by and outstanding innovation eco system.
James Shorey
Partnerships Manager
Planet Mark
james.shorey@planetmark.com
Presention: Planet Mark James Shorey BPMA Conference 2025
Reviewing Progress Halfway Through a Decade of Critical Climate Action
With less than 5 years to 2030, we will review what the UK, EU and Global business community have achieved so far in the 2020s, and what needs to be done to halve global emissions by 2030.
Laura Newbold Breen
CEO
Anti Copying In Design (ACID) Ltd
Laura.NewboldBreen@acid.uk.com
Presentation: ACID Laura Newbold Breen BPMA Conference
Putting the IP in Promotion
Understanding Intellectual Property (IP) in the Promotional Merchandising Industry
Join ACID CEO Laura Newbold Breen to learn all about the key Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the merchandising industry, how to protect your own IP as well as ensuring you are aware of others’ IP rights to make sure you’re IP savvy when producing promotional merchandising products.
About Anti Copying In Design (ACID)
Anti Copying In Design (ACID) is the UK’s leading membership & campaigning organisation for design & Intellectual Property (IP). We are committed to fighting design theft and lobbying Parliament for design law reform.
Mabinty Esho
Comic Relief
@MabintyEsho
Presentation: Mabinty Intersectionality in Promotional Merchandise
Melina Lee
Nonsensical
@melinalee1
http://thetiktoksauce.substack.com/
Generating Impact For Your Business On TikTok
Presentation: Generating Impact For Your Business On TikTok
TikTok has transformed the way people produce and consume content with the average user spending 94 minutes per day on the platform.
It has also revolutionised search and discovery as well as created a new marketplace opportunity with TikTok Shop.
In this workshop you’ll hear how TikTok can work to get impact for your business as well as practical advice on creating better content for the platform.
How to make impactful video with your smartphone
Presentation: How to make impactful video with your smartphone
In this session, you will learn how to create impactful video content for social media using your Smartphone. This will be a hands on workshop where you can follow along and learn the basics to capturing and editing video content. Note – if you want to follow along, please have CapCut downloaded on your smartphone ahead of the session
Rob Hinchcliffe
SGS UK Hardlines Manager
SGS
rob.hinchcliffe@sgs.com
Presentation: SGS Rob Hinchcliffe Risk and GPSR BPMA June 2025
Managing Risk under General Product Safety
A brief overview of the key requirements to measure risk as part of the new General Product Safety Regulations
About SGS
SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,700 laboratories and business facilities across 119 countries, supported by a team of 99,250 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance.
Robert Rowe
Relationship Manager
The Printing Charity
robert@theprintingcharity.org.uk
Presentation: The Printing Charity Robert Rowe BPMA Conference 2025
@printingcharity
The Printing Charity | We’re here for you
Tips and tools for workplace wellbeing
Supporting workplace wellbeing matters. According to Mental Health UK, 1 in 5 workers took time off in the past year due to poor mental health caused by pressure or stress.
But the good news is, there are straightforward, tried and tested ways to support your staff. In this session, we’ll share some of these, including how the Printing Charity provides free of charge practical, emotional and financial support for BPMA members and their employees.
About The Printing Charity
Company Information The Printing Charity has been providing practical, emotional and financial support for people working in print and the allied trades since 1827. We’re here to help BPMA members through its free, confidential employee helpline, financial assistance, and grants to support training & development for people building a career in our sectors.
Simon Cook
Director and IFA
Strata Financial Limited
info@strataifa.co.uk
Presentation: Strata Simon Cook Inheritance Tax – Whats Next for Your Business June 2025
Contact for Inquiries
For further inquiries, please reach out to Strata Financial Limited for expert guidance on inheritance tax and business planning.
0333 939 8785
Inheritance Tax – What’s next for your business?
Business Relief is crucial for family businesses in the UK as it helps reduce the tax burden when passing the business to the next generation. However, upcoming changes in April 2026 will significantly impact how much relief family businesses can claim so planning ahead is essential to minimise tax exposure.
Nancy Weatherson
Director
FeelHear
https://www.linkedin.com/company/feelhear-deaf-awareness
Presentation: FeelHear Nancy Weatherson Deaf Awareness BPMA Conference 2025
YouTube; Nancy Weatherson (signed songs and lessons)
- https://www.youtube.com/@nancyweatherson2083/videos
- https://youtu.be/uQ-wc721loA?si=MtygW41cK_jtKsbC
Deaf Awareness to Business
Deaf Awareness to Business in line with the BSL Act 22 and your equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging commitments.
Would your business benefit from a 1-hour deaf awareness workshop?
This fun, interactive, informative hour is written in partnership with D/deaf professionals. It gets wonderful feedback and promotes your equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging commitments.
This workshop can be delivered face to face, online or hybrid style.
The aims of the deaf awareness workshop are to;
– Remove barriers to communication
– Have a better understanding of the deaf world, deaf people and their preferred communication
– Understand your responsibilities with the BSL Act 2002
– Learn the BSL alphabet and have some fun using it!
Although hearing loss affects 1 in 3 adults, there is still a lack of deaf awareness and confidence in basic communication;
- There are 18 million D/deaf and hard of hearing living in the UK.
- Recent estimates suggest that the UK economy loses £25 billion a year in lost productivity and unemployment due to hearing loss.
- Two-fifths (41%) of D/deaf employees retire early due to the impact of their hearing loss and struggles with communication at work.
- 68% agreed that they felt isolated at work because of their hearing loss.
Source; RNID and Hearing Link
With this in mind; and the BSL Act being passed in 2022, Nancy set about trying to bridge the gap between the deaf and the hearing world.
Everything to do with the D/deaf world is naturally more authentic when delivered by a deaf person with lived experience. Nancy has teamed up with her deaf friends and professionals to capture their lived experiences. Together, they have written a deaf awareness workshop for business.
Written and celebrated in partnership with D/deaf friends and professionals.