Adaugeo Media successfully launched the first ever SCF Forum Asia in Singapore on behalf of the Supply Chain Finance Community. The original brief was to attract around 40 delegates to the launch event, hosted by the National University of Singapore. In the event, over 90 delegates registered before the venue reached capacity - a great result for the SCF Community and for sponsors Rabobank and China Systems, as the video (above)  makes clear.

Adaugeo Media ran a very succesful iSCF conference in Frankfurt last week with banks, universities, fintechs and corporates gathering to work towards a connected, inclusive future for supply chain finance. Watch our video to get a flavour of the event.

Adaugeo Media is supporting Lloyds Bank with the launch of the Working Capital Index, a new six-monthly report that uses Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data compiled by Markit to calculate the pressure British businesses are under to either increase or decrease working capital. 
 
The inaugural report is telling us that British businesses are under historically high pressure to tie up cash in working capital with £498bn of surplus working capital tied up in the British economy.
 
Adrian Walker, managing director, head of Global Transaction Banking, said: “By understanding the hurdles they face and how their working capital levels compare with industry norms, British businesses can use this insight to unlock the cash trapped within their business, become more efficient and realise their full potential.”

"We are delighted to assist Lloyds Bank in producing what will become an ongoing barometer of working capital pressures facing British businesses", said Mike Hewitt, Managing Director of Adaugeo Media.  

"For a specialist agency in the treasury and transaction banking space like ours, this project is a great example of how a close working relationship with a forward-thinking client can deliver real results by bringing together research, content creation and event management."

The report was launched this week and will be followed by a series of our events, organised by Adaugeo Media, in Edinburgh, Manchester and London over the next two months.
 
The Working Capital Index report can be viewed here. For more details about attending a Working Capital index regional event, speak to your Lloyds Bank representative or e-mail events@adaugeomedia.com. 

SCF Forum Asia, organised by Adaugeo Media for the Supply Chain Finance Community, has announced Rabobank and China Systems as its first commercial sponsors. the event, which takes place in Singapore on 6th June, will bring together corporates, banks, fintech firms and academics to discuss the growing need for SCF in Asia.

Adaugeo Media has won the contract to produce Inclusive Supply Chain Finance, a one day conference on supplier finance technology to be held at the HOLM centre in Frankfurt. 

Adaugeo will handle sponsorship sales, delegate marketing and registration, branding and on-the-day event management.

"This new event is a great addition to the existing portfolio of events in the supply chain finance and working capital space", said Diana Henderson, commercial director of Adaugeo Media. "With the SCf Forum in Amsterdam growing to become Europe's largest SCF event, the interest in this area is greater than ever."

iSCf will take place on 24th May 2017 at HOLM in Frankfurt. More details at www.i-scf.org.

Adaugeo Media has launched the Supply Chain Finance Awards for our client the SCF Community. The brief was to develop an awards concept, recruit a senior jury, build an entry website, secure sponsorship and promote entries from corporations across the world.

'This project has brought together Adaugeo Media's skills in concept development, web development, marketing and event organising', said Mike Hewitt, managing director of Adaugeo Media. 'It's great to be involved in the first ever global awards scheme for supply chain finance."

At the same time, Adaugeo developed the entry process for the SCF Thesis Awards, open to students of supply chain finance at business schools.
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The Awards are open for entries until 30th September and will be presented at a gala dinner in Amsterdam on 8th December. the website is at www.scfawards.com

Adaugeo Media (L-R Diana Henderson, Mike Hewitt, Cheryl Williams-Conroy and Andrew Sawers), held the second Working Capital Forum at The Dorchester last week. This time our sponsor was Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the day included time for video interviews with treasury and procurement heads which will appear both on Adaugeo's own Working Capital Forum website and on that of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The Working Capital Forum series continues in 2016 with events in February and April.

The Working Capital Forum launches in June with a first round table event at London's Dorchester Hotel. The Working Capital Forum is also sponsoring new research into extended payment terms by Cranfield University.

The Forum's first event sponsor is Adaugeo Media client Taulia. More details at www.workingcapitalforum.com.

Nick Stammers, commercial director of Adaugeo Media client CMC Insurance, revealed his innermost thoughts to Insurance Day when he was profiled in the magazine's Power Behind The Throne spread.

As part of a PR campaign managed by Adaugeo Media associate Amanda Burton, Nick answered questions about his ambitions for CMC Insurance and his own life outside the industry. You can see the full article here. In the coming weeks Nick will also be present at events organised by Insurance Insider, at the Risk Minds event in Barcelona and at Rendezvous Monte Carlo.