Lloyds TSB bank supports Global Entrepreneurship Congress

Banking group Lloyds TSB have pledged £100,000 to become gold sponsor of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, to be held in Liverpool next spring.

Liverpool is the first European city to hold the influential event, hosted each year by the US-based Kauffman Foundation. Previous host cities were Kansas City in 2009, Dubai in 2010 and Shanghai in 2011

"Small and medium-sized businesses are the drivers of innovation, the bedrock of employment and the glue in our communities," said John Maltby, group director commercial at Lloyds Banking Group. "There are 4.5m small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and their success is critical to our chances of recovery and growth."

Organisers are expecting over 5,000 people, from 118 countries worldwide, to attend the event. "I think more and more people recognise that Liverpool 2011 is not Liverpool 30 years ago; it is a different place, it has grown and is developing and long may it continue" said Max Steinberg, chief executive of Liverpool Vision, the organisation hosting the forum.


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