Merson Signs has been selected as one of only six companies from Scotland and Northern Ireland who will progress to the Regional Finals of a national business initiative run by HSBC and supported by The Telegraph.
Business Thinking is HSBC's initiative to find and reward the UK's best business thinkers, and to enable businesses to exchange ideas, create new contacts and of course, challenge their thinking.
As regional finalists, representatives from Merson will go to Paris to take part in a “Thought Exchange” to meet other companies and industry contacts and find out about international business development opportunities. As a business that has developed significantly in the international market over the past 18 months, the management jumped at the chance to be involved in a competition with a strong international focus.
Merson’s Sales & Marketing director, Gavin McMurray, said: “A major attraction of entering was to get to talk to other businesses, both in Britain and in France. That opportunity to network will allow us to share and learn business insight and be exposed to different business ideas in the European and wider international market.”
As well as setting up an office in Riyadh in 2010 to manage the growing number of projects won in the Middle East, Merson Signs has also grown domestically, adding new key clients such as John Lewis and Waitrose in 2011.
Merson Signs will be joined on the Paris Thought Exchange trip by the other regional finalists: marmalade and jam manufacturer Mackay’s, independent brewery BrewDog, emergency veterinary clinics Vets Now, lifestyle products company Breo and Advanced Sensors, suppliers to the oil and gas industry.
On return to the UK the Regional Finalists will pitch to a panel of judges, who will select two Regional Winners per region. The Regional Winners will then be invited to attend HSBC’s prestigious International Insights event, where the overall winner of Business Thinking 2011 will be revealed.
As well as the international trips and unrivalled networking opportunities, if Merson Signs are successful in winning the Business Thinking initiative, there are excellent financial rewards through access to preferential lending and borrowing cost rebates.
We’ll keep you posted on our progress as the competition continues.
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