The Auditel team will be at the British and International Franchise exhibition on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th April. The event is being held at Olympia in London and opens on both days at 10am. We’ll be on stand C01 in the main hall, where we’d love to meet you to answer any questions you have about the Auditel opportunity or arrange a time for you to visit our offices in Winchester.

In addition, our Business Development Manager, Ed Brewer, will be giving a talk on both days called “Being in business for yourself, but not by yourself” in the Exhibitor Presentation Theatre (10.15am on Friday 4th and 11am on Saturday 5th).

Tickets for the Exhibition cost £8 if you book online (or £13 if you also want entry to the Growing your Own Business Conference and Exhibition being held concurrently), however we have a number of free tickets to give away. To claim yours, call Laura March on 01962 863915 or email her on laura.march@auditel.co.uk.

 We look forward to seeing you next weekend.

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