ScottishPower sponsors GEC

SCOTTISHPOWER has become the headline partner for the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Liverpool.

The firm has agreed to be a Platinum sponsor of the event, which will host a summit day at Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool tomorrow with headline speakers including Sir Richard Branson, Lord Heseltine, former Tesco CEO Terry Leahy and Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane-Fox .

As part of its sponsorship package Scottish Power will be play a key role in the GEC’s main summit programme taking part in a debate on shaping cities of the future.

It will also host a major event after the Congress on developing Liverpool’s smart city ambitions alongside Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Vision.

Frank Mitchell, chief executive of ScottishPower Energy Networks, said: “The GEC is a great opportunity for Liverpool to transform itself into a globally-recognised
home of entrepreneurship.

“I believe that the GEC will have real impact and that by bringing together private industry, academia and the public sector we are strengthening knowledge and expertise.”