A couple of months ago I received invitations to two full-day conferences being held on the same day. Like British Airways, I decided to overbook so accepted them both on the assumption that one would fall out before the due date. Neither did collapse so I found myself last week attending the House Builders Federation conference in the morning and then the PWC debt conference in the afternoon. Both were excellent and very well attended, but after the events I was reflecting on messages and lessons learned. The conferences were at diametrically opposite ends of the economic cycle. The HBF presentations were incredibly upbeat, even by the politicians, and that general mood was shared big style by the delegates.
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