The Institute of Directors (IoD) Lincolnshire branch continues its seminar series with a briefing on managing risks to business, at an early evening event on Wednesday 14 September.

It will be addressed by two key speakers: Bill Murphy, Managing Director of Next Generation Access BT Group and Detective Sergeant Ian Jarman, Head of Economic Crime at Lincolnshire Police. The event will be held at the Bentley Hotel, Lincoln.

Annette Wood, Chair of IoD Lincolnshire, says the seminar will focus on the new challenges (and benefits) to businesses from increased and improved technology. She commented:" Lincolnshire has poor broadband connectivity  and poor speed , particularly in rural areas where many businesses are based. The county could be regarded as particularly susceptible in terms of risks to business due to the lack of resilience and security of websites and connections."

Bill Murphy is responsible with BT for driving the commercial roll-out and adoption of high-speed broadband technologies across the UK. As part of his speech he will be looking at the superfast  broadband debate, government ambitions and BT's role in this. Ian Jarman, as Head of the Economic Crime Unit and with personal experience of the business community, will draw on his expertise to highlight current dangers and risks to companies and present some useful ideas to consider putting in place.

The event runs from 5-7pm and offers networking and opportunities to put questions to the speakers. Bookings can be made via www.iod.com/eastmidlands or by calling the IoD's East Midlands office on 0115 848 6190.