Business Week | Your People, Your Brand

Your People, Your Brand 

Where Marketing Meets HR

Event Details:

Date: Monday 12 October 2026 Time: 11:45–14:00 Location: Debenhams Ottaway, St Albans

What happens when you bring marketing and HR expertise into the same room?

The people behind your business are a powerful part of your brand. When teams feel confident, connected and encouraged to get involved, they can become some of your strongest advocates – creating authentic content, sharing the personality behind the business and helping to build a brand that customers and potential employees can trust.

But getting this right isn’t simply a marketing exercise. How you build your culture so that involving your people means capturing an authentic employee experience.

To open Business Week 2026, we’re bringing together two valued Chamber members and experts from different sides of the conversation:

Emma Ellis, Founder and Managing Director of Amber Mountain Marketing, will bring the marketing perspective, exploring how businesses can harness the personalities, knowledge and experiences within their teams to create more authentic and engaging content.

Liz Redway, Founder and Managing Director of Redway HR, will bring the HR perspective, looking at how involving your people can help them feel seen, connected and proud to be part of the business – and the important considerations when encouraging employees to become advocates for your brand.

Together, they’ll explore where people, culture and brand collide, and why some of your best marketing and strongest culture can be built in exactly the same room.

Why Attend?

This practical Lunch & Learn is designed to give you ideas you can take back into your business and put into action.

You’ll explore how bringing your marketing and people strategies closer together can help you:

· Create more authentic, people-led content that builds trust

· Encourage employees to become confident advocates for your business

· Strengthen connection, engagement and culture within your team

· Showcase the people and personality behind your brand

· Understand the HR considerations around employee advocacy and content

· Considering how your culture and brand identity may need to evolve with business maturity

You’ll hear perspectives from both marketing and HR, with the opportunity to ask questions, share experiences, and consider what could work within your own organisation.

What’s Included?

Your ticket includes:

· A hot drink or juice on arrival

· Light lunch (sponsored by Debenhams Ottaway)

· Informal networking with businesses from across the local community

· Practical Lunch & Learn session with marketing and HR experts

· Actionable tips and ideas to take back to your business

· Opportunity to put your questions directly to Emma and Liz

Your Speakers

Emma Ellis Founder & Managing Director, Amber Mountain Marketing

Liz Redway Founder & Managing Director, Redway HR

Our Sponsors and Venue Partner

A special thank you to Amber Mountain Marketing, our Headline Sponsor, for their generous support of this event.

With thanks to Debenhams Ottaway, a valued Chamber member, for supporting Business Week 2026 by hosting this event at their St Albans offices and sponsoring the catering.

Join us for an engaging start to Business Week and discover how bringing your people and your brand closer together can create benefits both inside and outside your business.