Liverpool got cut off – maybe in the 1970s or 80s – from the rest of the world people just didn’t come here any more, trade didn’t take place and hotels didn’t fill up. “It bodes very well for future international conferences and is all part of Liverpool reconnecting with the outside world. This congress is particularly important because if you look at cities that have hosted it before (Kansas City, Dubai and Shanghai) we are in very good company. “It’s very important because it’s a global conference, though bringing conferences of any sort to the city is good as they will attract visitors who may be seeing the city for the first time.
I met him in the Old Hall Street offices of Liverpool Vision, the economic development company which made the successful bid to bring the congress here – making Liverpool the first European city to stage it. Sir Terry will be one of the big name speakers at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, which takes place at the ECHO arena and BT Convention Centre for a week, from this Friday.Ī week today, Sir Terry, 56, will deliver a speech entitled The Winner Within: The Mindset of Success. SIR TERRY Leahy is the man from a humble Liverpool background who set Tesco on the path to world domination – and now he’s looking forward to inspiring the entrepreneurs and business people of tomorrow.
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