New Essex Business Breakfast to kickstart summer in 2025

Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, Larking Gowen, is hosting a brand-new event for the Essex business community on Wednesday 14 May 2025.

For their inaugural Essex-based Business Breakfast, Larking Gowen is excited to announce former RAF pilot and Squadron Leader Sarah Furness as their guest speaker. Sarah will share real-world insights on building resilience and developing the courage and skills needed to perform under pressure. As a best-selling author and coach in mindfulness and cognitive therapy, Sarah will provide tips and tricks to help attendees be the best version of themselves. She will delve into themes of uncertainty, tolerance, mistakes, and self-belief, helping discover what we can all do to future-proof our mindsets.

As Sarah says, “Fear is contagious, but so is courage”.

Larking Gowen Business Breakfasts are designed to provide local entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals with a platform to network and share insights for success in the year ahead. These events are brand new for Colchester and Essex and have been well received in the business community across Suffolk and Norfolk.

Dawn Lay-Flurrie, a new partner in the Business team at the firm’s Colchester office, who has over 30 years' experience in accountancy and advisory firms in Essex, is looking forward to building new relationships in the area. Her expertise covers areas such as business planning, financing, restructuring, exit strategies and tax optimisation. Dawn also has experience in dealing with complex and sensitive issues such as insolvency and restructuring.

Dawn said: “These events are massively popular for the teams in our Ipswich and Norwich offices, so I was keen to get these started in Essex, introducing the community to not just what Larking Gowen is about, but also the value previous speakers have offered on resilience and mindset – something so important for business leaders right now.”

Attendees will enjoy breakfast while engaging in vibrant discussions and networking with other business professionals.