Stop 3 of 7  ✦  Tickets now on sale

The Activation Tour is coming to London

Wednesday 2nd December 2026

A full day built to grow your business and the person behind it, at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in the heart of London. Tickets are now on sale, with early bird pricing for a limited time.

Wed 2 Dec 2026 9am to 5pm Early bird £97 Venue De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms

This is not another business conference.

You know the kind. A day in a room, a notebook full of ideas, and a Monday morning where nothing changes.

The Activation Tour was created to be different. Seven cities across the UK, each one bringing founders, business owners, experts and leaders together to grow their businesses while developing the people behind them.

London is stop 3, and the room we build there will be built around the businesses in that city.

Somebody will hear something from that stage that changes the decision they make next. We want that person to be you.

Business owners connecting at a Business Ascension event

Why book now.

Each room on the tour is deliberately kept small, so the people in it can genuinely connect. Once London is full, it is full.

Early bird pricing

Book now and secure your seat at the early bird rate, while the lowest price is still available.

A small room

Places are intentionally limited. This is not designed to become an anonymous conference hall.

First to hear

Speaker and agenda news for London sent straight to you as it is confirmed.

Secure your place in the London room.

One ticket, one full day in the room. Every ticket includes everything below.

  • Full day access at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 9am to 5pm
  • Keynotes, activations and expert sessions
  • Interactive experiences and real connection time
  • Business Ascension announcements
  • An invitation to the wider Business Ascension community

London tickets

Wednesday 2nd December 2026
De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, London

£97

Early bird rate for a limited time

Early bird, limited time£97
Full price£149
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Places are intentionally limited. Full terms are on the checkout page.

What happens in the room.

Every expert is different, so every session is too. Each stop blends formats designed to move the room, not just fill the agenda.

FoundersEntrepreneursCoaches & consultantsService businessesCreativesAgency ownersSales professionalsEmerging business ownersEstablished leadersPurpose-led businesses
Attendees at a Business Ascension session

Keynotes

Focused talks built around one powerful idea, story or business lesson.

Activations

Experiential sessions designed to create a shift in the room, not just teach information.

Educational sessions

Practical tools, frameworks and strategies you can take straight back into your business.

Interactive experiences

Exercises, demonstrations and facilitated discussion where you take part, not just take notes.

Expert panels

Several perspectives brought together around the conversations that matter most to business owners right now.

Real connection

Time and space to meet the people in the room properly, with conversations that carry on long after the day ends.

Meet the London line-up

Hosted by Vicki Chisholm and Katie Birkett, featuring Kay Suthar, Sarah Hayes and Sarah Capewell-Rive. Different expertise. Different perspectives. One room full of people ready to act on what they hear. More London speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.

Your hosts

Vicki Chisholm
& Katie Birkett

The business partners behind Business Ascension, leading the room from the first coffee to the final takeaway.

Vicki Chisholm
Your host

Vicki Chisholm

Founder of Business Ascension | Sales Identity & Behaviour Transformation Specialist

Vicki's work sits at the intersection of identity, behaviour, sales, business development and execution.

As your host, she'll be bringing the activation into The Activation Tour, challenging the room to look beyond another strategy and into the identity and behaviours influencing what actually happens when you try to execute it.

Expect participation. Expect uncomfortable questions. Expect things to shift. And knowing Vicki, probably expect something she hasn't put on the agenda yet.

Katie Birkett
Your host

Katie Birkett

The Business Survivalist | Founder, Wilderness of Business

Katie is a serial entrepreneur with 27 years of hands on business experience. She has built multiple six and seven figure businesses, sold her first in her twenties, and navigated the genuine realities of entrepreneurship, so she brings practical experience rather than textbook theory.

Her approach goes beyond Start, Scale, Sell. Katie works to Start, Survive, Stabilise, Thrive, so founders can build businesses that work for the life they actually want.

The speakers

On the
London stage

Different areas of expertise, and plenty you can take straight back into your business.

Kay Suthar

Kay Suthar

Founder of Make Money From Podcasts

Your Voice Is a Business Asset. Let’s Start Cashing In.

Being heard is great. Getting paid because of it is better. Too many business owners launch podcasts or appear as guests without a clear plan for what happens next.

Kay runs a specialist video podcast agency and has made over 300 guest appearances, so she knows what makes a podcast conversation commercially valuable. With a background in high-ticket sales and podcast monetisation, she shows how your visibility connects to what you actually sell.

Expect a practical, straight-talking session. You will leave knowing why you do not need thousands of listeners to start monetising, how to give listeners a clear next step, and what to do before, during and after an episode to turn conversations into clients.

Sarah Hayes

Sarah Hayes

Founder of Embodied Wealth™

The Wealth You Want Starts With You.

We spend a lot of time on strategy, growth and income. But how often do we think about our own capacity to receive, hold and enjoy the wealth we create?

Sarah blends practical financial experience with nervous system awareness and embodiment. She explores how our beliefs, experiences and nervous system responses shape our relationship with money, opportunity and growth.

Expect an engaging, experiential talk with a short embodied experience. You will leave with a new perspective on what wealth really means, and a clearer sense of the intentional choices you can make about what you create next.

Sarah Capewell-Rive

Sarah Capewell-Rive

Founder, Unstoppable In Business

The Bold & Brave Identity UpgradeRelease who you've been. Reconnect with who you are. Rise into who you're becoming.

What if your next level of success doesn't need you to become somebody new, but to reconnect with who you already are?

Sarah helps women unmask, let go of the expectations and conditioning that have shaped who they think they need to be, and rediscover who they are underneath it all. In London, she'll guide the room through some honest self-exploration: spotting the outdated identities and beliefs quietly holding growth back, and understanding why self-awareness sits underneath self-trust.

No overwhelm and no ten-year project. Just a fresh, accessible take on identity that creates real shifts in how you think, feel and show up, so your decisions in business and life start lining up with who you're becoming.

More speakersannouncing soon

And there is more to come

The London line-up is still growing

We are building a London line-up of speakers who each bring something different to the room. Practical experience, fresh thinking and conversations you can take straight back into your business.

The rest of the line-up will be announced soon. Book now and you will be in the room when they take the stage.

Secure your seat

The full tour.

Seven stops across the UK between October 2026 and March 2027, leading to our flagship event at Hazlewood Castle.

Have a message that belongs on this stage?

Speaker spaces are available at every tour stop for experts who can move a room and give the audience a genuine outcome.

Secure your speaker space
Business Ascension Awards celebration

Where the tour leads

Business Ascension Live & Awards 2027

13th and 14th July 2027, Hazlewood Castle

Every tour stop is part of the journey to our flagship. The tour is how we discover the people, businesses, stories and speakers who will fill that room and be celebrated on that stage.

Join us in London and you are already part of it.

Good to know.

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How much are London tickets?

Early bird tickets are £97 for a limited time, then £149 full price.

Where in London is it?

The event takes place at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DA. Holborn and Covent Garden Underground stations are both a short walk away. Please check the venue's travel information before your visit.

What time does it start and finish?

The event runs from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday 2nd December 2026.

Who is the tour for?

Ambitious business owners and professionals at every stage. Founders, coaches, consultants, creatives, agency owners, sales professionals, emerging business owners and established leaders who want to grow their business and themselves.

Will I be sold to from the stage?

No. Speakers can share their work and expertise, but every session is built around value first. We do not run hard-pitch stages.

Can I attend more than one stop?

Absolutely. Each city brings a different local room, different speakers and new connections, so you are welcome to join us more than once.

What if I can't make it after booking?

Get in touch as early as you can and we will do what we can to help. Full terms are on the checkout page.

See you in London.

Wednesday 2nd December 2026, De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms. Secure your seat at the early bird rate and be in the room when the Activation Tour arrives.

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