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Business Battlefields organises bespoke corporate events on historic battlefields.
We
believe battlefields are interesting locations
that stimulate emotional reflection, discussions and debate.
Which is why approximately 1 in 3 men and 1 in 10 women show an
interest in military history. They are places linked to our own
past as individuals and organisations, offering inspiring examples
of great human endeavour, leadership and strategy.
Battlefield
visits offer a reason to visit Belgium, France and the Netherlands,
as well as interesting parts of the U.K. The restaurants and other
facilities we use are chosen to provide the right atmosphere for
business people to relax and enjoy each others
company.
All
our tours are bespoke tailored to the needs and requests of our
clients offering the perfect balance between history
and relaxation.
Business Battlefields isn’t new. It has been trading since 2006
with customers such as Merrill Lynch, Marks and Spencer and Boeing
UK. However the business has been re-launched with an emphasis on
supporting a corporate day out rather than visiting battlefields or
trying to draw lessons for business from military history. The
service we offer has been geared around the feedback and market
research.
The service we offer has been designed around the needs of
business. We have researched and designed itineraries based around
departure times at the start of the working day. Transport, meals
and refreshment have been designed to support social interaction
and to be a positive pleasure in themselves.
There are lots of reasons for wanting to undertake some form of
corporate day out, and learning business lessons is rarely the main
reason. However, we can offer forms only a small part.
We are
delighted to appoint welcome Dr Simon Chapman as an associate. He
is an experienced business man and soldier. His career has combined
the development of military doctrine as a staff officer and
business science as a lecturer at City Business school with
practical business experience.
There are
a lot of ideas that can be mined from military history. While many
business people who visit the battlefields will draw their own
lessons from history, some may be interested in how this links to
modern business science.
We would
be happy to disucss these with clients and can draw on the support
of business school strategists and management development
trainers
One of the great generals of the C17th was a financier with no previous military experience? Ambroglio Spinola, was Maestro de campo Generale for King Phillip II of Spain in the low countries. He broke the stalemate with the Dutch and forced a truce leaving what is now Belgium in Spanish hands. He was from Genoa, Italy, making him a contender for what is for most people a very short list of Italian war heroes. The Genovese were attracted to lending to the Spanish because the high rates of interest due to the weakness of the Spanish economy. He was immortalised on canvas by Velázquez in his painting “The Surrender at Breda”