CABINET minister Savid Javid is the keynote speaker at the Asian Family Business Conference, hosted by the University of West London in Ealing this Friday (6).

The Communities Secretary will be joined by Rami Ranger, founder and chairman of Sunmark  and Sea, Air & Land Forwarding distributors), Claude Littner, co-star of The Apprentice, which returns to BBC TV this week, Alan Mak, the only British MP of Chinese origin) and Dipna Anand, restaurateur, author and TV cook.

Asian family businesses contribute more than £200 billion a year to the UK economy, and employ close to 300,000 in the capital alone, but what is the secret of their success?

The one-day conference, held the Claude Littner Business School at UWL in South Ealing, brings together founders, leaders and executives of Asian family businesses to share insights and knowledge and consider the future of this sector.