How-Do’s first annual Manchester Creative Business Forum, an exclusive high-end networking event for business owners and directors within the city’s Creative, Media, Digital and Broadcasting sectors, has proven to be an extremely popular initiative. The event at Urbis on 30 Sept is now full.
Our first annual Liverpool Creative Business Forum will take place on Thursday 22 October at the Contemporary Urban Centre.
The event in Manchester will provide a platform for discussion and debate around how best to successfully grow and develop businesses in these challenging times.
Bookending the lunch will be a presentation and economic assessment delivered by John Young, the Bank of England's representative for the North West and a panel debate.
Supported by:
The outstanding panel we have brought together comprises:
Alex Connock, chief executive, Ten Alps plc
Godfrey Taylor, chairman, Hasgrove plc
Lawrence Jones, managing director, UKFast
Tony Foggett, managing director, Code Computerlove
and John Young, Bank of England
Prior to the lunch there will be four roundtable discussions taking place, that will focus on areas that are key to any growing business, namely: Finance, Strategy, IP and staff recruitment and development. Key themes and ideas that come out of these discussions will be used to inform and direct the subsequent debate.
The following have kindly agreed to sponsor this event and share their insight and experience on the day:
Lunch Sponsors; Business Link Northwest and Manchester Metropolitan University.
Our roundtable sponsors include law firm George Davies which will lead on IP issues, MMU Business School/Creative Manchester on matters relating to Staff recruitment and Development with Barclays on hand to discuss everyone’s pressing issue - finance.
This event is essentially full. However in the likelihood of there being some last minute cancellations, we have created a short reserve list and anyone interested in knowing more or adding their names, please contact Dunstan on dunstan@how-do.co.uk .
Invites are now being issued for the Liverpool event and for those interested in learning more about how to attend, again, please contact Dunstan at How-Do.
Panel member biographies
Alex Connock, chief executive, Ten Alps plc
Alex is chief executive of Ten Alps Plc. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Bob Geldof and secured an AIM listing in 2001. His earlier years were spent in TV and radio production with the BBC, Granada and Planet 24. Ten Alps has made numerous acquisitions and is now a leading independent factual media producer of high-quality TV, online TV and B2B content.
Godfrey Taylor, chairman, Hasgrove plc
Godfrey is the co-founder and non-executive chairman of Hasgrove plc. He was previously the Senior Partner of Deloitte and Touche (formerly Arthur Andersen) based in Manchester from 1997 to 2003 with responsibility for 30 partners and 700 personnel. He also has property and sports interests. Hasgrove, whose portfolio of companies includes The Chase and Amaze, is one of the UK’s leading independent marketing services groups.
Lawrence Jones, managing director, UKFast
Lawrence is the co-founder and managing director of UKFast. Along with his wife Gail (a co-director), Lawrence set up UKFast in 1999 to fill a gap in the UK hosting sector. Lawrence saw an opportunity to establish his business at the heart of a burgeoning industry and the company has subsequently grown year on year. In 2008 UKFast was ranked number 28 nationally in Deloitte’s Fast 50 list.
Tony Foggett, managing director, Code Computerlove
Tony set up Code in 1999 with fellow directors Louis Georgiou and Wini Tse. The company has grown into a multi-million pound turnover business delivering award winning digital marketing solutions for clients including HMV, Waterstone's, NUS, Crown Paints, PZ Cussons, LEX, First TransPennine Express and the Kimberly Clark Corporation. He is also helping the region to nurture up and coming digital talent, tutoring in and working with educational establishments throughout the North West.
John Young, Bank of England
John joined the Bank of England in 1998 after working for twenty years in economic research and advisory roles for UK and international banks in London. He was appointed as Agent for the North West in June 2009.
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