Manufacturers Group Meeting
Tuesday 11th June 2013 5:30-7:30
Location: Armstrong Point, Swan Lane, Hindley, Wigan WN2 4HD
This Months Guest Speakers:
Alistaire Jama (Kennedy Ross) – Alistaire will be providing members with tips on how to improve sales. He is the former Sales Director at 118118 and Commercial Director of the Guardian Media Group including the Manchester Evening News, he also spent a very successful period at BT who incidentally sponsored him to complete his MBA. He now runs a consultancy called Kennedy Ross which focuses on improving all aspects of customer facing performance in any business type. He has a dynamic and direct approach and he always gets the right results.
Peter Newton (Access 2 Finance) – Peter will be discussing the various finance options available to manufacturing. The NW Access to Finance Service is delivered by a team of highly experienced Specialist Finance Advisors, providing an impartial, confidential and professional service to its clients. Their funding structure enables them to provide services completely FREE OF CHARGE to eligible small to medium size businesses based in the North West.
The Manufacturers Group Meeting Format:
· We don’t follow the format of other networking groups with a 1 minute pitch or pressure people for referrals.
· We drink tea & coffee and eat good old Pie & Peas while chatting informally.
· We are very friendly and open about improvements we have implemented; funding we have utilized, new technologies, useful suppliers and other benefits, such as, referrals to new clients that will help other attendees increase their bottom line and grow their businesses.
· We make a difference by supporting local charities.
· We are currently a combination of 50 local manufacturing businesses, which is growing rapidly month on month.
There is a £15 entry fee which is donated to a local charity each month. This month we have the wonderful Pam Gilligan from Compassion in Action joining us. Pam launched the charity to meet the specific needs of the local people of Wigan who experience difficulty in finding and furnishing accommodation, caused by crisis, vulnerability and personal disadvantage.
If you would like to come along to the Manufacturers Group please contact us to arrange a guest pass. Remember you need to be a manufacturer to attend and we do not allow people to turn up on the night without prior arrangement.
Alistaire Jama (Kennedy Ross) – Alistaire will be providing members with tips on how to improve sales. He is the former Sales Director at 118118 and Commercial Director of the Guardian Media Group including the Manchester Evening News, he also spent a very successful period at BT who incidentally sponsored him to complete his MBA. He now runs a consultancy called Kennedy Ross which focuses on improving all aspects of customer facing performance in any business type. He has a dynamic and direct approach and he always gets the right results.
Peter Newton (Access 2 Finance) – Peter will be discussing the various finance options available to manufacturing. The NW Access to Finance Service is delivered by a team of highly experienced Specialist Finance Advisors, providing an impartial, confidential and professional service to its clients. Their funding structure enables them to provide services completely FREE OF CHARGE to eligible small to medium size businesses based in the North West.
The Manufacturers Group Meeting Format:
· We don’t follow the format of other networking groups with a 1 minute pitch or pressure people for referrals.
· We drink tea & coffee and eat good old Pie & Peas while chatting informally.
· We are very friendly and open about improvements we have implemented; funding we have utilized, new technologies, useful suppliers and other benefits, such as, referrals to new clients that will help other attendees increase their bottom line and grow their businesses.
· We make a difference by supporting local charities.
· We are currently a combination of 50 local manufacturing businesses, which is growing rapidly month on month.
There is a £15 entry fee which is donated to a local charity each month. This month we have the wonderful Pam Gilligan from Compassion in Action joining us. Pam launched the charity to meet the specific needs of the local people of Wigan who experience difficulty in finding and furnishing accommodation, caused by crisis, vulnerability and personal disadvantage.
If you would like to come along to the Manufacturers Group please contact us to arrange a guest pass. Remember you need to be a manufacturer to attend and we do not allow people to turn up on the night without prior arrangement.