An Exclusive Evening For Manchester Members

Chetham’s School of Music and Goldmark Events Limited are offering an exclusive evening for Manchester Business Network Members and Guests.

Taking place on Tuesday 5th August from 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm, the evening will feature Ben Kench, “The Can Can Man”, the UK’s No.1 small business growth specialist.

The evening will also include:

• Drinks and Light Refreshments
• Music from some of Chetham’s outstanding young students
• A tour around the unique and historic venue of Chetham’s

                                                                               

Described by architectural historian Clare Hartwell as “the best and most complete example of its date in the country”, Chetham’s is the medieval heart of Manchester, dating back to 1421.

Originally built as a College for Priests, today it houses not just the world famous Chetham’s School of Music, but also Chetham’s Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.

For more details contact Dena Jones, Goldmark Events.

Telephone 01942 671 722   email: dena@goldmarkevents.com

To Book please contact Chetham’s Box Office on 0161 838 7244 quoting Manchester Business Network Event.

Making Conversations Count

Making Conversations Count

~ for effective, motivating appraisals
~ to deal with under-performance issues effectively 
~ for more successful client conversations

Helen Bailey, director of PINNA, is hosting a seminar to share with you the key to effective conversations… ‘Conversations that Count’

 WHY

• Research shows 90% of people leave appraisal interviews less motivated and less aware of what is expected of them than before the interview.
• Managers avoid confrontation - avoid the conversations they need to have at the time they need to have them.
• Pleasing clients means minimising or eliminating the expectation gap - the difference between their expectations and your delivery.

Find out through PINNAs ‘Making Conversations Count’ seminar how you can have different, appropriate and more productive conversations.

WHERE, WHEN and COST

The seminar will be held at Leyland Golf Club, Wigan Road, Leyland PR25 4UD (within one mile of junction 28, M6) on Monday 11 August 2008.

• 4.30 pm Registration
• 5.00 pm Seminar
• 7.00 pm Buffet  

Cost £25 + VAT
To register your place contact Sandra Penswick at sandra@pinna.co.uk

Jack Rowlands, Director, PINNA Ltd.

Client Testimonial on Video

Offer to Business Network Members

Capture 1 Digital Video Productions will produce and edit a 1-2 minute testimonial clip with one of your ‘raving fan’ clients for your website or for presentations at a cost of £400.00 plus VAT (usually £500.00 plus VAT).

Please contact Birgit Wilde on 0845 644 1896 or via birgit@capture1.co.uk

www.capture1.co.uk

Open Golf Hospitality @ Lancashire CCC

 

Open Golf Hospitality

Thursday 17^th July 2008

 

Final 10 packages available

£275 Per person (£250.00 for Business Network Members)

Package includes:

• Private & Exclusive Facility
• Official General Admission Badge
• Morning Coffee, Bacon roll
• Morning Newspapers
• Official Draw sheet and match programme
• Complimentary Bar (excluding Champagne)
• Gourmet luncheon from chef’s table
• Traditional afternoon tea
• Hostess service
• Plasma Screens with live coverage

 

For more information contact Lee Rimington 0161 718 2895, lrimington@lccc.co.uk

 

‘Great Deal’ of Players Needed

Marie Curie Cancer Care is looking for players to take part in its national Bridge Tournament.

 

More than 178 groups nationwide signed up for the 07/08 tournament which is currently being played in supporters’ homes across the country and this year has raised over £39,000.00 for the charity.

 

The tournament is open to all levels and participants are asked to pay £3 to enter and give a suggested donation of £15 to support the charity’s work.

 

The money raised from the tournament will help Marie Curie Cancer Care to provide high quality nursing, totally free, to give terminally ill people the choice of dying at home supported by their families.

 

Entries for the 08/09 tournament are now open until 31st May 08 and the tournament will be played from October 08 through to March 09.

 

For further information please contact Regional Events Office (Midlands & Anglia) Tel: 01604 442313

e-mail: midlandsanglia-events@mariecurie.org.uk .

 

Chetham’s Success 2008

Congratulations to Jim Molyneux and Peter Moores, both students at Chethams School of Music, for reaching the finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year. Members of the Manchester Business Network will remember Jim from December 2007 when he played at the Christmas event.

Chethams can feel proud of their achievements, and particular congratulations go to Peter Moores, the 12 year old Trombonist, who was judged the eventual winner of the competition, earning the title BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Well done.

Helen.

The New Offence of Corporate Manslaughter

All businesses whether incorporated or not should be aware of the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 which came into force on the 6th April 2008 creating the new offence of Corporate Manslaughter. 

For an organisation to be guilty of the new offence, there must be a gross breach of its duty of care to the deceased and that breach must be the cause of death. The new law will allow the Police and the Health and Safety Executive to scrutinise the activities of the organisation’s senior management and the way in which those activities were managed and organised. The Act throws up some serious questions about who is “senior management” and potentially catches employees at all levels of the organisation!

In response to the new Act JMW solicitors are running a series of seminars on this topic. The seminar will cover; the Law, the investigative process, what to do if it should happen to you and the related employment issues. The seminar will be approximately 1 hour in length.

If you are interested in attending then please contact Daniel Clark on 0845 402 0001 in order to book your place.

www.jmw.co.uk

Aster takes lead on Scottish Coast to Coast Challenge

Aster, a 5-year-old Hungarian hunting dog, will be taking the lead on a challenging coast-to-coast crossing of Scotland for charity – in less than 24 hours.

 

The short-haired gun dog, a veteran of scores of big hill walks, will be accompanied by four human companions in an effort to raise at least £10,000 for the Five Stars Scanner Appeal to help sick children at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. She will dip her paw in the North Sea at Beauly before setting off for a walk to Scotland’s Atlantic coast on Loch Duich.

 

Aster will be accompanied by former British and European heavyweight boxing champion Scott Welch, her regular walking companion former BBC Environment Correspondent and media consultant Alistair Macdonald, financial advisor and broadcaster Austin Hutchinson, and IT manager Chris Robinson.

 

Aster, a Hungarian vizla, said through an interpreter: ‘This is not exactly a pedigree team but they’re not a bunch of pussycats either. They should be OK provided we’re not dogged by bad weather.’

 

But she did express some concern about Scott Welch: ‘I know he’s a fit lad and has run across the Sahara but only our training sessions will show if he’s up to a cold, wet, windy day in the wilds of Scotland. Mind you, I’m not exactly going to pick a fight with him, even if his bark is worse than his bite.’

 

If the weather is good the team hopes to take in up to four Munros, Scottish mountains over 3000ft high. Aster revealed that she had already completed six and Alistair had done over 100. She hopes to see golden eagles and sniff out lots of other exciting wildlife like red deer and ptarmigan as they cross one of the remotest parts of Scotland.

 

Aster hopes to complete the 60-mile crossing in around 20 hours, though she has elected to supervise the first half of the journey – a 27-mile cycle ride – from her command vehicle. She admits her cycling skills are limited.

 

The team will be making the crossing at the end of May as part of the campaign to raise £1million for the new MRI scanner at the Manchester Children’s Hospital. The scanner needs to be put in place by the end of the year and so far only half the money has been raised.

 

‘Some of my friends say I’m barking but, frankly, if we don’t complete the trip  in well under 24 hours it’ll be a pretty paw effort,’ added Aster.

‘Managing Absenteeism’ - The Solutions

Learn how to grasp the problem and manage absence proactively by joining us on  

Wednesday 30th April at 8.30am

Mere Golf & Country Club   Chester Road   Knutsford   WA16 6LJ 

As an employer you don’t need to be reminded that sickness absence is an expensive problem for UK industry.  The annual cost to the economy is £13 billion and employees take, on average, 8.4 days sickness absence per year at a cost of £850 each.  This trend is continuing to rise. Whilst it is a big problem, it is also the trickiest for employers to tackle.

Occupational Medicals and Mace & Jones are jointly hosting a seminar that will help you to address this costly issue. Both companies have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with you and will be able to remove some of the myths that surround this difficult area.  With the current focus on sick notes and medical reporting, you will have the opportunity to hear from Dr Bharat Nanavati, a qualified occupational health physician and a GP.  He leads the Occupational Medicals team that specialises in treating back, neck and shoulder pain – some of the main reasons for sickness absence.  Dr Nanavati is able to bring a unique perspective to the subject and, through case studies, will be able to give sound advice on how OH intervention can help decision making. 

Mace & Jones will discuss how best to address the HR issues arising from OH intervention and discuss the basic policies and procedures that need to be in place to avoid the pitfalls. We know that your time is precious so we want to keep things short, simple and straight to the point.  That’s why we’re starting at 8.30am prompt, delivering some short presentations and case studies and finishing at 9.45am.   We do believe this seminar will be extremely helpful to your business. 

To reserve your place – or register additional HR colleagues – simply contact Samantha Kinnear at Mace & Jones via fax on 0151 243 9549 or email sam.kinnear@maceandjones.co.uk and she will send written confirmation to you. 

Numbers are strictly limited so please do reply early to guarantee your place.

Fun Family Portrait Offer To Members

Cameraclix are offering £75 off any stretched canvas of a Family FUN portrait, offer to Network Members and their families only.

Call John on 0161 480 1200 or email via john@cameraclix.com

www.cameraclix.com