Website Update

Our new website is under construction.  Apologies for the temporary inconvenience.

In the meantime, to learn more about JCI, please get in touch with one of the committee (see Contact Us) and here is a list of upcoming events*:

26th July Charity Pub Quiz (Charity Event)
16th/22nd August BBQ (Social Event – date TBC)
29th August Radical Employee Engagement (Business)
20th September Casino Night (Charity Event)
26th September What’s Your Innovator Style (Training)
18th October – Spooktackular (Social Event)
24th October International Trade and Business Growth (Business)
8th November Wine Tasting (Charity Event)
17th November Tough Mudder (Challenge for Charity)
22nd November Manchester Young Talent Awards (MTYA)
28th November Future Gazing (Business)
6th December Not So Silent Night (Social)
12th December Speed Networking (Training)

* Accurate at the date of writing but subject to revision – if we can make it even better!

Insight into the Property Market

Date: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Time: 6pm
Venue: Burton Copeland, Astley House , 23 Quay Street, M3 4AS
Speaker: Homes4U
Price: Free for members and £5 for non-members

Register: http://insightintothepropertymarket.eventbrite.co.uk/

JCI Manchester invites you to an evening with Homes4U, they will share their knowledge and insight into the property market  both from a residential and buy-to-let perspective.

Some of the key topics they will cover are:

• Is it really a buyer’s market?

• Hints and tips if you are thinking of getting onto the property ladder (agents, chains, viewings and offers)

• Property as an investment (what is a yield, what trends are in the market place with regards to mortgages, what do you need to know and do if you’re thinking of buying a property to rent out, tax implications, rental values, hidden costs, risks/issues and benefits)

• Hot spots and potential hot spots in and around the city centre

The talk will last approximately half an hour, with Homes4U employees available afterwards should you have any additional questions.

As always there will be drinks and nibbles provided and there will be an opportunity to network with attendees after the event.

The event is free for members and £5 for non-members.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Lovely Bubbly Social 2012

Date: 16th February 2012
Venue: Revolution Parsonage Gardens (behind Kendals)
Time: 6pm onwards
Price: £5 to members, £10 non-members (payable on the night)

Reserve your place: http://lovelybubblysocial2012.eventbrite.co.uk/

JCI Manchester invites you to join us for a lovely drinks evening with a bit of heart-felt twist. Who cares if you didn’t get as many valentines cards as last year, you’re always loved in our eyes and we’ll have a drink and some nibbles waiting for you to prove it!

So whether you fall into the Loved-up or Love-hurts camp, come along and share a glass of bubbly and a shot of Love Candy vodka, guaranteed to melt the hardest of hearts.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Brown Shipley Crowned Charity Football Champions

Private banking firm Brown Shipley prevailed as winners in the annual JCI Manchester charity football tournament after a 6-2 win over accountancy firm Crowe Clark Whitehill.

The event sponsored by Grill on the Alley helped raise over £1000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

The hospital provides specialist healthcare services for children and young people throughout the North West, as well as nationally and internationally.

A total of 16 teams including Ralli, CBG Group, TheEword and Pannone took to the Lucozade Powerleague pitches on Tuesday 24th January.

Marketing Director for JCI Manchester, Robert Illidge, commented:

“The event was a huge success and I would like to thank everybody for taking part and our sponsors Grill on the Alley.

It’s always great to see local businesses coming together to raise much needed charity funds especially on a cold, wet, January evening.

We  look for new ways to fundraise and encourage ideas from our members and the public.”

In June 2011 members of JCI Manchester, the personal development organisation for young professionals and entrepreneurs, completed the national 3 Peaks Challenge raising over £6,000 for RMCH.

2012 Charity Football Tournament: Draw Results

You could not make this up. CBG Group v Shaping Cloud and a legal showdown in the form of Pannone v Kuits. Just some of the interesting fixtures to come out of yesterday’s JCI Manchester Charity Football Tournment draw.

The tournament has already raised over £1000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and will take place on Tuesday 24th January 2012.

Group 1

CBG Group
Beeley & Co
Shaping Cloud
The E Word

Group 2

Ralli
O’Neill Patient
Seneca Partners
Juice Digital

Group 3

Pannone
Crowe Clark Whitehill
Kinetic Plc
Kuits

Group 4

Brown Shipley
JMW
Push On
BDO

Tournament organisers, Jim Rainford and Robert Illidge, conducted the draw at Ralli Courts.

Charity Football Tournament sponsored by Grill on the Alley

The balls are ready and we are using the Twitter hash tag #JCICFT for build up during the day before the big draw at 4pm.

Robert Illidge of Ralli and Jim Rainford of CBG will be conducting the draw.

Grill on the Alley has kindly donated a gift voucher for the winners of the tournament.

There will be four pots with teams drawn in to four groups.

The numbers to watch out for are:

1)       Pannone
2)       CBG Group
3)       Ralli
4)       Brown Shipley
5)       JMW
6)       O’Neill Patient
7)       Crowe Clark Whitehill
8)       Beeley & Co
9)       Shaping Cloud
10)   Seneca Partners
11)   Kinetic PLC
12)   Push On
13)   The E Word
14)   Kuits
15)   BDO
16)   Juice Digital

For your diary:

Date: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Venue: Lucozade Powerleague Manchester Central, 20 Union Street, Manchester
Arrive and Register by: 5:30pm
Tournament: 5:30 – 8:30pm
Presentation: 8:30pm
Close: 9:00pm

Training Event: New Year, New You

Date: 25th January 2012
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Pannone LLP, 123 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2BU
Speaker: Nicky Pattinson, The Alchemy Agency
Price: £5 for non-members, free for members.

Register: http://jcinewyearnewyou.eventbrite.co.uk/

JCI Manchester is hosting a collaborative business event with The Alchemy Agency which will set you on a path of professional development through 2012.

To meet or to delete …that is the question!

Last time your phone rang, how did you feel when you saw the caller I.D?

Elated? Depressed? Bored? – it’s the same with YOU…new business contacts will always be thinking ‘Do I want this person (and that business) in my life?

This is not a speech on whether to wear a double breasted jacket or black shoes, a red dress or a green one but a real examination on how the world actually works these days – how we EXPRESS ourselves and the importance of that in today’s economy and social arena on the planet.

Nicky Pattinson has done millions (yes MILLIONS) of £s of business over the years not knowing a thing about the product or service, but by selling the way people feel about her, the business and themselves.

Nicky Pattinson is an Alchemist at The Alchemy Agency, a consultancy firm which brings the brightest and best people business people to share their experiences and help develop both companies and individuals.

Nicky will host an interactive and thought provoking session on sales and selling yourself with the aim of improving your own personal brand and your ability to excel in your marketplace. Nicky will strip away the ‘corporate façade’ and use her remarkable life journey to help turn the British perception of sales upside down.

£5 for non-members, free for members.

2012 Charity Football Tournament

JCI Manchester will kick off the new year with a charity football tournament, all profits will go to our chosen charity, the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

If you would like to enter a team please email our Marketing Director at robert.illidge@ralli.co.uk.

Places are available on a first come first serve basis; with solicitors, accountants, financial advisors, IT and creative firms already booked.

Date: Tuesday 24th January 2012

Venue: Lucozade Powerleague Manchester Central, 20 Union Street, Manchester

Arrive and Register by: 5:30pm

Tournament: 5:30 – 8:30pm

Presentation: 8:30pm

Close: 9:00pm

Cost: £200 per team

Payable by: Cheque or BACS to JCI Manchester

Payment must be received by: 20th December 2011

Invoices will be sent out at a later date.

2012 Charity Football Tournament

JCI Manchester will kick off the new year with a charity football tournament with all profits going to our chosen chairty, the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

If you would like to enter a team please email Marketing Director robert.illidge@ralli.co.uk.

Places are available on a first come first serve basis, with solicitors, accountants, financial advisors, IT and creative firms already booked.

Date: Tuesday 24th January 2012

Venue: Lucozade Powerleague Manchester Central, 20 Union Street, Manchester

Arrive and Register by: 5:30pm

Tournament: 5:30 – 8:30pm

Presentation: 8:30pm

Close: 9:00pm

Cost: £200 per team

Payable by: Cheque or BACS to JCI Manchester

Payment must be received by: 20th December 2011

Invoices will be sent out at a later date.

Dancing on Ice & All Things Nice: JCI Charity Christmas Cracker

JCI invites you to put some Christmas sparkle into your lives in more ways than one.

Join us on the ice rink for some skating moves that would put Torvill and Dean to shame (diamante lycra outfits not compulsory).

And after you’ve sliced the ice we’ll warm up with some gluhwein and goulash to bring that Christmas cheer back to your cheeks.

Profits will be donated to JCI’s chosen charity, the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital – that’s where the nice bit comes in! So after your festive antics you can also get that warm glow of knowing you’ve also helped a very worthy cause this Christmas.

Get your skates on and book now – we can’t wait to see you there…

Members £17

Non Members £23

Book your place here