October / November Events

I can only boast at spending the next half of this month in South Africa but the consequences will be sorely reaped in the cold November when I have to get back on my bike again.

Events are looking quite scarce in (God forgive me for saying this before October) the run up to Christmas. Threat not I have seen a few different things going on.

Date	Time	Group	Location
October
3rd	16:00-18:00	First Friday Networking Club	The Bay Horse Pub, 35-37 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA
10th	08:00- 15:00	Wigan Business Expo	Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UZ
16th	09:00-16:00	Salford business Expo	Salford City Stadium,1 Stadium Way, Eccles, M30 7EY
November
6th	17:30	Manchester Full House Networking	Grosvenor G Casino Manchester, Bury New Road, Manchester, M8 9SG
19th	10:00 - 16:00	The Stockport Business Expo	Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road, Stockport SK3 9DD

Resources

If you have read my last blogs you will see I have recommended a couple networking groups from meetup, CING and Northern Soho. 

Grant Erskine who hosts one of Manchester's biggest and most successful business exhibition is hosting a networking night at Grosvenor G Casino.

Remember to keep checking these really useful sites to find out what is going on.

Trafford Council Events

Forever Manchester

Altrincham Forward

From a recent suggestion 

MadLab offer a variety of events and workshops

Manchester Start up Digest are offering hack nights, start up Tuesdays and again a really interesting mix of curated events.

Manchester Chamber's offer a diary of networking opportunities, talks and workshops across Manchester.

Altrincham and Sale Chambers have guest speaker Jack Hughes from Whistl (formerly known as TNT) at their breakfast matters which comes with delicious bacon butties courtesy of Cresta Court.

I will keep you all updated with any new events I find. I will be talking about some of the help I accessed when starting up my business in my next blogs and the help available.

I meet a lot of people aspiring to follow their dreams and what they love so keep a look out for that.

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Thank you for reading.

September Networking Events

Following on from my last blog I have included some of the other events going on.
I will talk a little about the different networking groups and again the things I have found most useful.

SEO with the Eword 

Manchester University Centre for Enterprise hosted the well attended event last week guiding you on how to keep your website relevant and at the top of google searches. Looking at best and practises and some of the ones you should avoid.

Savy Networking in Manchester

When I started looking at networking more seriously earlier this year, I was perplexed by the amount of options and variety.
There really is loads to choose from with an array of benefits and not everyone is the same so its really about finding what works for you.
If your anything like me it was important for me to be able to meet people without having to spend a fortune.

See below the calendar for a little about some of these networking events and organisations.

Date	Time	Group	Location
1st	18:30-21:30	CING Meetup group	Brew Dog, Manchester
4th	8:30-10:00	Altrincham and Sale Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Matters	Cresta Court, Altrincham
4th	16:00-18:00	Bowdon Business Group	Bowdon Club, South Downs Road, Bowdon WA14 3DT
6th		Flixton Carnival
10th	14:00	The ZOOM Tour	Village Urban Resort Manchester Ashton
12th	12:00	Altrincham and Sale Chamber of Commerce Autumn Lunch	The Mere, Chester Rd, Knutsford
13th	10:00-16:00	Timperley Country Fair	Timperley, Larkhill, Altrincham, WA15 7BJ, 0161 980 5473
17th	16:00-17:30	Sale Business Group	Bianco's is at 1 Hereford Street, Sale, M33 7XN
17th	17:00-19:00	Salutions, Meet at the Met	The Metropolitan, Didsbury
18th	09:00-11:00	Café Seven	7 Vickerage Lane, Bowdon WA14 3BD
18th	18:00-20:00	Wired City, Manchester Science Park	Greenheys Building, Manchester Science Par
20th	14:00	Theatre Quater	Hale Railway
25th	17:45-20:00	Altrincham and Sale Chamber of Commerce Mixer	Clark Art, Hale
27-Sep-14 to 23-Nov-14		Asia Triennial Manchester	City wide
24th	09:00-11:30	Mojo Meetup	The Merlin, Wilmslow Road Alderley Edge
30th	10:00-12:00	Mojo Meetup	Hilton Hotel Cafe Bar Deansgate
30th	18:00-21:00	Northern Soho	Rosylee Tea Rooms 11 Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter

Networking in the City

Having only attended one lunchtime session in Media City, it was relaxed and informed with talks on specific subjects.

These guys have events up and down the country, whats best is it comes with a bite to eat, check out their curry clubs. What can be a better incentive than a curry?

C-I-N-G aka Creative Industries Networking Group

After attending my forth meetup, this particular meetup group has a relaxed and vibrant atmosphere.
With a mix of interesting and friendly people I highly recommend this for anyone looking to meet creative people.

Altrincham and Sale Chamber of Commerce

After attending a variety of events hosted by the chamber, I highly recommend these guys; being friendly and putting on a regular schedule of events.

Mojo Meetup

Having heard Co-founder Andrew speak at Chamber of commerce meetin
g and attended one of his Mojo meetups which come high recommendation. If you are looking for inspiration, help shaping your vision or brand attending a meetup comes with a price of £10, which is money well spent.

Any other useful events please let me know and I will try and post about them. Email me.