EVENT Partners And SPONSORS

Marks & Clerk - Start up/Entrepreurial Initiative of the year

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Setting up a new business can be exciting, hectic and unpredictable. Getting your IP properly protected from the outset will be vital to your future success. And nothing gives us greater pleasure than to be part of a start-up success story. Having the Marks & Clerk start-up team on board from the outset means you can take advantage of all our experience - technical and commercial - as you make your way to becoming the next unicorn!

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Addleshaw Goddard LLP - Rising Star Award

 

Providing Fresh Legal Answers you need…at the pace you demand. The problems our clients bring vary. But we solve them with the same, single-minded focus, asking: ‘What’s the smartest route to the biggest impact?’. Each year, through our collaborative, modern, award-winning approach to problem solving, over 3,000 leading companies and finance players around the world trust us to deliver. We have helped companies in multiple industries and in over 90 countries, including acting for 48 of the FTSE 100 companies in the last 2 years.

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Hall Brown Family Law - Financial Professional of the Year Award

 

Providing Fresh Legal Answers you need…at the pace you demand. The problems our clients bring vary. But we solve them with the same, single-minded focus, asking: ‘What’s the smartest route to the biggest impact?’. Each year, through our collaborative, modern, award-winning approach to problem solving, over 3,000 leading companies and finance players around the world trust us to deliver. We have helped companies in multiple industries and in over 90 countries, including acting for 48 of the FTSE 100 companies in the last 2 years.

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Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing - Team of the Year Award

 

We are Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing, a Black-led workplace wellbeing and inclusion agency. Launched in 2020 by business psychologist and wellbeing consultant Lee Chambers, we have grown to provide a wide range of wellbeing workshops, programmes and strategies for a variety of clients in different industries.

Across the team we have a range of skills, expertise and knowledge that can support you in creating a wellbeing culture, designing strategies and implementing cutting-edge training. Workplace wellbeing might seem like a new and evolving industry, but we bring years of experience from a variety of disciplines together to give you the competitive advantage and sustainable business case for wellbeing.

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The Manc - Greater Manchester Community Project of the Year

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We are the UK's most engaged local social publisher group with audience-first platforms focused on everything Greater Manchester, with a loyal following of over 1.8 million people.Our aim? To keep our audience in the know, entertained, and educated on what’s happened, or happening, in their city

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William James Recruiting - Legal Professional of the Year

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William James Recruitment is the number one recruitment partner to law firms in the UK & internationally. We work with long-established regional practices, Legal 500, Silver, and Magic Circle law firms. 

Founded in 2009 by CEO Paul Wingfield, we build long-term relationships and deliver talent at every level of business, fulfilling legal recruitment needs across departments, and covering all desired practice areas. 

If you're looking for full-service recruitment, unparalleled legal expertise, and a qualified team at your disposal, think William James Recruitment.

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Unity Radio - Marketing and Communications Professional of the Year

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Unity Radio has been broadcast on FM since 2010 and has a history of reaching into communities with engaging outreach work, helping young people in the community and creating a solid foundation of local support across the region. Unity Radio’s unique and innovative programming broadcasting a range of local, national and international dance and urban music artists reflects its audience’s tastes, interests and popular trends. 

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JCI Manchester - Global Citizen of the Year Award

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JCI Manchester is a voluntary personal development organisation for young professionals and entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 40. It is a local organisation (one of many in JCI UK), which is part of the larger global network that is Junior Chamber International (JCI). JCI has around 200,000 members in 100 countries offering a range of opportunities for you and your business.

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For nearly 75 years JCI Manchester has been offering the opportunity to:- 

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• Broaden your network of contacts 

• Develop your skills 

• Increase your knowledge 

• Engage in Rewarding charity and community engagement 

• Participate in Worldwide opportunities 

• Enhance your CV 

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Next Level Consultancy - Sales and Business Development Professional  of the Year Award

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If you’re looking to take your business to the next level, that’s where we come in. Based in Spinningfields in Manchester City Centre, Next Level Consultancy is the UK’s Leading Consultancy with a unique proposition offering Consultancy, Networking Events and Workshops across the UK. We specialise in Sales, Marketing and Corporate Events Consultancy and we uniquely integrate these strategies across your business by creating, developing and delivering a clear and effective Sales and or Marketing Strategy.

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Our team has a broad range of experience with clients of different sizes, at different stages and in different sectors so we can hit the ground running and implement changes with effective results.

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The Alan- Creative Professional of the Year Award

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The Alan Hotel, was born from a vision of wanting to do things differently.

Something experimental, fresh and with an emphasis on partnerships between artists, chefs, designers and forward-thinkers.

 

It is a unique 6 storey setting with a pop up/mixed use space, ground floor restaurant/coffee/bar, meeting & event spaces, and 137 rooms. All accompanied by inspiring events and truly Mancunian collaborations.

 

Keep an eye out for their brand-new event space SITU - launching very soon

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Elevate - Friend of JCI

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Elevate is a business development consultancy with a keen focus on sustainability, innovation and community. Our collaborative approach connects businesses and individuals with exciting opportunities, to create new partnerships and connections.
We work closely with our partners to raise the profile of both their employees and their wider business. We do this with engaging events, content and opportunities.
With emphasis on a positive approach to business, we are particularly keen to promote social mobility and utilise our platform to support marginalised groups. 

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