banking, legal, finance, accountancy, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital, asset management, insurance, property, strategy, advertising, marketing, research, PR, HR, architecture, surveying,civil engineering, recruitment, personnel, head hunting, networking.

.. is the not for profit members organisation representing

the FPS community in Greater Manchester

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banking, legal, finance, accountancy, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital, asset management, insurance, property, strategy, advertising, marketing, research, PR, HR, architecture, surveying,civil engineering, recruitment, personnel, head hunting, networking.

The Biggest Advisory Group in the North West

in financial and professional services....

1987

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The Biggest Advisory Group in the North West

banking, legal, finance, accountancy, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital, asset management, insurance, property, strategy, advertising, marketing, research, PR, HR, architecture, surveying,civil engineering, recruitment, personnel, head hunting, networking.

Three hundred member organisationsFour thousand active members

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Ten Key Reasons to join pro.manchester1 Manchester works because it has a unique public, private partnership and pro.manchester is part of the Manchester family 2 Opportunity for member companies to contribute and to be seen to contribute to the City as part of a CSR program

3 pro.manchester has 300 member organisations and over 5,000 members engaged in membership.

4 It is the biggest advisory group in the North West and a look at the big names explains so much.

5 Participation - Eighty member organisations are engaged in the board and the committee structure

6 Gateway group of Senior Partners, Managing Partners and Key executives engaged in the process.

7 pro.manchester has an extensive events and activities agenda, 120 events per annum

8 With a large Business Development and Conference program as part of CORE, the corporate outreach programme

9 Key sectors such as future pro.manchester and skills and education important in the structure

10 pro.manchester Connects a very exciting development for 2011 including CENBAR and the SME club.

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Ten Key Reasons to join pro.manchester1 Manchester works because it has a unique public, private partnership and pro.manchester is part of the Manchester family 2 Opportunity for member companies to contribute and to be seen to contribute to the City as part of a CSR program

3 pro.manchester has 300 member organizations and almost 4,000 members engaged in membership.

4 It is the biggest advisory group in the North West and a look at the big names explains so much.

5 Participation - Eighty member organizations are engaged in the board and the committee structure

6 Engagement - Gateway group of Senior Partners, Managing Partners and Key executives engaged in the process.

7 pro.manchester has an extensive events and activities agenda

8 With a large Business Development and Conference program as part of CORE, the corporate outreach programme

9 Key sectors such as future pro.manchester and skills and education important in the structure

10 pro.manchester Connects a very exciting development for 2011.

Three key reasons

Engage and to be seen to engage in the Manchester community

Benefit from the extensive pro.manchester network

Profit from the substantial business development programme

And one more ……….

A great self learning organisation

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JKA January 2011

pro.manchester Innovation and Enterprise Report

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie,deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. John F. Kennedy

Big report fo

r

Greater Manchester

completed on time

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Corporate Finance Review pro.manchester

First Quarter 2011

Property Review pro.manchester

Second Quarter 2011

Space for expansion

pro.manchester property group

Economics Quarterly Review pro.manchester

Second Quarter 2011

Grinding out growth

Business Conditions Surveypro.manchester

Second Quarter 2011

Steady as she goes ..

Special Reportpro.manchester

June 2011

Megatrends, the next big thing

property review in association withthe pro.manchester property and property agents group

Bus iness Cond i t ions Sur vey in association with the GM Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Survey

Corpor a t e F i n an ce Rev i ew i n association with the Corporate Finance Group and Experian

UK Macro Economics Quarterly in a s soc i a t i on w i th t he Bus i ne s s Economists Group

Spec ia l Mega trends repor t in association with futurist Mike Ryan

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

.connects

is coming in

2011

Ask about the

SME Club

CENBAR

The centre for business angels

research

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pro.manchester connects is designed to provide high quality assistance to entrepreneurs, early stage companies and SME’s in the Manchester City region and the North West of England.

Membership provides access to education and business development programmes and access to capital providers and the service industry. The membership community is designed to accelerate innovation and enterprise and to stimulate new company formation.

pro.manchester Connect carries out the mission thanks to the generous support of the 400 member organisations and the 4,000 active members in pro.manchester.

pro.manchester is able to call on the active support of member firms from the banking, legal, finance, accountancy, corporate finance, business angels, venture capital, private equity, asset management, insurance, property, strategy, advertising, marketing, research, PR, HR, architecture, surveying, civil engineering, recruitment, personnel, head hunting, networking organisations as well as associate members in higher education, high tech and life sciences.

pro.manchester is working with key corporate organisations across the region to bring together investors and entrepreneurs to create a culture of co-operation sharing knowledge and assistanceto accelerate innovation and enterprise.

Our objective is to open access to new sources of capital, assist in increasing the number of new businesses, and provided entrepreneur education, networking and recognition to continue building our innovation economy. Commercialisation of innovation means helping to source and expand funding for Greater Manchester’s academic and research community, increasing access to all forms of capital for early-stage companies including proof of concept and pre revenue funding.

“Accelerating innovation in Greater Manchester”

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The conference

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March

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Kirsty Wark

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The Biggest Advisory Group in the North West

banking, legal, finance, accountancy, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital, asset management, insurance, property, strategy, advertising, marketing, research, PR, HR, architecture, surveying,civil engineering, recruitment, personnel, head hunting, networking.

Three hundred member organisationsThree and a half thousand active members

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The OS map is a novel way of explaining complex organisation and strategy overlays. The pro.manchester agenda is extensive, demanding and inter related with key organisations and institutions in Greater Manchester.

Step 1 The central linesThe first step in reading the map. The executive team line, the board line and the committee line form the core of the map placed in the middle of the grid, at the centre of all activities.

Step 2 The five key committees, In the middle, business development committee, then clockwise, future.pro, membership, communications committee and skills and education.

Step 3 The “main” lines.3.1 The membership line, beginning with Gateway Group, bankers, lawyers, accountants, private equity, wealth and asset management through to consultants, economists and property.

3.2 The business development line.The key BD initiatives including, Conferences, CRAG, BEG, SPRIG, pro.manchester Creative, ICE, and SAGE.

Step 4 The branch lines4.1 CORE : the corporate out reach programme working with the CBI, IOD, The GM CoC etc.4.2 MPEG : the corporate finance and private equity agenda4.3 International : The international agenda, India, China, USA etc.4.4 Conference line : the Business Angels, BVCA, Manchester FPS conference 4.5 Uni Line : the HEI’s with whom we work as part of the Skills and Education Agenda4.6 Events Line : A selection of event types through the year4.7 The Family Circle Line : Key organisations with whom we work throughout the year.

OS Map Organisation and Strategy

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Definitions:Gateway Group : Senior Partners, Managing Partners Senior Executives of pro.manchester

Glossary :BBAA : British Business Angels AssociationBEG : Business Economists GroupBVCA : British Venture Capital AssociationCATS : A membership cluster encompassing Consultants, Training Specialists etc.CF’s : CorpFins the corporate finance group.CORE : Corporate Outreach programmeCRAG : Carbon Reduction Action GroupFPS : Financial and Professional ServicesICE : Islamic Banking, Carbon Trading and Ethical Banking HEI’s : HIgher Education Institutes including the Co-Operative Academy LP’s : Limited Partners (A BVCA term - potential investment groups into VC, PE)MPEG : Manchester Private Equity GroupPE : Private EquitySAGE : Special advisors Group of Entrepreneurs in the CitySBE : Society of Business EconomistsSPRIG : Sports Industry GroupVC : Venture CapitalVCT’s : Venture Capital TrustsWAM : Wealth and Asset Management

OS Map Organisation and Strategy

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