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Monday, March 8, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

director BAR

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Company Directors / Investors   more info Ended £35.25 £0.00
Advisers / Others   more info Ended £47.00 £0.00
Directorzone members   more info Ended £0.00 £0.00
Dinner @ 9.00   more info Ended £24.50 £0.00

Event Details

directorBAR

Informal monthly networking evening event for Directorzone members & contacts: directors, investors and advisers driving growth companies with £500k - 100m annual turnover and seeking:

                      Market relationships: Time to talk. Dinner option.
Market intelligence: Profiled companies + quality contacts.
1st class advice: Boardroom mentors & highly-qualified advisers. Opportunities: Deals, investment, recruitment, expansion...

UKTI ERDF

   

Fasken Martineau LLP

   City University London

REGISTRATION:   Directorzone members free*; £30 directors/investors; £40 advisers/others. Early booking £10 reduction*; on the door + £15. Only 1 adviser per company, except sponsors. Some free places*. *until 1 day before event. Marketplace event: short presentation @ 18.30. 90% networking: wine + nibbles @ the sponsored advice zones+ pay bar.

GUEST DIRECTOR: Charlie Muirhead, Founder and CEO, t5m
"Media Industry Crisis: the attention economy & the growth of live online broadcast".
The 5th Medium (t5m) is a new and disruptive force in the media and consumer marketplace. t5m uses digital video to empower creativity and unleash a new wave of profitable video content - from brands, celebrities, studios, live events or independent web producers. By distributing to video aggregators such as YouTube, national newspapers and thousands of blog sites, t5m’s network of digital properties ensures ad funded content reaches the intended audience. Charlie Muirhead:
1996 launched IP Service Activation software company, Orchestream, which floated on the London Stock Exchange & NASDAQ in 2000, valued at over £1bn, when Charlie was 24. He founded angel investment network iGabriel.net in 2000 and Nexagent (with over £30m in funding) in 2001.

BOARDROOM MENTORS available to help other directors with boardroom issues:

  • Chairman: John French, Chairman of past & present listed companies.
  • CEO:
  • CFO: Daniel Selby, Finance Director, vc-Net. Privately-owned. Video conferencing services.

SUPPORTERS: Simon Gall, Integrity Capital - adviser to the Investment Industry.

ADVICE ZONES / SPONSORS:

EXPAND OVERSEAS.                UK Trade & Investment    

Team at event: International Trade Advisers, Marketing team.
Issues: Developing your business overseas, marketing, trade missions + other questions about overseas markets. UKTI expert knowledge, facilities - Embassies and High Commissions 100+ countries - contacts & lobbying clout.
Target: Established companies based within the M25: 1. re-actively exporting & now looking for advice on how to export strategically; 2. not exporting yet, but interested & ready to do so.

EMPLOYMENT - building the team. 

Fasken Martineau LLP    

Team at event: Corporate lawyers; trusted advisers to clients ranging from emerging enterprises to multinational companies.
Capabilities: Company & Corporate commercial law, tax, intellectual property, information technology, commercial property, employment, international trade & litigation.
Markets: AIM Market. African, Canadian, Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern markets. Energy, life sciences, aviation, insurance, mining & natural resources, technology, publishing & retail property.
Target: start-ups to major international corporations interested in mergers, acquisitions & disposals, public & private financing, corporate governance & joint ventures.

RESEARCH & ENTERPRISE.
City University London 

Team at event: City University London, the university for business and the professions at the heart of the UK capital, has gained its internationally-renowned experience from over a century of teaching and learning. Research & Enterprise is building bridges: we link City’s commercial expertise & innovation with global business through the synergies we create between knowledge & technology transfer, research contracts, consultancy and enterprise training.
Issues: New venture incubation, technology commercialisation, knowledge transfer, enterprise learning and development, from research to employment.
Target: Entrepreneurs, businesses & professionals interested in exploring the benefits of global university-enterprise collaboration.

WEALTH MANAGEMENT.  St James's Place Partnership (SJPP)
Team at event: specialists in helping individuals of widely differing financial resources or life stages with wealth management opportunities. SJPP: Wealth Manager of the Year 2009 – FT & Investors Chronicle.
Issues: Corporate financial planning. Retirement Planning / pensions. Performance of your investments. Insuring against the loss of a key Director. Protecting you and your Estate. Business Strategy. Personal Cash and Borrowings. SJPP Wealth Management guarantees.
Target: Company directors, entrepreneurs, & City professionals.

 

FREE PLACES. Our sponsors are offering a small number of free places to directors of £500k – 100m turnover companies seeking advice. To request your free place - up until 1 day before event - please click here to e-mail, specifying which of 1 these categories is relevent for you.

  • AIM, M&A and other capital markets issues - 5 places courtesy of Fasken Martineau LLP.
  • Export advice - 5 places courtesy of UK Trade & Investment London.
  • Engaging with City University research & IP - and/or City/Cass alumni - 5 places courtesy of City University London.

VENUE: the Gable cellar bar.
Square Meal: "Big & funky upstairs, surprisingly calm & intimate in the classy basement wine bar … Fluid Style:  "The Gable is a top quality restaurant by day and a vibrant bar by night. It has a hip modish look to it. …the food and the service is worth travelling for. Located just off Moorgate in the City of London, with a stunning long bar as the centrepiece, The Gable is an ideal meeting place for City workers.

When & Where



the Gable (Cellar bar)
25 Moorgate
EC2R 6AR London
United Kingdom

Monday, March 8, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT)


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