Manchester Business Network

Hosted in Wine & Wallop's beautiful function room, this event is designed to help you find contacts and collaborations to grow your business. Here's what to expect on the night:

• 7.30pm: free flow networking to settle into the space and get to know everyone
• 8.00pm: a presentation from our guest speaker, Nick (details below!)
• 8.30pm: the chance for each attendee to share key details about your business**
• 9.30pm: free flow networking to chat with those you can help / have something to offer

** It is entirely optional if you choose to speak at the event! We recommend it, as it means people know more about what you offer and are better able to support you with your business.

🎤 Our guest speaker is Nick Robinson, who has over two decades’ experience as an Executive Coach, working with managers across every size and type of organisation – from SMEs to multinationals, public sector to private.

He’s a former Chartered Accountant, a Certified Professional Coach, an NLP Master Practitioner, a Graduate of the Newfield School’s Mastery in Coaching programme and has served two terms on the national governing Council of the Institute of Directors.

Before becoming a coach Nick had large-company experience in senior Finance, Corporate Strategy, Human Resources and Project Director roles. He now specialises in one-to-one and team coaching for difficult people and tough teams at work.

Nick will draw on his new book, The 9 Types of Difficult People, exploring practical strategies to quickly improve workplace relationships and team dynamics by understanding and managing difficult people and their behaviours.

Discover why people become difficult at work and what to tackle first; the cost of difficult behaviours to the organisation, its customers and its people; how to turn things around, positively and with empathy; and how to build great working relationships and team dynamics.

Speaking slot

Here's what we'd encourage you to include in your (optional!) speaking slot:

• brief overview of what your business offers
• what you have to offer others / how they can work with you
• anything you need help with in your business at the moment
• top tip: the more specific you can be the better!

We try to keep these networking events relaxed and informal! We take our businesses seriously, but these are spaces to connect with fellow entrepreneurs and find a support network to help our businesses grow.

If that sounds like the right space for you, we look forward to seeing you there!

👋 This event also gives you access to our 'Manchester Business Network' group on Facebook AND on LinkedIn so that you can connect and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs. Please do feel free to post and promote what you're doing in these groups at any time - we're all about shining a spotlight on local businesses!