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Entrepreneurs Panel

Steve Purdham
Debbie Pierce
Richard O'Sullivan
Brian Hay
Gary Jacobson
Jeremy Roberts
Tony Caldeira
David Pollock
Ian Morris

Manchester Art Gallery

Mosley Street
Manchester M2 3JL
United Kingdom
Phone: 0161 235 8888

Welcome your guests with coffee, tea and freshly made biscuits in our stylish, contemporary Cafe. From here, delegates can easily access the new wing of the Gallery, housing our modern purpose-built Lecture Room. The Lecture Room combines high standards of comfort with simple-to-operate touch-screen presentation equipment, which helps to take the stress out of your conference, meeting or seminar.

One of the most unique meeting rooms in Manchester, the Granada Study room is located in arguably the most beautiful and ornate locations of he Gallery.

  • Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

  • In times like these business travel has to pay for itself. EN finds out how to get the most from your budget.

  • The recession has changed the landscape for start-ups radically, with more now driven by necessity than desire. EN investigates.

  • Dr Vince Cable, the new business secretary, is ultimately responsible for curing UK Plc’s red tape ills. EN suggests some regulations he should consign to the dustbin.

  • Banks might be going easy on struggling companies but are they making those firms’ directors homeless instead? EN investigates.

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Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.

There was nothing Woolley about Charles’s decision to buy into Asda in 1993. Elizabeth Donevan discreetly fills her handbag with sachets of ketchup as the founder of Rectory Foods reveals...