Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Greater Manchester Chamber is delighted to be working in partnership with Business North West 2008. It's a great opportunity for businesses - many of whom are our members - to come together for a two-day extravaganza of networking, events and doing business with one other!

What we like about the event is that it's so much more than just an exhibition. As well as the stands, there are seminars, workshops and presentations, so there's a good chance you'll pick up some great advice as well as new customers!

Supporting last year's event helped to boost our profile and put us in front of thousands of businesses currently operating in the region. It meant we were able to promote our services and benefits to hundreds of companies previously untouched by the Chamber.

Greater Manchester Chamber is the UK's largest Chamber, working every day with businesses of all sizes and sectors, and we look forward to seeing you at this year's event.

Manchester Solutions

We are delighted to be a supporter of this year's Business North West and are sure it will be an extremely beneficial event for many organisations across the region.

Every year, we support more then 30,000 businesses and our partnership with the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce sees us continue to be a key player in the area's economic renaissance.

This event in Manchester is a chance for us to demonstrate to businesses how, by working together, we can continue to contribute to the North West's impressive performance in the long term.

That is why it's so important for us to be involved in Business North West. We are looking forward to helping make it an extremely successful event.

More information at: www.manchester-solutions.co.uk

Business Link Northwest

Helping North West Businesses Survive and Thrive

Business Link Northwest is delighted to support Business North West 2008.

This is an ideal opportunity for us to meet thousands of North West businesses, helping them to benefit from our impartial, free-to-use business support and information service.

We provide relevant and up-to-date information for all businesses and individuals in the North West.

Our award winning website www.businesslink.gov.uk/northwest provides businesses with up to the minute local and national information on a wide range of topics, as well as a comprehensive business and skills supplier catalogue that features the best suppliers in the region.

This service is supported by business-facing brokers that work on the ground to provide businesses across the North West with in-depth industry knowledge and expertise. Brokers work closely with businesses to help them to move forward by linking business goals with practical solutions.

We recognise that businesses don’t just operate ‘9 to 5’; so our service can be accessed in a number of ways.

Visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/northwest

Contact our Business Information and Enquiry team on 0845 00 66 888.

We’re on hand to take your calls and emails between 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, as well as from 8am-2pm at weekends and bank holidays

Or email us at info@businesslinknw.co.uk

Institute of Directors

As a world-wide association of members, the IoD provides a professional network that reaches every corner of the business community. This year the IoD is pleased to be supporting Business North West as the region's biggest business networking event.

The IoD has 53,000 members in the UK, with almost 3000 members in the North West, spanning the whole spectrum of business leadership. Being in partnership with Business North West is a perfect way to put us in front of our relevant audience and to increase our profile.

Members of the IoD include CEOs of large corporations as well as entrepreneurial directors of start-up companies and from all sectors of the economy - from media to manufacturing, e-business to public sector.

Exhibiting at Business North West will enable us to promote our membership offering and to inform individual directors that by being an IoD member they have an influential organisation on their side - representing their concerns to government - and at their side - providing professional business support, wherever it is needed.

We are looking forward to a bigger and better Business North West 2008 with more partnerships being formed and a superb opportunity for businesses in the region to grow and to further their success.

More information at: www.iod.com/northwest
Telephone: 0161 209 3150
Email: iod.northwest@iod.com

Manchester City Council

Councillor Richard Leese CBE
Leader
Manchester City Council

"I am delighted to welcome Business North West, incorporating BEX, to Manchester - now officially the UK’s number one city for business.

This working partnership takes the event to another level, welcoming some of the country’s leading business experts and entrepreneurs covering the key topics that affect today’s growing businesses.

BEX alone has a proven track record of helping businesses to share ideas, inspiration and innovation. Manchester City Council recognises the fundamental importance of a thriving business community to a successful city region and we strongly support this event.

There are exciting times for Manchester and the North West as we hope to further build on the city's full potential as a world-class city."

EEF – Advice, support, expertise

We’re delighted to be supporting Business North West 2008 and helping businesses achieve their ambitions.  Belonging to EEF helps you run your business more effectively.  On any given day you’ll find us helping employers tackle a whole range of challenges whether its offering you practical HR & legal advice through our advice line, getting the best from your workforce, giving you the latest pay data, implementing best health & safety practice or speaking up for your interests at national and European level, our suite of services are designed around your needs as an employer.

Join EEF and boost business performance with unlimited access to expert support in

• HR & Legal
• Health & Safety
• Environmental Services
• Training & Development
• Information & Research

Over 6000 organisations are already bright enough to invest in EEF membership.  Why don’t you?

Come to our workshop sessions in the EEF theatre or see us at stand 124.

Alternatively visit www.eef.org.uk/northwest or call us on 0161 777 2500.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing

The Chartered Institute of Marketing is proud to be a part of the North West’s premier business show for a third year. Marketing plays an imperative role to successful business regardless of size of company, and the CIM understands that Business North West provides a fantastic platform to promote our services to SME market.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the world's largest professional marketing body. Defining the marketing standards (www.cim.co.uk/standards) that operate in the UK and championing best practice globally, CIM is the voice of marketing with influence felt at the highest levels in industry and government on a national and international level.

The Institute exists to develop the marketing profession, and improve the skills of marketing practitioners, enabling them to deliver exceptional results for their organisations.  CIM North West runs a range of events and courses, which are open to members and non members, and is committed to raising the bar for marketing in the region with the help of its strong, dedicated and 3000 strong membership.

Find out how we can help you at www.cim-nw.org.uk

Barclays Local Business Banking

We’re in business to help you take care of yours.

We’re delighted to be supporting this year's Business North West Exhibition and looking forward to meeting business owners who are looking to make more of their banking service.

At Barclays you can take advantage of our unrivalled level of support and advice all of which have been designed to help our customers make their business a success.  

With advice from a named Local Business Manager who’s sole responsibility is our business customers, they will listen to your needs and help you take your business in the direction you want.  We also offer:

• Business and banking reviews to ensure we continue to support your business as it evolves.

• FREE seminars and workshops* to help you network and gain potential tips on how to attract customers, grow profits, get paid on time, trade online and employs staff.

• FREE consultation with a local marketing expert and solicitor** for advice on marketing, employment law, leases and contracts.

……through to support from our unique market leading business software, developed so that our customers can spend less time on admin and more on what they love doing.  To even being able to back up 2GB of your business data for free.  So you can be confident you’ve got the essential things covered.

So come and meet us.  We’ll be looking forward to seeing you.

Or visit us at www.barclays.co.uk/business

* The seminars are completely free, a £40 booking fee applies for the workshops.
** We offer up to 45 minutes free consultation with local professional experts in marketing and law.

Barclays Bank PLC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Registered in England. Registered No: 1026167.  Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP

Manchester Evening News

The Manchester Evening News is delighted to be partnering Business North West 2008. The 2007 event was such a huge success that we did not hesitate to get involved once again.

MEN Business is by far the biggest and most prestigious business related publication in the North West with a minimum three pages of business news every Mon, Weds, Thurs and Fri. Each Tuesday we publish a full colour 32 page pullout supplement featuring up to the minute business news and regular feature pages such as Commercial Property, Professionals, and Media. The supplement carries reader interactive polls and surveys such as “Manchester’s Greatest Industrialist” and regular corporate reviews covering topics such as Employment Law, The Fastest Growing Companies and Corporate Finance.

We see Business North West as an excellent opportunity for businesses in the region to expand and further their success, network and showcase their products and services and as such it is a natural fit for MEN Business to be the official media partner.

For further information contact

Email: simon.lees@menmediasales.co.uk

Telephone: 0161 279 4144