Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with Manchester Science Park Limited, Corridor Connections , Manchester DDA, and Manchester Digital to to offer a collaborative business networking event for the growing Greater Manchester digital, creative and ICT cluster.

The organisers are particularly keen to partner with Corridor Connections and its role in promoting innovation and cross sector collaboration along the Corridor Manchester community.

WCR is a ‘purely’ facilitated event, aimed at providing each business with a bespoke programme of introductions to businesses that match their needs.

There are no speakers or talking session, the whole evening is dedicated to explore possible business collaborations.

The organisers are looking to attract 40 -50 business owners and freelancers from the digital, creative and ICT businesses from across Greater Manchester, Stockport, Cheshire, Greater Merseyside, East Lancashire and growing number of Yorkshire based businesses.

There is lots of frees at this event: cold beers / soft drinks, buffet and parking nearby.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

Networking experts

WCR has been developing a positive reputation for delivering events across North West Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.

The success is attributed to creating opportunities for delegates to “do business” without having to listen to sales pitches. According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with Magma Digital to offer a collaborative business networking event to the Lancashire digital, creative and ICT cluster.

WCR is a ‘purely’ facilitated event, aimed at providing each business with a bespoke programme of introductions to businesses that match their needs.

There are no speakers or talking session, the whole evening is dedicated to explore possible business collaborations.

The organisers are looking to work with partners to attract 40 -50 business owners and freelancers from the digital, creative and ICT businesses from across Lancashire, including Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Blackpool and Lancaster.

They also hope to attract businesses along from Greater Merseyside, North Manchester and West Yorkshire.

There is lots of frees at this event: cold beers / soft drinks, buffet and parking nearby.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

Networking experts

WCR has been developing a positive reputation for delivering events across North West Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.

The success is attributed to creating opportunities for delegates to “do business” without having to listen to sales pitches. According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with Hillyer Mckeown Solicitors, Lloyds of Chester, Mi-db to offer a collaborative networking event to the growing Chester digital, creative and ICT cluster.

WCR is a ‘purely’ facilitated event, aimed at providing each business with a bespoke programme of introductions to businesses that match their needs.

There are no speakers or talking session, the whole evening is dedicated to explore possible business collaborations.

The organisers are looking to work with partners to attract 40 -50 business owners and freelancers from the digital, creative and ICT businesses from across Cheshire, Greater Merseyside, Wirral, Warrington, Greater Manchester, Stockport, and hopefully new contacts from North Wales.

There is lots of frees at this event: cold beers / soft drinks, buffet and parking nearby.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

Networking experts

WCR has been developing a positive reputation for delivering events across North West Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.

The success is attributed to creating opportunities for delegates to “do business” without having to listen to sales pitches. According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with a group local businesses and The Circle to offer a collaborative business networking event to the growing digital, creative and ICT cluster in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

WCR Sheffield takes place thanks to support of Network Hub, Stella Media, Made by Pi and Mooglaoo.

The organisers are hoping to attract 40 -50 business owners and freelancers from the digital, creative and ICT businesses from across South and West Yorkshire.

They also hope to attract businesses along from Greater Manchester, Humberside, North Lincolnshire and North Derbyshire.

There is lots of frees at this event: cold beers / soft drinks, buffet and parking nearby.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

Networking experts

WCR has been developing a positive reputation for delivering events across North West Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.

The success is attributed to creating opportunities for delegates to “do business” without having to listen to sales pitches. According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

Julie joins the team from bdaily, a local business news network, where she worked as a business developer.

The Mussel Club aims to differentiate itself from other networking business by offering membership without any fees.

Members get a full profile, access to internal mail and instant chat along with facilities to upload press releases and members’ latest business news direct on to the company website.

Currently boasting over 1200 members, the club is looking to continue their fast growth with the help of Julie.

According to co-founder Geoff Bowman, Julie brings ‘a wealth of marketing knowledge’ to their members.

“Julie has a natural mentoring nature and comes up with ideas to inspire”, he said.

“She is so generous in sharing her expertise, always willing to help beyond the call if its advice on your business and its development you need.”

Julie, who will be working as a sponsorship & advertising co-ordinator, said she was excited when asked to take on the job.

“I see the great potential members have to build on their company’s profile, whether as sponsorship of events and Expo’s or online presence”, she said.

“I have real experience to help members with viral campaigns through the website and our email alerts to over 25,000 interested businesses.”

New Collaborative Business Networking. A whole evening of ‘pure’ facilitated networking – with organised introductions based upon your businesses needs.

Wired City Reconnected is working in collaboration with folks at The Circle (venue), Sponduly (Social Network), Network Hub (Creative / Digital business in South Yorkshire) and a number of small digital / creative businesses to run the first ‘collaborative networking’ event in Sheffield.

Wired City Reconnected has developed a positive reputation for delivering events where businesses can do business without having to listen to dull sales pitches and public utilities people.

According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

To the sheffield event, the organisers and partners are hoping to attract 40 -50 business owners from the Digital, Creative and ICT businesses from across South and West Yorkshire. Businesses from Greater Manchester, Humberside and Lincolnshire are also encouraged to attend.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

There is lots of frees at this event: parking, cold beers / soft drinks and buffet.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

If you pay one week before or on the night, the price will be £17.50 per delegate.

Collaborations over a cold beer! A whole evening of ‘pure’ facilitated networking – with organised introductions based upon your businesses needs.

Wired City Reconnected events are developing a positive reputation as a place to do business without having to listen to boring speakers or sales pitches.

According to the delegates, WCR events provide lots of opportunities in a relaxed and friendly environment.

To the Manchester event, the organisers are hoping to again attract 60+ business owners from the Digital, Creative and ICT businesses from across the whole North West as well as a growing number from West & South Yorkshire targeting a minimum of 30% of the new delegates.

Watch a recent video by one of the delegates (BellyFlop TV) at an event in Stockport to get a better idea on how WCR worked for local businesses.

There is lots of frees at this event: parking, cold beers / soft drinks and buffet.

Book online in advance to pay only £12.50 per delegate.

If you pay one week before or on the night, the price will be £17.50 per delegate.

This event is about making connections between people who think a bit differently about business, and who want to work collaboratively and creatively, using the wealth of talent that exists in our freelance community.

Who’s it for?

(1) Businesses who want to know more about using freelancers as a flexible, creative and cost-effective way to grow, and

(2) Freelancers who want to make new connections – for work or collaboration.

What will happen?

The event will kick-off with a handful of short expert presentations on some key aspects that can make freelancing work better for everyone:

Legal insight: Keep it simple but get it righ
Jonathan Waters, Hay & Kilner

Attitude: What makes a serious freelancer?
Ryan Foster, RyanFosterDesign

Tax essentials for business
Sarah Arnold, RMT

Recruitment agencies: Friend of foe
Jo Carter, Concept Personnel

There’ll be a chance to pick our speakers’ brains through a quick Q&A then it’s into the networking.

Read more and register on the event website.

The meeting is free and open to all. For more information about PHP North-East, you can join their Google Group and follow the group on Twitter to get the latest news.

This month’s event features a talk from Jon Park of happie.st, your social motivation network to explore, create and share in life’s happiest experiences.

Making the Git Happier – Jon Park

Git is an immensely popular version control tool that aims to make risk cheaper. Rather than having to rely on multiple-undos or the autosave functionality of modern editors, Git allows you to control when and how you commit changes to your project; and all without messing up your well-organised file structures.

This talk will start by giving an overview of the basic use of Git to manage a PHP project, working as an individual or small team. It will look at the concept of branching to manage feature development and a tried-and-tested method of branching structure.

The topics of the talk will include:

• Initialising your repository
• The small handful of commands you need in your day-to-day coding
• Branching and merging
• Using Dropbox as a central repository for you and your team
• Organising your branches for best effect

This will be a brief introduction to the methods successfully co-opted into the workflow at happiest and, if anything, will provide a great springboard to continue your learnings around this great little tool.

Visit Eventbrite to register

Which came first, the talented freelancer or the successful entrepreneur?

It’s the age old question. If you’re a freelancer with skills in sales, IT, PR, marketing, media, digital, writing or design, you want to meet more clients who can use your services. And, if you’re an entrepreneur focused on growth you need a freelance team with the skills to increase your sales. Both parties need connections that will take them to the next level – and relationships that are mutually beneficial.

The Brookson Enterprise Freelance Fair is the answer. Our workshop will help freelancers sharpen their approach and get ready to take on the problems growing businesses need to solve . At the same time, entrepreneurs will discover how to lead a freelance talent pool to promote their own growth and expansion. Then, through our unique tailored introductions and open networking opportunities, we give everyone the chance to meet and match their business requirements to the services of our freelancers and needs of our entrepreneurs.

We give you an opportunity to build a face-to-face network and find out more about the people and businesses you could be working with. You’ll leave the Enterprise Freelance Fair with new connections, new ideas and an improved blueprint for progress.

Find out more about the advantages, of the Brookson Freelance Fair, who should attend (freelancers and entrepreneurs), or see more about workshops and networking opportunities.

The Enterprise Freelance Fair costs only £35.00. And, if you register before 10th Feb, we’ll reduce the price to £18.37.  Sign up now, places are limited.

If you’re not sure of the location, have a look at our map.

“…very interesting and a refreshing approach…”
Elizabeth Wheeler, Freelance Marketer

“…a great opportunity to meet like minded people and gain an insight into their experiences…”
Phil Young
Freelance Designer

“…very good, one to one sessions were great…”
Mike Roberts, Entrepreneur and freelance IT

“…informative & rewarding…”
Simon Arrowsmith, Freelance Sales