MIPIM – myths, facts and realities
Networking in the City member Ian Powell advised delegates at the Liverpool Curry Club on April 5th on the dos and donts of attending MIPIM.
Ian, who is head of group business development at construction and building services company Pinington, had just returned from his 13th year at the Cannes event.
His 10-minute talk to a slideshow by construction photographer and MIPIM regular Beccy Lane of Positive Image Photography explained why he thinks MIPIM is still the property show of choice even in today’s harsh economic climate.
The myths about MIPIM, as far as Ian was concerned, were:
- It’s one big booze up
- The weather can be iffy
- It’s expensive
- People are difficult to meet
- You don’t really get any business from it
- It’s a holiday, not work
- Only the good and great attend
- Its popularity limits accommodation and travel opportunities
The benefits of attending were:
- Investors can identify the most promising global investment opportunities form 90 countries
- You can outline your needs to interested developers and local authorities looking for investment and partners
- You can discover new market trends, profitable strategies and cutting-edge innovations
- You can find new contacts and assess high-potential ventures
- You can conduct business effectively with more than 19,000 industry leaders from 6,000+ companies in one place at one time
Who attends:
- 19,000 participants (+8% over 2010)
- 6,400 companies
- 1,850 exhibiting companies
- 17,500m² exhibition surface
- 90 countries (+11% over 2010)
- 4,031 investors and financial institutions (+6% over 2010)
- 166 hotel groups
- 243 corporate end-users
- 407 cities/local authorities
Ian’s key rules of engagement were:
- Research – identify who is going to be there that you need to see and buy into the event from the moment go. Following up afterwards is as important as ever
- Expenditure – MIPIM can be done cheaply. A non-delegate could probably do it for between £1,500 to £2,000 including travel, accommodation (figures based on a minimum four-night stay) and expenses of £150 per day. Delegates typically spend £3,500 including £1,200 for the badge, four nights’ accommodation, travel and expenses of £100 per day. Corporate delegates only require expenses of £100 per day.
- Options on travel and accommodation – book accommodation as soon as the event is finished and travel a few months in advance to access the cheapest air fares.
- Attire – typical business wear , not shorts and sandals
- Plan your diary – to make best use of your time and avoid over-stretching yourself
- Invitations, appointments, selectivity – honour engagements rather than opting at the last minute for the most promising function
- Venues – anything from the main exhibition venue, The Bunker, to bars, restaurants, gin palaces on pontoons, boats moored out in the bay, gites and chateaus
- Pace – a typical 17-hour day could comprise meetings over breakfast, lunch, dinner, and cocktail parties and shows, with delegates sometimes only getting three hours sleep a night
ENDS
Regenerating Merseyside
Insight into what the future holds for regeneration in Merseyside will be given to Liverpool Curry Club members at their meeting on May 3rd.
John Tatham, partnerships director at investors fund Igloo, will talk about the £30million Chrysalis Fund launched in March to kick start regeneration across the city area.
The funding has been allocated from the north west’s share of the ERDF as part of the JESSICA initiative and will be invested in commercial property and regeneration projects throughout the region, including Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Wirral.
The Chrysalis Fund is managed by the Igloo Consortium, which comprises Igloo, GVA and RBC Capital Markets.
The Liverpool Curry Club convenes at 12pm at Sakura on Exchange Flags, price £20.
The Launch of our Shropshire Curry Club
Full report: http://www.shropshirelive.com/2012/04/10/new-curry-club-networking-event-to-launch-in-shropshire/
NEW CURRY CLUB NETWORKING EVENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, PROPERTY AND FINANCE PROFESSIONALS TO LAUNCH IN SHROPSHIRE
Picture: (left to right) Abdul Salam, partner, Panacea restaurant, Andrew Singleton, land group director, ESI, Lisa Murray, project consultant, ESI and Jahir Uddin, partner, Panacea restaurant.
A new business networking group aimed at construction, property and finance professionals in Shropshire, is set to launch this spring – with a spicy difference!
The inaugural meeting of Networking In The City’s (NITC) monthly Curry Club will take place at the Panacea restaurant in Shrewsbury town centre on Wednesday 09 May.
Curry Club, which celebrated its 33rd birthday last week, was originally established in Manchester as a property and finance networking event. MD Steve Kettle, who took over six years ago, is now rolling out the format nationwide.
He said: “We saw a niche to make Curry Club a national, industry-specific network for construction, property and finance professionals. Its successful launch and on-going success in Manchester has led to the expansion of the business model across the UK, with Shropshire now on the list. Each event is held in a relaxed, informal atmosphere, at a prestigious curry house or restaurant, where attendees meet key decision makers including financiers, surveyors, lawyers, architects, developers and contractors, to name just a few.”
ESI Ltd, a Shrewsbury based, environmental consultancy has agreed to sponsor the Shropshire Curry Club. Andrew Singleton, land group director at ESI, said: “ESI provides specialist services to the property and affiliated business sectors and after making some excellent industry contacts and generating business opportunities by attending the Chester Curry Club we decided to sponsor the Shropshire event. It is a unique and proven idea where professionals can develop property related contacts in an informal environment and I believe the only one of its kind in the county.”
The first Shropshire Curry Club will take place on Wednesday 09 May at Panacea in Shrewsbury (located next to Montgomery’s Tower). Networking will start with drinks at 12 noon followed by lunch at 1pm. The cost is £20.
Liverpool Curry Club gets eggcited by MIPIM
Ian Powell’s justification of MIPIM got a dozen business networkers off to a cracking Easter at Liverpool Curry Club on April 5th. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9g0Tomp0mc&feature=youtu.be
NITC works with CAFT to help raise funding for local terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children
NITC helped to raise awareness this month with The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust, in aid to raise funding for local terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children. CAFT don’t receive any statutory funding and rely on people like ourselves to create awareness.
The annual ladies lunch will be their next event which usually attracts around 350 business ladies, for more information please visit their website or contact Julie Gray using the contact form link below
Justifying MIPIM
Housebuilder columnist Richard Jones seems to support Liverpool Curry Club’s Ian Powell’s MIPIM justification http://bit.ly/H8r843
MIPIM … in Liverpool
Ian Powell, head of group business development at construction and building services company Pinington, will justify his 13th year at MIPIM to networkers at the Liverpool Curry Club on Thursday 5th April from 12 noon to 2pm. His 10-minute talk to a slideshow by construction photographer and MIPIM regular Beccy Lane of Positive Image Photography will explain why he thinks the Cannes event is still the property show of choice even in today’s harsh economic climate.
The Talk of Manchester Speaker & Networking event – 26th April @ The Midland Hotel
Networking in the City is excited to announce that they have secured a unique discount code to attend The Talk of Manchester. The original price of £155 is being discounted to £140 if you are a friend or member of Networking in the City.
This must attend all-day speaker & networking event takes place on the 26th April at the Midland Hotel Manchester and is headlined by Michelle Mone OBE the Founder of Ultimo.
Joining Michelle will be Sports Psychologist Michael Finnigan, Risk Management specialist Mark D. Owen & Paul Newman from MediaCityUK. The 5th & final segment of the day will see five of Manchester’s biggest business leaders taking part in a Question Time panel and answering your questions! The panel includes Tim Bacon from Living Ventures and Jennie Johnson from Kids Allowed.
Not only do you get to hear great talks from these fantastic guests but by attending the Talk of Manchester you are benefitting from over £1,000 in business training for only £140!
This includes a delicious three course meal complete with wine, all in the sumptuous surroundings of the Alexander suite of Manchester’s Midland Hotel.
You will be joined by over 300 of Manchester’s other influential business people at this event, seated on tables of 8 people cabaret style so you can network with your fellow delegates whilst being inspired by the speakers.
To ensure the day comes with a laugh, Impressionist Mr Kevin Connelly from BBC2’s Dead Ringers will provide an interlude between speakers.
For bookings please visit www.thetalkofmanchester.co.uk
Ensure to book today to avoid disappointment using Discount Code NITC140 to reduce your ticket price to £140 per delegate. (subject to VAT)
Regards,
Ceri Stephens
One of the UK’s Leading Construction Networking Events
Networking in the City are now running national Construction Networking Events around the main city centres throughout the UK. The Curry Club events have been streamlined to be sector specific making sure you meet the right people and your construction networking event. With 4 new events planned in the next 6 months we are looking to cover all the major city centres in the UK. For more information or to request an event in your city centre please contact us or leave a comment below.
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