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Real Business Live in association with IBM

Guest speaker: Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Vue Entertainment Venue: The Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

After a successful inaugural event in London with Grant Bovey, CEO Imagine Homes, Real Business Live, Manchester, promises to be an entertaining and highly informative evening.

In a mere two hours, you will sample a unique and atmospheric venue, meet many other business owners and entrepreneurs, and have the opportunity to listen and put questions to Tim Richards, one of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs in recent years.

Named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Ernst & Young, Tim has grown a small London cinema chain into a £350m business in less than a decade. Learn how Tim has driven his business forward in imaginative new ways, hear about the entrepreneurial secrets behind its success, and find out the future vision of Vue.

Click here to read an article about Tim in the Real Business website.

Programme:

6.30pm Canapés, drinks and networking in the Manchester Science Gallery

7.30pm Kate Pritchard, managing editor of Real Business magazine, to interview Tim Richards, and take questions from the audience

8.30pm More drinks and networking with fellow entrepreneurs

9.00pm Delegates receive a copy of Now we are 100 on departure

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By Rebecca Burn-Callander - December 04, 2008 1:38pm GMT

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Caspian's Wise Head helps young entrepreneurs

By Catherine Woods - December 04, 2008 11:10am GMT

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By Catherine Woods - December 04, 2008 10:52am GMT

Our Entrepreneur of the Year, Glen Manchester, got a mention in Julie Meyer’s excellent column in City A.M. this week.

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By Rebecca Burn-Callander - December 02, 2008 11:18am GMT

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