Archive for the 'News' Category

From children to pensions – JCC IOM start 2013 with widespread audience appeal

January 31 2013No Commented

Categorized Under: News

Just a few weeks into 2013 and the Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCC IOM) have made their first charitable donation and staged their first speaker event. It’s just the beginning of a packed schedule of activities in 2013 for their 220+ members, covering all business sectors and levels of experience. “Over 100 of our members [...]

Successful presentation for Junior Chamber of Commerce at The Claremont

November 8 2012No Commented

Categorized Under: News

The Junior Chamber of Commerce held a “Global Investment Market Opportunities” presentation this Tuesday, 6th November, with speakers from Thomas Miller Investment. Tom Richards, Head of Private Investment Management (Offshore), and Andrew Buchanan, Senior Associate, provided an interesting and detailed overview of the current market environment and outlined potential opportunities for private client investors. Slides [...]

Successful Cloud Breakfast organised by the JCC

October 28 2012No Commented

Categorized Under: Media, News

On the 24th of October, the JCC organised a successful event where local IT firm Intelligence presented on the business impact of Cloud technologies. Joint speakers Steve Woodford and Jason Spooner explained what The Cloud was, the benefits it brought to organisations adopting it and also the risks and implications of heading down this route. [...]

Successful Junior Chamber of Commerce AGM

September 26 2012No Commented

Categorized Under: News

The Junior Chamber of Commerce held its annual general meeting at the Douglas town hall on Friday 21st September 2012, which was followed by a cheese and wine event sponsored by KPMG. A good time was had by JCC members and friends, which included sampling a range of wines as well as a selection of [...]

Focus on the TT ‘brand’ at Junior Chamber meeting

June 5 2012No Commented

Categorized Under: News

THE Junior Chamber of Commerce hosted a topical breakfast at the Claremont Hotel, Douglas, hosted by TT press officer Simon Crellin of RedPoint PR. Organisers said the response to the event was fantastic and once again the JCC was inundated with requests for tickets and there were more than 80 people there. The event provided [...]

Excellent turnout at JCC Budget Breakfast

March 6 2012No Commented

Categorized Under: News

More than 270 of the Island’s business leaders attended a special presentation by the Treasury Minister Eddie Teare last week. The Budget Breakfast, organised by the Isle of Man Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCC), was held at the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club on Wednesday. The event was sponsored by leading international fiduciary services [...]

What does the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis mean for the Isle of Man?

October 14 2011No Commented

Categorized Under: Events, News

Our next event is presented by Mr Tom Richards who has agreed to speak to us on the Eurozone Crisis. Tom is a Senior Investment Analyst & Portfolio Manager with Maitland Investment Services and works in the team responsible for managing approx USD700m of clients’ assets. Tom has lived and worked on the island for [...]

Press Release: JCC 2011 Investment Outlook with Capital International

May 19 2011No Commented

Categorized Under: News

The JCC held an investment focused breakfast seminar in association with Capital International earlier this month. 70 members and guests attended the event at the Claremont in Douglas. Chris Bell, a Senior Investment Manager from Capital International gave an extremely interesting and informative presentation about the global economy and its outlook. The JCC were fortunate [...]

Supporting the Manx Executive Challenge

May 5 2011No Commented

Categorized Under: News

We would like to draw your attention to a great opportunity that we believe may interest a number of our members: JCC supports Manx Executive Challenge (MEC) and the development opportunities it provides to challenge participants. It is a fabulous challenge for Managers to undertake and all those who take part are able to develop [...]

Press Release: Annual Cheese & Wine Social

April 20 2011No Commented

Categorized Under: News

The JCC held their annual Cheese and Wine tasting event in the Council Chambers of Douglas Town Hall, kindly hosted by the Mayor and Mayoress of Douglas. This year’s event, sponsored by KPMG saw a selection of 10 wines and 10 local cheeses located around the room for blind tasting, with attendees trying to guess [...]