There can be little doubt that the Isle of Man, will face a difficult time over the year ahead and in the words of the Chief Minister Allan Bell, ‘the coming year will be one of the most challenging the Isle of Man has faced for a generation.’ In view of the importance of the budget and the measures it will introduce this event will attract much interest so we would urge you to reserve your places as soon as possible.

Our thanks go to the Directors and Staff of ILS Fiduciaries (IOM) Limited for their support and generous sponsorship of this event and for all the support given to the Isle of Man Junior Chamber of Commerce in past years.

Venue: Viscount Suite, Mount Murray Hotel
Date & Time: Wed 22nd February – breakfast from 7-15am, presentation start 8am
Food/Drink: Full English Breakfast (inc toast, fruit, cereal, tea, coffee & juice)
Individual Cost: Members £10, Non-members £15

Event Flyer and Booking Form for this event

In addition, we have arranged for Chrystals, to give an overview, within this presentation , on the outlook for the property market on the Isle of Man.

Venue: Cushag Suite, Palace Hotel, Douglas
Date & Time: Tuesday 24 January. Buffet from 6pm, presentation start 6-30pm
Food/Drink: Buffet selection
Individual Cost: JCC Members £12, Non-Members £16

Property Event: Flyer and Booking Form

As previously the event is targeted at out Members and all food and drink is free. If you wish to bring Non-Member guests this is possible at £ 5 per Non-Member and we ask that you include all names on the booking form.

You can find an event invitation and booking form below:

• JCC Christmas Drinks 2011 Booking Form

• JCC Christmas Invite

The speakers have kindly given us a copy of their slides to share with those who couldn’t make it. You can find these attached below:

JCC Presentation – Nov 2011 Slides

Once again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Stuart Cowan FCSI and Peter Robertson FCSI from Ramsey Crookall for their time and expertise.

The talk was very informative and the presentation well received. We hope that the slides will help you glean some of the information Tom imparted and look forward to welcoming him back in the future.

Maitland JCC Presentation – 27 Oct 11

Back in 2002, Donald Rumsfeld said: ‘There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know’.

Although he was US Defence Secretary at the time and his quote related to Iraq, Mr Rumsfeld could well have been talking about the outlook for the World Economy and Global financial markets!

Following on from last year’s ‘Illusion of Recovery’ presentation to the JCC, Stuart Cowan and Peter Robertson from Ramsey Crookall’s Investment team will offer a view on the global economy for 2012. The main assets that will be covered are bonds, equities, gold and other commodities, their prospects for next year and in the context of the greatest ‘unknown’: will Central Banks succeed in their efforts to stimulate recovery and engineer a return to stable economic growth, or will the deflationary forces stalking the Western World lead to a 1930’ style depression?

Stuart Cowan FCSI is a Director of Ramsey Crookall who has spent his career working in stock broking and Investment Management. Peter Robertson FCSI is a Senior Investment Manager at Ramsey Crookall, with twenty years industry experience.

Venue: The Cushag Suite, Palace Hotel, Douglas.
Date & Time: Tuesday 22rd^h November – buffet from 6pm, presentation start 6:30pm.
Cost: JCC Members £9, Non-Members £13 – Corporate tables available on request.
CPD Qualifying: The event is CPD qualifying – attendance certificates on request.

Event flyer and Booking form

The following slides were presented by Mr Tim Craine, Director of the Business Development Agency for the Isle of Man Government:

Back when the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis was limited to initial concerns for Ireland and Greece, Spain was seen as a ‘fire-break’ between the region’s periphery and core members. Just a few months later, both Italy and France are being forced to pay higher costs to service their national debt and talk has turned to whether the Eurozone can even survive in its present form.

With many developed countries now staring down the barrel of potential economic disaster, the Isle of Man has historically been in a strong position with uninterrupted economic expansion, low unemployment and healthy national reserves. However, the island is heavily dependent upon access to external trade flows and international goodwill; and the recent re-negotiation of some taxation treaties has left the island having to re-examine spending plans with a rapidly shrinking surplus.

The question is now being asked can the Eurozone muddle through, and what would a second global recession mean for us all? What does the future hold for us here on the Isle of Man?

Venue: The Cushag Suite, Palace Hotel. Douglas
Date & Time: 27th October 2011 – 6.00pm start (updated)
Food/Drink: Selection of quality : Evening Buffet
Individual Cost: JCC Members £12, Non-members £16

You can download a leaflet about the event with instructions on how to book your place.

ILS Fiduciaries has arranged for some impressive speakers to join Chris in the line-up including, entrepreneur Courtenay Heading, Isle of Man Government Specialist Advisor John Spellman and Director of the Business Development Agency for the Isle of Man Government Tim Craine.

The presentation will examine the need for the financial services industry to market its services further afield, along with the importance of bringing new business into the Island. It will also discuss the Government country strategy and the framework the Department of Economic Development has put in place to support the strategy.

Nothing is more important for any enterprise than to find and exploit new market opportunities. Even when business is robust, there is always the need to hunt for new turf, to guard against the time when a strong product or service category will become static or declining. Skill in finding new market opportunities is the lifeblood of business worldwide.

We are very fortunate to have secured speakers of such experience. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity for questions and answers, followed by a hot buffet and networking opportunity.

The JCC would like to extend its thanks to ILS Fiduciaries for sponsoring and for providing such informed speakers for this event.

Venue: The Garden Room, Sefton Hotel. Harris Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man
Date & Time: Thursday 6 October 2011 – 6.00pm start
Food/Drink: Selection of quality : Evening Buffet
Individual Cost: JCC Members £12, Non-members £16

The event will be preceded by a short AGM, about which members will be contacted separately.

You can download a copy of the event leaflet with instructions on how to book a place.

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John was born in Oxford and attended Millfield School in Street, Somerset before graduating from Magdalen College Oxford, where he had read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.  While at Oxford he made a name for himself in student comedy revue. This was to prove the beginning of his media career as he went on to star with Alan Bennett in a series of sketches on the BBC entitled On The Margin.

He went on to train as a journalist at Darlington College, while he reported for the Liverpool Echo.

John is perhaps better known for his career with the BBC.  He joined them in 1970 and worked as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Israel and Northern Ireland becoming BBC Political Correspondent in 1981.  During his extensive career he has presented BBC Radio 4 programmes Today and The World at One.  His distinguished career has also included appearances on Strictly Come Dancing, The One Show, Grime fighters and more recently a series on British Indian Railways – On Tracks of Empire.
He is married to Mary and has two sons and currently resides in Ealing in London.

I would like to offer our thanks and appreciation to Barclays Wealth, not just for their sponsorship of this event, but for all the support they have shown JCC IOM since becoming our first Corporate Member in 2009.

Venue: Viscount Suite, Mount Murray Hotel
Date & Time: Friday 8 July2011 – 7pm for 7.30pm.
Dress/Food/Drink: Black-tie evening wear / 3 courses + coffee / Full Bar service
Individual Cost: Members £32.50, Non-members £55
Corporate Table: Members £325/£390 (10/12 table) – Non-Members £550/£660 (10/12 table)

Please email events@jcc.im to secure your booking.