Simon Crellin, The TT Races Press Officer, who has over 20 years consumer PR experience, working both in house and for some of London’s largest PR agencies, will be talking about the commercial strategy and regeneration of the TT Races and what the races bring to the Isle of Man.

JCC are fortunate to have secured such a speaker. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity to put questions directly to Simon.

Venue: Sanderson Suite, Claremont Hotel, Douglas
Date & Time: Thursday 17th May 2012 – breakfast from 7-25am, presentation start 8am and close at 08.45
Food/Drink: Choice of Full English or continental Breakfast.
Individual Cost: Members £9, Non-members £13

A brochure and booking form can be found here: Rebuilding the brand value of the TT races

Providing the Government perspective is Tim Craine. Tim needs little introduction to most of you in his position as Director of the Business Development Agency within the isle of Man Government Department of Economic Development from where he has been instrumental in the development of the space industry on the Isle of Man.

From industry Mark Guthrie has kindly agreed to share his experience of running a Satellite Company from the Isle of Man. Mark is the Managing Director of SES Satellite Leasing Limited, part of the Global SES satellite group. SES are a world-leading satellite operator, providing secure satellite communications solutions to broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers worldwide and reach 99% of the world’s population.

Venue: Sanderson Suite, Claremont Hotel, Douglas
Date & Time: Wed 28h March 2012 – breakfast from 7-15am, presentation start 8am and close at 08.45
Food/Drink: Choice of Full English or continental Breakfast.
Individual Cost: Members £9, Non-members £13

A brochure for the event can be found here: The Isle of Man in Space

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 provider The ILS Group.

Chief Executive Officer Chris Eaton said:

The ILS Group was delighted to sponsor this year’s Budget Breakfast. It is an important event within the private sector, in which the Island’s business leaders are granted an audience with the Treasury Minister and pose any questions they may have. This year’s address by Mr Teare was well received and the popularity of the event continues with more than 270 guests from the economic community in attendance.

During his speech, Mr Teare said he had found his first budget a challenging one and was aware it was eagerly anticipated with the current economic environment and the challenges faced by the Island in the medium term. The impact of the renegotiated VAT arrangements with the UK was a prominent feature of the Budget, in particular the strategy that Government plan to implement and follow in their efforts to rebalance the Island’s budget over the next four years.

The presentation covered the current state of the local economy, an update on public finances, the new four year rebalancing plan and tax and National Insurance changes. It was announced to rebalance the Island’s budgets by 2015/16 it would be necessary to utilise £92M of the Island’s reserves over a three year timescale. Further detail was also presented regarding the management of Government budgets and the impact this would have on local households.

Mr Teare said:

I was pleased to be invited along to my first Budget Breakfast and thank the JCC for giving me the chance to address so many leaders of the Island’s business community in one place. The forum helped me to understand the pressures that they face and also explain the main provisions of the budget. Meetings such as this, and the associated question and answer sessions, enable Government to create the supportive framework for the economy to move through these more challenging times.

JCC Chairman Cameron Halsall said:

It was a pleasure and a delight to welcome the Treasury Minister Eddie Teare to speak to us at our Annual Budget Breakfast last Wednesday. I was most impressed when speaking with him, as he clearly is a man of commitment and integrity, which bodes well for the island when facing the challenges ahead in the coming years.

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: