Founders & Organisers
Headline Sponsors
CN Chartered Accountants
Full service business and personal advisors and business partners. The group provides expertise advice in all areas of business advisory, accountancy and financial planning, meaning we are best placed to understand business and financial requirements, problems, aspirations and goals, and to be an integral part of helping clients achieve objectives. Read more on our website.
Gorvins
Gorvins is a well-established, well respected law firm, serving both private and commercial clients. The team of nearly fifty lawyers can help you with personal matters such as matrimonial disputes, wills and trusts – as well as buying, selling and leasing property, personal injury, employment problems, disputes and other issues. Read more on our website.
Robinsons Brewery
With a home in the centre of Stockport for over 185 years, Robinsons owns a collection of around 250 pubs, inns and hotels across the North West and North Wales. As a sixth-generation family brewer, Robinsons is one of the most respected names in British brewing and innkeeping. With a global reputation for producing traditional real ale, the brewers are keeping both quality and innovation at the heart of what they do. Read more on our website.
Category Sponsors
Platform 81
An award winning digital agency built from the ground up for high growth businesses. Established in 2007 with offices in Stockport and Bromsgrove, we offer a platform for growth for like minded businesses. At Platform81 we are passionate about working with our clients and seeing their business grow. From helping you plan and implement a full digital strategy, develop a new website or offer ad hoc design support, Platform81 will support you on your growth journey. Read more on our website.
CNFP
Whether for your personal or business life, our aim is for you to achieve your financial goals and objectives and to ultimately preserve and grow your wealth for the benefit of you and your family. We build long term relationships to provide a proactive, bespoke service. Through regular reviews and meetings we will keep you continuously informed about your affairs and advise on your changing needs as your personal circumstances alter. We fully expect to be dealing with you and your families your affairs over generations to come. Read more on our website.
HSBC
The HSBC Small Business Growth Programme is a free national initiative designed to help small businesses build skills, resilience and sustainable growth. It offers expert‑led training, webinars, events, and digital learning, giving entrepreneurs practical tools to strengthen and scale their operations. Read more on our website.
Marketing Stockport
If you’re serious about doing business in the North West and beyond, you need to talk to Marketing Stockport. Because our members, our connections, our forward-thinking and innovation have made the possibilities endless. For everyone. . Read more on our website.
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council with Stockport Economic Alliance
Central to the partnership’s work is a vision to ‘build Stockport’s position as a growth economy in Greater Manchester, connecting residents and businesses to more opportunities, and providing an ideal environment to start, grow and locate a business. Read more on our website.
CN Strategic Advisors
From growth through to exit, CNSA can support you at each key milestone as part of your businesses lifecycle to help you reach your ultimate goals. With over 40 years of combined experience and having delivered over 1bn of value to clients, we can provide visibility of options and execute complex transactions to successful completion. To find out more, visit Read more on our website.
Stockport College
Whatever the ambition and passion of our students, Stockport College is here to help them succeed. Our college is part of the Trafford College Group and every year, thousands of students join us on courses that are designed to further their career prospects, enable progression into higher education or simply satisfy a desire to learn new skills and support wellbeing. Read more on our website.