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Northern Society Business and Awards Dinner with Steph McGovern

Northern Society of Chartered Accountants Business and Awards Dinner will be on Friday 13 October 2017.

Join Karen Muir, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, fellow Northern Society members and their guests for an inspiring talk by our keynote speaker Steph McGovern.

Our Business and Awards Dinner will be held on Friday 13 October 2017 in the Banqueting Hall, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne from 6.45pm until late to allow for informal networking after the meal.

Our principal guest speakers this year will be BBC Business and BBC Breakfast journalist Steph McGovern and ICAEW President Nick Parker.

During the course of the evening we will raise funds in support of the Butterwick Hospice (registered charity number 1044816). Butterwick.org.uk

Why you should attend

meet fellow ICAEW members, their guests and ICAEW staff – it’s a great chance to network
meet ACA students and celebrate their exam successes and achievements
Order of Merit, Presidents Awards and ICAEW BASE Mentor of the year will be announced
we will raise funds in support of The Butterwick Hospice. All monies raised will be match funded by Barclays Business

Recognition awards will be presented to:

Order of Merit Advanced Stage ICAEW exams – highest scoring student of the year
Order of Merit Professional Stage ICAEW exams – highest scoring student of the year
The Presidents’ Award
BASE Mentor of the Year Award

Further information on all of the Northern Society Awards can be found at norsca.co.uk/awards.

Dress Code: Black Tie/Posh frocks

Special message for sole practitioners and members in business:

Again we will be hosting tables exclusively for Members in Practice and Members in Business allowing the opportunity to be seated with fellow chartered accountants.

If you think that this would be applicable to you then please contact Joanne Lucking [email protected] to discuss this further.

Programme

Time	Planned event
18:45	Drinks reception
19:30	Guests take their seats Dinner Awards Ceremony Charity balloon pop Keynote speaker Followed by networking
01:30	Carriages

Speakers Nick Parker and Steph McGovern

Nick Parker, ICAEW President

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by Nick Parker, ICAEW President who will speak at the dinner.

Nick Parker is President of ICAEW, and he is a tax partner with RSM UK. He has had a wide portfolio of clients including professional partnerships and UK subsidiaries of overseas parent companies, but he has mainly specialised in the SME sector.

During his time on Council he has chaired a variety of committees including the Members Board, the Committee of Council and the Audit Committee. He was Chairman of Council for three years.

During his career, Nick has lived in Hampshire and has worked in London, Edinburgh, Southampton and Basingstoke. He is married with two grown up sons, one who is an equine surgeon and the other who is an equine yard manager.

In his spare time he likes to undertake adventures – he trekked to the base camp of Everest, trekked in Patagonia, sailed from Sydney to Cape Town across the Southern Ocean as part of the Global Challenge Yacht race and most recently attempted to climb Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere. He also held a private pilot’s licence which has lapsed.

Guest speaker Steph McGovern

We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker this year will be BBC Breakfast’s business journalist Steph McGovern.

For over a decade Steph McGovern has reported on business and finance from around the world; from international summits to small business success stories. She is an established part of the BBC Breakfast team, covering business developments daily, and also regularly taking to the sofa as main co-host.

During the financial crash Steph was the lead producer of financial news, working with then Business Editor Robert Peston at the forefront of the award-winning coverage of the credit crunch and banking crisis. She soon began broadcasting herself, and Steph has presented on 5Live, Radio 4 and on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2.

Steph’s Breakfast duties include meeting first-hand those on Britain’s business frontline. Speaking to factory workers and FTSE 100 CEOs, Steph’s mission is to uncover and explain what’s going on in the real economy.

Taking business away from news coverage Steph launched her own children’s TV show looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs, Pocket Money Pitch on CBBC. She is also the co-host of a new BBC One prime time show Shop Well For Less.

Off-screen Steph is also involved in BBC community projects such as BBC Outreach and BBC School Report. She is also a mentor for young people in her native Teesside and regularly runs workshops for schoolchildren around the North East. A former champion Irish dancer and still keeps her foot in, often attending international competitions, where she helps to coach dancers

Ticket cost and information

Ticket category	Cost
Early-bird price per person (ends 31 August 2017)	£65 inc VAT
Standard price per person	£75 inc VAT
ICAEW members under the age of 35	£45 inc VAT
ICAEW students	£45 inc VAT
Retired ICAEW members	£45 inc VAT
Sole Practitioners and Business Members	£55 inc VAT

If you are an ICAEW member under the age of 35 or a retired member or either a Sole Practitioner or Business Member please call the events booking team to receive the discounted prices.

Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities are available for your organisation. For further information and to discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact Joanne Lucking [email protected] 0191 300 0532.

In support of Butterwick Hospice Care

During the course of the evening we will raise funds for the Butterwick Hospices.

Butterwick Hospice Care aims to improve the quality of life for those who have a progressive life limiting illness and those close to them and to offer positive support for every challenge they may encounter during their illness and to see death as part of life’s journey.

Butterwick Hospices offer better quality of life through pain and symptom control, soothing and beneficial therapies, helpful family support and ongoing bereavement counselling.

Butterwick Hospice in Stockton has been caring for the communities in the Borough of Stockton on Tees for over 30 years. The Hospice offers a wide range of supportive day services for people suffering life limiting illnesses and offers care and support to patients families. Butterwick Hospice, Stockton also offers 10 In-patient beds. The Hospice expertise is freely available to those living in Stockton, Billingham, Yarm, Norton and Eaglescliffe and surrounding villages.

Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland provides many services to communities around the Durham Dales and Sedgefield areas including day services, palliative home care, outreach day hospices and services to people suffering from progressive neurological illnesses.

Butterwick House Childrens Hospice offers a very warm welcome to babies, children, teenagers, young adults and their families. Most of the children and young people who come to Butterwick House need round the clock care – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some children and young adults come for the day, many come for a short break either by themselves or with their family

Registered Charity: Number 1044816. You can read more about their work at butterwick.org.uk

Spirited Networking – connecting communities across the professions and Gin Festival evening.

Spirited Networking - Northern Society of Chartered Accountants ICAEW A great way to network with solicitors, bankers, accountants, surveyors, architects, insurance & independent financial advisers and other business professionals.

We introduce Spirited Networking as a new way of meeting colleagues and taking part in a social gathering with a festival feel.

Gin tasting and sampling from the leading gins across the region. Festival food and live music. Masterclass sessions to learn the secrets of the distillers, perfect serves and how to make classic cocktails.

Professional networking in an unique environment – connecting communities across the professions.

Cost

Ticket price £20 (inc VAT) to include a drink on arrival and food voucher.

How to book

You can book your tickets online via the dedicated Spirited Networking website spiritednetworking.co.uk

On Arrival

We will take your tickets and give you a glass (either hi-ball or balloon, and a drinks guide), which explains which gins and other drinks are available at the event. You will also get your meal ticket. And you are off….

There will be a reception drink for you on arrival. One of our premium gin partners will offer a gin and tonic or a gin cocktail just to get you started.

At Spirited Networking there will be a wide range of sampling from distillers who have come to showcase their own drinks, or brands who represent gins from across the world.

They will provide you with small samples, and tasting of the gins they have brought, and will inform you about the gins.

Many of the gins will be offered ‘neat’ so you can taste them at full strength, and then you can add mixers and garnishes to taste them as a perfect serve. These samples are small and not full measures and are offered to give you a ‘taste’ or ‘sample’ of the full products.

A full range of Fever Tree tonics are available throughout the event.

Food and Drink

You will be given a meal ticket on arrival and we have a fantastic street food area at the festival which will be serving meals throughout the event.

They will offer you some of the finest Indian Street food with options, including a vegetarian option and also a gluten free/allergy free offering to cater for all requirements.

Just use your meal ticket to get your food which is included in the price of your entry.

Drinks vouchers are available for £5 each and after you have sampled the great gins we have to offer, we have a dedicated gin bar with over 80 additional gins and spirits to try.

If you are not a huge fan of gin, do not worry as we also serve beers, lagers, cider, prosecco, wine and other cocktails, so there is a spirit for everyone.

Entertainment and Networking

Our event is designed to give you a great informal networking opportunity, but also provide some live entertainment and an experience you will remember.

At Spirited Networking we will have live music with 2 sessions from one of the North East’s leading live entertainers. We will also be running informative, entertaining and engaging sessions from some of our gin partners, with cocktail making, using garnishes and perfect serves with all sessions being explained by real experts.

And finally there will be the chance to relax and meet your peers in a great setting.

Northern Society Business and Awards Dinner with Tanni Grey-Thompson

The Northern Society of Chartered Accountants Business and Awards Dinner will be on Friday 16 October 2015.

Join Rob Tindle, President of Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, fellow NorSCA members and their guests for an inspiring talk by our keynote speaker Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE.

Our Business and Awards Dinner will be held on Friday 16 October 2015 in the Banqueting Hall, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne from 6.45pm until late to allow for informal networking after the meal.

Our principal guest speakers this year will be Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE and ICAEW President Andrew Ratcliffe.

During the course of the evening we will raise funds in support of the British Wheelchair Racing Association.