Luke Johnson Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs

Luke Johnson

Founder of Risk Capital Partners

Luke Johnson, author of Start It Up, is the chairman of Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm he founded in 2001. He served for six years as chairman of Channel 4 Television until 2010 and is chairman/part owner of the restaurant chain Giraffe.

Previously, he was chairman of PizzaExpress. During his involvement the share price rose from 40p to over 800p. He also co-founded the largest UK chain of dental surgeries, Integrated Dental Holdings, which was sold for more than £100m after ten years of ownership.

He wrote a business column in the Sunday Telegraph between 1998 and 2006 and now writes a weekly essay in the Financial Times.

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Kamal Ahmed Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Kamal Ahmed

Business editor of The Sunday Telegraph

Kamal joined the Telegraph Media Group in September 2009 as business editor with responsibility for the business section of the paper.

Prior to this role, Kamal was group director of communications at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the regulator charged with upholding and enforcing equality and human rights legislation in Britain.

Before joining the Commission in 2007, Kamal was executive editor of news at The Observer with responsibility for the news section of the paper. He was a member of the senior team that developed and re-launched The Observer as a mid-size full colour Sunday, a redesign that won Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005, the highest award for any newspaper.

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100 new jobs for Sheffield Genting Club

Genting Club Sheffield are holding a recruitment day in the city on Friday 27th July at the Novotel Hotel, Arundel Gate, to help fill the remaining vacancies at the venue, which is due to open in the Cheesegrater building in the city centre later this year.

The recruitment day is aimed at those interested in both gaming and non-gaming roles, including hospitality staff, security and cleaners. Hospitality roles to be filled include waiters and waitresses, bar staff, kitchen assistants and team leaders and restaurant managers.

Recruitment sessions and ‘croupier schools’ have already been held in the city to help fill the gaming floor positions, however there are still vacancies available for gaming staff and experienced croupiers.

Ground Floor Genting Club Sheffield

Approximately 150 jobs are being created in the city by the arrival of the Genting Club Sheffield, which is the company’s first venue in Yorkshire and will become their biggest in the north of England. Approximately 100 vacancies are still left to be filled.

The recruitment day is being held at the Novotel Hotel and will run from 11am to 8pm. Personnel from Genting and Genting Club Sheffield General Manager, Kath Barton, will be giving presentations and plenty of current staff will be on hand to share experiences and answer any questions.

Bar Genting Club Sheffield

There will also be an opportunity to sample some of the cocktails that will be on the menu when the Club opens later this year.

The Genting Club, which is due to open in the autumn, will span over 35,000 square feet and two floors. It will include a casino, two restaurants, three bars, a late night lounge bar and interactive learn to play tables.
General Manager Kath Barton said; “The recruitment process has been incredibly successful to date. We have found some fantastic people from Sheffield and the surrounding area to fill the majority of the gaming positions that we had available. We hope that the recruitment day on the 27th will be equally successful at attracting high calibre candidates for the remaining roles in hospitality, security and maintenance.”

Restaurant Genting Club Sheffield

Ms Barton added; “No specific qualifications are required. Experience helps, but is not essential. What is essential is the ability to demonstrate excellent levels of customer service and strong people skills. Yorkshire people are known for their friendliness and warmth so I’m sure we’ll find these skills in abundance at the recruitment day.”

For more information about the recruitment day and available positions at the Genting Club Sheffield, or to pre-register, please visit http://www.gentingclubsheffield.co.uk

We Are Poets come to Showroom Workstation

Winner of the Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011.

WE ARE POETS presents a moving and inspirational story of youth, art and freedom of expression, as a remarkable team of six British teenagers are chosen to represent the UK at Brave New Voices: the most prestigious Poetry Slam competition in the world. From their inner city lives on the red bricked backstreets of Northern England, to a stage in front of the White House in Washington DC, the young poets explosively lay bare the concerns of their generation as they take on the world and prepare for a transformational and emotional journey of a lifetime.

Cinematic, imaginative and uniquely honest, WE ARE POETS is a moving testament to the power of creativity, community and the dynamism of young people. Anyone tempted to dismiss today’s youth as politically apathetic better pay heed: here is electrifying evidence to the contrary.

q&a screening

Saturday 28 July, 6pm

Join directors Daniel Lucchesi & Alex Ramseyer-Bache together with poets from Leeds Young Authors for a Q&A following the 6pm screening of We Are Poets.

Then from 8pm, Word Life presents Poetry Open Mic Night in the Showroom Bar.

 

Showroom Members Film of the Month!

Each month we carefully select a hidden gem of a film, Showroom Members get DOUBLE POINTS (that’s 20 per £1!) on purchases for any screening.

WAYNE HEMINGWAY MBE SPEAKER AT MADE FESTIVAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS SHEFFIELD

Wayne Hemingway MBE

Co-founder of Red or Dead and Hemingway Design

Wayne Hemingway MBE is an English fashion designer and co-founder of Red or Dead.

One day he decided to empty his wardrobe and that of his childhood sweetheart (now his wife Gerardine) and took the contents to sell on Camden Market. They did so well that by the end of the year they had 16 stalls at the market, with shipments of second-hand clothing and footwear brought in from all over the world.

By 1983, they had opened a shop in fashionable Kensington. That same year, the first Red or Dead collection was also created, inspired from Russian peasant clothing. It was well received and they obtained a huge order from US department store Macy’s.

After 21 consecutive seasons on the catwalk at London Fashion Week, Wayne and Gerardine sold Red or Dead in a multi-million cash sale.

In 1999, the pair they set up HemingwayDesign, which specialises in affordable and social design.

Wayne is the chairman of Building for Life, a Design Council CABE (Commission for Architecture and The Built Environment) funded organisation that promotes excellence in the quality of design of new housing. He is also a professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford, a writer for architectural and housing publications and a TV design commentator.

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WILL BUTLER-ADAMS SPEAKER AT MADE FESTIVAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS SHEFFIELD

Will Butler-Adams

Managing director of Brompton Bicycle

Will Butler-Adams joined Brompton Bicycle in 2002 and, since taking over from the firm’s founder Andrew Ritchie as MD in 2008, has seen production rocket from 7,000 to 30,000 bikes per year.

The Brompton Bicycle company doesn’t bother much with marketing. It doesn’t need to. Its iconic folding bikes spread the word far more effectively than any carefully conceived advertising campaign. Vince Cable and Nick Clegg kicked off their recent manufacturing summit with a visit to Brompton’s West London factory, and Will himself has become a regular fixture on industry panels and think tanks aimed at stimulating interest in engineering.

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Julie Meyer Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Julie Meyer

Founder of Ariadne Capital

Julie Meyer is the founder of Ariadne Capital and Entrepreneur Country. She is also the co-founder of the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs Fund and First Tuesday, and a Dragon on the online version of BBC’s Dragons’ Den.

American by birth and European in spirit, Julie regularly contributes to BBC Newsnight, the Financial Times, the Telegraph and CityAM. She is also a member of Vince Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum.

She has been awarded one of INSEAD’s Top 50 Alumni, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and is named in the Wall Street Journal’s Top 30 Influential Women in Europe.

Her first book, Welcome to Entrepreneur Country, was published in June 2012 by Constable Robinson.

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Edward Wray Speaker at MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Edward Wray

Co-founder of Betfair

Edward Wray co-founded Betfair with Andrew Black in 2000 and built it into the world’s largest internet betting exchange, with more than four million customers and a turnover in excess of £50m a week. In 2003, the company was one of about 50 recipients of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Edward stepped down from his role as chairman this year and is now an angel investor and a non-executive director at Funding Circle, an online marketplace to help businesses find low cost loans quickly and investors get better returns.

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Sheftival 2012 adds Joe Mcelderry to a star studded list

Olympics Countdown Reaches Final Straight with just five days to go until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics 2012, the countdown is well and truly on. The biggest festival of music and sport in celebration of the Olympics, Sheftival, continues to add acts to its ever-growing line-up as today it announces X-Factor winner Joe McElderry, and new pop band Tilly, will play on the Real Radio Main Stage at Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield.

Joe McElderry stole the hearts of the nation when he won the sixth series of the X-Factor in 2009 mentored by pop starlet Cheryl Cole. He went on to have a number one hit with Miley Cyrus cover The Climb before coming first place in ITV show Popstar To Operastar.

Joe’s second album Classic achieved Gold status after selling 200,000 copies worldwide. Joe will be bringing his unbeatable vocals and winning smile to Sheftival as he takes to the main stage on Saturday 4th August.

Also playing on the Saturday are three piece pop band Tilly, hailing from Bakewell in Derbyshire, and at just 17-19 years old they’re the youngest artistes to play the main stage.

Recognition for Tilly came about after winning a competition to write a song for World Peace Day. Tilly beat hundreds of entries and went on to perform at Peace One Day at the Royal Albert Hall. Critics have compared them to Blondie and Kate Bush, whilst fans draw similarities to The Tings Tings and Kylie Minogue. Whatever their sound, they’re sure to rock the Real Radio Stage at Sheftival.

Olympics fever has finally gripped the nation and Sheftival is expecting to welcome thousands of people from across the region to join in its unique festival of music sport. Sheffield local Olympiad Jess Ennis even found time out from her training to pose with our Sheftival board (see picture enclosed).

Sheftival is one of very few events taking place across Great Britain where you can try Olympic sports for free. Across Don Valley Stadium and the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, festival goers can take part in touch rugby with the Sheffield Eagles, athletics, spar with a professional boxer, have-a-go on the pop-up hockey and crazy golf pitches to name just a few, or cheer on Jess Ennis on a giant 48m² screen or indulge in Sheftival’s live music programme.

Stretching a vast site of 25 acres, Sheftival boasts eight stages, over 1,000 performers, 25 sports, 80 bands, three markets, a huge fairground, gourmet food stalls, twelve bars, a giant bungee, free ice-skating, the biggest foam party in the country and a lot more. This is the Olympic Games done festival style and from as little as £10 a ticket, it’s priced to make every welcome.

Visit www.sheftival.com to find out about all activities taking place at Sheftival.

Duke of Devonshire MADE festival for Entrepreneurs Sheffield

Duke of Devonshire KCVO CBE

The (12th) Duke of Devonshire, Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, was Marquess of Hartington until May 2004 when he succeeded his father as Duke. He was educated at Eton and Exeter College Oxford, where he received an Honors’ degree in Modern History. After Oxford he spent one year studying farming and agriculture, and then went to work in the book publishing industry where he remained until his early thirties. Since then he has devoted the greater part of his time to his family businesses, including assisting in the management of the family estates in Derbyshire, East Bourne in Sussex, Lismore in Ireland, and Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire.

He is deputy chairman of Sotheby’s and a trustee of the Wallace Collection and Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust.

The Wallace Collection is governed by a Board of Trustees. Trustees are appointed by the Prime Minister and normally serve a three to five-year term of office.

The Trustees are an independent body who bring an invaluable depth and diversity of expertise to the governance of the Wallace Collection.

The current Trustees of the Wallace Collection are:

Sir John Ritblat (The Chairman), Prof. Jasper Conran OBE, Prof. Frances Corner OBE, The Duke of Devonshire KCVO, CBE, DL, Mr. Richard Dorment, Ms Jagdip Jagpal, Mrs. Denise Lewis, Mr. Adrian Sassoon

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