Millionaires Gala Dinner and Conference
Tigrent Learning UK Gala Dinner and Conference 2010
Celebrating Optimism and Saying Goodbye to a 21st Century Great Depression
With Special Guests Teresa ‘What Glass Ceiling’ Graham CBE and Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent drinks
On February 5th-6th 2010, Tigrent Learning UK Limited hosted its IVth respected annual Gala Dinner and Conference in London. Despite 2009 being a tough year for many of us, we raised in the region of £67,200 in aid of Tigrent Learning UK’s valued charitable partner, Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK - which grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.
Saturday 6th February was also a successful day for networking amongst the delegates – all of whom who were brimming with ambition, entrepreneurship, investment intelligence and innovation, fuelled by two special keynote speakers and their respective pearls of wisdom:
Teresa Graham and Kevin Green
Teresa ‘What Glass Ceiling’ Graham CBE has been advising SME’s for over 25 years. Her varied professional life has included working in the Government’s Enterprise and Deregulation Unit reporting directly to Lord Young, the Secretary of State for Employment and then Trade and Industry, as well as in many other public and private sector advisory and mentorship roles.
Teresa shared with the audience a humorous and insightful view of her life over the years, together with advice and expertise relating to growing successful small to medium enterprises. Other topics covered included entrepreneurship and governmental support, networking, women in business, philanthropy through Teresa’s work with The Sustainability Institute in South Africa and relevant life anecdotes.
Richard Reed
Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent drinks, entertained us with his life story of how he progressed from being an enterprising eight year-old window cleaner to co-founder of the UK’s number one smoothie brand, selling over two million innocent drinks in over 11,000 outlets in the UK and Europe each week. The innocent story proves that with sound contacts, a fantastic team, positivity, a great brand and lateral thinking, it is possible to build and grow a profitable company from scratch, in spite of any odds.
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Tigrent Learning brings down the hammer at the Make-A-Wish Summer Ball 2009 at Blenheim Palace, together with three Dragons and a Secret Millionaire
Tigrent Learning presents Karen England, Fundraising Director for Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, with a cheque for £94,095.00 at this year’s annual Make-A-Wish Summer Ball at Blenheim Palace, in the presence of some of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs and philanthropists, including four of the BBC's ‘Dragons’.
From left to right: BBC ‘Dragon’, Ms Deborah Meaden; Tigrent Learning Operations Manager, Mr Bruce Attree; Tigrent Learning Trainer and Property Mogul, Mr Kevin Green; Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire, The Apprentice Mentor and the ‘Mother’ of wealth creation, Ms Gill Fielding; fellow ‘Dragon’ Mr Duncan Bannatyne; Make-A-Wish’s Fundraising Director, Ms Karen England; Dragon number three and National Enterprise Academy founder, Mr Peter Jones CBE and the Make-A-Wish Auctioneer for the night and valued Tigrent Learning Associate, Mr Martin Roberts.
Tigrent Learning reunites with Tigrent Learning 2009 keynote conference speaker, Mr James ‘Dragon’ Caan, in the name of Wish Granting
Following on from the success of the 2009 Tigrent Learning Conference where keynote speaker, Mr James Caan, spoke on the value of people within successful businesses, Tigrent Learnning reunites with Mr Caan, in the name of fundraising for Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK at this summer’s Blenheim Palace Annual Ball. From left to right: Mr Bruce Attree, Operations Manager, Tigrent Learning; Mr Kevin Green, the 2009 Tigrent Learning Conference speaker on the subject of ‘Heart Magic’; Ms Karen England, Fundraising Director, Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK; BBC's’s fourth Dragon, Mr James Caan and Ms Gill Fielding, Founder of Tigrent Learning’s Women in Wealth™ and valued mentor on The Apprentice (Spring 2009).
Millionaires Gala Dinner and Conference 2009
with Special Guests James Caan and Duncan Bannatyne from TVs Dragons' Den
The Tigrent Learning Millionaires Gala Dinner and conference was a huge success, raising thousands of pounds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation®. The audience were captivated by an inspiring speech by special guest speaker James Caan. Duncan Bannatyne also joined us during the weekend and we are proud to be able to boast that we had the Mr & Mr of Dragons' Den in our room.
Entrepreneur, venture capitalist and property investor James Caan has made millions from investing in start-up businesses. He also set up the Alexander Mann Group, an HR outsourcing company that had a turnover of £130million.
Like other successful Entrepreneurs he is a strong believer in observing how the masses behave and then doing the opposite. We have cycles where prices go up and we have periods where prices go down. Clearly we are experiencing an environment where prices are coming down, so in his view now is the time to investing, not when prices have shot straight back up again, which inevitably at some stage, they will do.
If you missed out on your chance to:
- Hear about all the positive investor movements that are now taking place in the property, business and financial markets.
- Network with some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs.
- Soak up the positivity of this unique occasion - meet new contacts, learn of new opportunities, develop new strategies and kick start your best year ever.
You can order your copy of the Millionaires Conference on DVD. Call now on 0800 161 3262 or email buildingwealth@wincorporate.com for more details.
For further information about the Millionaires Gala Dinner and Conference 2010 or to book your ticket please Call Melissa or Bruce on 0800 161 3262.
The London Marathon
Bruce Attree from Kingston, Surrey, ran in the Flora London Marathon for the second time on Sunday 26 April 2009 in aid of Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, the leading wishgranting charity that grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.
Bruce, 38, Operations Manager for the Tigrent Learning, based in Chiswick, West London completed the gruelling twenty six miles, together with over 35,000 other runners, in an impressive 3’47 minutes. He managed to raise £2,500 for the wishgranting charity.
Bruce said: “I ran for Make-A-Wish as my Managing Director Iain and I chose them as our charity partner two years ago and we have worked closely with them ever since. Our business is all about taking control of your finances and creating your own wishes. So an inspirational charity like Make-A-Wish that grants magical wishes for very deserving children is why we chose them, and we think they’re great”.
Speaking about the London Marathon, Bruce said: “The heat was unbearable, I was not expecting it and I lost a lot of my energy but the crowds were amazing and kept me going. My daughter made me a sign saying ‘Run Daddy Run’ and gave me a banana for energy so I could not give up”.
Neil Jones, Chief Executive of Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, said: “We are delighted and privileged that Bruce chose to run for us again this year. This fantastic achievement by all our runners will help us enormously in continuing to fund magical wishes for the 1,000 children who will turn to us this year.”
There are 20,000 children living in the UK with a life-threatening illness and we believe that every one of these children deserves to experience the magic of a Make-A-Wish wish. In 2009, around 1,000 children will turn to us to have their special wish granted. In order to do this we need to raise £5 million this year. Granting all these magical wishes relies solely on the generous donations of the public and fundraising challenges like the London Marathon.
It is not too late to support Bruce. To make a donation or to find out more about Make-A-Wish and information on places available in half marathons and 10k runs later in the year, visit www.make-a-wish.org.uk
Make-A-Wish Ball
Tigrent Learning, industry leader in educational programmes designed to create and nurture property professionals, continues its ongoing support of Make-A-Wish Foundation®UK at Blenheim Palace on Saturday July 12th 2008. Thirty two people from Tigrent Learning attended the Ball, including the Managing Director, Iain Edwards, key mentors, trainers and some of the London head office team, celebrating having raised £115,600.00 for Make-A-Wish during 2008.
Photographed with Kym Ryder, Anniversary Ambassador for Make-A-Wish in their 21st Anniversary year and Make-A-Wish Chief Executive, Neil Jones, the Tigrent Learning team include (L-R) Kevin Green, Bruce Attree, Martin Foster and Iain Edwards.
During the evening Tigrent Learning and their supporters helped raise over £20,000 by bidding on private dinners with Duncan Bannatyne, whilst Tigrent Learning customers and trainers also raised further sums by personally bidding for and supplying some of the prizes for both the main and secret auctions.