AFC Freshfield narrowly missed out on a semi-final place at the club’s debut tournament in which they picked up their first ever points.
The Swallows were drawn in the “Group of Death” at the Taylor Patterson Charity five-a-side football tournament, held at Fylde Rugby Club, and faced strong opposition from DWF Solicitors, Hedley & Co, David Roberts and Partners (DR&P) and Taylor Patterson.
Following a disappointing 2-0 defeat in the first match against Hedley & Co, Freshfield dug out two excellent draws, firstly a nil-nil against the tournament hosts and then a 1-1 draw against DWF, thanks to a stunning equaliser from Simon Turner.
It left Freshfield needing a victory in the final group game against tournament favourites DR&P and, despite being tied at 0-0 with just four minutes remaining, Freshfield conceded three late goals as they pushed forward for the win that would have taken them into the knockout stages. DR&P eventually went on to win the trophy, beating Hedley & Co in the final, proving the strength of Group Two.
Tournament squad back row L-R: Andy Dixon, Russ Leonard, Kieran Howlett, Simon Turner, Mike Gregory. Front row L-R: Mike Stanley, Andrew Taylor.
Hot off the Freshfield press is the summer edition of The Adviser, the quarterly magazine of financial advisory group, Taylor Patterson. This edition we have produced a comprehensive special feature surrounding the UK pension market.
We have just created a range of new marketing tools for the North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) in preparation for its attendance at the Paris International Air Show.
In addition to writing and designing a new magazine for the NWAA, our digital team has also created a new blog (www.nwaablog.com) which will be used as the Alliance’s official online voice during the show, providing a range of comment and analysis.
Our PR team – recently appointed by the NWAA – has also been co-ordinating the media strategy for Paris, ensuring it generates a range of targeted pre, during and post event publicity.
Over 2,000 businesses across the north west will receive a copy of our latest newsletter for Pierce Group – the Blackburn-based award winning accountancy and business advisory group. Freshfield writes and designs three Pierce publications a year. This issue covers a breadth of advisory pieces aimed at helping Pierce’s clients and prospects through the recession.
AFC Freshfield has qualified for the finals of the Taylor Patterson All Stars Soccer Tournament. The charity event is being held on June 16 at Fylde Rugby Club and will comprise ten 5-a-side teams competing in a Champions League style group stage and subsequent knockout format.
AFC Freshfield player manager Andrew Taylor said: “We’ve not won a game yet but that will not dent our confidence. We are a new team and have brought in some fresh faces of late but we are starting to gel as unit and confident we can raise a few eyebrows.” Freshfield’s tournament preparations start with a friendly against the AFC Freshfield ladies team. Andrew added: “We need a confidence boost!”
Logo courtesy of Freshfield design.
Good marketing, planning and PR can significantly increase the value of a business when selling. This was the main message born out of the final installment of the Freshfield-sponsored Lancashire Business Week, held at UCLan’s Media Factory on selling your business. North West Business Insider editor, Michael Taylor, sat on the Question Time style panel with Lancaster entrepreneur, Trevor Bargh, and our very own MD, Simon Turner. The event kicked off with a seminar on selling your business by Rob Kenmare of Moore and Smalley Chartered Accountants and Keith Melling of DWF Solicitors.
The fourth day of the Freshfield-sponsored Lancashire Business Week brought together the financial community at Winckley Square’s City Business Centre to discuss funding options for businesses.
The Managing Director of Business Link Northwest Peter Watson, and his colleague Gaynor Dykes offered a comprehensive analysis of the support available to businesses through their organisation. Enterprise Ventures Chief Executive, Jonathan Diggines, reminded the audience of how equity finance can often be the answer for firms who are looking to grow their business, whilst wealth management expert Michael Barr advised on how to avoid being a victim of financial fraud.
No Ties Networking followed at Vintage where Freshfield director Michael Gregory received a glut of snooker related jibes in relation to his three piece suit.
Today saw Sir Howard Bernstein deliver an inspiring speech on his regeneration aspirations for Blackpool, as part of his role as Chair of ReBlackpool. The invite only business lunch was held at the Holiday Inn, Preston. Thirty influential Lancashire business personalities heard Sir Howard talk about how he has turned around the fortunes of Manchester in the last 15 years, together with his high hopes to ensure Blackpool reinvents itself as a place its residents, workers and visitors are proud of.
Professor Tom Cannon (pictured), Professor of Strategic Development at the University of Liverpool, drew in over 50 guests at the National Football Museum in Preston for today’s ‘Will the Sky Fall in on Football’ event – part of Downtown Preston in Business’s Lancashire Business Week programme. Tom was joined by David Acland of insolvency giant, Begbies Traynor. Both agreed that the football industry was in need of tighter financial regulation.
David Gill, Chairman of Moore and Smalley Chartered Accountants, today revealed how well Lancashire’s economy is performing during the recession at the launch of Lancashire Business Week, which is being jointly sponsored by Freshfield.
Over 80 attendees came to the City Business Centre in Winckley Street, Preston, to see David present the headline results from the Lancashire Business Survey, including the fact 87 per cent of businesses have reported an increase in profits in the last twelve months. 85 per cent of the county’s business owners surveyed predicted a two year recovery. Over 150 business owners took part. Lancashire Business Week is being run by Downtown Preston in Business in association with our good selves, Moore and Smalley, NWDA and UCLan. For details visit www.downtownpreston.com
