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HealthTech 2026: Innovation, Prevention & the Future of Health
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
HealthTech 2026 explores Greater Manchester’s strengths in health data, digital innovation, AI, integrated care and HealthTech adoption, while showcasing the people, organisations and technologies improving…
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Social Value in the City: How building communities across our region increases connection, creativity and delivers on your social value objectives
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Social Value- what does it mean?In this lunchtime session we’ll be exploring what Social Value really means and more importantly what it can mean to…
A Festive Evening of Networking with pro-manchester
Manchester City Centre • 5:00pm
Join us for an exclusive evening of festive networking, seasonal drinks, and delicious nibbles as we celebrate the start of the festive season with fellow…
Sell Smarter, Not Cheaper: Winning the Right Deals in a Slower Market
Salford & Trafford • 8:30am
In a market where buyers are more selective and decisions take longer, having a clear and consistent sales approach matters more than ever. This session…
Join the Conversation: Shape the Future of Critical Thinking in Marketing
Manchester City Centre • 5:00pm
Professor Laura Chamberlain of Warwick Business School is in the process of writing her second book, exploring how marketers can move beyond prescriptive frameworks and develop the…
Automotive Sector Roundtable: A Forward Look at Growth, Opportunity and Change
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
The automotive sector is undergoing a profound transformation—shaped by EV adoption, charging infrastructure demands, supply chain shifts, skills shortages, and changing national policy. Facilitated by the…
Good Employment Charter leadership series – Leading Forward: Lessons from This Year, Priorities for the Next
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 12:00pm
As the year draws to a close, this session creates space to step back and reflect on what has worked, what has not, and what…
Beyond Compliance: Creating Inclusive Menopause Workplace Support
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Menopause affects people in every type of workplace. Nine in ten say symptoms affect their work and one in ten leave their jobs because of…
HealthTech 2026: Innovation, Prevention & the Future of Health
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
HealthTech 2026 explores Greater Manchester’s strengths in health data, digital innovation, AI, integrated care and HealthTech adoption, while showcasing the people, organisations and technologies improving…
Festive Sustainability Social: Craft, Connect & Celebrate
Manchester City Centre • 5:30pm
Join us for a festive evening of networking, creativity and sustainability, hosted in collaboration with Open Kitchen.Get into the festive spirit while connecting over seasonal…
Creative That Converts: Digital with Impact
Bolton & Wigan • 8:30am
Attention is expensive, algorithms are unpredictable, and audiences are harder to reach, yet brands still need to grow. This event is for Greater Manchester teams…
Challenging Assumptions: From Stereotypes to Strengths
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this event will move the conversation beyond awareness to explore how organisations can build truly inclusive workplaces…
Storytelling by stage – Brand Building Through Growth
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
This event is part of our Innovation programme series.As businesses grow, their story must evolve with them. Join us as we explore how founder-led businesses…
Racial Equity and Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Building on the outcomes from the May event, which demonstrated that Greater Manchester already benefits from a wide range of impactful social mobility initiatives delivered…
Standing Out in a Crowded Market: Winning More of the Right Deals
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 8:30am
Standing out in a crowded market is becoming increasingly difficult, especially as buyers grow more informed, cautious, and selective. This session will help you strengthen…
More from your membership in 2027
Online • 12:00pm
Join us for our upcoming webinar to find out how to get the very best from pro-manchester in the year ahead. This session is a…
Employment Rights Act: Make Faster Decisions, Make Better Hires
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
The Employment Rights Act changes are going to place far greater pressure on businesses to make quicker, better-informed decisions about new hires. The days of…
Funding Unlocked with River Capital
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Many North West businesses reach a point where the ambition is there, the numbers stack up — and traditional finance no longer fits. The question…
Property Social
Manchester City Centre • 4:00pm
Kick off the new year with fresh connections at our January pure networking event! Join us for a casual, after-work networking event designed for professionals…
future-pro educate: New year, new goals. But where do you start?
Manchester City Centre • 4:30pm
A new year brings fresh ambitions, but knowing how to put them into action isn’t always easy.Whether you’re an early-career professional considering your next move,…
pro-women Winter Brunch
Manchester City Centre • 10:00am
Join us for a relaxed and welcoming pro-women Winter Brunch at Zouk Tea Bar & Grill, bringing together professionals from across Greater Manchester for meaningful…
Cutting Business Costs: Smarter Ways to Use Energy and Resources
Salford & Trafford • 8:30am
For many businesses, operating costs can gradually increase without anyone stopping to question whether the money is being spent effectively. From energy bills and premises…
Wellbeing Champions Lunch 2027- "Is AI Strengthening or Challenging Human Connection and Wellbeing at Work?"
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
As AI continues to reshape the workplace, what does it mean for our wellbeing, relationships and human connection?Join us for the Wellbeing Champions Lunch 2027,…
Fintech Lunch
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
A forward-looking lunch exploring the forces set to shape UK fintech in 2027, from investment, innovation and regulation to the economic opportunity across Greater Manchester…
Good Employment Charter leadership series: Leadership That Supports Growth and Change
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 12:00pm
As businesses grow and evolve, leadership needs to adapt to new challenges and opportunities. This session focuses on how to lead effectively through change, maintain…
Arbuthnot Latham – A decade in Manchester: Past, Present & Future
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
As Arbuthnot Latham approaches its 10-year anniversary in Manchester, we are delighted to host a special panel discussion to mark the beginning of the celebrations. Taking…
Build It, Buy It or Partner? Making Smarter Decisions as Your Business Grows
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 12:00pm
As a business grows, it cannot build every capability, employ every specialist or pursue every opportunity alone. Business owners regularly face decisions about whether to…
Book Launch – Fraction of the Time, All of the Experience
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Jason will be discussing his new book and sharing insights into the issues he regularly comes across as a Fractional FD and how he helps…
Light Responsibly: Balancing Exterior Lighting, Ecology and Dark Skies
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
This presentation explores the growing importance of responsible exterior lighting design in protecting dark skies, supporting biodiversity and creating sustainable environments without compromising safety, functionality…
Green Growth Conference 2027
Manchester City Centre • 9:00am
The Green Growth Conference brings together business leaders, policymakers, innovators and sustainability experts to explore the opportunities and challenges shaping the transition to a greener…
Carbon Literacy & Hospitality: From Awareness to Impact
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Join us for a practical discussion on how Carbon Literacy can support hospitality businesses to engage teams, develop leaders and take meaningful low carbon action.This…
Unlocking the Potential in Your Team: Building the Skills Your Business Needs
Bolton & Wigan • 12:00pm
Businesses often look outside the organisation when they need new skills or capability, but there may be far more potential within the existing team than…
Measurable Media: The New Era Of Traditional Advertising
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Join CNS Media for an insightful discussion on how traditional advertising channels are evolving in the age of data-driven marketing. As audience behaviour becomes increasingly…
Made In Manchester Awards 2027
Salford & Trafford • 6:00pm
Make Your Mark on ManchesterThe Made in Manchester Awards, brought to you by future-pro, celebrates the brightest and best young business talent across Greater Manchester.Recognising…
LGBTQ+ and Allies Networking event
Manchester City Centre • 5:00pm
Building on the success of our previous LGBTQ+ & Allies Networking events, we are delighted to invite you to join us on 20 February 2027…
Getting Your Business into Bigger Supply Chains
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 8:30am
Securing contracts with larger organisations can create significant opportunities for business growth, but understanding how those organisations choose who to work with is not always…
Corporate Finance Lunch 2027
Manchester City Centre • 11:45am
We welcome you to a jam-packed afternoon11.45 – 12.15: Registration, drinks & networking 12.30 – 12.35: Welcome12.35 – 13.25: This session welcomes industry leaders as…
Sales Skills Workshop: Turning Prospects into Clients
Manchester City Centre • 9:30am
Join Paul for a practical, high-impact workshop designed to help sales professionals turn expertise into persuasive client conversations, presentations and proposals. Participants will learn a…
The Power of Social Media: What Content Works for You?
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
As part of our Innovation Programme series, this event will explore how to unlock sustainable growth by strengthening your sales strategy, refining their commercial approach…
Growth, Succession, Exit and Your Estate
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
An interactive workshop and tax clinic hosted by Alexander & Co, designed for business owners, professional advisers and individuals navigating the commercial and personal challenges…
International Women's Day Lunch 2027
Manchester City Centre • 11:45am
Join us for pro-manchester’s flagship International Women’s Day Lunch 2027 as we come together to celebrate, connect and inspire.Aligned with the UN International Women’s Day…
Impenetrable is impossible: A guide to getting comfortable with risk
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
The most successful security strategies are built on one key assumption. That at some point, some area of your security defences will fail.If you build…
Leading Through Change: What’s Really Getting in the Way
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Most organisations are good at talking change. They’re not as good at making it happen. Research shows that around 70% of change programmes fall short,…
Homes, Workplaces and Growth – What Does the Next Generation of Places Look Like?
Salford & Trafford • 8:30am
Where and how people choose to live and work is changing, creating new expectations of the places around them. Homes, workplaces, transport, local amenities and…
Managing the Mental Load and Making Room for You
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
From remembering appointments and school forms to anticipating everyone else’s needs, the invisible work of caring can quietly take over. This lunchtime event shines a…
From Ambition to Action: DEI Strategies That Work
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Browne Jacobson’s aspiration is to be the most diverse, equitable and inclusive law firm in the UK and Ireland, creating a workplace in which everyone…
From Compliance Burden to Board Insight: Practical AI for Compliance, Legal and Assurance Teams
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Compliance teams must track more regulation, govern rapidly expanding AI use and give boards evidence that programmes work, often while information remains scattered across documents,…
Growth is the ambition. Is your leadership team ready to scale?
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Growth puts different demands on a leadership team.As organisations grow, the challenges facing senior leaders are rarely just about having the right strategy or enough…
How Business Owners Can Embed Social Value and Grow
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 8:30am
Social value can strengthen more than an organisation’s community contribution. When it is connected to business priorities, it can also support recruitment, employee engagement, reputation,…
Access to Alternative Funding – when a bank says no
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Whether you’re exploring funding now, planning for the future, or simply want to hear more about what’s available, it’s a relaxed opportunity to hear from…
Should pension cash remain on deposit or be deployed into commercial property?
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
With interest rates, liquidity and commercial property all influencing pension investment decisions, this lunchtime event will bring together professionals from across the SIPP and SSAS…
Manchester's Innovation Ecosystem: The Power of Universities, Research & Collaboration
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
As part of our Innovation Programme series, this event will explore how Greater Manchester’s universities and the wider innovation ecosystem are driving business growth, research…
Cyber Crisis: What Would You Do?
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Join us for “Cyber Crisis: What Would You Do?”, an interactive crisis simulation session designed for business leaders and decision-makers. Attendees will work through a…
What Do Your Customers Really Value? Turning Insight into Better Business Decisions
Bolton & Wigan • 8:30am
Businesses make decisions every day about their products, services, pricing and priorities, but those choices are not always based on a clear understanding of what…
Elevating your Professional Development in Professional Services
Manchester City Centre • 5:00pm
Whether you’re an early-career professional considering your next move, or you want to gain confidence on internal progression, this event will shine a light on…
How employers attract, hire and keep great people as AI continuously changes work
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Discussing the opportunities employers have to obtain and retain high -quality talent in these technologically evolutionary times. With AI being as transformative as the steam…
Purpose into Practice: Building Inclusive Workplaces Through CSR
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Many businesses want their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity to make a genuine difference, but turning good intentions into meaningful action in the workplace isn’t…
Could Your Business Survive a Cyber Attack?
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 12:00pm
A cyber incident can quickly become a business problem involving customers, suppliers, staff, money and reputation, not just an IT issue. When systems are unavailable…
Understanding Social Value and Social Impact
Bolton & Wigan • 8:30am
Social value is becoming more visible in procurement, partnerships and responsible business conversations, but organisations can struggle to define what meaningful impact looks like or…
Building your Brand for Acquisition
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Whether you’re looking to be acquired soon or one day down the line, we’ve got you covered with our years of experience in building successful…
Where Should You Really Be Spending Your Marketing Budget?
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 12:00pm
With more channels, platforms and tools competing for budget, it is increasingly difficult to know which marketing activity is genuinely contributing to business results. High…
Manchester 2027: The Next Destination for Global Business
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
Why Manchester, and why now?Manchester is attracting some of the UK’s and the world’s most recognised organisations, and they aren’t simply arriving. They’re expanding, consolidating…
Is your culture holding your organisation back?
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
Something might be getting in the way of your culture. You probably already know what it feels like, but you might not be able to…
What Happens If Your Biggest Customer, Supplier or Key Person Disappears Tomorrow?
Salford & Trafford • 12:00pm
Many businesses have dependencies that only become obvious when something goes wrong: one customer represents too much revenue, a supplier cannot be replaced quickly, or…
Making Better Decisions with the Data You Already Have
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 12:00pm
Most businesses already hold useful information about customers, sales, operations and finances, but many still rely on instinct because the data is scattered, difficult to…
Taking Your Business from Local Success to the Next Stage of Growth
Bolton & Wigan • 12:00pm
The systems and habits that help a business become successful can start to hold it back as it grows. Leaders become stretched, decisions slow down,…
The Future of the Town Centre – What Comes Next for Business, Property and Place?
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 8:30am
Stockport town centre has already undergone significant change, bringing new homes, development and activity into the area. The next question is how that momentum can…
Taking Your Business into New Markets – Where Should You Grow Next?
Salford & Trafford • 8:30am
Expanding into a new market can unlock significant growth, whether that means moving into the next city, reaching customers and clients elsewhere in the UK…
The Skills Gap You Can See Coming – Building Your Future Workforce
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 8:30am
Recruiting only when a vacancy appears can leave businesses competing for skills that are already in short supply. As technology, customer expectations and job roles…
Beyond ChatGPT: Practical Ways to Use AI Across Your Business
Bolton & Wigan • 12:00pm
Many businesses have experimented with tools such as ChatGPT, but the bigger opportunity is using AI to improve how work moves through the organisation. That…
Building Commercial Partnerships: Unlocking Growth Opportunities
Manchester City Centre • 12:00pm
As part of our Innovation Programme series, we will explore how businesses can develop the right commercial partnerships to accelerate growth, whether through securing investment,…
Turning Innovation into Revenue and Business Growth
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 12:00pm
Businesses rarely struggle to generate ideas; the harder part is deciding which ideas can become something customers will pay for or that meaningfully improves performance.…
Who Will You Meet? Salford & Trafford Business Networking
Salford & Trafford • 12:00pm
You never know which conversation could lead somewhere. Join businesses from across Salford, Trafford and the wider Greater Manchester business community for relaxed networking and…
Where Is Your Business Losing Time and Money? Fixing Everyday Inefficiency
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 12:00pm
Growth is harder when time is being lost to duplicated work, slow approvals, manual processes and systems that do not speak to each other. These…
From Investment to Opportunity – What Does Regeneration Mean for Business?
Bolton & Wigan • 8:30am
Regeneration is often discussed in terms of buildings and infrastructure, but the real business impact comes from the activity that develops around it: new contracts,…
Getting Paid: How to Protect Cash Flow Without Damaging Customer Relationships
Stockport, Tameside & South Manchester • 8:30am
Winning work does not strengthen a business if the cash arrives too late. Slow payment can restrict investment, increase borrowing needs and create unnecessary pressure,…
How SMEs Can Innovate and Compete Without a Big Budget
Salford & Trafford • 12:00pm
Innovation can sound like something reserved for businesses with large R&D teams, but many of the most valuable improvements come from solving everyday customer or…
Increasing Revenue: Sales Strategy, Commercialisation & Pricing
Manchester City Centre • 8:30am
As part of our Innovation Programme series, this event will explore how businesses can unlock sustainable growth by strengthening their sales strategy, refining their commercial…
Winning and Keeping Valuable Clients: Building Stronger Commercial Relationships
Rochdale, Oldham & Bury • 12:00pm
Winning a new client is an important achievement, but building a successful business also depends on the strength of the relationships that follow. Understanding client…
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