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Christine Brannigan - BWF - Director

A busy week with 2 days in Manchester  at the Spring Pensions Show. As with most exhibitions it was good to catch up with familiar faces and sitting in on some of the Conferences was of use to keep my skills up to speed.  The suit of armor on the Anthony Hodges stand was very impressive and Incisive Media were extremely hospitable to all attendees .  An Ali-G look-alike was even there!! It was difficult to get back to the station with the football match and hopefully the next show  in London in November will not clash with a big sporting fixture !!

Pip Sandford - BWF - MD

Attending the PP Conference and Exhibition in Manchester this week was a fun trip.  I was a guest speaker and extremely nervous, but I think I successfully delivered some thought provoking facts and highlighted the difficulties which are effecting the pensions industry from a recruitment perspective.   The drinks party and the exhibition enabled lots of networking with many of our clients and also some industry colleagues.  I also won a prize from Go Pensions (an i-Pod Shuffle which will inspire me to get running again).  The main interest was the Cocktails and Fizz at Mercer, Capita and Standard Life which did prove popular, but I think my favorite was the adult sized operation game at Hewitts and of course the balloon animals at Procentia.  Getting home was an experience with the football carnival for Rangers, I felt a bit out of place suited and booted.  Roll on the November show.