Thrive Lounge
Hosted by Benjamin Clay
2024 Dates
Friday 8 March 2024
Friday 5 July 2024
Friday 1 November 2024
Coombe Abbey, Coventry
A unique, trusted community for entrepreneurs, brought to you Benjamin Clay, Clay Wealth Management.
To register your interest email kate.clay@sjpp.co.uk
Agenda
12.30pm - Registration
Enjoy a welcome drink on arrival.
Meet the other delegates and discover what our carefully chosen partners have to offer
1pm - Presentations
2pm - Break
2.30pm - Three course meal
4pm Close
Stay longer and join us for a drink in the bar!
Address
Coombe Abbey Hotel, Brinklow Road, Binley, Coventry CV3 2AB.
MENU
To Start
Roast Tomato Soup
Basil Oil (VE & GF)
Pork Cheek
Slow Braised In Apple Juice Parsnip Puree, Parsnip Crisp & Pork Popcorn
Crispy Panko Coated Hot Smoked Salmon Bon Bon
Warm Caper & Lemon Hollandaise Sauce
To Follow
Slow Braised Shin Of Beef
Violet Mustard Mash, Roasted Chantenay Carrots Fine Bean & Shallot Fondue Red Wine Jus
Poached Potato Gnocchi
Plant Based Creamy Wild Mushroom & Leek Sauce Micro Herbs (VE & GF)
Roasted Chicken Supreme
Potato Gratin, Shredded Leek & Fine Green Bean Panache Wild Mushrooms & Madeira Sauce
To Finish
Brioche & Golden Raisin Bread & Butter Pudding
Cinnamon Scented Custard
Passion Fruit & White Chocolate Torte
Mango & Passion Fruit Salsa Shortbread Crumb
Steamed Chocolate Pudding
Butterscotch Sauce & Chocolate Crisp Pearls
To Accompany
Bonavita Pinot Grigio, Venezie, Italy
Dry and easy drinking, with subtle pear and apple fruit. (Vg)
Tekena Merlot, Central Valley, Chile
Fruit-driven, raspberry and blueberry fruit leading to a soft finish
SPEAKERS
Simon Martin FPFS Cert CII (MP & ER)
Chartered Financial Planner, St. James’s PLace Wealth Management
At this event we will be joined by Simon Martin, a Chartered Financial Planner and Regional Technical Manager at St. James's Place.
Simon joined St. James’s Place in 2014, initially within the Cirencester Tax & Technical team and moved to regional Technical Connection manager for the South West & Central in 2018.
He is a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society and a qualified tax adviser. Specialising in financial planning advice to small business owners along with inheritance tax, trusts and estates, Simon has a number of years’ experience assisting financial planners in a technical capacity. This has included creating planning ideas and strategies to help you deliver advice to your clients.
Also present at Thrive Lounge will be….
Richard Murray
chief commercial officer
elephants child
Prior to joining the Board at Elephants Child, Richard practised as a litigation Solicitor for over 20 years. For 13 of those he experienced life as an SME owner, as the managing partner of a high street practice. During this time Richard saw many of the challenges that are faced by our clients on a daily basis. Richard then became a Director with a national law firm, which gave him knowledge and experience in the management of larger corporations.
Richard’s role in Elephants Child is our Chief Commercial Officer. He still enjoys his work in an advisory capacity, with his own SME clients in numerous sectors, ranging from professional services to manufacturing and retail, as well as advising within a FTSE 100 business.
His style is based on his strong analytical focus, coupled with excellent problem solving and communication skills. He combines academic rigor with real hands on experience of the SME journey.
Mark Jennings
master business coach
Actioncoach
Mark is a certified Business Coach, providing business help, business advice, business coaching and mentoring services to small and medium-sized businesses.
He has a passion for helping businesses grow and become profitable, so the business owner can enjoy the lifestyle they deserve.
As a Business Coach and advisor, he will help deliver the results you desire and hold you accountable for your results and just like a sports coach, push you to perform at optimal levels.
lifestyle partners
A big part of Thrive Lounge is enjoyment and, at each event we invite carefully selected aspirational lifestyle brands for you to explore.
Daniel Partington
Wine Expert, Shawbury Wine
Daniel knows a lot about wine and is happy to share it. He works with Shawbury Wine, a small family-run business, to bring you wines from boutique wineries that are of superb quality, unique character and offer a memorable drinking experience.
Richard Gunton
Tailor, Richard George
Richard George tailoring is a bespoke tailoring service with sartorial elegance at its heart, so you can be the very best version of yourself. Richard started training as a tailor at 17 in Birmingham which led him to Savile Row, where he worked under a master tailor gaining knowledge and experience of traditional British techniques in luxury tailoring.