Manchester Evening News
Winning Pitch and Business School tie-up
25th September 2008
Winning Pitch, which provides coaching to help firms and individual entrepreneurs boost sales, today announced a tie up with Manchester Business School which it said would to give clients access to a world class talent pool.
The arrangement will see MBA students at the business school join Winning Pitch clients on internships or for special projects.
Clare Hudson, a director at the business school, said: “Increasingly, our MBA students want to explore the world of SME’s and entrepreneurship, as a life and career alternative to working for a global investment bank or the large management consultancy firms.”
Ian Brookes, managing director of Winning Pitch said, “One of the objectives is to enable Manchester Business School to retain more MBA graduates in Manchester and highlight employment opportunities in the north west.”
Winning Pitch floated on the PLUS market last December Based at One Central Park, Colyhurst, it employs 21 people and turns over more than £1m.
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