1813 Club and Premier Members
1813 Club and Premier Members
Greater Birmingham’s leading companies
The world famous Jockey Club has become the latest prestigious organisation to join the Chamber. The Jockey Club is 268 years old,
and is the largest commercial group in British horseracing, owning many famous racecourses, including Cheltenham, Aintree, Epsom Downs and Newmarket. The Jockey Club was formerly the
regulator of British horseracing, but this role was devolved to the British Horseracing Authority in 2006. However, the Jockey Club still
plays a major role in horseracing, via the 15 racecourses it owns and other functions, including the National Stud, Racing Welfare and the Jockey Club Estates. The latter is the organisation’s
property and land management arm, and operates the training grounds at Newmarket and Lambourn. The National Stud is the Jockey Club’s thoroughbred breeding, boarding and education arm, and Racing Welfare provides help to racing people in need.
Premier Membership
Contact: Howard Blow T: 0121 607 1841
Jockey Club joins the Chamber
and this is a festival staged over several days at the course, culminating in the Gold Cup. Jockey Club regional business
development manager Gareth Howells said: “We are looking to join the Chamber to connect with businesses in the greater Birmingham area, which is under an hour from Cheltenham. “The massive exposure that the
And they’re off: the parade ring at Cheltenham (Picture courtesy of PA Images, Cheltenham Racecourse)
‘We are looking to join the Chamber to connect with businesses in the greater Birmingham area’
The Jockey Club’s turnover is
£170m, and in 2014, for example, this resulted in £55m being invested back into the UK’s second biggest spectator sport. The organisation, which employs 500 people, is also the largest
shareholder in media company Racecourse Media Group, which includes satellite TV channel Racing UK,
RacingUK.com and TurfTV, a television betting service. Cheltenham is among the most famous of the Jockey Club’s events,
Cheltenham Festival receives provides a great platform to help companies grow using sponsorship and corporate hospitality and we are well aware of the reach that the Cheltenham Racecourse brand has nationally. “The Cheltenham Festival is the
biggest jump racing festival in the world. “Recently studies by the
University of Gloucester show that over the four days over £100m is brought in the local economy, with the reach being felt from Birmingham to Bristol and through to Oxford.”
Black Sabbath ‘Iron Man’ has a heart of gold
Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi is hosting a special lunch to raise funds for a new chemotherapy centre at Solihull Hospital. The veteran axeman will be entertaining an
audience at Opus Restaurant, Birmingham, on 20 April, with tales of his life in the pioneering heavy metal band. Birmingham-based Sabbath staged a
L-R: Dr Emma Hicks, Dr Jagvir Purewal, Emma Johnson and Janette Hamer Promotion for attorneys
Intellectual property law firm Forresters has promoted six attorneys at its Birmingham and London offices. Patent and trademark specialists
Dan Rusby-Gale, Janette Hamer and Emma Johnson, who have 42 years’ service at the firm between them, have all been made partners. In addition, Dr Jagvir Purewal
(engineering and technology) and Leona Ogier (trademarks) have
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been made senior associates and Dr Emma Hicks (engineering and technology), who recently qualified as a European patent attorney, has becomes an associate. Forresters equity partner
Matthew Shaw said: “The latest round of promotions reinforces our commitment to developing talent. Each of those promoted deserves the reward for their hard work which makes the firm a success.”
worldwide farewell tour last year, which ended with a concert at the NEC. Iommi is a patron of the chemotherapy
ward at Heartlands Hospital. He is backing the appeal to raise
£150,000 for an extension to this facility which will create up to 31 new chemotherapy spaces at a new unit at Solihull Hospital. This unit will increase the
amount of cancer patients who can be treated by Heartlands by 170 per cent. The Opus event will feature a
raffle, with one of the top prizes being a signed guitar donated by Iommi.
Riffmaster turned fundraiser: Tony Iommi
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