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Join us at Prolific North Live ’17 – Largest Marketing Event outside London

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Tony Lewis (FCIM, MMRS)

Vision One at Prolific North Live 2017: Connecting with the UK’s Marketing Community

This year, Vision One is delighted to be sponsoring Prolific North Live 2017 – the UK’s largest marketing event outside London, and we’d love to see you there.

The two-day event will take place at EventCity (Trafford Park, Manchester) on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 February 2017. With a fantastic range of seminars, exhibitors and talks scheduled over the two days, this year is guaranteed to be even better. It will feature leading exponents of digital innovation, cutting-edge marketing, branding and experiential agencies and of course, insight specialists such as ourselves, along with some of the UK’s brightest marketing and business brains.

Tickets are selling fast for Prolific North Live 2017: book your free pass now! Registrations for the return of Prolific North Live have already hit over 3,000 – so make sure you don’t miss out on the must-attend start to the year, register your free place at Prolific North Live! Click here to register for free – passes are going fast, and you don’t want to miss this one.

In addition to us, the exhibition will feature venture funding sessions, business speed dating, tech innovation demonstrations, creative workshops, collaboration areas, conference sessions, and seminars designed to motivate and inspire. We are hugely excited to be exhibiting at this incredible event – make sure you visit our stand (outside the Storytelling and Innovation theatre), say hi, and learn about the many ways we can help you improve your business.

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