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Welcome John!
The New Year brings new beginnings and for 2019 a new member of staff to our Sales Team… Welcome to the team John!
You may recognise John from the “field”, he has been a key member of our events team for over 4 years and has managed a range of our events from Treasure Hunts around the UK to huge It's a Knockout events.
From starting last week, John has already been out on client meetings and venue visits and has firmly got his feet under his new desk.
If you fancy saying hello and discussing your next event with John or the rest of the team, give us a call on 01590 676599.
Indoor
Stocks & Shares
Overview
Bulls and Bears, Boom and Bust!
Get a feel for the frantic rush of Wall Street in this stocks and shares team building event.
Buy and sell as the stock prices on the giant screen constantly rise and fall. Pay attention for news flashes and company rumours – every event will affect share values. Can you predict the results of events to short the market, and beat the competition…?
We turn your venue into a virtual trading ‘pit’ complete with a huge, live-feed share price screen. Events spiral out of control as share prices soar and crash – will you be able to react quickly and keep your stock safe while companies go bust?
This exciting event gives you a taste of the bustling trading floor in a light hearted simulation, highly competitive and adrenaline filled it’s a great pre-dinner filler. Think outside the box - effective team work and communication is key to execute the best trades.
About
The Event Format
You’ll be met by the slick, city boy Sir Maximillian Bucks, who will split you into teams. Create a company name to inspire trust from investors, Ferrill Pynch for example.
Each team nominates one or two floor brokers to buy their stocks and shares on their behalf. You’ll need to communicate effectively with your broker to make sure they buy and sell the right stocks at the best price.
Stock prices constantly change. Buy and sell on these small movements or trade tactically as news comes in – how will the death of a CEO affect their share price..? Newspapers come fresh from the printers and breaking news appears on the screen. Insider tips and communications come straight to the trading desk.
The pace intensifies, the increasingly volatile world means more news and more price fluctuations – great chances to make moolah! Watch out though, even our listed companies can go bust – you don’t want to be frantically shifting stocks as the ship goes down…
We can turn practically any venue into a realistic trading floor, all we need is a meeting room big enough for your group.
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How it works
How does Stocks & Shares work?
Stocks & Shares is an indoor team building event for 20 to 250 people that turns your venue into a virtual trading floor, where teams buy and sell shares as prices rise and fall. It lasts about two hours. Here's how it runs.
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Enter the trading pit
Your venue becomes a virtual trading pit, complete with a giant live-feed share price screen.
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Choose your brokers
Each team nominates one or two floor brokers to buy and sell on its behalf.
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Watch the news
News flashes and company rumours affect share values, so teams must predict the market.
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Trade fast
As the pace intensifies, prices become more volatile, and some companies even go bust.
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Count the profits
The team with the most valuable portfolio at the close wins.
What's included
What's included with Stocks & Shares?
Stocks & Shares includes the full trading floor setup.
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Trade desk and traders
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Trading simulation Paper shares and 'money'.
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Colourful trader jackets
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Event management and instruction
Optional extras
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Event photography or filming
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Upgraded prizes: champagne, chocolates or trophies
Benefits
What are the benefits of Stocks & Shares?
Stocks & Shares builds teamwork and communication through a fast-paced simulation with clear links to business and risk management.
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Teamwork
Teams must agree a strategy and react together to every news flash.
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Broad appeal
A light-hearted simulation that works brilliantly as a pre-dinner event.
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Business links
A taste of the trading floor brings business decision-making to life.
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Risk management
Knowing when to buy, sell or hold is the key to winning.
I would like to say a very big thank you to you and your team for a very successful “Stocks and Shares evening”. Your team were a pleasure to work with and they really got the measure of our group and how to get the most from them. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and the resounding sentiment of the evening was “that was so much fun!
Bath University
FAQs
Stocks & Shares: Frequently Asked Questions
Your venue becomes a lively virtual trading floor where teams buy and sell fictional shares. Prices change continuously on a large live-feed screen as news reports, rumours and unexpected company events affect the market.
No. Stocks & Shares is a light-hearted business simulation rather than real financial trading. The competition uses event currency and fictional companies, allowing teams to take risks without affecting anybody's pension.
No previous market knowledge is necessary. The principles become clear as the simulation develops: watch the prices, assess new information and communicate quickly enough to act before the opportunity disappears.
Teams receive breaking news, freshly printed newspapers, company rumours and occasional insider tips. Every new development may change the value of a business, so information needs to be evaluated rather than accepted blindly.
Each team nominates one or two floor brokers to carry out its transactions. The remaining participants analyse the market and relay instructions, making clear communication between the team and its broker essential.
Yes. Share prices can rise dramatically or collapse completely as the simulated market becomes more volatile. Teams need to recognise when an investment has become dangerous rather than holding on through misplaced optimism.
The mobile setup can transform most suitable meeting or function rooms into a trading pit. The venue needs enough space for the teams, brokers and large live market screen.
The simulation runs for approximately two hours. Its energetic format makes it particularly effective as pre-dinner entertainment or an indoor corporate activity during a conference.
Stocks & Shares is suitable for approximately 20 to 250 participants. The larger group is divided into competing investment teams, each communicating with its own nominated brokers.
Teams need to interpret incomplete information, make decisions under pressure and avoid letting one confident opinion control the entire portfolio. It rewards groups that communicate efficiently while remaining willing to change strategy.