ESA Risk’s Marketing Director and Roger Dugan from our co-host Asertis were joined by accountants, insolvency practitioners, lawyers and more for a private wine tasting at Loki Wine Merchant & Tasting House in Birmingham’s historic Great Western Arcade.

This was the first in-person networking event many of our guests had attended since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, so we were pleased to be returning some sense of normality to Birmingham’s professional community.

And Loki gave us a real treat with Champagne followed by a guided tasting of 5 excellent wines with some unexpectedly delicious choices, such as a white Bordeaux and a subtly complex red from Turkey. There were a few of us making notes of bottle labels at the end of the evening.

The conversation was flowing as easily as the wine, and that’s what these events are all about – connecting like-minded professionals for good conversation in a relaxed setting.

The 500 Club is an event series jointly hosted by ESA Risk and Asertis. The invitation-only networking events are usually held twice a month at locations across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and others.

We’re in London next week, followed by Liverpool in mid-October.

If you’d like to be added to our invite list, please contact us.