Stephen Cliff, founder of Vision Developments

Picture special: YEP Manchester property breakfast

The inaugural Manchester Young Entrepreneurs in Property breakfast seminar took place at Halliwells' offices in Spinningfields in March. Over 70 of Manchester's finest up-and-coming property professionals braved the early start to hear two talks from Stephen Cliff of Vision Developments and Darren Switzer of GDP Funding.

Click on gallery to launch images

YEP Manchester committee members Matthew Mackey, Arcadis AYH, and Tom Maskell, Turner Southern

George Isles of Curtins Consulting

Terry Errington and Steven Atwell, Bank of Scotland/Lloyds Banking Group

Kate Ridehalgh, Halliwells, hosts of the inaugural YEP Manchester Breakfast Seminar

Darren Switzer, GDP Funding

Tim Heatley, Modus

Cliff talked about his strategy for survival and why Vision is on the acquisition trail despite the challenging market conditions. He also said if you've got money, now may be the time to invest and said there were reasons to be optimistic about the market as a whole.