About Me

Hi, I’m Tara, an experienced business development, events, and hospitality specialist in Manchester.

Having spent two decades bringing the Manchester hospitality scene to life in various roles, it’s safe to say I’m an expert when it comes to delivering amazing experiences and making brands stand out.

My client list includes some of the biggest names in UK hospitality – from the Spirit Group (now known as Greene King), Revolution, and Stonegate Pub Company, to Living Ventures and Drake & Morgan. In fact, I helped launch Drake & Morgan’s very first concept outside of London, The Refinery, in 2016. On the back of this success, I also played a key role in the opening of their second Manchester venture, The Anthologist, in 2018.

In my rich career in the hospitality industry, I’ve handled pretty much every scenario you can imagine. I know there’s always more than one way to achieve an objective, and I’m always one step ahead to keep everything running smoothly.

Made in Manchester

Growing up in the North has given me a natural flair for building genuine, long-lasting relationships, and my little black book grants you access to some of the most influential contacts throughout the region.

It all started in a local pub where I was pulling pints as a fresh-faced 18 year old. As someone with a passion for making connections and bringing people together, I knew straight away that I was where I wanted to be. It wasn’t long before I’d started planning and hosting events for the venue – and the rest is history!

Whether you’re launching a new concept, growing your brand, or organising an event, I know how to save you time, money, and energy without ever having to compromise. Inspiring and maintaining customer loyalty is where I excel, and I have a keen eye for lucrative business opportunities that keep your brand relevant. Simply let me know your goals and vision, and I’ll get to work on making them a reality.

Ready to stop all that researching, juggling, and chasing? Get in touch.

Working with Tara has been a dream! Efficient communication, extremely helpful, and really took the time to understand our needs. Tara took out a significant amount of stress and time to make our venue search as painless as possible. I’d recommend Tara to anyone looking for an event venue in the city! Abigail Noonan - MYTA Awards

I’d recommend Tara to anyone looking for an event venue in the city!

“Tara was a massive help in organising and selling a live podcast event in Manchester. We didn’t know that many people in Manchester so Tara’s network was a huge factor in us filling the room – I will definitely be using Tara again for future events”

Liam Jones - Founder of Pilla

“Tara was a massive help in organising and selling a live podcast event in Manchester

Working with Tara over our event has been an excellent collaboration. She perfectly curated the guest list to have the right people attending, allowing us to show off our venue and lead to future success’s. I look forward to working with her again on many other events.

Neil Burke, The Managing Director of The Blackfriar , Salford

She perfectly curated the guest list to have the right people attending

Having worked with Tara on numerous hospiality projects over the last five years. Tara offers access to her wealth of connections in Manchester, there is nobody she doesnt know or who doesnt love her! Forever the professional with a passion for all things hospitality and people! From project management, business development , PR and super launches Tara is your go-to. Holly Anderson - Sprout

Forever the professional with a passion for all things hospitality and people!

When the volume of inbound sales enquiries for one of Cheshire's leading event hire companies, Go Event Hire, became overwhelming they enlisted the support of Tara. Tara immediately got up to speed with the business, understood the product offering and services and jumped on converting as many of the enquiries into bookings as possible. Tara also lent expertise in leveraging her network - utilising Facebook groups, targeted email campaigns and personal connections - to further bring in new business opportunities.

- Ben Bowen , Owner , Go Events

Tara also lent expertise in leveraging her network

I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Tara - she takes away all the stress of venue finding, having listened and understood your requirement she comes back with suggestions which are relevant. Her super responsive and friendly style makes her a pleasure to work with too. - Michelle Mullany - EY

She takes away all the stress of venue finding

Working with someone who believes in your brand as much as you was more than I could ever have wanted from Tara. Being a mother herself she understood my target audience and how to really get my brand in front of them. Thank you Tara, I am already looking forward to the next time we can work together.

- Alishia, M0THER

Working with someone who believes in your brand as much as you

Tara worked with us closely to review, create and update in-house Marketing, bookings, events and explore new beneficial partnerships/link ups for our pubs with brands, local businesses and key individuals. She is very creative, organised, has a great wealth of connections and experience in hospitality and other sectors. We found her extremely easy to work with and would definitely recommend her services Kate Evans, Group Marketing Manager , Almond Family Pubs

She is very creative, organised, has a great wealth of connections and experience

Tara is a dream to work with. She understood our goals and was creative and realistic in implementation. She gets that there are many ways to achieve a restaurant's marketing objective and she knows how to get the job done (plus she is very well connected). We will continue to work with her for sure. - Libby Andrews, marketing director, Pho

She understood our goals and was creative and realistic in implementation

Tara is brilliant to work with. She is professional with a great amount of experience, knowledge and contacts but also down to earth and fun which means working with her has always been easy and she fits in perfectly with us and our brand.

Her organisation skills are excellent and her passion for us and our brand, as if it were her own, really helped the relationship too.

We would recommend Tara PR to anyone!

Paul and Cheryl - Stockport Gin

We would recommend Tara PR to anyone!

Tara was absolutely key to the launching of our two Concepts in Manchester- a City where we had previously not ventured into, being founded and based in London. The success of the first Offering The Refinery in Spinningfields in 2016, led directly to our strategic decision to open The Anthologist St Peters Square in July 2018 which has also achieved success in a very competitive marketplace. Tara was a vital component of the successful launching of both Offerings, promoting our Brand with her engaging personality, sheer enthusiasm, and wealth of Hospitality industry knowledge, which she had previously built up in the City and not least, her extensive range of network contacts across wide ranging sectors, were all were integral in setting our new Venues on the road to success. We were naturally sorry to lose Tara, but we can understand her ambition to now offer her proven talents and Skillset to a new and wider Clientele and wish her every continued success with her new venture - Jillian MacLean Managing Director, Drake & Morgan

Tara was absolutely key to the launching of our two Concepts in Manchester

Tara has always been a pleasure to work with, whatever our request she always finds a way to make it happen. Our colleagues and clients are always well looked after and on a number of occasions Tara has pulled together amazing events and drinks receptions very last minute. Tara is incredibly professional, diligent and the most fun to work with -Shannen Doherty Project Manager Oliver James & Associates

Tara is incredibly professional, diligent and the most fun to work with

Begin The Party proudly endorse Tara PR. With high attention to detail, client professionalism and a wealth of customer experience. Tara delivers perfection to every event -Jordan Bracewell (MD) www.begintheparty.com

Begin The Party proudly endorse Tara PR

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