By John Walker on April 18, 2012
As Britain gets set for a year of world class sport, businesses are being urged to take inspiration from our sporting heroes by encouraging competition, following a poll showing many embrace competition at work.
The report, carried out by the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange, shows that the majority of workers agree that winning [...]
Posted in Awards and Accreditations, Business Culture, Industrial Relations, Morale, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Standards, Surveys, The Work Place, Training, UK | Tagged business awards, Caroline Jackson Levy, Mark Christophers, Martin Stiven, National Business Awards, Olympics 2012, Orange, Virginia Bottomley, West Cornwall Pasty Company |
By John Walker on March 1, 2012
One thousand young people in the UK with no prior work experience or qualifications are being offered their crucial first career opportunity from today.
Applications are now open for the Barclays Apprenticeship Programme offering 1,000 places for young people to build a career in banking. The first Barclays apprentices to join the £20m programme will start [...]
Posted in Adult and Other Education, Business Banking, Education and Human Capital, Employment Levels, Financial Services, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Private Sector, Recruitment, Skills and Training, Staff, Training, UK | Tagged Antony Jenkins, Barclays, Barclays Apprenticeship Programme, Barclays Retail and Business Banking, National Apprenticeship Service |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Business Seminar: The Bribery Act - implications for your business
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Time: 08.30 am to 10.00 am at,
Venue: Birkett Long, Basildon SS14 3EZ
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
The Bribery Act came into force on 1 July 2011 surrounded by a great deal of hype and uncertainty. Rather than jump in at the [...]
Posted in Business Culture, Corporate Hospitality, Essex, Governance, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Morale, Political and Economic Philosophies, Politics & Legislation, Procurement, Public Spending and State Aid, Recruitment, Regulation, Reputation, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training | Tagged Basildon, Birkett Long LLP, David Wisbey, Martin Hopkins, The Bribery Act, Tim Ogle |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
Business Seminar: Weathering the storm
Date: Friday 2nd March 2012
Time: 10.00 am to 12.30pm at,
Venue: Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JH UK
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
This seminar is a must for all investors. In a challenging economic environment, investment choices can be difficult. Our panel of experts will look at a range of investment opportunities. In [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Economic Cycles, Essex, Financial Capital, Financial Resources, Legal Advice, Lending and Borrowing, Limited Liability Partnerships - LLPs, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training | Tagged Alan Goggin, Birkett Long LLP, BlackRock, BNY Mellon Newton, Firstsite, Jupiter Investment Management Group Limited, Mark Hemsley, Mark Parry, Paul Faragher, Rafael Viñoly, Richard Bacon |
By John Walker on February 15, 2012
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the headquarters of his youth charity The Prince’s Trust today to announce 100 new jobs for unemployed young people - who will then help a further 100,000 young people to find work.
The new scheme will see young people, who have faced long-term unemployment and transformed their lives with [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Culture, Business Support Services, Charities, Economic Cycles, Employment Levels, Governance, Grants and Funding Pronouncements, Ideas and Innovation, Morale, Not-For-Profit Sector, People and Players, Recruitment, Reputation, Skills and Training, Staff, Startups, Training, UK | Tagged HRH The Prince of Wales, Job Ambassador, Martina Milburn, Prince’s Trust |
By John Walker on January 18, 2012
QCon, the Software Development Conference will be taking place at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London from March 7th to March 9th 2012 and would be of interest to enterprise software developers, team leads, architects and those involved in project management.
The organisers list Martin Fowler, one of the industry’s most influential authors, [...]
Posted in Business Culture, E-commerce, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Security, Information Technology, Morale, Outsourcing, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production Facilities, Project Management, Recruitment, Skills and Training, South West London (S.W.), Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training, UK |
By John Walker on February 6, 2011
Drive, by Dan Pink - a YouTube video, first recorded on 8th April 2010.
If you are setting up a new business and trying to devise plans for staff remuneration packages this video might be of interest.
The presenter argues that the “carrot and stick” approach to staff motivation works well for simple, straight forward, mechanical work. [...]
Posted in Economic Cycles, Human Resources, Ideas and Innovation, Industrial Relations, Political and Economic Philosophies, Recruitment, Startups, The Work Place, Training, Worldwide | Tagged Dan Pink, motivation |
By John Walker on November 22, 2010
Industry body drives initiative to deliver a clear, professional and trustworthy approach to the delivery of Cloud services
The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector, has launched its Code of Practice, following an extensive period of public consultation and piloting.
Over 200 organisations went through the process of reviewing [...]
Posted in Announcements, Business Software, Computer Services, Deals and Agreements, IT and Telecommunications Services, Information Technology, Internet Services, Telecommunications, Training, Worldwide | Tagged Amazon, CIF, Cloud Computing, Cloud Industry Forum, Code of Practice, EuroCloud, SaaS |
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