EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has appointed a former senior RAF officer and manufacturing executive as its Region Director covering the south east. Steve Chicken, who is an experienced international business leader, will be co-located at EEF’s offices in Cambridge and Hook (Hampshire) and will be heading up the support provided by the organisation to its [...]

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BOURNE businesswoman Karen McNulty is launching a brand new online product that could solve the nightmares for many small businesses and start up companies. Called BusinessPlanWiz, the website allows visitors to construct their own business plan by leading them through a step-by-step guide, online. It follows on the heels of  her marketing plan website MarketingPlanWiz, [...]

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PETERBOROUGH employers are being given the opportunity to find out just how a sweeping law change will affect them at a special Employment Law Briefing. City-based agency Anne Corder Recruitment (ACR) has worked closely with industry body the Recruitment and Employment Confederation since the Agency Workers Regulations were first discussed. They are now on the [...]

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A GROWING number of manufacturers in the east of England reported buoyant trading conditions over the past three months on the back of rising demand in overseas and UK markets, according to a major survey published by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and BDO LLP. The second quarter EEF/BDO ‘Manufacturing Outlook’ report reveals that the broad [...]

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WORK is underway to establish a new community radio station for Peterborough. Representatives of Radio Peterborough have applied to Ofcom – the broadcasting regulator – to approve a licence for the station, which will operate throughout this year’s Peterborough Festival. Not only will the not-for-profit Radio Peterborough entertain and inform local people, it will also [...]

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