ECONOMIC development company, Opportunity Peterborough, has launched a new programme to engage and support Peterborough businesses. The Peterborough bondholder scheme is free of charge and open to all local companies. As well as gaining an established networking calendar, bondholders will have access to a range of benefits from programme partners including reduced subscription to PECT’s [...]

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SMALL and medium-sized businesses contracted by Peterborough City Council can get help to reduce the impact they have on the environment thanks to a new partnership with Resource Efficiency East. The Supply Chain Network programme supports larger organisations to mentor and work with small businesses to improve their resource efficiency, and Peterborough City Council is [...]

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SMALL businesses are set to be at the heart of the newly created Local Enterprise Partnerships following a meeting between the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) earlier this week. The coalition government has announced that Local Enterprise Partnerships will replace the recently abolished Regional Development Agencies in [...]

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BEACON Financial Limited have announced the creation of its very first management team. The team, which will be involved in the day to day running of the company and its strategic future, consists of three members of staff – Pippa Ellis, an account manager, who is the usual contact point for many of his clients; [...]

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INDESIT Company’s UK HR team is celebrating after a successful night at HR Magazine‘s prestigious HR Excellence Awards held on 29 June in London. The team beat off stiff competition to pick up the ‘Best Talent Management’ award for its innovative ‘Thinking for Business Success’ (TFBS) programme, which delivered tangible results and benefits for the [...]

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New figures show small firms stay loyal to Royal Mail but services need improvement ROYAL Mail is still not delivering in its service to small businesses two years on from a review into the postal service, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). In its response to the consultation ‘Review of developments in the [...]

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PETERBOROUGH-based BusinessWatch UK Security Services Limited and Norwich based GSL Dardan Ltd have agreed to merge their guarding and patrol operations in a deal that will see the new business employ in excess of 100 personnel with a turnover of £2.5 million. To effect the merger, BusinessWatch UK Security Services will become a wholly-owned subsidiary [...]

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