BUSINESSES in and around Peterborough are being encouraged to “Think Peterborough” with the launch of a new education partnership in the city.
A LOCAL initiative to encourage businesses in Peterborough to get involved in school career events has received a boost from a local video producer.
Jon Abbott looks at 20 years of Display Screen Equipment Regulations. He considers what has been achieved and what needs to be done next
Two school leavers take their first steps on career path AS A result of a partnership with local employer Fusion Contact Services, two students from Ormiston Bushfield Academy have secured full time employment at Fusion’s Contact Centre in Bretton, Peterborough. Fusion, through its parent company BGL Group, has an on-going relationship with the Academy focusing [...]
THE government is right to target support at the hardest-to-reach amongst the young unemployed – 16 to 17 year old NEETs with poor qualifications – as these are the people most at risk of the scarring effect of youth unemployment, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
MAJOR local employer, the BGL Group, has launched a new Microsoft .Net IT Academy aimed at training and equipping employees with valuable IT skills.
PETERBOROUGH-based coaching company Your Total Coach has launched a new ‘Grow Your Own’ coaching course aimed at companies in the fresh food sector.
PETERBOROUGH-based training specialist Lee Martin (left) has joined Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk as a regular columnist. His articles will provide readers with useful advice and information about staff training and HR matters.
PETERBOROUGH-based training provider Your Total Coach has added extra dates to its executive coaching programme. Download coaching programme flyer from this link
A PETERBOROUGH-based training expert claims that more and more organisations are using executive business coaching and seeing results that drop straight to the bottom line. Keith Nelson, managing director at Your Total Coach, (left) told Peterboroughbusiness.co.uk, “Organisations that use coaching as an effective tool and strategy build high performance teams and achieve better results.”
PETERBOROUGH companies have met with educators and skills providers to shape the skills vision for the city. The first Peterborough Skills Summit took place at the Marriott Hotel on November 30 and was attended by more than 120 delegates, despite difficult travelling conditions.
SMALL businesses in Cambridgeshire can now benefit from an extended specialist advice service launched by Business Link in the East of England. Aimed at small businesses that employ up to five staff, the phone-based service will provide busy, time constrained owners and managers with business advice and support during weekday evenings and on a Saturday, [...]
STAFF from Peterborough-based contact centre company Fusion have successfully completed the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 5 qualification. The nationally recognised, degree-level business programme, culminated with a graduation ceremony at Peterborough Cathedral, attended by 11 of the 13 staff who completed the course (pictured left).
PETERBOROUGH accountant Stephenson Smart & Co is celebrating exam success. Matt Chambers, a trainee at the firm, has passed his Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) exams. Mr Chambers joined Stephenson Smart & Co in 2006 as a BSc Accounting graduate from the University of Hull. He achieved the AAT qualification in the first year of [...]
A CAR bodyshop specialising in the skills and craftsmanship associated with historic vehicles has been officially credited by one of the UK’s leading awarding bodies.
BUSINESSES need to take a more targeted approach to e-learning, according to an industry round table. As the e-learning market becomes saturated with mobile applications, businesses need to provide employees with more focused learning opportunities to see greater benefits.
PETERBOROUGH-based training provider Toojays has published a paper looking at relationship awareness. Relationship awareness is a theory developed in the 1970s by psychologist Elias Porter and, according to Toojays, its relevance is as great today as it was 30 years ago. Lee Martin, managing director of Toojays Training and HR consultancy said, “Understanding your customer [...]
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