Starr by name, star by nature
ROBERT Starr has proved his star qualities, securing promotion to associate director at Peterborough-based Greenwoods Solicitors LLP.
ROBERT Starr has proved his star qualities, securing promotion to associate director at Peterborough-based Greenwoods Solicitors LLP.
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 photographer Dave Smith uses a trailer-mounted telescopic mast to create aerial photographs while his feet stay firmly on the ground.
THE Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership has agreed the appointment of Neville Reyner (CBE DL) (left) as chairman to help drive forward the economic vision for the area.
PETERBOROUGH-based contact centre Fusion has announced the appointment of a new site manager at its Bretton-based premises. Emma Rodulson-Ellis (left) will head up the contact centre operation, which handles more than 1.4 million customer enquiries each year for insurance brands including Budget, ibuyeco and Post Office. This latest senior-level appointment follows the news that Fusion [...]
FOLLOWING the sacking of Sky Sports presenter Andy Gray, Peterborough Business spoke to Robert Dillarstone and Laura Burke (left), employment lawyer and MD of Greenwoods Solicitors LLP about the reaction by Sky to the comments made by Gray and fellow presenter Richard Keys.
A SUCCESSFUL businesswoman is “surprised but delighted” to have been named Marketeer of the Year by Peterborough-based medical devices company Coloplast.
Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) remains in a strong position despite loss of CEO PECT’s chief executive, Hugh Cripps (left), has taken voluntary redundancy after an 18-year secondment to the charity from Peterborough City Council.
TOOJAYS has expanded its professional training team with the addition of a new international learning and development consultant. Miral Mahrous (left) joins the company from Heineken International where she was a learning and development consultant within the group’s human resources department based in Amsterdam. Prior to this, she held the role of training and development [...]
TWO key members of staff at Beacon Financial have retired. Gerry Button and Patricia Kelly both announced their retirement at the end of 2010. Gerry Button spent 25 years working for Barclays Bank before joining Beacon in 2005 as an independent financial adviser. Patricia Kelly, joined the company in April 2003 as their secretary initially [...]
A PETERBOROUGH office worker, whose job at a builders’ merchants became redundant in 2009, has started her own online jewellery business. After several months of unsuccessful job-hunting, Diane Pulford (left) from Fletton went along to Peterborough Women’s Enterprise Centre for advice and decided to start her own business in June. Her company, called Scooby’s Eternal [...]
THE Peterborough branch of Advantage Healthcare has welcomed two new consultants to its office based on Peterborough Business Park.
FORGET the TV boardroom antics and the back biting among ambitions candidates – when it comes to hiring new staff, one security firm has taken on its own apprentice. Secura-Cam, based at Yaxley, has strengthened its already successful team with the appointment of 18-year-old Daniel Bailey.
PETERBOROUGH City Council leader Councillor Marco Cereste (left) and director of environment capital Trevor Gibson have been leading seminars showcasing the innovative ‘Sustainable City Visualisation Project’ this week (October 4-7) at the 8th European Week of Regions and Cities Open Days event in Brussels. The project has been jointly developed by the city council, Opportunity Peterborough, IT [...]
PETERBOROUGH law firm Hegarty LLP has appointed two new starters. Ashley Kidd (left) joins the company department as a solicitor following completion of her training contract at the firm.
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 [...]
PETERBOROUGH-based law firm, Hegarty LLP, has appointed solicitor Emma Carter to expand its employment law department in the Peterborough and Stamford region. Ms Carter joins the company from the in-house legal department of a national supermarket chain where she handled a wide range of employment law issues from tribunals, contract and policy reviews to store [...]
PETERBOROUGH business leader John Bridge (left) has now been appointed chairman of a group trying to bring new investment to Peterborough. Mr Bridge is already chairman of Opportunity Peterborough and chief executive of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce.
CHRIS Burling has given himself a head start when it comes to job hunting after being named Best Business Student at Peterborough Regional College. The 18-year-old achieved the accolade at the end of his two year BTEC course in Business Studies. Now he’s planning on taking a gap year and gaining practical experience in the [...]