Article Archive for November 2012
Don’t Drink And Drown!…

The UK’s leading authority on water safety and drowning prevention has issued advice to help reduce alcohol related drowning’s and to promote general alcohol safety messages. The office party can be a …
Blue Sky and Rainbow – Forecast For A Perfect Future…

Birmingham based Blue Sky Corporate Finance has advised the management of J.Luscombe Associates Limited on the successful acquisition of Banner Solutions Limited, which trades as a franchise of Rainbow International. The recently completed transaction …
CPT chooses Aspect for mass voice analytics roll-out…

Call recording and analytics technology to be integrated across 1,000 agent seats and three contact centres
Aspect Software, a leading provider of next generation customer contact and enterprise workforce optimisation, has signed a deal with …
BEWARE THE CHRISTMAS SHOP SQUATTER…

- Greater Powers Required To Help Deal with Growing Landlord and Tenant Issue
Commercial property experts at law firm, Irwin Mitchell, are calling for greater Police and Local Authority powers in order to help landlords and …
Barclays – The Rise of the Entrepreneurial BoFF…

Fear of failure hampering businesses from making important decisions
The rise of the entrepreneurial BoFF – “Business overcome by Fear of Failure” – is holding back business success and stalling Britain’s economic recovery
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New £4million project for budding entrepreneurs…

Budding entrepreneurs in the West Midlands are to receive help getting their businesses off the ground through a £4 million project led by the University of Wolverhampton.
SPEED Plus gives students and …
Catharine Geddes, Associate at law firm Lester Aldridge LLP, reacts to the Government’s plans to extend parental leave rights…

“The Government has announced its updated plans for the future of family friendly leave in the UK. The announcement confirms the initiative to increase the flexibility available to parents in terms of …
Retail Sales Grow Strongly in Year to October – CBI SURVEY…

Retailers reported a strong rise in sales volumes in the year to October and expect that growth will continue at a similar pace next month, the CBI said today (Tuesday).
In the …
£90m Hereford Old Market starts on site, as Stanhope partners with British Land in first town centre forward funding deal in 5 years…

Stanhope has started work on its acclaimed £90m retail and leisure development in the heart of Hereford city centre, having secured a forward funding agreement with British Land. This represents the first …
4G Mobile Network to bring British Businesses into next dimension…

Businesses have welcomed the launch of the UK’s first 4G mobile service with excitement, as it will enable them to offer faster, enhanced services to customers.
The new service, launched today by mobile …
Quiss Technology – make IT better…

Midlands IT outsourcing specialist Quiss Technology has been engaged by Surrey-based UK top 200 law firm Mundays LLP, to provide a fully managed outsourced IT solution. A convert to outsourcing some years …
Computer games can be good for your health…

A two-day conference, taking place in Amsterdam next month, will bring together world leaders in serious games development and healthcare – helping to advance game technologies that improve health and the …
CHAMPION SECTORS TO SECURE THE UK’S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE – CBI…

Implementing a UK industrial strategy could boost exports by £30bn
An industrial strategy that plays to our strengths must be at the heart of efforts to rebalance the UK economy towards business investment …
Coventry University graduate wins top fashion award…

A first-class honours fashion student from Coventry University has won a top award at this year’s illustrious Midlands Fashion Designer Awards (MFDA) in Birmingham.
Alice Moore, from Coventry, took home the ‘Young Designer …
A BUMPER FESTIVE SEASON FOR FRAUD IS ON THE CARDS…

Study shows that the vast majority of UK businesses are storing customer credit card details without realising it
Some businesses are harbouring millions of credit card numbers
With Christmas approaching, and all expectations pointing to another …