by Jill Poet | Aug 23, 2012 | Environment, General
No, I’m not talking about chocolate or red wine, I mean when it comes to environmental issues! For many people its holidays; for others it is a big fast car. I’ve got a friend who is a very keen environmentalist, but there’s no way she would give up her very old and...
by Jill Poet | May 23, 2012 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
Adding Social Value – an opportunity for small businesses and community organisations. One of my friends is a senior procurement officer with a local council. I asked her recently how her department were implementing the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in...
by Jill Poet | May 8, 2012 | Environment, General, Workplace
Green Office Week (GOW) 14th-18th May 2012 is an action-packed week full of fun and simple ideas to make your office greener. See what’s happening each day and then find ways you can fit these environmental ideas into your own work place. Make a real difference...
by Jill Poet | May 2, 2012 | Community, Environment, General, Workplace
‘Focus on Enforcement’ – opportunity for small businesses in food manufacturing to have their say on the way regulations are enforced Are you involved in Food Manufacturing? For the next five weeks Focus on Enforcement is inviting feed back from small...
by Jill Poet | May 1, 2012 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
We delivered another training session this weekend – our first two day course. We booked the delightful Latimer Place in Buckinghamshire and the only real disappointment was the rather dismal weather! We only had a small group but what great delegates. Moving to a...
by Jill Poet | May 1, 2012 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace
I attended a local business breakfast event on Thursday and was particularly impressed with the presentations from Mark Potter and Rachel Johns of national construction company Morgan Sindall. Rachel is the Framework Manager and she began by giving some information...