by Jill Poet | Aug 17, 2012 | Ethics, General
I have just had a fantastic conversation with Mike Jennings chairman of Jennings of Garsington Ltd and also one of the mentors at Oxford Business Mentors. Mike has recently written a blog called Trust or Control which explains a great deal about his ethos. Mike is...
by Jill Poet | May 25, 2012 | Community, Ethics, General
It is heartwarming to see the church and business working together. Ely Cathedral Business Group provide an excellent example of how this works. The group believes “that there is a strong correlation between the health of the business sector, and the well being of the...
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 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...
by Jill Poet | Feb 27, 2012 | Community, Ethics, General
I have just attended one of Paul Dunn’s Inspire! seminars – and my goodness, it really was inspiring! Paul Dunn has been dubbed the “Wizard of WOW” and there certainly were lots of wows! Wows that will help businesses grow with speed, but in a way that also adds...
