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 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...
