by Jill Poet | Feb 15, 2013 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
Something to celebrate? The European CSR Awards scheme (details of the awards scheme here) presents a wonderful opportunity for the EU to join together and recognise the importance of CSR and celebrate great initiatives. Over the coming months we will undoubtedly see...
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 16, 2012 | Community, General, Marketplace
The recession continues to bite, unemployment is rising and businesses are closing. The struggle is particularly intense in our high streets as they not only have to contend with a downturn in the economy, but also changes in purchasing habits: the consumer is...
by Jill Poet | Oct 3, 2011 | Community, General, Marketplace
When starting a business, one of the big considerations is the “corporate image.” Choosing a logo, the company colours, the style of literature and web sites is all part of that initial branding exercise. And without doubt, that early stage branding plays a very...
