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Ten strategies for success

Following researching her new book, ‘Resilience’ (published by Capstone Wiley next February), modern life skills specialist Liggy Webb (www.liggywebb.com) has come up with ten strategies to help people to be able to cope better with the demands and challenges of everyday life (http://www.liggywebb.com/files/id/162/view/resilience-toolkit.pdf): Take a journey of self-discovery: Self-awareness and self-confidence play a [...]

By | October 30th, 2012|Categories: Lifestyle|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Religious observances

Portland Software, a company based in Staffordshire, is offering to sell a database of names and addresses for the UK’s churches and its clergy – by denomination or geographical area. According to Portland Software, the latest figures for the UK's 'religious professionals' are:   Baptist Ministers 1372 Roman Catholic 3180 Church of England Ministers 12535 [...]

By | October 29th, 2012|Categories: Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , |0 Comments

Successful end to research project on sharing learning content

The R&D department of eXact learning solutions has announced that it has successfully concluded a project to develop tools and facilities to access a critical mass of management education and training open educational resources.   Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of eXact Learning Solutions’ North America and Australia operations and Senior Vice President of the company’s Global [...]

CIWM Awards for Environmental Excellence name Waste King a finalist

Waste King has been named on the shortlist for this year’s Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Awards for Environmental Excellence. Waste King’s nomination is in the ‘SME Recycling Performance of the Year’ category. The awards ceremony, which will be hosted by writer and TV presenter Kate Humble, is being held at the Marriott, in [...]

By | October 24th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

British Heart Foundation’s heartfelt thanks

Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has received a certificate from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) recording the BHF’s ‘heartfelt thanks’ for Waste King giving the charity 19 tonnes of recycled books, DVDs and music CDs that can be reused and sold to support the BHF’s work.   Waste King’s [...]

By | October 18th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Increasing recycling rates

Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, is helping its customers to be even ‘greener’ by helping them take steps to maximise the amount of waste materials they can recycle. This involves Waste King in supplying customers with special containers for their waste materials. One of Waste King's special containers. Waste King’s managing [...]

By | October 12th, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Young, gifted and Brummie

One of the delights of a public relations consultant’s existence is receiving enquiries from journalists who’re looking for help with their stories. One that has just arrived, from ‘Birmingham Living’ said: I'm looking for candidates for our Young, Gifted and Brummie section - young professionals under 30 who have made a great difference to their [...]

By | October 10th, 2012|Categories: Miscellaneous, Public Relations, Marketing and Sales|Tags: |0 Comments

Professionals vote eXact learning LCMS champion

The learning content management system, eXact learning LCMS – produced by the online and mobile learning solutions provider, eXact learning solutions, has been named as the Best Learning Content Management System at the Best of Elearning! 2012 Awards. The Awards, which took place at the Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo, at the Hyatt Regency in [...]

By | October 9th, 2012|Categories: Learning Technologies|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Herts Green Awards’ runners-up twice in one year

Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, was twice named as a runner-up in the Hertfordshire Green Awards, at a ceremony held at Knebworth Barns, in Knebworth Park near Stevenage. The awards, currently in their second year, are open to any business wanting to showcase its ‘green’ credentials.   Waste King’s award entries [...]

By | October 3rd, 2012|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments