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Carers Scotland recognises eCom Scotland as an Established Caring Employer

The digital learning and assessment specialist eCom Scotland has been awarded ‘Established Employer’ status within Carer Positive - a Scottish Government funded initiative, developed with the support of partners in Scotland’s private, public and voluntary sectors. In recognising eCom as a Carer Positive Established Employer, Carers Scotland, which operates the scheme on behalf of the [...]

By | February 8th, 2021|Categories: Business, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Homelessness Charity becomes Engage in Learning’s 1,000th Customer

The homelessness charity, Sanctuary Trust, has become eLearning supplier Engage in Learning’s 1,000th customer.   Sanctuary Trust’s Administrator, Colin Atkinson, explained, “Over the last few years, we’ve migrated to a situation where some 75% of all our learning activities for both the charity’s key staff and volunteers are delivered electronically. Moreover, these people are responsible [...]

By | January 6th, 2020|Categories: Learning Technologies, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Waste King in Local Football Sponsorship Deal

While Phil Neville’s England Lionesses are representing their country in the FIFA Women's World Cup, in France, Pitstone and Ivinghoe Junior Football Club is playing its part in helping to find the next – and subsequent – generations of international women’s footballers.   In this, they are now being helped by Waste King, the specialist [...]

Engage in Learning adds to its Unconscious Bias course portfolio

The increasingly well-known e-learning supplier, Engage in Learning, has announced that, in January, it will be releasing a new course on unconscious bias.   While Engage in Learning’s existing programme on unconscious bias is intended for managers, the new course is focused on helping all levels of staff to identify unconscious bias – and take [...]

By | December 11th, 2018|Categories: Business, Learning Technologies, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Engage in Learning event highlights Unconscious Bias

Everyone exhibits unconscious bias from time to time – and, unchecked in a work context, this leads to a less diverse workforce, with possible adverse effects on organisational performance.   In a bid to help reduce the adverse effects of this phenomenon, the e-learning supplier, Engage in Learning, is organising a webinar to ‘Identify and [...]

Waste King Takes Care of the Waste From Oktoberfest

While the thousands of visitors to this year’s London Oktoberfest got stuck in to authentic German beer and food, as well as finding time to listen to live music and enjoy the ambience of the festival, the event posed different challenges for the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, Waste King.   Waste [...]

Special Commemorative Concert at Cadogan Hall

  Among the first of a season of events around the world to commemorate the centenary of the end of Great War is the ‘1918-2018: Centenary Reconciliation Concert’.   Taking place at Cadogan Hall, in London, from the early time of 7pm on Wednesday 10th October, the programme features works from the last century offering [...]

By | September 26th, 2018|Categories: Lifestyle, Sport and Leisure|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Waste King helps to make Tristan’s dream garden possible

  Waste King, an environmentally friendly company specialising in waste collection and recycling services for both domestic and commercial customers, has joined forces with local organisations to help Tristan, a young boy in Milton Keynes who has Down’s Syndrome and has faced a number of tough challenges - including heart and respiratory disease as well [...]

By | August 2nd, 2018|Categories: Environment, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Heralding a beginning – and an end

On 5th July, London’s Wigmore Hall was the venue for an ‘Austrian-themed’ concert given by the Ensemble of the European Union Youth Orchestra, along with the cellist, Kian Soltani. Marking the inauguration of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Wigmore Hall, packed with guests and members of London’s Austrian Embassy, [...]

By | July 6th, 2018|Categories: Lifestyle, Sport and Leisure|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Noise Awareness Becomes Engage in Learning’s Latest Health & Safety Programme

Noise Awareness is the latest addition to the Engage in Learning range of health & safety e-learning programmes.   Becoming the 21st title in Engage in Learning’s health & safety portfolio – one of six equally well-stocked portfolios from the UK-based firm - the Noise Awareness programme reveals that: Loud noises account for some 20% [...]

By | July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Business, Learning Technologies, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments