You are here:-Lifestyle

Classical Music concert devotees, venues and promoters get a new App

Jubal has launched an App that enables its users to access details of classical music concerts involving specific artists, venues, music genres, and various event categories.   Named after the first musician recorded in Western culture, Jubal has been designed with classical music lovers – and promoters – in mind, although it can be used [...]

By | November 20th, 2017|Categories: Business Technology, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Austrian hospitality – and artistry

The recent concert tour of the UK by the Bruckner Orchestra Linz was made even more memorable for a favoured few who were invited to a reception at The Austrian Residence, in London’s Belgrave Square, at the end of April.   In the presence of the Austrian Ambassador to the UK, Dr Martin Eichtinger, the [...]

Springboard helps Australia’s women find their voices on the journey to gender equality

While more than 35,000 women in Australia have now experienced the Springboard development programme, the programme’s results are greater than mere numbers.   Developed by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, the Springboard programme is delivered by a number of licensed trainers in Australia. The programme [...]

By | March 9th, 2016|Categories: Lifestyle, Women's issues|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

A grand (operatic) night out in Vienna

Some 18 months ago, Vienna State Opera launched its ‘Live At Home’ service – which uses innovative technologies to make available live broadcasts from the opera house to subscribers via the internet for a subscription of 320 euros a year.   The service – a collaboration between the opera house and Samsung – began officially [...]

By | January 11th, 2016|Categories: Lifestyle, Sport and Leisure|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Springboard’s Sprint gathers momentum to close the gender pay gap

A programme intended to end the gender pay gap by helping undergraduate women develop to their fullest potential, has now amassed over 2,000 ‘graduates’ since it began in May 2013.   Known as ‘Sprint’ and developed by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, the programme, the [...]

By | November 26th, 2015|Categories: Lifestyle, Women's issues|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Opera and ballet at the leading edge of technology

Recently, Dominique Meyer, the Director of the Wiener Staatsoper - along with a team from the Opera House - returned to the Austrian Embassy in London to outline the opera house’s artistic plans for the 2015/16 season and to provide an update on the ‘live at home’ technology.     The technology is [...]

Brazil becomes the 44th country to embrace the Springboard Women’s Development Programme

Brazil has become the 44th of the world’s 196 countries to implement the ‘Springboard’ Women’s Development Programme.   Developed by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), a UK-based international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, the programme is being delivered in Brazil by Corinne Giely Eloi, who gave up her job as a marketing director [...]

By | October 29th, 2015|Categories: Lifestyle, Women's issues|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Springboard development programme helps women outside the education system in Nigeria

Nigerian women are developing their education outside the formal education system and also building their confidence levels as a result of a development programme, devised by The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company, based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.   The Springboard development programme enables women - from all backgrounds, [...]

By | August 17th, 2015|Categories: Lifestyle, Women's issues|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Caribbean women benefit from the Springboard programme

Women in the Caribbean are now benefitting from the award-winning development programme from The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company based in the UK, specialising in addressing women's development issues.   When she was studying for a Masters’ degree at the University of Cambridge in 2008, Mandisa Regrello, a native of Trinidad, experienced the [...]

Women’s development specialists run men’s development to support culture change at work

The Springboard Consultancy (SBC), an international training company specialising in addressing women's development issues, is now finding success in also helping men to clarify their priorities and life goals.   SBC’s Navigator Development Programme is designed for men from all backgrounds, ages and stages of their lives, who want to examine their home and work [...]