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Forever Young – Even Spring Chickens Age
I never really thought about ageing much when I was a young mother but from fifty years onwards I became much more aware of my ageing parents and family friends and I realised that chronic health problems begin to catch up with us eventually. It is the most natural process that the human body goes […]
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Government response to auto-enrolment consultation published
The Government has published a revised edition of its key facts booklet ‘Automatic enrolment into a workplace pension’ the booklet provides a general overview of workplace pensions ant is targeted at helping employers and businesses to manage their new duties. The toolkit can be found at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/pensions-reform/workplace-pension-reforms/toolkit/ The above package, together with the revised timetable […]
Finalists selected for Young Start-up Talent
The local competition for 16-21 year olds with an entrepreneurial flair for business is reaching the closing stages with five finalists selected. Judges and Sponsors include leading executives from Thales, Lloyds TSB, British Airways, Gatwick Airport, Rawlinson Butler and Richard Place Dobson. The competition offers a £50,000 prize fund worth of products and services to […]
All the (business) world’s a stage
Businesses are latching on to the benefits that drama methods can bring to all levels of the corporate structure. “Techniques used in actor training can be applied successfully to multiple situations in business,” says Julia Martin of Dramaworks, who will present some of the benefits of this new form of training at next Tuesday’s (7 February) Business Builder […]
The POWER of a good challenge
For most of us, embarking on a new health & fitness regime is the easy bit – keeping at it after the initial flurry of enthusiasm has worn off is much more difficult. Even fitness professionals like me can struggle to stay motivated and so at the end of last year, I challenged myself to […]
Pension Auto-Enrolment
The Government has confirmed that the auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for SMEs. Firms employing between 30 and 49 staff will not now have to enrol staff until 1 August 1 2015 at the earliest. Those businesses with fewer than 30 staff will not have to comply until 1 January 2016 at the […]
Speaker for February announced…
Our speaker on February 7th is Julia Martin from Dramaworks. Julia will be outlining ways in which drama therapy can have a major impact on the way businesses and their people perform. The session promises to be highly interactive and lots of fun. Book now!
New website goes live
Yeah, yeah we know. Our website was becoming a little dated. Actually it was worse than that, the last time we did anything serious to it Greg was wearing flares and I was lusting after Suzi Quattro. Thankfully things changed…I no longer fancy Suzi Quattro. We hope you like our new look but please be […]
Dance yourself Zumba fit
The dance craze sweeping the nation comes to town next month as Horsham pulses once more to the Zumba rhythm. Qualified aerobics instructor Natalie Osmond launches her own hour-long classes of the Latin dance-inspired fitness programme at Millais school on 2 February and is inviting everyone along for a free taster session between 6.30 and […]
Portrait of a Loyal Customer
Mortgage broker Karen O’Brien has discovered that a picture’s worth a thousand words when she wants to thank her loyal customers. When someone uses her Sussex Mortgage Centre to arrange their lending, they now receive a free portrait photograph from Steve Gubbins, the award-winning photographer based in Warnham, West Sussex. “It was when I had […]
THINK POSITIVE!!
In today’s busy world it seems that events control us as opposed to us controlling events.If you feel that way, here are 5 ways to start taking control and help you shift into more positive thinking patterns. 01. TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF It’s much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising […]
