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Kool Carers Southeast receive £20,000 grant to expand its services
Kool Carers Southeast receive £20,000 grant to expand its services

A young carers charity, Kool Carers Southeast is to expand its counselling services after receiving a £20,000 grant from Essex-based healthcare social enterprise, Provide Community as part of its community grant-giving initiative.   Founded in 2017 by social and youth worker, Rachel Tungate, Kool Carers Southeast…

Experienced Residential Property Lawyer Julie joins Smith Partnership as caseloads continue to grow
Experienced Residential Property Lawyer Julie joins Smith Partnership as caseloads continue to grow

A highly experienced residential property lawyer has been recruited to help a Derby law firm deal with a huge increase in case work across all five of its regional offices. Julie Tomasik, who has more than 40 years’ experience in the industry, has joined Smith Partnership as its head of conveyancing and…

Forklift driver shortage flagged by Shropshire company
Forklift driver shortage flagged by Shropshire company

One of the UK’s leading training providers has highlighted the shortage of forklift truck drivers – saying it is as big a problem for the logistics industry as the more publicised issue of a scarcity of lorry drivers. Steve Dulson, of Dulson Training, said the shortage meant many warehouses across the country…

The great resignation: Solicitor offers employers top tips to retain staff
The great resignation: Solicitor offers employers top tips to retain staff

Statistics from the ONS show that there was a record high of job-to-job moves in the first quarter of 2022, reaching almost one million. Most of these were driven by workers voluntarily moving as the great resignation swept its way across the UK, with no sign of it slowing as we move towards 2023.   Ella Sheppard,…

Mixed sports programme developed as school welcomes girls
Mixed sports programme developed as school welcomes girls

A Derby independent school is aiming to lead the field in inclusive sport following its move to become co-educational this month. At the start of this term, Derby Grammar School welcomed girls into its primary year groups for the first time, and from September 2023 will be completely co-educational. In preparation,…

Back Onside announce new partnership with Scottish Premiership team Hibernian FC
Back Onside announce new partnership with Scottish Premiership team Hibernian FC

Back Onside are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Scottish Premiership team Hibernian Football Club. Having already worked with the club over the last few years, the partnership was the natural next step for both sides and Hibernian are now the second Premiership team to partner up with Back…

Spotlight On – Cas Majid, CEO at Wow Group of Companies Ltd
Spotlight On – Cas Majid, CEO at Wow Group of Companies Ltd

Cas Majid is Founder and Group CEO of Wow Group of Companies. A group of digital and tech companies based in Birmingham, Malvern and London. Cas’s career spans over 30 years, 20 of which, has been in business. As well as his business career, Cas has held some very prestigious positions, such as serving as President…

Glimpses of Art mixed media London exhibition underpinned by new business model
Glimpses of Art mixed media London exhibition underpinned by new business model

Art enthusiasts who visited the dynamic inaugural mixed media exhibition by Glimpses of Art in Shoreditch, London, didn’t just see an eclectic and unique mix of work by international artists specialising in a wide range of different art forms, but also experienced a distinctive and equally unique business model in…

What to look for when buying a used car
What to look for when buying a used car

When you are buying anything that has been used before there is always an extra frisson of worry that the vendor might be trying to trick you into paying too much for a mediocre car, or – worse – perhaps even trying to scam you out of your money. Here are some good tips that can be employed to make sure that your…

ROAD TEST – SsangYong Musso Saracen
ROAD TEST – SsangYong Musso Saracen

By Ian Strachan. Pick-ups used to be workhorses, so that’s what you got. A tough, uncompromising package with limited thought given to design, comfort and specification. It did a job, didn’t cost too much, and that would be it. No more. A 21st century pick-up is a fashion statement. That means it has to look cool,…