Muntons, the Stowmarket-based malt and ingredients company, has launched the Muntons Academy, a new learning and development initiative to support colleague training, professional qualifications and leadership development. The Muntons Academy, which is being supported by the Stowmarket Innovation Gateway (SIG), will provide a focused framework for the company’s learning, skills and leadership development to support…
Victoria Winfield-Brown, a Registered Nurse & Registered Health Visitor was recently made redundant from her senior nurse leadership role. She has taken the opportunity to launch a new Suffolk based business, Aprisce. Aprisce brings together three distinct but connected areas under one brand: organisational development, professional mentoring and personal wellbeing. Aprisce offer organisational development support…
According to recent research, the UK’s driver shortage is still at severe levels, with a worrying lack of recruits in the under-30 age group. Tackling the driver shortage head-on, two of the East of England’s leading logistics companies address the driver shortage in very different but effective ways. Mark Bennett, operations director of VKVP…
The Suffolk Hotel Folk group has opened a new training and development centre at Thorpeness, believed to be the first of its type in East Anglia. It will provide a safe and welcoming space for the group’s folk to gain a wealth of knowledge and basic skills needed for their role. The Folk’s learning journey…
Mary Aslett has passed the examinations and courses to become a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and can now deliver courses in physical and virtual classrooms at levels 1,2 and 3 She has worked in learning and development for over 35 years and has always had a special interest in mental health and the impact…
By Martin Baillie – Business Growth Specialist at ActionCOACH Bury St Edmunds In a previous article, Instantly Improve your Cash Flow despite Record Inflation, we discussed cash flow budgeting and how owners of small and medium-sized businesses could rapidly improve their cash flow just by making a few simple changes in four areas of their business. …
By Martin Baillie – Business Growth Specialist and ActionCOACH Bury St Edmunds As the cost implications of record inflation start to hit, how can business owners improve their cash flow to ensure the business remains financially viable and able to support them? The U.K.’s consumer prices index increased by 3.2% in the 12 months to…
Ipswich Borough Council has provided funding to Business Growth Coaches Network (BGCN) to run a Youth Entrepreneur programme for young people not in employment, education or training. BGCN will offer a two-week, 20-session Introduction to Running a Business programme for 24 young people aged 16-24. Each of the 20, two-hour sessions will focus on one…