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Now is the time for business to engage apprentices

March 20, 2015

Having been ignored for decades, apprenticeships are back for good. According to the government, ‘over 2.1m people have started apprenticeships this Parliament, with a six-fold increase in higher apprenticeships started since 2009-10’. The number is planned to increase and there’s an apprenticeship voucher scheme on the way, scheduled for roll-out in 2017. In yesterday’s Budget from Chancellor George Osborne, the apprentice wage went up by 57p an hour to £3.30 – equivalent to an annual salary increase of over £1,000 for a full time worker.

Glamorgan wicket-keeper Mark Wallace re-elected as Professional Cricketers Association chairman

February 25, 2015

Glamorgan wicket-keeper Mark Wallace has been re-elected as the chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association.

Liverpool Commonwealth Association bids to boost trading links

February 25, 2015

The Liverpool Commonwealth Association will be officially launched next week in a bid to strengthen trading links between the city and UK Commonwealth countries.

CJAM strengthens its team with two senior appointments

February 24, 2015

CJAM is strengthening its team with two senior appointments. Yvonne Lidgate joins as business development manager to help generate new business opportunities for CJAM’s marketing and association management clients, while Lucy French joins as Account Director to develop and lead creative, high impact marketing campaigns.

North East conference aims to promote women in business

February 19, 2015

As International Women’s Day fast approaches, female hierarchy within British business is at the forefront of the political agenda.

Industry welcomes UK’s £6bn science strategy

December 22, 2014

The UK has committed £6bn to support the growth of its science industry in a move welcomed by both the pharma and biotech industries.

ICCA UK and Ireland Chapter re-elects Chair and Deputy Chair

December 9, 2014

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) UK and Ireland Chapter has announced that current Chair, Kerrin MacPhie and Deputy Chair Lesley Williams, have been re-elected to the Board.

Pawnbrokers Association launches new UK wide trading standards scheme

November 27, 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable MP has approved a new Primary Authority Coordinated Partnership between the National Pawnbroking Association (NPA) and Surrey County Council.

CJAM sponsor ‘Buisness Man Of The Year’ Awards

November 13, 2014

The Managing Director of leading Essex-based marketing agency CJAM is set to decide who will be crowned as Colchester’s ‘Business Man of the Year’. Christine Joyce, herself a winner of two ‘Excellence in Marketing’ awards, is sponsoring the prestigious award category to show support for the achievements of fellow Colchester businesses. She will review the entries, interview the shortlisted candidates and select the lucky winner, presenting him with his award at the Colchester Business Awards Ceremony in December. Joyce will also speak at the event about the qualities demonstrated by this year’s finalists and what it takes to be an entrepreneurial business leader.

ABPCO highlights barriers to association business

October 8, 2014

Inadequate information, reticence to share project details and fundamental differences between commercial needs, were all highlighted as barriers to the successful organisation of association events in the UK during a panel-led debate organised by The Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre recently.