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How to create your own event management website?

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An event management website is an essential aspect of event organization and management that would make the process much easier and faster. Therefore having a user-friendly website would become the main management component to achieve set goals. Hence, in this article, you will find information about some tools and strategies to help you to create a convenient website to manage your event. You will find the answers to questions such as:

  1. What is event management, and why do you need it?
  2. Why is managing an event so important?
  3. Why do you need a website for managing events?
  4. How to create an event management website?
  5. Common mistakes in creating an event management website.

What is event management, and why do you need it? 

Event management is the process of planning and maintaining a small or large-scale event; thus, it is also known as event planning. Events can be crucial in a comprehensive marketing strategy in any field. Therefore its role is irreplaceable, and the event manager professional is responsible for a number of key aspects of the event, such as:

  • Planning of the event
  • Designing and production
  • Promotion and future profitability of an event

Why is managing an event so important?

Event management is the key to business success. It is an integral part of business development, as it can damage or maintain the reputation of a company. An adequately organized event allows a business to advertise its products and services to a targeted audience and demonstrate the company’s advantages, therefore making new profitable connections.

Occasional events managed professionally can increase engagement and interaction, which will later add credibility and higher reputation status to a business or company.

Why do you need a website for managing events?

In this age of globalization, with the introduction of the internet and media, the organizer has the opportunity to create a website for event management that will make the process much easier and more profitable at the same time. Also,nowadays  there is a chance to conduct not only physical events but virtual platforms as well while using event management software. The main benefits of managing a website are:

  • Easy to connect and share: An event-managing website will become the primary source of information for customers. It will share every detail needed, such as dates, speakers, sessions, and themes. For controlling the dates for maximal elimination of chaos, you can add to your website an event calendar plugin. Doing all this in one place, instead of being required to reach up to every attendant individually, will save a lot of time and money.
  • No information confusion: Even though every company most probably has its own separate website, posting about every event would get lost in other consent of the site. Therefore having a specific event website where the specialists would post only the information about the event will eliminate confusion.
  • Brand awareness: Branding is critical to your company’s development and growth. A creative design and layout of the website will give the company a chance to come up with a unique brand for sponsors and attendants to memorize.

How to create an event management website?

Starting a website may seem complicated at first sight, but following several vital steps will assist you in creating a professional platform. Let’s start with things you surely need on your website.

First and foremost, installing WordPress event plugin will make the process of management and organization of the event more effortless as it will help to sell the tickets and control attendees without any problem.

A well-organized website needs an easy and functional interface that should include a Home Page, an About Page, a Service Page, and a Contact Page. What are these?

  • Home page: It is the introductory page of your website, which provides a brief introduction to the company or organization to which it belongs.
  • About Page: This section offers details about the person or organization in charge of the website issue, typically explaining the site’s origins and goals.
  • Service Page: This page provides customers with information about their products and encourages them to purchase, which later helps the business to gather data about customers.
  • Contact Page: As the name suggests, this section is created for the customers to contact the organization via the official website.

Do not spend too much time choosing the name, as people most probably would search your business name if they needed to find your website. Be concise and include its original name.

Having a responsive design is one of the most crucial tools that will help you in creating a successful website. Creating an interface that will effectively work on mobile devices as well as increase the number of website visitors, therefore, benefiting the trafficking.

Your website should have comprehensively set goals for the particular event to be able to have a clear understanding of success measurements.  

Including relevant content is one of the key components of a successful website. It will ensure that it resonates with your customers and provides them with the information they require, consequently increasing trafficking.

Common mistakes in creating an event management website

  • Too many keywords: Keywords are used to make searching more efficient. However, sometimes adding a lot of keywords here and there without a specific need in the context will make the website look unprofessional.
  • Annoying call-to-actions: Call-to-action is a very common advertising step; nevertheless, putting it in too many places would make it look annoying. Your website should not look like an advertisement but rather an information source.
  • Too much information and text: Indeed, your website should convey information about the event; nevertheless, placing too much content would make the reader get easily lost in long texts and unimportant information. 

To sum up.

Organizing a professional event can have a substantial positive impact on the company’s reputation. Creating a website to manage the event is an easy and convenient way to attract visitors and share information about the event.  

Advantages of automated storage and retrieval systems

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There are several advantages of automated storage and retrieval systems. In this article we will discuss those advantages and provide you with some bonus tips which will help you to have a better experience.

Whether you are new in the topic or you have some background information you can still get essential information from the article. Thus stay tuned and use your maximum capabilities to enjoy the process. Do not be afraid to implement all the strategies right away and share your own practices in the comments section. 

Let’s get started with some informational parts and then discuss examples of them for a better experience.

Interaction between automated storage system and production process.

Modern information technologies have revolutionized the technical equipment of an industrial enterprise, which has significantly affected the entire technological chain of production, including logistics and warehouse systems. Labor-intensive processes are giving way to automation and robotization with a minimal presence of the human factor, and sometimes with its complete absence.

Computer-controlled warehouse automation systems are today an essential part of the production process at every stage of the production process, which allows you to increase production volumes and gross margins of the company while reducing costs. Unfortunately, automation came to the warehouse of the enterprise relatively recently.

At the same time, given the number of software applications used, as well as the possible amount of profit that an enterprise can ultimately receive, today there is a significant increase in the number of companies that are implementing modern storage automation technologies in their warehouses.

There is a Modula HC, which brings a new level of performance, reliability and safety to high-speed picking operations where ceiling height is limited. The benefit is that it is fast and easy, useful for all the types of performance. 

Now let’s discuss an example of  automation and retrieval systems.

Implementation of the principle “Cargo to the person”

The basis for the creation of automated storage systems is the principle of “Cargo to the person”. In other words, in such storage systems, the goods move towards the person, and not vice versa. As a result, the loading time of the warehouse, as well as the search for cargo, are significantly reduced, since more demanded products are placed closer to the delivery window by the computer system. 

When servicing the system, the operator is located at the issuing window and does not move around the warehouse area, and the shelves with the necessary goods are automatically fed to the issuing window at his request, which significantly reduces the risk of dangerous situations.

Generally, nowadays software is more useful and for all the types of the regulations, it is better to use software rather than hiring some professionals for it. Do not be afraid to subscribe to the software, as they can save your time and money. If you need accounting services, think about having an accounting software rather than hiring an accountant. As the softwares has better customer support and is always ready to have a customer well-being approach and innovative techniques. 

The main types for the Security Measures

Personnel safety

In automated systems, the required storage unit is fed to a convenient height for the operator. Access to stored goods is provided without additional physical effort on the part of the warehouse employee. Also, the set of equipment for automated storage systems includes safety light barriers. All this eliminates the possibility of injury to operators even when working with heavy loads.

Storage security

Providing maximum protection of products from the effects of external adverse conditions, automated storage systems prevent damage or theft of stored products. Access to goods within the system is carried out after authorization of the personnel by entering an access code into the warehouse system control panel. Each warehouse operation and actions of operators are recorded by the system.

Integration into the customer’s accounting system

To ensure optimal efficiency and throughput when using an automated storage system, it must be integrated with the warehouse management system of the enterprise. The indisputable advantage of our storage systems is easy and convenient integration into the customer’s accounting system. These systems can be combined into one and manage inventory from one computer.

QA Testing for Having Professional Experience

To have a professional experience you need to have QA testing and skipping this step can be a tragedy for you. As QA helps you assure the quality and to qualify the measures that you are currently using.

Investing in the quality of your product will give you long term positive consequences and help you to have better user experience, which means views, leads and eventually sales. 

The product line of modern warehouse equipment designed and manufactured by good software includes the following types of systems:

– automated storage systems of elevator type in open and closed versions;

— automated rack-type storage system;

— automated storage systems of fan type;

— automated storage system of horizontal type.

Automated Storage Systems in Other Terms

This type of automated warehouse system provides for a movable cell structure for storing goods. The racks are divided into sections, each of which has its own electric drive and control. Each vertical rack or horizontal row has a special place for unloading goods.

If it is necessary to pick up the load, the electric drive is turned on, and the cells begin to move around inside the rack in a circle using a chain mechanism. As soon as the required package arrives at the unloading point, it is pushed out and transported further automatically or with the help of a forklift.

The main disadvantage of such a system is the inability to change the cell size. Therefore, such systems are often used in production warehouses with guaranteed package sizes.

In rooms with low ceilings, the carousel can be designed horizontally. In this case, this will be represented by single-level deep racks. One of the options for a horizontal carousel is mechanized hangers in clothing warehouses.

Lift storage system

Automated warehouse storage systems for goods of the elevator type are built according to the type of classic racks. To move goods along them, a special lifting and transport device (shuttle) is used, moving along the shelves along the guides.

The advantage of lift racks is their modular nature, which means that they can be quickly scaled in length and height. The cell size and capture mechanism can also be changed by simple upgrades or even programming.

Concluding Points 

Automated warehouse systems are especially effective for standard container sizes and a small assortment of goods, so they are rarely used in retail. However, already in building stores with a high rental rate, their use may be justified. 

If you are new in this topic, we hope you got the most answers of your questions and now you feel more certain about what you should follow.

This topic needs more attention and of course you need to read more about it if you want to develop your own way of organizing and thinking strategies. Tend to be productive and always maximize the capability of learning. 

PUBLIC PRACTICE DELIVERS LARGEST COHORT OF PLACEMENTS AS IT EXPANDS INTO THE NORTH WEST TO HELP EASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SKILLS CRISIS

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RECORD INTAKE OF PLACEMAKING PROFESSIONALS COMES AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVE £8BN FROM LEVELLING UP FUND AND TOWNS FUND BUT SAY ATTRACTING SKILLED STAFF IS THEIR LARGEST RECRUITMENT ISSUE

Public Practice has launched its largest ever cohort of placements and its first in the North of England as part of a geographic expansion to help ease the local government skills crisis.

The expansion into the north means the social enterprise has secured employment for 41 experienced place professionals in the public sector this autumn including a total of seven placements across the North West covering Manchester, Warrington, St Helens, Rochdale and Cumbria.

Out of the 41 placements, 25 stated it was a brand new role within the Authority, and 14 will be working on roles in Urban Design.

The geographic growth comes after local authorities across England have received more than £8bn of investment from the Government’s Towns Fund (£3.6bn) and Levelling Up Fund (£4.8bn) to create better places for people to live, work and visit.

The expansion of Public Practice has been funded by a £200,000 investment by Homes England supported by the Department of Levelling Up, Homes and Communities (DLUHC).

However, Public Practice’s survey revealed that four-fifths (79%) of local authorities said attracting skilled staff is their largest recruitment issue.

The Local Authority Resourcing and Skills Survey was designed by Public Practice to help understand the skills gaps and the impact that a lack of resources has on council officers and their teams across England.

Over the past decade the number of full-time employees in councils across the North West has fallen by almost a quarter (24%) from 190,100 full-time employees in 2012 to 144,900 in 2022.

Over the past five years Public Practice has attracted more than 2,500 professionals to apply to its placement programme, 92% of which have come from people currently working outside of the public sector. 73% of applicants have never worked in the public sector and 53% of applicants have never previously applied for a job in the public sector.

The not-for-profit social enterprise has a mission to rebuild skills and capacity in the public sector to help improve places and communities across England.

To date, Public Practice has had 264 place professionals in 73 public sector bodies across England.

Public Practice’s programme has resulted in a long-term transfer of talent and expertise into the public sector. Nine-tenths of Public Practice Associates have chosen to continue working in the public sector following the conclusion of the year-long programme.

 

Pooja Agrawal, CEO of Public Practice said: “We are proud to welcome our largest ever cohort of built environment professionals to new placements in local government. Our expansion into the North West comes at a very exciting time. Since 2019 councils across England have been able to start bidding for funding from the Towns Fund and Levelling Up Fund – a combined pot worth more than £8bn.

“This has created exceptionally interesting opportunities for placemaking professionals who now have a chance to help build better places and shape the future of towns and cities across England for generations.

“However, it is clear that local authorities have substantial skills gaps and are understandably concerned about delivering these projects on the ground amidst growing political and economic uncertainty. Our Resourcing and Skills Survey, shows that the biggest recruitment barrier councils face is attracting the right people with the right skills to meet their ambitions.

“Public Practice can help to fill that gap by bringing private sector placemaking expertise into the public sector. People who want to come in and make a difference to places local to them and towns and cities across England. More than nine-tenths of Public Practice associates stay in local government after their initial placement ends.”

 

Anna Rose, Director of Public Practice said: “These are exciting times for Public Practice, not only is this our largest cohort since launching in 2017 it is also the first time we have expanded our reach into the North West of England.

“These are also exciting times for placemaking professionals with more than 200 projects granted money through either the Levelling Up Fund or Towns Fund, unlocking new regeneration opportunities for places across the North West.

“However, councils are facing a crisis of funding and resourcing. Public Practice gives public sector bodies the chance to tap into private sector placemaking expertise on a time limited placement. We help councils to build capacity, benefit from new skills and find new local government champions from among our associates, the vast majority of whom go on to move from the private to the public sector.”

£1.5M awarded for Early Years training courses in Greater Manchester

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STAFF working in Greater Manchester’s Early Years industry are being offered fully-funded training opportunities to help children achieve their potential.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has awarded a £1.5m contract to Acorn Training to deliver Early Years training. The training aims to ensure that those working within the Early Years sector have access to high quality continued professional development, as part of the Skills for Growth programme, funded through the European Social Fund.

Costs are often cited as the biggest barrier to development in the Early Years sector and the industry has identified a number of skills gaps. The new free courses will be a fantastic opportunity to combat this and improve outcomes as well as social mobility for young children and their families.

Acorn Training will focus on upskilling individuals who work with children from birth to age five to better understand and support early development and learning. They are committed to developing teaching and deepening learning, so that teachers and practitioners can make a difference to every child.

The programme aims to connect those working in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) settings with Early Years teams so that everyone can benefit from their experience, knowledge, and passion to inform understanding of how children learn and develop. It also offers the option to work with employers and employees to create bespoke training bundles suited to individual needs.

Councillor Eamonn O’Brien, Greater Manchester’s Lead for Education, Work, Skills, Apprenticeships and Digital, said:

“Our greatest resource is our children, and we need to invest in their Early Years education by giving teachers and the workforce the resources they need to inspire those young minds.

“To realise our ambitions the sector must have the right skills and the best training available to help our children reach their true potential, improve their outcomes, raise social mobility and empower our businesses with an ever-growing talent pool.

“We look forward to the launch of the Acorn Training programmes, as we endeavour to inspire the next generation to bigger and better things.”

Councillor Mark Hunter, Greater Manchester’s Lead for Young People, said:

“We know the sector is suffering from a significant skills shortage.  It’s fantastic to hear GMCA, with investment from the European Social Fund, is partnering with Acorn Early Years Training Programme to address that shortage.

“This is an important initiative aimed at attracting new talent to the sector and providing them with the skills and qualifications needed, to pursue a rewarding career shaping the futures of our children.”

Gareth Saldanha-Fallows, Managing Director at Acorn Training, said:

“We are delighted to be bringing our Early Years training expertise to Greater Manchester.

“We will work in partnership with local employers in the Early Years Sector to understand their business needs and offer bespoke training bundles. Our training is designed to support the business objectives, development and ensure they can continue to provide a high-quality care offering to children under five within their provisions.

“The learners are at the heart of everything we do, and our talented team of trainer assessors and tutors ensure that learners are well-equipped with the skills and knowledge that they need to aspire, make good choices and succeed in their chosen career within the Early Years Sector.”

The programme will benefit:

  • Individuals working in Primary Schools
  • Maintained Nursery Schools
  • Private, voluntary or independent sector Early Years Settings
  • Those working as childminders

Training sessions available include:

  • Improving Knowledge & Understanding
  • Developmental Milestones
  • Developmental Concerns
  • Teamwork around Children
  • Safeguarding, Health & Wellbeing
  • People Management
  • Safer Recruitment & Selection
  • Leading Practice
  • Vocational, Education & Training

The Skills for Growth programme is available as a result of GMCA securing funding from the European Social Fund to deliver a three-year programme, working in partnership with businesses and training providers to create new learning opportunities for employed residents in the city-region.

Throughout the programme, GMCA will gather intelligence from businesses, which will be used to shape new training programmes. This unique and truly employer-led approach means that GMCA create a solution that is fit for purpose.

To apply for Early Years training please visit: Skills for Growth – Early Years – Acorn Training Ltd

For more information about the training opportunities available in different sectors across Greater Manchester, head to our ‘live training programmes’ page: www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/skillsforgrowth

Sale Sharks joins LooseHeadz mission with new mental health lead

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Sale Sharks to become the first Premiership club to officially partner with LooseHeadz

Sale Sharks Foundation Mental Wellbeing Manager Eddie Owen takes the new role

Sharks will also support LooseHeadz’ ambition to put a mental health lead into every rugby club

Sale Sharks has appointed its first club-wide mental health lead as it becomes the first Gallagher Premiership club to officially partner up with mental health movement LooseHeadz.

Eddie Owen, who works as Mental Wellbeing Manager at the club’s charity partner, the Sale Sharks Foundation, will take up the role, which will see him support the club’s players and staff.

The partnership will also see Sale Sharks support Wilmslow-based LooseHeadz with their mission to tackle the stigma around mental health, and place a mental-health lead – known as a ‘LooseHead’ – in every rugby club worldwide.

And that will start with a special event in November where Sharks will introduce LooseHeadz to its ‘100 Clubs’ network of rugby clubs all over the North West.

Sale Sharks CEO Sid Sutton said: “We know that the mental health and wellbeing of our players and staff is every bit as important as their physical condition when it comes to making sure they are ready to perform at their very best on and off the pitch.

“But more importantly than that, we want to create an environment where our players and staff become better people during their time here, and feel supported in every aspect of their lives.

“We want to be so much more than a rugby club and the partnership with LooseHeadz is a perfect way to make an impact both at home and further afield in our communities.

“The LooseHeadz team has ambitious targets and we’re really excited to see how we can support them to make as big an impact as possible in rugby clubs and beyond.”

Sale Sharks players Manu Tuilagi, Sam James and Luke James are already ambassadors for LooseHeadz, and they’ll be joined in that role by Sharks Women’s co-captains Lauren Delany and Georgie Perris-Redding.

The club is also committed to rolling out LooseHeadz’ mental health toolkit to all junior academy and Centre of Excellence players and participants in the Sale Sharks Foundation rugby camps.

Sharks’ new LooseHeadz mental health lead Eddie said: “LooseHeadz is doing some amazing work and I’m honoured to have the chance to support that within our club. Our player and staff all have mental health and we all need to check in with each other and support other.”

Rob Shotton, Co-founder of LooseHeadz, said “We’re delighted to be partnering with Sale Sharks to tackle the stigma of mental health together.

“LooseHeadz was born out of a conversation right here in the North West of England so we’re delighted to be working with the club to further our mission of placing a mental health lead at every rugby club.

“The three co-founders of LooseHeadz are all Sale Sharks supporters so this is partnership is a special one and we can’t wait to get started!”

DANCE MUSIC CHARITY ANNOUNCED AS UK FESTIVAL AWARDS PARTNER

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Dance music charity Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (LNADJ) has been announced as partner of the most prestigious festival awards event in the UK, alongside ticket distributor Ticketmaster and social media giant TikTok.

Held on 6th December 2022 at Manchester’s Freight Island, the UK Festival Awards is the only fully festival focussed awards that gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favourite events and it’s back for its 17th edition.

The event presents the ideal opportunity for festival organisers and suppliers to get together and reflect on the past season whilst looking forward to the next. The awards themselves will be decided by either fan votes, an expert panel, or a combination of both in categories including Best Major Festival, Outstanding Contribution and, for one year only, the Perfect Pivot Award for the festival business that applied its skills to alternative activity during the Covid closure.

As the chosen charity partner, LNADJ will have a video package to promote its work and provide the chance for further festival organisers to donate or become involved with the foundation. LNADJ will also sponsor an award on the night to promote the partnership, which founder Jonny Lee will present.

The charity will use the partnership to grow its brand reputation and create relationships for its Festival Partnership Programme. Recently, over £16,000 was raised to build wells across Africa and India from the Secret Garden Party 2022, a collaboration that saw £1 added to the cost of tickets. All proceeds will support LNADJ’s future campaigns such as the ‘Have A Drink On Us’ and ‘Get Equipped,’ an initiative to collect surplus DJ and production equipment.

The charity will also have a representative on the panel to choose award winners, using their extensive experience within the music scene as guidance on championing people’s hard work in the music and events industry.

As well as the award ceremony, LNADJ is also hosting the afterparty, the acts will be announced soon.

Jonny Lee, Founder of LNADJ commented: “We are delighted to be the charity partner of the UK Festival Awards and be part of an exciting evening celebrating the incredible achievements and hard work of people within the music industry. It promises to be a fantastic night recognising the large-scale events put on that take a huge amount of time, energy and passion. We can’t wait to be involved and spread the news of our fundraising efforts that help change the lives of young people.”

Mayor of Greater Manchester said: “Everyone in Greater Manchester knows the massive global impact this place has had on music and culture, so it’s fitting to see the UK Festival Awards coming to the true home of 24-hour party people.

“After what’s been an exceptionally tough time for festivals and the hospitality industry, it’s really important that we get behind the sector and recognise the many people – from organisers, to caterers, to volunteers – who deliver everything from boutique independent events to some of the biggest shows on earth. We can’t wait to welcome all of this year’s nominees to Manchester and celebrate their achievements with them.”

For further information about the UK Festival Awards 2022, visit: https://www.festivalawards.com/

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is a registered charity in England & Wales no 1142478.

OCU GROUP WELCOMES SERIES OF SENIOR HIRES TO SUPPORT GROWTH DRIVE

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OCU Group, the parent company of multi-utility specialists O’Connor Utilities and Instalcom, has strengthened its senior leadership team with a series of recent hires to support its ongoing growth ambitions.

The hires come after the appointment earlier this year of Michael Hughes as Group CEO and the announcement in August that it had been acquired by Triton Partners, one of Europe’s leading investment firms.

Stockport-based OCU is a specialist operating within regulated and non-regulated infrastructure markets, including in energy, rail, water and telecoms. It is a key partner to many of the UK’s leading power and telecoms providers on complex and significant infrastructure projects.

The leadership appointments include:

  • David Snowball joined in August as Chief Financial Officer.  In a 20-year career, David has previously held senior finance positions at EG Group and EMR along with roles at KPMG and Accenture
  • Pinder Kang as Chief Strategy Officer. Pinder joins from energy giant SSE, where he was Director of Strategy and Business Development. He was also previously head of project development at Balfour Beatty
  • Matthew Edwards has been appointed as Head of M&A. His role will include identifying and evaluating strategic acquisition targets to support OCU’s future growth. He was previously a Director at PwC in Manchester
  • Mark Thornberry joins as Finance Director. Mark has previously held senior finance positions at high-profile businesses including EG Group, Matalan and financial services firm Together

Alongside these appointments, Clare-Louse Lipinski has joined OCU Group as Group Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality and Liam O’Sullivan has been appointed Power Operations Director at Instalcom.

Michael Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of OCU Group, said: “It’s an exciting time to be at OCU Group and I’m really pleased with the quality of the senior appointments we’ve made. The partnership with Triton, along with the investment it provides, has given the business fresh impetus. This is reflected in our rapid growth and the complex and crucial projects we’re working on up and down the country.

“We now look ahead with great confidence. Our specialisms continue to be highly prized by our clients across multiple sectors, meaning OCU will be playing a key role on the projects that shape the UK economy for years to come.”

Last month OCU announced it had become a significant shareholder in Leeds-based fibre-optic specialist InICT in a move that strengthens its capabilities and exposure to the fast-growing superfast broadband market.

Meanwhile, in August, OCU Group business Instalcom acquired Opals, a specialist in telecoms infrastructure services based in Peterborough.

BARINGS SECURES RSM UK FOR LANDMARK, MANCHESTER

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Leading Audit, Tax and Consulting Firm Moves Manchester Office

Barings Real Estate, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, has agreed a 15 year lease on the 14,000 sq ft 9th floor at its Landmark office development in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, with leading audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM UK.

After an extensive search, RSM UK is relocating some 300 staff from Spinningfields into the award-winning Landmark building to create a sustainable, hybrid-working environment and support the firm’s next stage of regional growth.

RSM UK has 3,660 partners and staff in 32 offices throughout the UK. RSM UK is a member firm of RSM International – the sixth largest network of audit, tax and consulting firms globally. The network spans more than 120 countries, employing over 51,000 staff globally.

RSM now join fellow global occupiers HSBC UK, Allianz Insurance, Grant Thornton, JLL and social enterprise, Change Please, within the building which is also home to the Hana by Industrious Flex centre.

The 180,000 sq ft award-winning Landmark development offers 14 floors of BREEAM Excellent and Wired Score Platinum certified office space with a focus on sustainability, well-being, customer experience and technological infrastructure. Barings has safeguarded the needs of existing and future occupiers at Landmark by providing forward-thinking facilities and operating systems including contactless technologies enabling touch-free movement within the building, a dedicated cycle storage and maintenance hub, high-quality showers and changing facilities, electric car charging spaces and Amazon lockers.

RSM’s new office at Landmark will deliver 14,000 sq ft of design-led, collaborative working space with huge amounts of natural light and benefitting from all of the building’s sustainable and technological features.

Ian Mayhew, Managing Director, UK Real Estate Asset Management at Barings, said: “RSM UK is a welcome addition to our global tenant roster at Landmark. We are confident that our best-in-class building will help enable all our occupiers to meet their own corporate ESG commitments whilst creating exceptional working environments for their valued employees.”

Kevin Duffy, RSM UK’s regional managing partner in the North West, said: “We are delighted to be moving our Manchester team to Landmark in St. Peter’s Square. This is a major milestone in our journey to grow our business in the North West. The development’s focus on sustainability and technology also accommodates our approach to hybrid working, allowing us to create a flexible, collaborative and exciting environment for our staff.”

Barings was advised by CBRE and Colliers and JLL. RSM was advised by JLL.

How to Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader: The Answer Is A Question

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Currently managers are learning to come to terms with something called “the great realignment” a phrase coined by Dominic Ashley-Timms. 

Right now the workplace is seeing something it has never seen before – the current workplace is made up of employees from 5 distinct generational cohorts and millions of ‘accidental managers’ are facing novel management challenges that are yet to be properly examined.

Enter, The Answer Is a Question (TSO, October, 2022).

In the face of current world events changing the way in which we work, Dominic and Laura’s perfectly timed book is the ideal response. 

But this book isn’t another post-pandemic management guide contemplating the nuances of remote work. 

The Answer is a Question is the distillation of hard-won insights into actionable, measurable steps for any manager who wants more from themselves and their colleagues.

Available from TSO, a publisher with thousands of titles under their belt, The Answer Is a Question draws on more than 60 years of collective experience at the very top tier of global businesses, working with some of the world’s best-known organisations, Laura and Dominic set out the fundamentals of their model for rehumanising management and helping all of us become ‘better people people’.

Sharing details of their ground-breaking and now, academically proven* Operational Coaching™ programme STAR® Manager, The Answer Is a Question empowers all of us to become better leaders, better managers and better colleagues, all by discovering how to ask better questions.

By accessing what the authors call our ‘hidden superpower’, readers who commit to asking better questions, guided by the illuminating case studies and personal testimonies included in the book, can expect to:

. Recoup a day a week of time 

. Reduce stress, in work and out

. Concentrate on higher value tasks

. Develop an infectious habit for asking powerful questions

. Foster creativity and problem-solving in colleagues

. Rehumanise their management approach

The Answer is a Question challenges readers to rethink their perspective on how they manage others by illustrating with actionable steps:

How to identify a coachable moment in (almost) any work scenario

How to go further than ‘active listening’ and learn to listen at an intuitive level

How to improve key relationships quickly

How to easily supercharge confidence in others

How to move beyond to-do lists and discover the joy in managing others

Dominic and Laura are available for interviews now.

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Cheshire drivers are the tenth speediest in England and Wales, new study finds

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  • Lincolnshire has the highest number of speeding offences in England and Wales each year, with 5.43 offences per 1,000 residents
  • South Wales and North Yorkshire rank second and third respectively
  • Cheshire drivers are ranked tenth as the speediest drivers in England with an average of 4157 annual speeding offences
  • An average of 159,662 speeding offences are made each year across England and Wales. 

Lincolnshire is the police force area in England and Wales with the highest number of speeding offences per capita, according to research from Forbes Advisor, the price comparison and financial guidance website.

The study analysed the latest police force data from 2010 to 2020 on speeding offences for each region in England and Wales to establish where the speediest drivers commit their offences.

The data found that Lincolnshire has the highest number of speeding offences with 5.43 per 1,000 each year. Over the years examined, on average, there were 4,164 offences committed each year in Lincolnshire, although in 2020 there was a decade high 6,734 drivers caught breaking the speed limit.

South Wales ranked second with 5.23 offences per 1,000 residents, and a total of 7,030 offences across a population of 1.34 million. The year with the highest number of offences recorded was in 2018, with 8,894, which was more than three times higher than 2010 when only 2,603 drivers were charged with speeding in the region.

In third place is North Yorkshire, with an average of 3,774 speed limit offences per year from a population of 831,600, at an average of 4.54 speeding offences per 1,000.

North Wales ranks fourth with 4.34 speeding offences per 1,000 residents. This comes as a result of 3,054 average speeding offences in the area per year across a population of 703,400.

Dyfed-Powys in Wales rounds out the top five, with an average of 4.33 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents.

Staffordshire ranks sixth with 4.23 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. This comes from a population of 1,139,800 and an average of 4,816 speeding offences being made each year in the area.

In seventh is West Yorkshire with an average of 4.18 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. When broken down, this comes as a result of a total population count of 2,345,200 and 9,792 average speeding offences each year.

Lancashire and Bedfordshire take the eighth and ninth spots respectively. Lancashire has 4.017 (4.02) speeding offences being made each year per 1,000 residents whilst Bedfordshire has ever so slightly less at 4.016 (4.02) per 1,000 residents.

Cheshire rounds out the top ten with 3.89 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents. This comes down to an average of 4,157 offences being made each year in Cheshire on average across a population of 1,069,600.

 

The areas in England and Wales with the most speeding offences 
 

Police force area 

  

Average number of annual speeding offences

  

Number of speeding offences per 1,000 residents
 

Lincolnshire 

  

4,164

  

5.43
 

South Wales 

  

7,030

  

5.23
 

North Yorkshire 

  

3,774

  

4.54
 

North Wales 

  

3,054

  

4.34
 

Dyfed-Powys 

  

2,266

  

4.33
 

Staffordshire 

  

4,816

  

4.23
 

West Yorkshire 

  

9,792

  

4.18
 

Lancashire 

  

6,088

  

4.02
 

Bedfordshire 

  

2,740

  

4.02
 

Cheshire 

  

4,157

  

3.89

Source: Forbes Advisor UK

At the other end of the scale, Durham has the fewest speeding offences committed on average each year, with just 0.95 per 1,000 people. The North East county also has the fewest total number of people being charged with speeding offences with just 609 on average each year.

Derbyshire has the second lowest number of speeding transgressions committed by drivers, at 1.24, with an annual average of 1,318 offences from a population of 1,064,000.

Wiltshire drivers receive an average of 921 speeding tickets each year, which equates to 1.27 offences per 1,000, the third lowest on the list.

Despite London having the greatest number of speeding offences overall at 13.973, the city has the sixth lowest rate (1.55/1,000) due to the greater number of drivers who live in the capital.

Commenting on the findings, Kevin Pratt from Forbes Advisor said: “Speeding is dangerous. Roads have speed limits for a reason, and they are limits, not targets. All drivers should stay within the limits to reduce the likelihood of injury-causing and fatal accidents.

“Get caught speeding and, if convicted, you’ll get points on your licence, and these will likely stick for four years. Rack up a total of 12 or more and you could be banned from driving. On top of that, you’ll need to declare your points when applying for or renewing your car insurance, with an increase of around 5% on the cards because you’re now perceived to be a riskier prospect.

“Lincolnshire is a rural county with plenty of long straight A-roads that might tempt drivers to put their foot down. But while there are few of us who can honestly say we’ve never bust a speed limit, the less we do it, the better.”

The study was conducted by Forbes Advisor, whose editorial team boasts decades of experience in the personal finance space. It is passionate about helping consumers make financial decisions and choose financial products that are right for their life and goals.

The team brings rich industry knowledge to Forbes Advisor’s coverage of consumer credit, banking, investing, insurance, loans, mortgages property. Its priority is ensuring its coverage, reviews and guidance is backed by research, expertise and strict methodologies.

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