Positive Steps to Recovery, with… Nick Breakspear of Royal Cars
1. Reduced rent for drivers so they don’t need to earn as much. We have been further reducing discounts on base rent for drivers who don’t have as good a week as they would do.
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Oxford-based Owen Mumford launches new self-testing device to provide rapid, accurate...
Lockdown presents once in a lifetime chance to combat fatal disease
Visitor and hospitality sectors adapting and innovating to take on new...
The COVID-19 crisis hit hospitality, tourism, and events businesses hard. The visitor industry alone is worth £2.2 billion a year to Oxfordshire and thousands of people work in it. So how can it rebuild?
Recovery Strategies: New business ecosystems with a healthy bottom line with...
As businesses build their recovery strategies, Jayne will share Earth Trust’s direct experience of social and environmental challenge and change.
Future-proof your business with Tom Cheesewright of Book of the Future
You can be great at what you do and still fail, if what you do isn’t what the customer wants any more.
Best Practice Guide to Open and Inclusive Recruitment
A step-by-step guide for Oxfordshire employers to unlock potential through diverse recruitment. This guide is designed to support you to adapt your organisation’s recruitment practices in order to access talented and motivated candidates from disadvantaged groups – to help you reach the widest possible pool of talent. These include ex-offenders; young people who are ‘NEET’ […]
Best Practice Guide to Long-Term Charity Partnerships
Whilst many businesses support charities on an occasional basis or via a ‘Charity of the Year’ initiative, some choose to build deeper and more permanent relationships with a particular cause. When done well, this partnering can see a business involved in a charity’s strategic direction, sharing skills, knowledge and networks on an ongoing basis.
Call for Oxford companies to prepare for cancer crisis
Unipart, the leading manufacturing, logistics and consultancy group based in Cowley, is helping to support one of Oxford’s major cancer charities before another health crisis.
From Paid Advertising to SEO – Choose the right strategy with...
From Paid Advertising to SEO let us help you choose the right marketing strategy to turn your year around.
Blake Morgan Signs The Race At Work Charter
Business in the Community (BITC) in partnership with the government is pleased to announce that Blake Morgan has signed up to the Race at Work Charter, an initiative designed to improve outcomes for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees in the UK.
5 reasons to give content a leading role in your ‘new...
Content is king, whether we like it or not. No, that’s not just another marketing cliche; it has proven itself to be the key tool in the marketing mix for some time. So now’s the time to consider how to use it to your advantage as we look towards the rest of 2020 – our ‘new normal’
Building Back Faster, Greener, Fairer with Peter Holbrook, of Social Enterprise...
What is the relationship between business and society? Are profit-maximising models any longer compatible with our post-Covid world? Climate chaos, population growth, growing inequality, habitat loss, political instability continue to threaten us with even greater likely consequences than COVID19.
The Future of Food with Amanda Burningham, MasterChef Quarterfinalist
Taking the latest research and findings from leading global data platforms and media owners, this session will touch upon the key trends affecting the food and culinary landscape.
Establishing the High Pay Off activities for growth that must control...
Take this opportunity to reflect on your current circumstances, consider your business and spend some valuable time working on the step change required to ensure you have the business your hard work deserves.
Personal protection equipment at the core Aston & James workplace supplies
Aston & James has always worked to understand the needs of businesses to stay relevant and to ensure that the range of products we deliver is appropriate for you in supporting your business.