When the Bupa Great Manchester Run gets underway on Sunday 26 May, Merseyside Primary School teacher Jackie Mottershead will be competing the 10km course in memory of her late father Derek Gittens, while at the same time raising funds for national charity The British Polio Fellowship. Jackie’s dad lived with the effects of Polio all [...]
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“Free” media coverage can be worth many “paid for” ad spots. How do you go about identifying stories with media appeal-and make sure they get the coverage they want? BeyondPR’s Jon Gardner gives us his top tips. He explores how to best harness the power of PR and the value of editorial, but also how [...]
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Employers using unpaid interns could face referral to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) amid concerns they may be breaking the law by flouting National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation, warns Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP. The Rotherham firm is urging business to get its house in order on interns, while calling for clear guidance from HMRC [...]
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Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP in Rotherham has announced another senior appointment to the firm’s commercial team to supervise the increasing caseload and expanding client base of the highly successful commercial department. Abigail Watson joined Oxley & Coward as the firm’s new Company Commercial Solicitor, taking over from Rebecca Stopford in April. Abigail’s appointment comes [...]
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Jon Gardner, the Managing Director of Sheffield based public relations agency BeyondPR has successfully completed his 3rd marathon in as many years, raising thousands of pounds for Deafness Research UK along the way. The forty-something businessman had not done any running prior to the 2011 London Marathon and having completed Brighton in 2012 was looking [...]
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It is great news that restructuring specialist Hilco has bought some of HMV’s assets from administration, saving 2,500 jobs in the UK. The deal also offers some hope of Hilco reopening HMV’s Irish business following the closure of 16 Irish stores in February after it went into receivership. For staff caught up in such uncertainty [...]
View PostIt is fantastic news that Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones is to salvage something of the Jessops empire and preserve at least some of the retail outlets and much needed jobs. Alongside what is undoubtedly the great news of this particular business rescue story, there is also the challenging situation affecting any employees caught up [...]
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The award-winning Bionic Ear Show from national charity Deafness Research UK literally met its maker on Wednesday 20th March, after performances for the Sheffield Festival of Science and Engineering. One show, at the Doncaster Deaf Trust, was supported by the show’s original creator – Professor Matthew Holley of the University of Sheffield. The Bionic Ear [...]
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As if the triumphs of Yorkshire’s athletes at the Paralympic and Olympic Games in London in 2012 were not enough, the White Rose has come out a winner again, with ‘God’s own County’ becoming ‘Gold’s own county’ once more – with Yorkshire coming out on top in the British Polio Fellowship National Indoor Games held [...]
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