Newsletter January 2009 - QED Consulting

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Happy New Year from all the Team at QED Consulting.

Welcome to the first E bulletin of 2009, we hope you all had a lovely holiday and enjoyed the break!

What better way to start the New Year than with the January edition of QED Consulting’s E bulletin. Forget the left over turkey and Christmas pudding and get into those profitable business resolutions! To start the New Year we would like to

Invite you to an Evening with Martin Temple (CBE)
Offer you an insight into the power of networking
Give you the inside track on how to develop a competitive edge during recession – the secret weapon that is training
Introduce QED’s Consulting’s Rising Star Award winner from The Doncaster Chamber Business Awards

THE POWER OF NETWORKING It’s Not Just What You Know…

Getting to know the right people can be critical for business success. Jeremy Thorn considers some of the vital skills of business networking.

Professional knowledge, business skills and sound technical and market awareness are essential for any business manager, owner or entrepreneur. But ‘knowing your onions’ isn’t always enough! Building an extensive network of relevant contacts can be just as important

Why in a recession can Training give you the competitive edge

In the August edition of the QED Newsletter we spoke about ‘The Real Value of Learning and Development within the Workplace’. We concluded that training is important and should not be seen as a ‘nice to have’ but a ‘must have’.

Benefits included:

Attracting the right people into an organisation
Retaining staff
Increasing productivity
Saving money when staff are not fully utilising their potential

QED’s Consulting’s Rising Star Award at The Doncaster Chamber Business Awards

In December, we were really excited about sponsoring a new award at the prestigious Doncaster Chamber Business Awards. The Rising Star Award was aimed to help identify the talent of the future and we asked companies to nominate staff who had developed personally and professionally and who had grown within the company, fulfilling and exceeding their role’s objectives through demonstrating an innovative and proactive approach to work.

Katie Stewart from Atteys Solicitors was our very worth first ever winner. We chose Katie because she showed the combination of talent, hard work and social awareness that we know is so vital in the make up of future leaders. Doncaster is very blessed with such a bright personality within its business community.

Rising Star: Kate Stewart with QED Consulting Exec Chairman Steve Hinton

And as we kick off this New Year we would like to encourage all our local clients, colleagues and partners to look at entering their Rising Stars later in the year – they deserve all the recognition and support that we can give.

We would like to say congratulations to all of the winners:

Best Business to Work For sponsored by Doncaster Free Press
Strata Construction Ltd
Contribution to Tourism sponsored by Doncaster Chamber and Yorkshire South
Keep moat Stadium
Customer Service Award sponsored by Lakeside Village
Oracle Training Consultants Ltd
Entrepreneur of the Year sponsored by Business Link Yorkshire
Chris Harrison of Tech Support (Holdings) UK
Environmental Responsibility sponsored by Doncaster Chamber
Polypipe Building Products Ltd
Health & Safety Award sponsored by Employment Doncaster
Pegler Limited
International Trade sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland
Highfield.co.uk Ltd
Invest in Skills sponsored by Knowledge and Training
Doncaster H I Weldrick Ltd
Performance Through Partnership sponsored by Doncaster College
The Crown Hotel
Rising Star Award sponsored by QED Consulting
Kate Stewart of Atteys Commercial
Young Company of the Year sponsored by Sheffield Hallam University
I-Education Ltd
Outstanding Contribution to the Doncaster Economy sponsored by Beta Technology
The Crown Hotel
Doncaster Chamber Business of the Year sponsored by Success Doncaster
Keepmoat Stadium

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