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Edf Energy's Leading by Example

EDF Energy is sponsoring a category in The Citizen and Echo's 2012 Apprenticeships Awards, we can reveal. The energy supplier is sponsoring the Higher Apprentice of The Year category in the awards, which are in association with Clarkson Evans. EDF Energy recruited three apprentices at its Barnwood offices near Gloucester last summer. This marked the first time that the energy company had employed apprentices at its operational support centre in Gloucestershire. The company plans to recruit ar...

Business Breakfast Will Provide Food for Thought

GLOUCESTERSHIRE College will host a free Business Hub Breakfast for SMEs in Gloucestershire on Tuesday, February 7, to mark Apprenticeship Week 2012. The free breakfast event will see Matthew Clayton, partner at Rickerbys solicitors, presenting his 'Top five employment tips for 2012", covering a range of topics including social media and agency workers. Described as "solutions-focused", Matthew is consistently recognised as a leading employment law practitioner by the independent legal direct...

Racecourse 'Proud' to Sponsor Awards

THIS is set to be a very busy year at Cheltenham Racecourse, kicking off in January with the first Women in Business Awards Networking Breakfast in the scenic Panoramic Room at the racecourse. Then on Thursday, March 29, Cheltenham Racecourse is hosting The Women in Business Awards in The Centaur and is sponsoring the New Business of the Year Award. Cheltenham Racecourse is proud to be involved with these prestigious awards, which are outstanding for raising the awareness of women in business...

Renishaw Sees Record Revenues

RENISHAW Plc has announced record Pounds 147 million in revenue for the last six months of last year - but the group's profit levels and earnings per share fell - its interim results have revealed. The Wotton-under-Edge firm recorded Pounds 147.149 million of revenue in the six months to December 31, 2011, up 11 per cent from the previous 12 months. Its profit before tax stood at Pounds 31.170 million however, an 11 per cent fall year-on-year, and earnings per share were 34.7p, compared with ...

New Recruits to Meet Expectations

RECRUITMENT agency Expectations has taken on three new staff to help with increased demand for temporary and skilled workers in the county. The Cheltenham-based company has appointed consultants Jonathan Williams, Felicity Collier and Andrew West to support Gloucestershire's engineering talent and organisations. And the agency has set up a division to specialise in technical and engineering permanent recruitment. Director Victoria Maddock said: "It is apparent that there is a gap in the local...