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Flexible Working

Friday 27th June 2014

INTRODUCTION Changes that will extend the right to request flexible working have been scheduled after the Children and Families Act was passed in Parliament in March. These changes are due to come into force from 30 June 2014.This will mean that the right to request flexible working will be extended to cover all employees after…

Fields of Life

Thursday 26th June 2014

In Africa, 115 people die every hour of diseases (such as diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis A) linked to poor sanitation, poor hygiene and contaminated water. Every 20 seconds a child dies from waterborne diseases and diarrhoea is the second leading cause of death among children under five in the world. 1.5 million…

Firefighters Race Team

Saturday 21st June 2014

In 2013 Firefighter David Franks of Kent Fire & Rescue Service, based at Herne Bay Fire Station, began to dream of building a track car with some friends to enjoy some racing fun at local Kent track events. Dave was not new to the idea of buying a car and restoring…

An interview with an entrepreneur

Saturday 7th June 2014

When you meet Paul Andrews he does not strike you as an introvert, but he assures me that he is. Paul is a confident businessman brimming over with enthusiasm for his current and future projects. He is a high flyer in the business world but Paul doesn’t like being put on a pedestal. “Anyone can…

Content Marketing Capture Software

Sunday 25th May 2014

Virally is back with a bang! By David Shaw | It’s been a while but in the background the Virally team have been hard at work understanding what people liked about the software and where we could make it even better. For those that have not used Virally before it solves a common challenge…

HAIRSPRAY

Wednesday 14th May 2014

“IF LIFE WERE EVERYTHING IT SHOULD BE, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE ‘HAIRSPRAY.” HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL AT THE HAZLITT THEATRE MAIDSTONE GDS Productions will bring the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Hairspray to life 7th-11th October. Hairspray tells the story of overweight Baltimore girl, Tracy Turnblad. She’s never been part of the “in” crowd until winning…

Traineeships – Where Do We Go Now?!

Friday 9th May 2014

It’s a famous set of lyrics in the song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” but now young people everywhere will be asking themselves this very question. Where do we go after we finish our exams? Well there are a few different options. Employment and University are clearly the most well known options but have…

Apprenticeships

Friday 2nd May 2014

Keeping It In The Family The following is written by Amy Williamson, the Social Media Apprentice for SET. The story I’m sharing with you today is a hugely personal one. When going through my Grandparent’s paperwork the last thing I expected to find was an employment contract for my Great Grandfather’s own Apprenticeship…

Channel Radio & Bowie Connection

Tuesday 22nd April 2014

In 1965 Phil Lancaster answered an advert for a drummer in an up and coming band. Responding to the advert, Phil was invited to meet a singer in a café in Denmark Street, London. Over a coffee he immediately gelled and was invited to join Davie Jones & The Lower…

Is that really spam?

Wednesday 12th February 2014

ICANN sets new verification rules from the beginning of 2014 ICANN, the internet’s governing body, introduced new rules for anyone owning or registering a top level domain (gTLDs). This effects domain names ending with .com, .net, .org, .biz and .name. Domain owners will now be required to verify their details when: Registering a new domain…

Lessons in Leadership

Monday 11th November 2013

Lessons in Leadership It isn’t often that I give leadership advice – having only been in management for 6 years it is an area which I usually feel I am not sufficiently qualified in to impart anything useful – however, for the benefit of those people who are new to a managerial role or…

The Manston Debate

Wednesday 2nd October 2013

Don’t Tell Boris But Manston Says It’s No Alternative to Airport Island I am now officially a “Supporter” of Manston Airport, having added my name to the many fans on www.whynotmanston.org. Sadly, it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be flying from there any time soon. To be clear, I love everything about the airport –…

Stop Multitasking – Keep your Focus

Monday 30th September 2013

n the world of so much going on, and multitasking expected, it is easy to forget that focus is key. It is no good trying to get that important project underway if your email is pinging, the phone ringing, and other distractions are around. It is not just the time spent on the other distraction,…

Internet Radio growing rapidly

Thursday 22nd August 2013

According to the Daily Telegraph Internet Radio is the new growth phenomenon in media entertainment. An increasing number of people are abandoning their old radios and listening to radio stations on the internet 16.9 million adults in Britain now say that they have listened to the radio via the web, according to the latest survey from Radio Joint…

You are NOT Richard Branson

Thursday 25th July 2013

As entrepreneurial small business owners we get bombarded with messages about what we should and shouldn’t be doing with our businesses, what we should be striving for, and gurus and celebrity entrepreneurs we should emulate. This is something that I care passionately about, and I care about it because it’s rubbish. Yes, you read that…