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News & views from SheffEX & business around the Sheffield City Region
Speaker Profile: Billal Jami CEO of The Public Speaking Academy
"Home to world class communication training" Being a persuasive communicator is top 5 business skill. Whether you're a new start up or industry leader you can not build real momentum without sharing your message with many. Billal Jamil will share 3 proven...
Plan for disruption to business as Snake Pass closes
Business travellers and freight companies need to be aware that the A57 Snake Pass between Sheffield and Manchester will be closed for a week by Derbyshire County Council.
Speaker Profile: Stuart Oakes of Stroma
Since 2012, Stroma has been at the forefront of developing mobile software solutions which can be easily configured to any industry, quickly and cost effectively. Everyone’s mobile, Everyone’s talking about “Data” big or otherwise. How could mobile data capture work...
British Business Bank to stay in Sheffield with new office relocation
The British Business Bank PLC has reaffirmed it's commitment to Sheffield by taking floorspace in the newly-redeveloped Steel City House in Sheffield city centre at the end of October. The Bank will occupy the top two floors of the newly-redeveloped premises, off West...
Speaker Profile: Pete Thornton-Smith – Inspirational Quality Management Specialist at the 9001 Support Centre
A step-by-step guide to transition your ISO standard The clock is ticking in that September 2018 is the deadline to move your 9001, 14001 and 9100 certification across to the new standard – and what’s the betting most companies will leave it till the last minute!...
Speaker Profile: Reece Richiardi of Power In Property
Reece is an international speaker and award winning entrepreneur. Having failed at trying to become a footballer in his youth, Reece turned his attention to business at a young age. Having found a strong mentor to guide him, he was able to achieve some amazing...
There are a couple of extra speaking slots available at SheffEX
We've found space for a couple of extra speakers at SheffEX. If you have something interesting to share please get in touch as soon as possible by emailing tony@sheffex.com with an outline of who you are and what your topic would be. We have an online speaker guide to...
Battery energy plant goes online at Blackburn Meadows
One of the UK's first battery energy plants has just gone online at E.ON's Blackburn Meadows biomass plant between Sheffield and Rotherham. The 10 megawatt (MW) lithium-ion battery is the size of four shipping containers. It puts out the same...
Warnings over winter energy price spike
From The Telegraph. Energy bills in the UK could be set to rise this winter after the cost of power jumped well above last year's prices. The wholesale cost of winter electricity in the UK market is on average 16pc, or around £7 per megawatt-hour, higher than it was...
Why would anyone live in Sheffield?
From HR Media. Why would anyone live in Sheffield? That’s the question our client Redbrik has asked with the latest video we created for them. Mark Ross, Director at Redbrik, felt that were a lot of misconceptions about Sheffield. He had heard people say that it’s...
Company of Cutlers installs the 379th Master Cutler
Mr Kenneth Cooke was installed as Master Cutler on October 3rd, 2017. He began his career in Engineering/ manufacturing at the Central Technical School in Sheffield and was fortunate enough to complete an apprenticeship in the highly regarded...
Naylor’s new factory opened by the Duke of Kent
From Joshua Hammond at Insider Media Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, has formally opened a new factory extension for Barnsley-headquartered manufacturer Naylor Industries. The £5m investment in a new production line will allow the manufacturing business to make...
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