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22/08/2008
“Giving small business a conduit to large corporations will give them greater market exposure”
For so long in Britain there was a reluctance to tackle the issue of economic inclusion and then largely these efforts have focused on geographical areas rather than on issues of race.
But times are changing!
For over two years now MSDUK has been working to engage not only with large corporations but with ethnic minority-owned businesses throughout the country that previously had no access to the markets many UK businesses take for granted.
To read full article featured in the Birmingham Post click here 21/08/2008
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) are hosting a FREE conference specifically aimed at encouraging Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Women and disabled owned businesses to get involved with opportunities arising from the London 2012 Games. The event, to be held on Tuesday 30th September 2008, will focus on providing help to businesses so that they can successfully bid for London 2012 contracts, as well as improve their business competiveness.
This is a ‘must attend’ event, with prominent speakers including Tessa Jowell, the Minister for the Olympics and John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority. There will also be two hands-on workshops. One will assist businesses with the CompeteFor registration process and the other will give businesses already registered invaluable tips on how use CompeteFor to successfully access and win Games contracts.
BUT HURRY, EVENTS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE NOT HELD OFTEN AND IT WILL SURELY FILL UP QUICKLY! 12/08/2008
Sign Up for the Programme ‘Early Bird’ Deadline: 31st August
Digital Horizons 2012 Programme which focuses on imparting the online skills, connections, contacts and intelligence which will enable culture, media and sport enterprises to maximise the online opportunities for engagement and business offered by the London 2012 Games.
The South East Media Network are inviting companies, organisations and freelancers to apply for a place and there is an 'early bird' discount which applies to any application before 31st August.
If you require more details please look at the website: www.semn.org.uk or email digitalhorizons2012@semn.org.uk
23/07/2008
Connect InvoRed Programme
The Connect InvoRed (Investment Readiness) programme aims to provide science, engineering, technology or high-growth companies with the tools that they need to develop and to raise investment.
Throughout August Connect Midlands will be running a number of workshops.
The first, aimed at early stage businesses, is for those seeking seed, start up or early funding and will help delegates to understand what investors are really looking for in order to help build a winning investment proposition.
It will take place 5th and 6th August at Dunston Innovation Centre, Chesterfield.
The second workshop will be held on 12th August at Dunston Innovation Centre, Chesterfield.
This workshop, aimed at small businesses, will give you a unique opportunity to develop the skills that you need to analyse your business and markets, evaluate choices and establish a plan to achieve a vision for the future.
02/07/2008
Fully-featured Service Management software
SAM - Service Manager is a powerful fully-featured Service Management software solution developed by HSL Software (UK) Limited. SAM has been designed for use by companies that have a team of support engineers or for use by any department within an organisation that has a team of Helpdesk support engineers or field based support engineers, for example IT departments. SAM will help you more effectively manage your engineering support resulting in lower costs and increased level of customer satisfaction.
Features Include:
• Customer self service portal
• Work order activity management
• Engineers portal
• Wireless mobility
• Engineering Diaries
• Graphical Scheduling and dispatch
• Asset register
• Time, parts and expense tracking
• Extensive reporting
• Manage projects
• Parts purchasing
• Invoicing
• Manager Contracts
• Manage Service Level Agreements
• Engineer’s Timesheet
• Asset reports
• Company reports
• Issue reporting
• Manage Contracts
• Contract Reports
Fully-featured Asset Management software
SAM - Asset Manager is a powerful fully-featured Service, Asset and inventory Management software solution developed by HSL Software (UK) Limited, Its a world class application that is based on and has been developed using the reliable and highly regarded Microsoft® SQL Server Database and VB.net development suite of programmes. It boasts a user friendly Windows® style desktop interface as well as a state-of-the-art web interface that allows your customers to be kept up-to-date and enables your engineers to work anywhere in the world.
The many key features of HSL Asset Manager include:
Complete life cycle tracking of any asset
Every time a change is made to an asset, HSL Asset Manager creates a log entry detailing who made the change as well as the date and time previous field value.
Associated file attachments and document library. Users can upload key files directly to the HSL Asset Manager database and associate them to individual assets.
HSL Asset Manager Inventory data is stored against style templates. These templates contain a range of user-defined fields that allow users to store item specific information.
All asset activities and deployments can be scheduled and tracked. If an asset is due for servicing or is being leased to a third-party, HSL Asset Manager can record these events as well as the time the asset is due to be returned.
Integration
With HSL Asset Manager's External Database Integration, users can link assets to any existing OLEDB compliant data source. HSL Asset Manager also provides advanced synchronisation capabilities.
For a demonstration or more information please don’t hesitate to contact our offices tel: 0845 372 7007 or email: derrickg@hslsoft.com you can also visit our website at www.hslsoft.com 16/06/2008
Summer 2012 will see London host the Olympic Games. Thousands of UK companies, small and large will be needed to deliver the Games i.e., construction, manufacturing, catering, merchandise, services, IT, marketing, creating valuable procurement opportunities.
CompeteFor is the chosen site of London 2012 for the publication of Games-related contract opportunities. It acts as a brokerage service between buyers throughout the London 2012 supply chain, and potential suppliers. CompeteFor has been developed on behalf of the English Regional Development Agencies and UK Devolved Administrations by the London Development Agency, working closely with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
Below are some contracts that are currently available on CompeteFor, which any businesses can apply for.
Contract Name: Catering Team - required for Aquatics Centre
Awarding Organisation: Balfour Beatty Group Limited
Application Deadline: 22/06/2008
Description: Catering team required for busy kitchen servicing staff and operatives. Will need to cater for up to 400 people at peak period and deliver wholesome cold and cooked food, to be served during meal breaks. It will be necessary to cater for a diverse workforce including different faith requirements, vegetarians and those seeking healthy diet options.
Contract Name: Aquatics Centre - Site Office Cleaning
Awarding Organisation: Balfour Beatty Group Limited
Application Deadline: 22/06/2008
Description: Daily cleaning of the Aquatics Centre site offices. This includes a three storey modular block with approximately 150 desks and a 3 storey welfare unit.
Contract Name: Silvertown Way Redevelopment Demolition and Remediation
Awarding Organisation: London Development Agency (LDA)
Application Deadline: 25/06/2008
Description: Demolition, Asbestos Removal and Site Clearance of various small buildings located in 2.4 ha of land in East London plus Site Remediation. The area comprises a number of separate sites which are currently in the ownership of, or are being acquired by, the LDA.
Contract Name: Chandos Road Community Centre Main Contractor
Awarding Organisation: London Development Agency (LDA)
Application Deadline: 30/06/2008
Description: Competent Main Contractor with experience in constructing Community Centres, to construct the Chandos Road Community Centre.
Contract Name: Anti Graffiti Paint
Awarding Organisation: Edmund Nuttall Ltd
Application Deadline: 01/08/2008
Description: Supply and application of Anti Graffiti coating to concrete structures. This work is to be carried out over a period of two years on multiple visits.
Contract Name: Ecological Consultancy Service
Awarding Organisation: Olympic Delivery Authority
Application Deadline: 20/06/2008
Description: An ecological survey and assessment is required at the Eton College Rowing Lake at Dorney Lake, due to host the Rowing, Flatwater Canoe/Kayak and Paralympic Rowing events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Contract Name: Ground Investigation Survey
Awarding Organisation: Olympic Delivery Authority
Application Deadline: 20/06/2008
Description: A ground investigation survey is required for Eton College Rowing Lake at Dorney Lake, due to host the Rowing, Flatwater Canoe/Kayak and Paralympic Rowing events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Contract Name: Website Development and Ongoing Maintenance - LDA Climate Change website London Development Agency
Application Deadline: 22/06/2008
Description: Ongoing maintenance management and content & functionality development of LDA Climate Change microsites with an emphasis on improving their web presence and their brand. A key element is to provide up to date, useful information relating to all aspects of climate change & energy efficiency that is suitable to be posted on the websites.
Contract Name: Installation of fencing/hoarding
Awarding Organisation: Balfour Beatty Group Limited
Application Deadline: 25/06/2008
Description: The installation of fencing/hoarding for a bridge within the Olympic Park, approximately 30 metres long and comprising of 18mm ply board on a frame with typical posts 900mm deep in a 1200mm x 600mm diameter concrete foundation.
Contract Name: Miscellaneous Electrical and/or Plumbing Works
Awarding Organisation: Balfour Beatty Group Limited
Application Deadline: 27/06/2008
Description: Miscellaneous electrical and/or plumbing works as and when required to site offices.
Contract Name: Scaffolding Works
Awarding Organisation: Balfour Beatty Group Limited
Application Deadline: 27/06/2008
Description: Various scaffolding work as required.
To find about more about the above opportunities or other contracts that are available visit www.competefor.com
04/06/2008
 One of the world’s largest international law firms, Eversheds LLP, has become the first law firm to become a member of the Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), the UK’s leading organisation seeking to engage corporate supply chains with ethnic minority businesses.
Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) is the country’s premier not-for-profit membership organisation providing a direct link between leading private sector companies and ethnic minority businesses in the UK.
Commenting on joining MSDUK, Jennifer Powell, Head of Procurement, Eversheds LLP, said:
“Eversheds takes the issue of diversity extremely seriously. There is a strong business case for us and other large organisations like ours to engage with MSDUK and its members.
“MSDUK is working to provide a vital link between companies such as ourselves and some of the most vibrant sectors of the economy that previously were unsure of how to approach corporations. We hope that we can play our part in working with these companies to benefit both their operations and our own.”
MSDUK is a private sector-led organisation and works with many leading corporations including Dell, GW Premier, Merrill Lynch, Computacenter, Accenture, Mastercard Worldwide, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Motorola, Cummins, Jonson Controls and GlaxoSmithKline.
Mayank Shah, Director of MSDUK said:
“We’re delighted to welcome Eversheds as our 38th member and are very confident that we’ll be able to link them to some of the best entrepreneurial talents from ethnic minority business community.
“Since we began two years ago, MSDUK has grown at a phenomenal rate and most importantly we have delivered positive results for all our members and supplier s.”
About Eversheds LLP
Eversheds LLP is one of the largest international law firms, providing legal services to the business and finance community and across a wide range of industries both in the public and private sector. Headquartered in the heart of the City of London at new purpose-built offices at One Wood Street, Eversheds International has over 2,000 legal and business advisors. Access to specialist legal expertise is provided through 37 international offices, which are based across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Eversheds is pioneer in the legal sector, following the introduction of its unique project management approach to planning and billing and launch its innovative Global Client Management methodology (GAMS). It recently published an in-depth most innovative and client facing law firms and outlining the issues that the sector will face over the next 10 years. A copy of the report can be obtained from Eversheds website. 30/04/2008
The event which is expected to be attended by 450-500 delegates is the longest-running and largest Corporate Responsibility conference in Europe. It currently has over 40 confirmed expert speakers from 14 European countries including the European Presidents of DuPont and Starbucks, the European Chairman of Microsoft, the Executive Editor of the Economist, and CEOs from Wilhelmsen and Kraft (UK).
The conference will attract senior-level executives from large and medium-sized corporations, non-profit organisations and government agencies. There will be a large number of CSR-specific decision makers, as well as VPs, Directors and Senior Managers charged with environmental and sustainability briefs.
For MSDUK it’s a great opportunity to meet with some current and potential corporate members and, as the UK’s leading supplier diversity based membership organisation, to help illuminate decision-makers on the benefits of an ethnically diverse supply chain.
MSDUK will be exhibiting at Booth 26 on the 13th May; please do stop by if you are attending the conference.
We look forward to meeting you.
10/03/2008
MSDUK’s first Awards Dinner & Reception will be held in central London featuring speeches from business champions not to mention, as it says in the title, the presentation of awards for Corporate and minority business winners in a range of categories. The event will celebrate MSDUK’s 2 year anniversary and the tremendous growth and development that can be seen in MSDUK’s membership; in the growth of corporate supplier diversity programmes and the growth of individual ethnic minority businesses. Please join us in making this a truly memorable evening for all involved.
Corporate dinner tables and individual tickets for ethnic minority businesses will be available to book from 1st May 2008. Further information will be available shortly.
Aramark UK and Xerox have become the latest firms to join MSDUK bringing our total membership to 37!
ARAMARK UK has been operating in the UK since 1972 and has over 12,500 employees operating over 1,000 client locations throughout the UK and offshore. Aramark provides service solutions to a broad spectrum of market sectors including business and industry, education, healthcare, offshore, judicial and defence. Their offer ranges from food service - business dining, employee restaurants, coffee bars and convenience store management – to grounds maintenance, reception duties, cleaning and hot and cold beverage solutions for offices and other places of work.
Xerox is the global leader in document management, offering the widest range of technology, consulting services and solutions in the industry. Xerox is the global leader in document management, offering the widest range of technology, consulting services and solutions in the industry. Xerox provides hundreds of systems and services that help customers create, manage and share documents: high-end digital production printers, office multifunction systems, toner and paper, outsourced document management and more.
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