May

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2015

Members news One Community Gala Dinner To celebrate its anniversary,

One Community, the Kirklees

Community Foundation is holding a

Gala Dinner at the John Smith’s

Stadium on Saturday 20th June at

7pm.

The dinner is kindly sponsored

by Robertson Baxter Ltd, and celebrates

the work of the Foundation in its first 5

years, during which time it has awarded

225 funding grants to local charities and

community groups.

The evening will start with a delicious

four-course dinner, comprising of

tomato and basil soup, slow braised

steak with buttery mashed potatoes

and fine green beans, served with a

thyme and a red wine sauce. This will

be followed by a little pot of dark

chocolate with an almond biscotti,

cheese platter, coffee and mints.

Entertainment will be provided by the

highly regarded international magician,

Michael Jordan from Huddersfield, with

his act, ‘High Jinx’. The Yorkshire opera

singers, ‘Serenta Quintet’, will then

entertain with their repertoire of opera

classics. To complete the evening, you

will be able to disco the night away and

make your own magical moves on the

dance floor!

Several fundraising activities will also

take place, and there will be the oppor-

tunity to bid in the auction for some

great prizes, including signed and

framed memorabilia, thanks to the

hard work of the Foundation’s

volunteers - from the England football

team, Johnny Depp, One Direction and

Stephen Fry, amongst others.

Sir John Harman, Chairman of One

Community, said: “It seems amazing

that we are now celebrating five years

of supporting Kirklees voluntary groups.

Over that time the Foundation has

helped some very worthy causes, and it

is now very rewarding to see what a

difference we have made locally.”

Tickets are now on sale for the dinner

at £50 each, or £450 for a table of 10.

Please contact the Foundation office for

tickets and further details: (01484)

468397 email: info@one-

community.org.uk.

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Five Stars for Central Lodge Hotel The Huddersfield Central Lodge Hotel

had an unannounced visit from Kirklees

Environmental Health. After a thorough

inspection, the hotel was rewarded 5

out of 5 ‘scores on the doors’. Co-

Owner Joe Marsden said “It’s always a

delight when a hotel receives another

award, especially top marks. Our break-

fast team are delighted to have been

recognised for their efforts”.

Pictured is Mark; one of

the breakfast chefs taking

an order on a sunny day on

the hotel patio.

THE HOUSE OF FUN WITH ARTHUR SMITH

Members news

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a new branch office or create a new

team / department, then the change

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ed with changes in business.

For example if a business moves premis-

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room suitability, Internet and telecom

connectivity options, check structure

cabling, power and discuss all aspects of

the relocation with the customer before

agreeing on the improvements, key

dates and plan the project. The aim is to

ensure a smooth changeover with no

effect to IT performance and in many

cases improve it making it a positive

experience for staff with no hassle and

minimum disruption.

Utilising the team’s extensive experi-

ence P2 get involved early in the plan-

ning stage to scope, review and manage

the changes in technology to create

realistic and measureable goals.

Clear communication and documenta-

tion is used throughout all projects to

ensure the move date is met and the

team is contactable throughout the

transfer and available both on site and

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Commercially focused, P2 ensures that

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If your business is planning a move that

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call P2 today on 01484 779020.

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Friday 29 May, 8.00pm at

the Lawrence Batley

Theatre

Arthur Smith, compere beyond

compare, king of comedians and

professional Leonard Cohen

impersonator, brings his variety show

to Huddersfield, promising an

uproarious night of comedy, music,

magic and more.

The star of Loose Ends, The Smith

Lectures, The One Show and Grumpy

Old Men presides over a hand picked

programme including rock ‘n’ roll

magician Pete Heat, twisted comedy

duo Shirley and Shirley and silver-

tongued stand-up David Whitney.

Tickets £16 / concessions £14

Box Office 01484 430528

Online www.thelbt.org

Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership

members are entitled to 2-for-1 tickets

for The House of Fun with Arthur Smith.

To take advantage of this special offer,

please call the box office on 01484

430528 and quote “2 for 1 offer”.

Marketing entrepreneur nominated in Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards

Members news

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Lindley marketing

entrepreneur Katrina Cliffe

has been nominated in the

Sue Ryder Yorkshire

Women of Achievement

Awards business category.

The awards in their 29th year took place

at the Royal Armouries in Leeds on

Friday 15th May recognise women who

have represented Yorkshire to an

exceptional level.

Katrina, who founded her marketing

business KC Communications in August

2014 has seen impressive growth

securing clients across a variety of

business sectors including Leeds based

Brewster Bye Architects and free

school, Temple Learning Academy

resulting in the appointment of two

members of staff in recent months.

Katrina’s dedication to supporting

future marketing professionals through

apprenticeships and continued

professional development is one of the

key factors in her nomination.

Katrina commented; “It’s an absolute

honour to

have received

multiple

nominations

for this

award.

The ability to

use my own professional experience to

support our future marketing

professionals is a privilege and I

something I look forward to developing

further as the business continues to

grow”.

For more information about

KC Communications visit

www.kccomms.co.uk

Local Businesses Get Together Over A Curry For Kids Over 70 Huddersfield professionals got

together over a curry on Monday 20th

April to raise funds in aid of Hudders-

field Town Foundation.

Hosted by Sheards Accountancy, the

event held at the Chilli Lounge raised a

grand total of £550 for the charity,

who’s aim is to improve the quality

of life for young people across

Huddersfield and the West Yorkshire

area through a variety of activities,

namely its hugely successful Early

Kick Off Breakfast Clubs.

Mandy Taylor of Huddersfield Town

Foundation commented: “This is a

fantastic start to our charity

partnership with Sheards, the amount

raised on the evening will ensure that

over 1,000 healthy breakfasts; currently

the equivalent of every child in all 16

breakfast clubs can be served”.

Carolyn Atkinson, Director at Sheards

Accountancy added: “It’s an honour to

see so many individuals and businesses

supporting both us and the Hudders-

field Town Foundation. The event was a

great success and we are delighted that

our first fundraising effort will have an

immediate impact on the running of the

Foundation. We’re looking forward to

future fundraising initiatives and hav-

ing a positive impact on both the

Foundation and the families it

supports”.

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Members news

Why not submit a quote of the month!

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Members news Member of the Month….. Welcome to member of the Month.

For our Momentous May edition we

are so happy to introduce to you

Stephen Gorman from Mail Boxes Etc..

Please provide a sentence/description

about your organisation?

Is an all encompassing postal service

company that offers a range of

services including packing & shipping,

freight, document or parcel delivery,

courier services, print and copy, mail-

box rental or a virtual office package.

You can trust the experts at MBE

Huddersfield.

1. Why did you join the partnership?

Huddersfield is a fantastic place and we

all should be a part of promoting the

town.

2. What are your aspirations for 2015?

Personally to run a half marathon, for

the business to continue to grow.

3. Give three words to describe your

business?

Alternative Postal Service

4. Give us three words about yourself?

Approachable, energetic, Passionate.

5. What do you think are the main

challenges for multi-functional

businesses like yours?

Our main challenges come from on-line,

but our benefit, such as a complete

pack and deliver service, any item,

anywhere in the World, enable us to

compete in the business.

6. What was your proudest achieve-

ment of 2014?

In November, the business had it first

birthday.

7. Have you ever met anyone famous,

please tell us about it (keep it short)?

I have done a number of 10k races

where I have met, briefly, Ron Hill and

Mike Tomlinson (The widower of chari-

ty fundraiser Jane Tomlinson)

8. If you could pass on one single piece

of advice to anyone who wanted to

launch a business in a town centre?

Location in the town centre has to be

right for the business.

9. If you could live anywhere in the

world where would it be?

York, Gibraltar or Brighouse.

10. If you could give the Partnership

some advice what would it be?

The food and drink event is great, may-

be a “Best Of Huddersfield” event to

showcase all business in the Town.

Email:

info@huddersfieldpartnership.co.uk

Members news

Be a REAL employer—Be an leading example! REAL employment has a long and well

established history in successfully sup-

porting adults with learning disabilities

into employment in the local jobs

market spanning 25 years.

REAL means Realistic Employment for

Adults with Learning disabilities. A job

for someone with a learning disability is

not just about income. It’s about self-

worth, respect and esteem that many

of us take for granted. People with

learning disabilities can and want to

work and are willing and able.

Real’s experience tells them that with

the right advice, guidance and support

to both employer and employee they

can and do make good and loyal

employees.

REAL we pride themselves in the good

working relationships they have built

with employer’s over the many years.

With their help people have gained a

wide variety of employment

experiences.

Why REAL is successful:

What can REAL Employment offer your

company?

• Job matching (the right person for the

job)

• On the job training (an experienced

job coach to train the person)

• Health and safety (advice and train-

ing)

• Ongoing monitoring and support

(regular contact)

• Pre work assessments (what can the

person do)

• Relationship building in the workforce

(professional advice and support for

your staff)

• Risk assessment (all jobs and tasks

checked)

Real have worked with numerous com-

panies in the area including:

• Tastecard

• Hadfields

• Hansons

• CJ Catering

• Mc Donalds

REAL Employment can work with the

employer and the potential employee

to match individual’s abilities. If neces-

sary REAL can provide support for both

parties through the initial phases of the

employment relationship.

As a company it might be worth consid-

ered taking a little bit out of other jobs

to create a new position? This can free

up existing employees to concentrate

on more demanding tasks.

Job carving improves productivity, ser-

vice delivery and profitability by using

the skilled workers time to concentrate

on tasks that require their professional

level of skill.

An example may be by removing more

repetitive work from other positions to

create a job for someone who works

best at repetitive tasks.

It’s a win- win situation. A person with a

learning disability gets a fair chance and

as an employer you get a skilled, enthu-

siastic employee; their enthusiasm can

be infectious. Team dynamics and over-

all performance have been known to

improve when employing someone

with a learning disability. So why not

give someone a chance!

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Partnership news

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Huddersfield Town Centre Connectivity Project Kirklees Council have begun the

Introduction of bus gate traffic island

with carriageway repairs on Railway

Street, Huddersfield Town Centre

As part of the scheme to improve bus

journey times and accessibility through

Huddersfield Town Centre, the Council

want to inform businesses and

residents that a new

bus gate island is due to

be installed on Railway

Street, with footway

widening at the junction

of Station Street with St.

Peter’s Street. The works began on

Sunday 10th May 2015 and plan to

finish on Sunday 31st May, weather

permitting.

In order to carry out the work safely

with minimum disruption to adjacent

premises, a road closure will be in place

on Station Street between the junctions

of Railway Street and St. Peter’s Street,

with a signed diversion in place. The

work will be restricted to between

9:30am and 5:00pm. The council have

advised that any vehicles belonging to

businesses, residents or visitors are

parked away from the road whilst the

work is taking place. A plan showing the

proposals can be found on the

Huddersfield Partnership Website .

In addition to the programmed

improvements above, emergency

carriageway repairs are required on

Railway Street between the junctions of

Westgate and John William Street.

These will be undertaken during the

night between 8:00pm and 5:00am

from Monday 18th May to Friday 22nd

May, weather permitting. In order for

the repairs to be carried out safely,

Railway Street will be closed with a

signed diversion in place. The council

hope this will keep disruption to local

traffic, businesses and visitors to a

minimum.

“Unfortunately, there will be a certain

amount of noise associated with the

carriageway repair work during the

night,” says Chris Dunn, Principal

Engineer and apologises for any

inconvenience.

Please note, that in line with

Council policy for carrying out

noisy highway operations during

the night, alternative accommo-

dation may be available for adjacent

residents affected by the noise incon-

venience.

If businesses or residents have any

questions about the work, then you can

contact Chris Dunn on: 01484 221000

If you need to contact someone

outside office hours, please ring

Highways Customer Care on 01484

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Outdoor Advertising Opportunities in Huddersfield Kirklees Borough Council is providing

local businesses in Huddersfield the

unique opportunity to promote their

business through roundabout and

welcome sign advertising across the

borough.

Roundabout advertising can reach local

audiences of up to 1.5 million people,

including commuters, local residents or

specific demographic groups,

costing from just £14 per day.

Here are a few examples of the

promotional space currently

available in Huddersfield:

Availability in Huddersfield

Roundabout of the month

Location: Lindley roundabout: A640,

New Hey road

Monthly audience size: Up to 448,793

people

About this site: A prime advertising

location on busy A640, which connects

with the M62. It is used by a significant

number of daily commuters travelling

to and from Manchester, Leeds and

Bradford.

Suitable for: Businesses looking to tar-

get large local audiences. The majority

of the traffic is made up of daily com-

muters who can be exposed to the ad-

verts several times a day.

Location: Galpharm (John Smith’s) Sta-

dium

Monthly audience size: Up to 450,000

people

About this site: A central advertising

location next to John Smith's Stadium,

Leeds Road retail park and Great North-

ern retail park.

Suitable for: Businesses in Huddersfield

looking to target large audiences of

sports fans or recreational shoppers.

Location: Dalmeny Avenue near Black-

moorfoot road

Monthly audience size: Up to 260,275

people

About this site: A very busy rounda

bout, located between Crosland

Moor, Crosland Hill, Cowlersley and

Thornton Lodge housing estates just

off Blackmoorfoot road.

Suitable for: Businesses looking to

advertise to local residents and daily

commuters, who can be exposed to the

adverts several times a day.

If you are interested in any of the above

sites, or would like to sponsor a

roundabout or welcome sign near you,

please call Lisa Bentley, Account Direc-

tor at Community Partners on

01423 706676 or visit

www.communitypartners.co.uk.

Huddersfield Partnership is seeking

entrepreneurs to participate in it’s

new SEED programme

The Partnership have support from

NatWest Bank to help support and

promote economic growth locally,

giving sole traders and micro businesses

the opportunities to begin their

entrepreneurial journey.

What is HP Seed?

HP Seed is a membership support

package for new to pre-start up

entrepreneurs who want to engage

with the Partnership to launch a new

business, particularly for those who are

in need of premises or a would like to

be based in the town centre.

HP Seed will offer a range of tools and

activities that will enable them to grow

as a business by affiliating them with

our existing Huddersfield Partnership

members and NatWest bank.

The Partnership wants to engage with

anyone who is thinking about and in

preparation for launching a new

business. The partnership have a

programme of activity that aims to get

them onto the road to success.

Karen Hobson Partnership Manager

comments’ I personally have a passion

for supporting small businesses and

therefore so pleased that this can be

translated into the work of the

Partnership. We are excited that

NatWest want to work with us in order

that what we deliver supports to

growth of the local economy of

Huddersfield.

Partnership news The Partnership is looking to support new businesses

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