When you find yourself in a difficult situation, you have three ways to deal with it: you can ignore it and hope it will eventually go away, you can deal with it and go back to your life as soon as you can or you can deal with it and turn it into a great opportunity. I choose to deal with difficult life situations in the third way. For me change is powerful and can open the door to great things, if we have the right mindset.

Change is stressful but is even more stressful if we…

Time seems to fly these days.... the next Oldham Enteprise Club is next Monday, same time same place- thats 2pm at oldham business centre. The last meeting was very informal, we did some speed dating where club members spoke to Jeffrey from JW Walsh Accountants, Steve Duthie from Oldham Chronicle and Louise Slater from the council business and enterprise team. I hope club members found it useful !

Dean from Blue Orchid is running a taster session on Social Media marketing on…

Hi all I want to introduce you to my new venture, still involving animals ( of course ) 

Kanine Kampus is a doggy daycare centre and indoor dog park,

opening soon in Oldham

unit R 

Oldham central trading park

Coulton close

Oldham

0779 604 5555

we will be open daily to care for your dogs while you work or shop,

drop the on your way to work and pick them up on your way home,

we also provide transport a a…

Exciting news for all OBN members. I have managed to arrange for all OBN members to automatically qualify straight away for our Corporate Rate Membership regardless of how many people work for the company, normally i would need 5 employees from the same company to join in order to qualify. Also each member of OBN who joins, also has the opportunity to refer 1 extra person and they too will receive the exact same membership whether they are members of OBN or not. This…

New Blog Post from Owl Marketing http://www.owl-marketing.co.uk/2/post/2012/02/carrier-pigeons-and-garlic-bread.html

It was a good session at Oldham Library yesterday, with three workshops on Managing Depression, Building Self esteem and Stress Management for 5-15 people in the sessions.   45 minute sessions with Q & A at the end, I used powerpoint presentations (and yes, quick visual prompts and bullet points rather than long winded wordy screens to read through), and summary handouts which included exercises, some of which we worked though in session and which then can be continued at…

Did you know that statistically the majority of accidents are avoidable? I'm sure that we all know somebody who has injured themselves whilst at work - whether that was a minor injury or something more serious. Whatever the case, neither is welcome. In this day and age where employment is high and jobs are hard to come by, it is more important to remain safe and healthy in order that you can continue to carry out your normal daily routine and earn the money you deserve to continue to enjoy…

Did You Know (Chewing Gum)

As a dog walker there is nothing more annoying than people who spit chewing gum out onto the pavement, I spend a lot of time on my walks fishing chewing gum out of puppies and other dogs mouths.  Chewing gum contains a substance call Xylitol which is highly toxic and lethal to dogs, its not a joke, google it!  Chewing Gum can also become lodged in your dogs throat and cause choking or even block up the intestines which could…

Hello everybody!

I am sure everybody is aware of two very rude and disgusting words that have been uttered from time to time - either in the pub or over a coffee somewhere. What two words am I referring to? Health & Safety, of course! This is a part of business that must be in place, but nobody wants, so everybody tries to avoid. If that is the case you are in luck. Eden Safety and Security Ltd can take the hassle out of this aspect for you. Our…

Yesterday's meeting was held in an informal Q&As session on access to finance, John Cannon from Business Finance Solutions gave a detailed overview on the National Enterprise Allowance scheme, a DWP programme that provides mentoring support for people starting up in business, you have to have been unemployed for 6 months or more to apply. If eligible you might have access to the £1,000 loan fund which has to be paid pack within three years, with an option of interest only in the…

Psychologies Magazine article on Emotional Intelligence at work

I had to comment on this article, on the Psychologies page, which in general  I disagree with. 

"The whole point of 'emotional intelligence' is to be aware of people’s needs and use that to manage people effectively. …

SPICE CITY JOURNAL ARRANGE A BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT AFTER LAST 2 LARGE EVENT LAST YEAR.

COMING IN APRIL. IF ANYONE WANT TO SPONSOR THE EVENT DO CONTACT WITH TEAM-

07949177392- AHMED

Anyone got any good ideas for a name for the council and partners employment service, that is new, exciting and doesn't get confused with our HR or recruitment service? and maybe hasn't already been used in the past... so far we have:

To Work' Services

Into Work' Services
Workpath'
Workpathways'
@Work'
Workpassport

Oldham Council and local partners have a free employment service supporting local companies to recruit local people. If you are a business wanting to take on new staff to support your busienss growth and need support in finding the right person get in touch at jonathan.phillips@oldham.gov.uk

We can help save you time and money in recruitment- you have the final say on who you employ :) Plus we can help with finding support…

The first meeting went really well, I gave an overview on types of business support along with a few promotions:

Free public procurement training from the council- how to tender for public sector contracts;

Market stall incentives, including support with fit outs and test trading;

Oldham Coliseum kind offer for drama workshops, good for good body language and confidence;

if your interested in any of these let me know.

Ghazala…

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Do you or do you know of any Oldham or Greater Manchester businesses that offer sponsorship or

‘in kind’ donations?  If yes can you let me know the details.  Thank you Lorna