Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:32:40 AM
The competition is open to all people over the age of 18. This is a global competition therefore it is open to people from any country.
Please circulate this far and wide through you contacts and networks.......!
Your Big Year
Is seeking enthusiastic, adventurous and enterprising individuals who are free to explore the globe from January 2011.
The competition, which is free to enter and open to all adults worldwide, will test entrants’ skills in communication, charity...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:15:26 PM
Gender specific coaching & mentoring available if prefered.
Commercial & funded opportunities for business leaders to work with a coach or mentor of their choice.
Terrie Johnson - Fruit to Suit
“Although I have only met my mentor twice, I have already seen the benefits to myself and fruit to suit. The matching process was obviously very thorough as the match between my own personal needs and my mentor were excellent. Spot on! Setting up and running your own business can be a...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:40:34 AM
(A full-time administrator from as little as £5,000!)
Specifically designed for the creative industries sector, the Creative Break Apprenticeship Programme sources high quality young people from the thousands looking for an opportunity to enter this unique sector and carries out essential skills training so they’re primed and ready to hit the ground running to provide administration support for a creative agency or in-house marketing team.
What's in it for you?
Talented,...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:08:46 PM
Elaine attends round table discussion on 7th July to discuss 'Current policy directions and influences upon women's entrepreneurship'.
Facilitated by Professor Helene Ahl (Jonkoping University: Sweden) and Professor Susan Marlow (De Montfort University: Leicester) who are currently engaged in research focused upon institutional influences upon gender and entrepreneurship.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:02:19 AM
On the Friday 19th March, Elaine Owen of the Wirral based Designated Associates won outstanding contribution to women’s learning and development award at the Women on Their Way Awards held at Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham.
The Woman on Their Way Awards have been running two years and aims to connect women through the UK, to inspire and to increase their self belief. Celebrating and recognising those women who mobilise, those who contribute and those who don’t always realise ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:18:41 AM
Elaine Owen Director of Women In Business and Managing Director of Designated Associates was personally invited by Gordon Brown to Global Investment Conference on Monday 22nd February.
Gordon Brown, commented on the conference,
“I have convened this Conference, to bring together a unique mix of though-leaders, investors and decision-makers from around the world to debate the issues that will influence business and investment in the years to come, and discuss how we can...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:52:54 PM
Eight business support organisations across the Northwest have been awarded a new quality standard for women’s enterprise.
The Women’s Business Centre (WBC) Standard, funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and developed by Prowess, the independent voice of women’s enterprise in the UK, has been developed as a framework for providing world-class support services to budding and established female entrepreneurs.
Organisations which have achieved the WBC Standard...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:10:54 PM
On Saturday 21st November, Elaine Owen of the Liverpool based enterprise development organisation Designated Associates was named Business Personality of the Year at the Asian Business Federation’s 2009 Tiger Awards in Manchester.
The Tiger Awards is the North West’s leading multicultural business award event and nearly 500 delegates from across the region gathered at the to recognise the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners. In all, seven award categories were contested at the...
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Friday, September 25, 2009 3:36:51 PM
Elaine Owen is an award-winning businesswoman and an inspirational figure in the region’s women’s enterprise arena.
The mother-of-three runs her own IT and learning development company. In her role at the Northwest Women’s Enterprise Forum (NWWEF), she is striving to unlock the potential of many other women so that they can follow in her footsteps.
Elaine left school at just 16 and while running her own business was not her first choice for a career, she was given the opportunity after...
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Monday, January 05, 2009 11:37:00 AM
Women In Business NW attended Hope University at the request of Lynn McCann to speak with young enterprise students who had a huge variety of questions to pose about business and enterprise experience. A small selection of Women In Business NW women spoke of real life scenarios and gave first hand experience to all those who attended. Elaine Owen, Ellie Kerr & Jan McDermott would like to pass on their thanks to all the women who gave their time freely to invest in the...
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