Ambassadors - West Midlands
The Birmingham session got off to a good start with a high turnout. Despite the heavy snow forecast we had 100% turnout for the Coventry session. Our NTA Awards winners shared their best practice training, what the benefits were since their win and practical tips on entering. Many thanks to Coventry Building Society and BEST BCC.
Atherstone, Telford and Stafford are in need of a boost to their numbers for March so please, any further promotion or networking you can give to this to get even more engagement would be greatly valued!
Please click on this link for further details of information on the remaining sessions in the region:
Stop press - Raising the profile of L&D and Business
In the Times last week and in the 'People Management' magazine there were prominent articles about the value of entering Awards to increase your credibility, engagement and adding value/bottom line business.
In 'People Management' 25th February edition, Gillian Hibberd, president of PPMA gave advice on how to stand out which included entering Awards .
The Times gave hints on tips on entering awards, especially ones with a word count limit- the article is linked below.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/management/
article7038275.ece
NTA UK Award Winner, Ashorne Hill
Management College
Steelworkers Take New Approach
to Safety Training
When you deal with molten metal on a daily basis, health and safety can be a matter of life and death.
Corus, the second largest steel maker in Europe and part of the Tata Group, produces more than 20 million tons of steel a year. Its employees work with heavy equipment, dangerous chemicals and molten metal at high temperatures. They have to be aware of potential crushing hazards, burning, poisoning, asphyxiation and falling from great heights.
Since the company was created in 1999, from the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens, several employees and contractors have suffered fatal accidents at work. This has a devastating impact on the families, friends and colleagues of the people who died.
In financial terms Corus estimates that each fatal accident costs the company £1 million, while injuries that result in lost time and can cost £20k. Each incident impacts both on the reputation of Corus and the morale of its employees.
