New Anglia: Growing Britain's Recovery

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Published: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:00

The US2U Consulting team attended New Anglia’s October 2012 business conference on making New Anglia the ‘California of Europe’.

Encompassing Norfolk and Suffolk, the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership conference featured a number of interesting and entertaining speakers discussing issues such as job creation, business financing and local products.

The Government Minister for Business and Enterprise The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP told the conference that New Anglia is one of the “great growth regions of the country and will be one of the motors of our recovery.”

Rachel Blackburn, Director of US2U Consulting said: “It is great to be involved with local business leaders and politicians in the discussion of how to move our region forward.”

Fruit For Thought

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Published: Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:00

US2U Consulting Director Rachel Blackburn was delighted to be asked to 'produce' a presentation on Change Management at the recent Fresh Produce Consortium HR Forum in Peterborough.

Rachel spoke about the different services US2U Consulting can offer to the fresh produce industry using her experience working with long-standing client Worldwide Fruit Ltd as a case study.

Using the successful projects with Worldwide Fruit as an example, Rachel demonstrated how the US2U Consulting team can make a positive difference in many aspects of businesses in the industry, from senior management and team leader development through to managing diversity.

Developing For The Future

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Published: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 00:00

We have built on our recent developments by hiring a Marketing Coordinator to take on some of the responsibilities within the office.

US2U Consulting will benefit from the extra manpower and ideas at this time, as well as helping to inspire a young graduate beginning his career.

Stuart Taylor, a BA (Hons) graduate of the University of East Anglia has joined the US2U Consulting team to gain experience working in a busy consultancy firm and is relishing the opportunity to get involved in all areas of the business.

Stuart will provide support to the team as they continue to deliver a wide range of services.

Recipe For Success

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Published: Friday, 28 September 2012 00:00

The EDP Norfolk Food and Drink Awards is locally recognised as the Oscars of the food industry.

It was great to champion the county's food and drink industry and support some of our clients.

Paul Timewell, Chairman of Blue Sky Leisure said: "Having been working with US2U Consulting recently it was nice to celebrate some local successes over a glass of wine."

Project Management in Action

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Published: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 00:00

A short film giving an overview of how US2U Consulting worked in partnership with a client to successfully project manage one of their 2012 marketing initiatives arising from the strategic business planning review.

Norfolk Recruitment Awards 2009

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Published: Tuesday, 07 August 2012 00:00

Rachel Blackburn presented the award for 'Best Manager'.

We were pleased to be joined for the evening by our client Wendy Browne, Head of HR at NORCAS - 'It was a pleasure to be invited to the Norfolk Recruitment Awards by US2U Consulting. Having worked with them for a few months it was a great opportunity to spend time with them and celebrate the achievements of individuals and organisations in the area. It was a very enjoyable evening spent in a great venue with great people'.

Managing Your HR Career with CIPD

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Published: Wednesday, 01 August 2012 16:37

Rachel Blackburn and Shaun Walton were delighted to exhibit at the recent Norfolk CIPD event 'Managing Your HR Career' held at the Oaklands Hotel in Norwich.

With 10 exhibitors and around 70 visitors to the show, the evening was a great success.

A series of three presentations were delivered that focused on the speakers' careers in HR to date as well as offering handy career hints and tips.

"It's always great to have a presence at these sorts of shows. They often prove to be of real benefit as a hub for business, networking and picking up on useful information," said Rachel.

Champagne, Madame?

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Published: Wednesday, 01 August 2012 14:44

We are pleased to announce that Hazel Stimpson, HR and Training Manager for Harrod UK, was chosen at random as the winner of the US2U Consulting Champagne prize draw held at the CIPD Norfolk trade show in April.

Rachel took advantage of the glorious May sunshine to hand deliver Hazel's prize to Harrod's Lowestoft facility. The drive back from the coast meant that the bottle remained sealed but we hope Hazel enjoys her prize.

"I am delighted to be the recipient of this Champagne as part of US2U Consulting's CIPD prize draw initiative," said Hazel.

Floating on Success

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Published: Saturday, 07 July 2012 14:23

The theme was the Olympics and there was excellent teamwork all round!

It was great to have a football goal donated by Harrod UK, an official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games supplier.

"On behalf of all here at ABC, I want to say thank you for your hard work, time and effort that you put into the Lord Mayor's Procession. The day was a huge success and boosted our company and image to a wide range of the general public. The weather stayed dry and feedback was great; everyone had a fantastic time and it was nice to see the team making such an effort." Simon Callender, Director ABC Taxis Ltd.

The Marquee Event of the Summer

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Published: Saturday, 16 June 2012 14:39

Rachel Blackburn and guests attended the 2012 Norwich School Ball and took the opportunity to promote US2U Consulting and ABC Taxis, a client of the company.

We also took the opportunity to promote another of our clients, NORCAS, that is a 'leading independent charity working with people, of all ages, who have problems with alcohol, drugs or gambling.'