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West Midlands businesses urged to volunteer for Give & Gain Day 2012
Businesses in the West Midlands are being urged to sign up and give their staff the opportunity to volunteer on Give & Gain Day 2012, which is taking place on 18 May.
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The Prince's Rural Action programme supports dairy sector
A new initiative to support the British dairy sector has been launched today by The Prince’s Rural Action Programme, a Business in the Community (BITC) campaign. The project aims to support 100 farms with the objective of reducing the decline in the number of dairy farms by improving their profitability.
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Schools, colleges and universities in England pull together to fight university fees confusion
Schools, colleges and universities around England will work together on 14 November 2011 on the first ever national Student Finance Day. The campaign aims to ensure prospective students understand how the new student finance package works before they make a decision as to whether they can afford to go to university.
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A F Blakemore volunteers brighten-up Willenhall day centre
A team of volunteers from Willenhall-based food distribution company, A.F. Blakemore & Son, have picked up their paintbrushes and helped to brighten up a day centre for adults with disabilities, as part of a project organised through Cares, the national employee volunteering initiative of Business in the Community.
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Blakemore Food Service staff create picnic area for Oldbury school
Pupils from Perryfields Primary School, Oldbury will be welcomed back in September by a brand new picnic area created with help from Darlaston based food distributor, Blakemore Food Service.
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Jaguar Land Rover staff help decorate Coventry community centre
A group of finance workers from Jaguar Land Rover's UK National Service Centre swopped their calculators for paint brushes recently to help decorate a community centre in Coventry
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GF Tomlinson get enterprising with Birmingham school
Volunteers from Birmingham-based construction company GF Tomlinson recently joined the judging panel at Birches Green Infant School, to find the winner of the school's inaugural Enterprise Challenge.
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500 West Midlands’ employees ‘give and gain’ to support more than 700 youngsters into work
More than 500 workers from across the West Midlands are swapping their usual Friday at work for a day giving something back to their local community. The volunteers, from 50 companies including AF Blakemore, Jaguar Land Rover, Lloyds, Martineau, and NP Aerospace, are taking part in Give & Gain Day, the UK’s only national day of employee volunteering.
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West Midlands firms receive a big tick for doing business responsibly
Eight businesses from across the West Midlands were recognised last night for their commitment to responsible business. AF Blakemore Ltd, Capgemini, GeoPost UK, Jaguar Land Rover, The Midcounties Co-operative, National Grid, Pinsent Masons and Wragge & Co received their Big Tick Awards in front of more than 300 delegates at Birmingham Town Hall.
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