In support of our local rural Community Enterprise we are in the process of developing a PR strategy. Following discussions with PR friends so far, my experiences and messages picked up from twitter friends I arrived at the following ‘checklist’ as a starter.
Posting here as it may help others but also to seek more help [...]
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on PR for community enterprises …
Posted in Local News on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
nw business start up training opportunity for females
Posted in Local News, preston, women in construction, tagged training on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let our Business start up training enable you to confidently progress into self employment in the Construction Industry
Constructing the Future (Elevate East Lancs) in conjunction with Elan are holding business start up training for females interested in starting a business or self employment in services related to the construction sector within the north west.
Further [...]
facilities carbon management
Posted in Local News, comment, energy, facilities management, sustainability, transport, tagged facilities management on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Indication that carbon management is becoming a key element of the facilities management role is evident through the Guardian article Cut and Run which focuses on UCLAN’s excellence performance in obtaining the Carbon Trust Standard.
The Carbon Trust says that universities and higher education institutes spend more than £200m each year on energy, and emit 3.2m tonnes of carbon [...]
women into construction
Posted in Local News, events, women in construction, tagged mentoring on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last couple of months I have found myself project managing or involved in a number of women into construction projects in the North West. One of these is a Women and Work mentoring programme:
Could you provide mentoring support to a female in the construction industry? or Could you benefit from the experience or [...]
Sustainable Construction and Purchasing Manager
Posted in Job Vacancy, Local News, News, tagged Elevate on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Elevate East Lancashire are advertising for a Sustainable Construction and Purchasing Manager, details here
Elevate are currently recruiting for a Sustainable Construction and Purchasing Manager to manage the relationships with the five Local Authority partners for all purchasing activity of the Elevate East Lancashire housing market renewal programme; to ensure all purchasing is compliant with Elevate’s [...]
zero carbon ‘floating’ development for Preston
Posted in Local News, News, carbon, carbon footprint, comment, construction, ecological, education, energy, green buildings, innovation, sustainability, tagged brockholes, floating world, preston on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Green, innovative and zero carbon project development on our doorstep in Preston, Lancs, !
The RIBA have recently awarded a zero carbon design as the visitor center at the new Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, to regenerate a former quarry site into a major visitor attraction.
The project called “A Floating World”, consists of [...]
New Lancashire Best Practice Events
Posted in Local News, admin, events on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Details and registration information for Lancashire Best Practice events have been posted up to the events page.
Youthbuild Elevate Event – 11th March
CDM event 12 March
Women In Construction event – How to Influence Others 10 April
Women into work events NW
Posted in Local News, education, women in construction on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been asked to communicate the events being held through Elevate and Women Into Work over the next month or so.
The training is free and is available to all female staff within the built environment sector – including accounts, reception , administration, trades, office and professional.
Training on offer includes:
Communications
Managing Safely
Mentoring?
Positive Action
Get more [...]
Carbon management, route to zero and waste management event
Posted in Local News, admin, best practice, built environment, carbon, carbon calculator, energy, fairsnape, knowledge, legislation, route2zero, sustainability, waste on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over 70 people from the regional construction, fm and energy sector attended last nights Lancashire Best Practice Club event at the Solarus Center in Blackpool. The event , in two parts, covered sustainability, targets for the built environment and carbon issues from Martin Brown and in the second half site waste management plans from Colin [...]
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sustainability concerns on Preston Tithebarn
Posted in Local News, built environment, comment, preston, sustainability, transport, tagged CSH, Tythebarn, zero carbon on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Picked up from Prestonblog, CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment), a letter of concern to the developers of the Tithebarn scheme for Preston city centre on the PrestonLancs forum, . In the letter they raise concerns that the new development does not seem to have had enough thought put into sustainabilty and other [...]
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