Victoria Tomlinson, chief executive of Northern Lights PR, has been appointed a director of York-based Welcometraining: a leading customer service training company designing and delivering courses and in-house programmes to businesses in Yorkshire, the North East and across the UK. She joins fellow directors, award winning entrepreneur Denise Howard OBE and David Andrews, former CEO [...]

As several football clubs start the New Year in dire financial straits, a football insolvency expert warns that failing clubs could be shut down in 2012. Brendan Guilfoyle of The P&A Group of Companies, who has handled football insolvencies at Crystal Palace, Leeds United, Luton Town and recently Plymouth Argyle, says that it may no [...]

If the euro collapsed what is the impact on your business?  That is the question credit and finance heads from some of the world’s leading companies, will be asking at euro crisis events in London and Dublin this month. Global corporates including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, L’Oreal and Pfizer, are among companies attending the two “Trade [...]

Bradford University School of Management remains the number one business school in the North of England in the FT’s 2011 ranking. Bradford also keeps its position within the top 40 in Europe – ahead of UK competitors Manchester, Lancaster, Durham, Cambridge Judge, Edinburgh, Aston, Bath, Leeds, Brunel and Birmingham. Dr Sarah Dixon, Dean of Bradford [...]

Northern Lights PR has produced a free guide on how to create an employee social media policy in response to increasing concern amongst employers. It addresses issues such as whether people recruiting should look at Facebook accounts and take drunken photos into account.  It has tips on where to draw the line between work and [...]

Bradford University School of Management has appointed four internationally recognised business leaders to its Advisory Board.  The new members are Salman Dawood Abdulla, vice president, operations of Emirates Aluminium based in Abu Dhabi; Peter Foy – former managing director of McKinsey & Co UK and chairman of Baring Brothers International, now chairman of Creative Tank [...]

Communications consultancy Northern Lights PR is celebrating a hat trick of award wins, including a prestigious Communicator of the Year award for CEO Victoria Tomlinson and top industry acknowledgement for consultant Helen Standing. The Harrogate consultancy, founded by Victoria Tomlinson 22 years ago was also a finalist in the Best Use of Social Media category [...]

The P&A Group of Companies  is continuing to grow its P&A Receivables Services PLC  with the appointment of Paul Leary as divisional director of its banking and financial arm. His appointment strengthens the team helping banks, independent funders and invoice finance companies to recover debts and assets when businesses fail. Jeremy Priestley, managing partner of [...]

Marc Bolland, Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer Plc and playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn are among six leading figures to be awarded honorary degrees by York St John University at graduation ceremonies on 16, 17 and 18 November. Also receiving honorary degrees at ceremonies in York Minister in recognition for achievements in their fields are [...]

Bradford University School of Management hosted a dinner for business leaders at their Heaton Mount Executive Education and Conference Centre to discuss education and skills issues with James Fothergill, the CBI’s policy adviser in this area. Much of the discussion centred around the need for employers to be more involved with schools, particularly to raise [...]