biz4Biz Blog Archive

Flamingo Group: a global ethical, sustainable and scalable winning business
Flamingo Group: a global ethical, sustainable and scalable winning business biz4Biz returned with another packed ConneXions lunch event at the Novotel Stevenage on Thursday 23

Skills the new paradigm
On the 21st of June 2021, I wrote my editorial “will we face redundancies or resignations” which you can read here: https://biz4biz.org/will-we-face-redundancies-or-resignations-with-the-removal-of-furlough/ Since this article,

Stevenage Regeneration: what does this mean for local businesses?
ConneXions returned on Wednesday 27 April 2022 with a lunch event at the Novotel Stevenage. Our guest speaker was Tom Pike, Deputy CEO at Stevenage

Stevenage MP visits thriving life sciences campus to help create future ‘STEM city’
Stephen McPartland, MP for Stevenage, visited the GSK campus to hear at first hand how it is fast becoming one of the most significant life

Menopause – Is it still the elephant in the room?
Many women have found themselves struggling with the impact of symptoms from the menopause – take it from me – it can be debilitating. Memory

Revelling up for Christmas
Safe in the comfort that following two vaccinations and a booster, the worst effects of current strains of Covid are nullified, the Prime Minister introduced

Is it Schools or the system of qualification failing our children?
It is wonderful to see a greater emphasis placed on the concept of apprenticeships once more. Engaging an employer in the final years of a

Business picks up the bill again!
As I inferred in my piece regarding “Redundancies or Resignations” which can be seen here https://biz4biz.org/will-we-face-redundancies-or-resignations-with-the-removal-of-furlough/ demands will be made upon business to support various

Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP visits Letchworth
Report by Adrian Hawkins OBE – Chair of biz4Biz, Chair of the Stevenage Development Board, Chair of the Herts LEP Skills Advisory Panel, Managing Director

GSK plans large life sciences campus in Stevenage
GSK unveils plan for one of Europe’s largest life science campuses in Stevenage GSK has today announced that it has formally started the process of

Skills can make all the difference!
In terms of long-term employment and a lifetime of success, the right skills can make all the difference! Proud to be born in the UK’s

Will we face redundancies or resignations with the removal of furlough?
It’s a strange world in which we now live, pandemics aside despite their horrid impact, we appear to have found a new confidence in the

Stamp Duty Land Tax Refund – could you make a claim?
Written by Michael Brownsdon, a multi-qualified Capital Allowances specialist from MJS Tax. If you purchased a house or other property in the last four years,

Adrian Hawkins appointed OBE in New Year Honours list 2021
We are delighted to announce that Adrian Hawkins has been appointed OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, published on Friday 1st January 2021.

SME Business Recovery: Unlocking Britain
Hertfordshire MP Bim Afolami is proud of his Government’s achievements in supporting the Business sector with so many grant and loan options so quickly delivered

COVID-19 and commercial leases
Covid- 19 has created some significant issues for commercial landlords. Rachael Spalton at Longmores Solicitors gives some suggestions on how to resolve them. My tenant

Is your business equipped to embrace change?
In recent months, so much has changed and not least of all for businesses across the UK. Millions have been forced to step away from

Apprenticeship Levy – the unwelcome change
Misconceptions surrounding apprenticeships are beginning to change, albeit slowly. A 2018 survey carried out by The Sutton Trust revealed 64% of young people are more