Camden Council Business Newsletter: September 2016

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 September 2016

JFH

How flexible working helped an SME grow

"We realised that in order to attract and retain the best lawyers we needed to ensure that their work life complimented, rather than dominated, their personal life".

 

See how flexible working is helping local legal firm JFH Law attract and retain talent.


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Technology key to enabling flexibility

New technology is changing the way we work at Camden Council, bringing more flexible ways of working and more responsive customer-focused services.

 

Click below to see how agile working is helping employees and, importantly, our residents.

 

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Desk

Is your company a great place to work?

Despite a quarter of people citing flexible working as a top priority when choosing a new job, employer offers often don’t match expectations, with a risk that organisations may be losing out on the best talent.

 

The organisation Great Place to Work highlight what they believe makes a top workplace.


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BDF

Earn a disability-smart award

Business Disability Forum advise employers that want to improve their disability confidence, including guidance on ways in which flexible work patterns can support employees with disabilities.


They are also now supporting Camden based SMEs to gain a new disability-smart award. Click below to see how your business can get involved.


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Timewise

Want to attract the best talent?

Timewise undertakes a range of activities to articulate the business benefits of quality part-time and flexible work and provides a range of advisory and recruitment services for employers.

 

Click below to see how Timewise could help you create and implement a flexible working strategy.


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FREE flexible working workshops

Camden Council works with partners to organise workshops to support businesses in planning for and implementing flexible working policies.

 

Click below to sign up for alerts to hear about events first.

 

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Have your say

Does flexibility work for your business?

We want to get your views on flexible working as we look to understand workplace attitudes to flexible working and what works best for organisations.


Click below to participate in our brief 5 minute survey.

     

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Camden Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships made simple

With the recent release of GCSE and A Level results it’s a great time to recruit an apprentice, flexibly blending work and study and bringing fresh ideas and skills into your organisation.


Camden Apprenticeships’ free service can support your business in finding and recruiting new apprentices.


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Atkins

Flexibility no hindrance to progress at Atkins

"Flexible working allows me to keep a balance. It hasn’t stopped me progressing".

 

Discover how the availability of flexible working supported Julianne, who joined the design, engineering and project management consultancy firm in 2011.

 

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Hire Me My Way

Campaigning for more part-time & flexible jobs

Over half of UK employees work part-time or flexibly, yet less than 1 in 10 vacancies advertise flexible terms.


The Hire Me My Way campaign is uniting staff and employers looking for change, calling for flexibility to be opened up at the point of hire.


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The case for flexibility at Camden Council

Camden Council's approach to flexible working has helped the organisation recruit and retain talented people. 

 

Click below to learn about other ways the council's benefiting.  


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Free talks and events for start-ups

Self-employment is one route to achieving work-life balance. Yet starting a business is by no means easy. It pays to get guidance from the very start.

 

To celebrate 10 years of supporting businesses, the British Library Business & IP Centre is holding a day of free workshops, talks and events on 27th September to help entrepreneurs turn great ideas into a business.

 

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