Kim Coley: Helping businesses in Peterborough save money
MY job means I hear about lots of things going on to help businesses in Peterborough save money and be more efficient, not only environmentally, but in terms of staff and training, core systems and personal development.
MY job means I hear about lots of things going on to help businesses in Peterborough save money and be more efficient, not only environmentally, but in terms of staff and training, core systems and personal development.It often makes me wonder, is everyone making the most of the services and resources that are out there? I'm here to help you by sharing some of what I know.
Greeniversity - free adult learning. Greeniversity is an environmental education project where you can learn and teach green skills. Go to Greeniversity.org.uk or call Karen on 01733 866441 for further details.
Free CLAIT / Life skills courses - Improving IT skills. Best Deal for Baby is a community interest company. It is running free CLAIT courses starting in February 2010 with different levels working up to an NVQ level 3. your space, call 01733 311038.
Investors in the Environment (IiE) - Low cost high value environmental accreditation.
IiE is a not-for-profit service for businesses to receive environmental accreditation for reducing their environmental impact. For more information, call Kim on 01733 866436.
Free Reduce Packaging Workshop - How to design out costs. Wednesday, February 3, Peterborough, 9.00am-1pm, Call Jenny Clare on 01733 747474.
Steps for Success - Becoming a paperless office. 12pm-2pm, March 26.
Chamber of commerce event, non members welcome. For more information, call 01733 370809.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) - Understanding the Opportunity for Eco Innovation - Interactive Workshop, Friday. January 22 2010, 09:30am - 4pm. In April 2010, the UK CRC legislation will require more than 5,000 organisations and companies to fully disclose their energy use, and require another 15,000 to begin collecting baseline data. This means that these organisations will have to focus even more on managing and reducing their energy usage.
Visit http://www.envirocluster.net/events or call Gareth Jones on 01733 311644.
Peterborough Environment City Trust
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