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How are you feeling after being back at work for a month? Is it time to address any lingering thoughts about finding a new role? With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, here’s our top tips to starting your journey to finding a job you’ll love.

Decide what you want to change -Motivate yourself to get started by looking at what you want to change and why. What do you enjoy doing in your current role? What do you want to be doing more of? What would make your day-to-day life happier? Is it a pay rise, a shorter commute, or more flexible working hours? Everyone’s motivations and desires are different. Decide what matters most to you.

Assess the market -Spend some time having a look at all the jobs available in your industry and in your chosen location. Get a general feel for the career opportunities out there now. What skills are in demand? What salaries and benefits are on offer? Our new website makes it even quicker and easier to see the career opportunities we’re currently recruiting for.

Update your CV -It’s the obvious starting point and should also be a real confidence boost. Add in your latest role, the skills and experience you’ve gained, and what you can offer a future employer. Don’t forget to update your profile summary accordingly as well.

Polish your LinkedIn presence -LinkedIn has become a fantastic tool for job seekers and for employers looking for new recruits. Just like your CV, make sure your summary highlights your achievements, experience and skills. While it needs to be an accurate reflection of yourself, don’t be shy about showing what you can offer potential employers.

Build your contacts -Sometimes the best potential career opportunities come through word-of-mouth alone. As well as actively looking for advertised roles, talk to family, friends and other people you know to find out where there may be opportunities. Build your general network of contacts by attend networking events and relevant industry events – maximising your chances of hearing about any potential roles on the grapevine.

Look for the right cultural fit -Look at what an organisation would really be like to work for, as well as at the job description. Explore company websites for information on culture, values and staff wellbeing policies. How do they portray themselves on social media channels? Are they featured on any forums where previous employees post about what an organisation is like? External awards for being a ‘best employer’ or ‘great place to work’ are also a good sign as these types of commendations are only awarded after the organisation has been judged by independent experts.

Get support -An expert recruitment consultant can help maximise your chances of finding your ideal next role by matching your skills and experience to an employer’s requirements. Here at Pure we also pride ourselves on working with candidates and supporting them through their career journey. We want to ensure that the recruitment solution we offer you meets your life and work objectives and we will only ever suggest roles that we believe are right for both you and the client.

Good luck!

Help us protect the heart of the Norfolk Broads!

We are appealing for your support to help meet our target of raising £1 Million for the Hickling Broad Land Purchase Appeal by 31 March 2017

We are pleased to announce that we have raised £500,000 so far but time is short and we are asking for people to get involved and raise funds during our Community Fundraising Week. There are some fundraising ideas in the pack attached . Perhaps someone would be willing to act as a ‘champion for Hickling’ and organize an event that is fun, challenging or just plain silly! Or maybe you could have one of our donation boxes available for the week for staff and visitors to make a donation.

We’d like our big ‘Help Hickling’ fundraising day to be Friday 3 March and the more of us who fundraise on that day in particular the better!

We can supply poster templates, sponsorship forms and help with publicity. We’d like you to promote your event via social media or if you can provide us with the information as soon as possible, we can do this on your behalf. We will send out a press release in advance so we need to know what fundraising event you are planning. For further information, help and advice, please get in touch with Jacqui Rogers, Fundraising Officer on 01603 625540 or email jacquir@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk . We look forward to hearing from you with details and good luck with your fundraising event!

Norfolk Wildlife Trust has announced today on World Wetlands Day that over £500,000 has been donated so far to the Hickling Broad Land Purchase appeal in just 3 months. The Trust is working to raise £1 million before the 31 March 2017 deadline to purchase 655 acres of the Hickling Broad Estate that were put on the open market in September 2016.

However, there is still a way to go to ensure that this internationally important and wildlife-rich wetland is secured for the future. Hickling Broad is a Site of Scientific Special Interest (SSSI) and a National Nature Reserve (NNR). It is also designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) under the EU Birds Directive and as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the EU Habitats Directive in recognition of its European importance for its habitats and the wildlife that depends on them.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, Brendan Joyce said, “Hickling Broad is a nationally and internationally important wildlife jewel. This will be the biggest land purchase in the Trust’s 90 years’ history. On a day that highlights the significance of wetlands across the world, we are asking everyone to think about one of the most important wetlands in the UK and help us. This is a golden opportunity to secure Hickling Broad for the future so that its wildlife is protected and that its natural resources, from which many people benefit, are used wisely and sustainably.”

World Wetlands Day raises awareness of how essential wetlands are in providing valuable wildlife habitats but also how they support people. Norfolk Wildlife Trust Ambassador and evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod said “we cannot underestimate the importance of our wetlands – they are a vital part of ensuring we have a healthy natural environment, protecting and improving water quality and working as a sponge to store floodwaters.” He continued. “Hickling is one such wetland that is also internationally renowned for its rich biodiversity. Nowhere else in the UK can you see the powerful Norfolk hawker dragonflies darting over the water, marsh harriers floating overhead or common cranes dancing at dawn, as well as kingfishers, Cetti’s warblers and otters. It is absolutely essential that it is protected for wildlife into the future. We must not let all our conservation efforts be undone or let endangered species lose their homes.”

More than 1,400 acres of reedbed, fen, grazing marsh, open water and woodland make up the Hickling Broad National Nature. Its wetland habitats, sensitively restored by Norfolk Wildlife Trust, offer a year-round haven for threatened wildlife such as iconic swallowtail butterflies, marsh harriers, Norfolk hawker dragonflies, the common crane and of course, the bittern.

To donate to the Hickling Broad land purchase appeal you can donate by visiting our website at: www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/support-us/hickling-broad-land-purchase-… or on our Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/norfolkwildlifetrust/hickling or telephone: 01603 625540

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For more information and images contact:

Sue Borges at Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Office: 01603 625540

Mobile: 07919 064615

Email: sueb@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

Norfolk Chamber Gold Patron Greater Anglia is supporting national plans to simplify train fares and make buying tickets easier, by making its own customer-focused improvements.

The Rail Delivery Group, which represents all train operators and Network Rail, today (Wednesday) announced trials of a new fares system and an action plan for companies, aimed at making ticket purchase from ticket vending machines easier and simpler.

Andy Camp, Greater Anglia Commercial Director, said: “We fully support the Rail Delivery Group’s plans. We are already well advanced in adopting and delivering the actions announced, with some initiatives already in place and other planned as part of our new franchise.

“We are committed to offering our customers great value fares and make it as easy as possible for them to use our services.”

Greater Anglia has introduced a new fares “Price Promise”, guaranteeing the best price possible if customers book via the Greater Anglia website or app, or refunding the difference if they find the same ticket cheaper elsewhere.

The company has launched a new website which includes an easier ticket-buying process and highlights how many bargain Advance purchase tickets are still available to buy.

Further new, great value fares and tickets are due to be launched later this year, including an Advance Purchase ticket available up to ten minutes before departure and next year an enhanced FlexCarnet season ticket will be introduced for travellers who use the same route, but not every day.

Changes to ticket vending machines include eliminating some confusing jargon and routes, such as removing the terms “Any Permitted” and “London Terminals” where appropriate to do so and putting on a “cheapest fare” button.

Customers will also be able to buy a wider range of tickets from ticket machines, including Advance purchase, weekly PlusBus and monthly season tickets.

Existing card readers on the machines are being replaced with contactless readers which accept Apple Pay and Android Pay.

All existing and new ticket machines will be Smart-enabled for collection and purchase of Smart season tickets. They will also provide a real-time information button, displaying the departure board from the station where it is located.

Another benefit for customers will be the installation of extra ticket machines at some of Greater Anglia’s busiest stations, including London Liverpool Street, Stansted Airport, Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich.

There also plans to install 14 additional cash and card ticket machines at a number of Essex stations, as part of a wider roll out of ticket machines across the Greater Anglia network, with more details due to be announced in the next few weeks.

Norfolk-based renewable heating expert Finn Geotherm, has won two highly prestigious industry trophies at the National ACR & Heat Pump Awards 2017. The company was also highly commended for a third.

Finn Geotherm was awarded the Non-Domestic Ground Source Project of the Year Award for its landmark installation at RAGT Seeds in Cambridgeshire. The ground source heat pump system provides both heating and passive cooling for six of RAGT Seeds’ glasshouses which are used for developing crops. The installation has revolutionised the way in which RAGT Seeds heats and cools its glasshouses, not to mention producing significant cost and energy savings.

The company also won the Domestic Ground Source Project Award for its ground source heat pump installation at Weybourne Mill – a picturesque 18th Century tower windmill in North Norfolk. The system specified and installed by Finn Geotherm provides low maintenance heating and hot water for the whole house, including a mill bedroom all the way up on the fifth floor.

In addition, Finn Geotherm was highly commended within the Heat Pump Installer of the Year category.

The sought-after National ACR & Heat Pump Awards celebrate excellence in innovation, projects, installations and environmental successes in the air conditioning and refrigeration and heat pump industries. They bring together manufacturers, end users, distributors, heating engineers, ACR contractors and consultants from across the country.

Guy Ransom, commercial director of Finn Geotherm, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have won two awards at the National ACR & Heat Pump Awards and to be highly commended for a third. We undertake every single installation with the utmost care and attention to detail to ensure that we deliver the best possible heating and hot water system to meet the needs of each customer. It’s the way we have always run Finn Geotherm throughout our 10 years in business. To be recognised in these top national industry awards is a fantastic achievement and testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire Finn Geotherm team.”

David Alston, technical director at Finn Geotherm, added: “The RAGT Seeds project was our most complex and largest ground source installation to date, which took months of meticulous planning and careful installation, but has achieved some truly remarkable results for the customer. Similarly, the windmill at Weybourne, really gave us something to get our teeth into to ensure the heating and hot water generated by the ground source heat pump would circulate effectively all the way through the house including up to a bedroom on the fifth floor of the mill tower. We’re extremely proud of both these installations – and all of our others to date – so to be awarded these titles which recognise the best in the industry is a truly great accomplishment.”

For more information on ground and air source heat pumps and details on Finn Geotherm, visit www.finn-geotherm.co.uk.

R&D Tax Relief Conditions To Be Satisfied For Oil & Gas Engineering Companies

Engineering companies push technological boundaries on a daily basis. You might be developing tools to support safe well intervention in the oil & gas sector. Perhaps you machine complex profiled components from exotic materials within advanced engineering industries, such as aerospace or automotive? Chances are, you’re undertaking eligible R&D work and should look into claiming tax credits.

HMRC’s guidelines for what constitutes R&D are certainly extensive, but they’re not always clear! It can take a fair bit of time, not to mention head-scratching, to pick your way through the terminology and understand exactly how HMRC defines R&D.

Technological uncertainty vs technological unknown

One thing HMRC is clear about is that companies must be trying to achieve their goals by resolving ‘technological uncertainties’ within specific projects. So what’s meant by ‘uncertainty’? Well, in the eyes of HMRC, there is a vast difference between technical uncertainties and technical unknowns. Technical unknowns on their own don’t count as eligible R&D, which only kicks in when technical uncertainties arise. The distinction between the two essentially comes down to whether or not a problem can be readily resolved by a competent professional. If it can, then it isn’t a technological uncertainty. R&D only begins when conventional knowledge has been applied and exhausted, without a resolution to the problem.

For example:

An oil and gas company aims to develop improved umbilicals for supplying hydraulic power, electrical power and fibre optics to subsea equipment. It procures three umbilicals produced by competitors and tests each to qualify the performance. Although the performance of each umbilical is unknown at the outset, it is possible to reverse engineer the products using conventional methods. This data may provide engineers with a clear idea on how to develop improved umbilicals. In this case, the unknown has been resolved (i.e. the performance of the competitors’ product) and, as established methods were used, this doesn’t constitute R&D. However, if, once the unknowns have been resolved, it’s still unclear how the engineers will develop more robust, durable and efficient umbilicals, then this becomes a technical uncertainty and R&D begins!

Trial and error

Another minefield on the fine line between eligible and ineligible R&D is trial and error! If you think of trial and error as experimentation using routine methods, then when it’s used to remove unknowns that precede R&D it’s ineligible, but if it’s used to resolve technical uncertainties that form part of R&D then it is eligible.

For example:

If a subsea firm is using trial and error to establish the best cutting tool for a ROV application from an existing range of tooling, this wouldn’t be considered eligible R&D. Why? Because the company knows that with this trial it will find the optimum tool for its purpose. If, instead, a company uses experimentation and testing to determine how different parameters affect fundamental material properties, and this knowledge hasn’t been documented in the open domain, then this is R&D. Why? Because in the second example, a systematic process is being adopted for the generation of knowledge that can be codified for future use.

Process improvement

Advancements in a company’s processes only qualify as eligible R&D if they’re geared towards advancing science and technology, not simply increasing profits.

For example:

If a manufacturer of subsea ancillaries installs state-of-the art equipment to improve a production process, but is then forced to carry out major adaptations to resolve technological uncertainties before this improvement can be seen, then this is eligible R&D. However, if process improvement is carried out purely for commercial gain – such as improving the process using standard methods with a view to increasing production rates – then it doesn’t count as R&D.

Slippery stuff, and this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the many specific definitions of eligibility on HMRC’s website. No wonder companies find applying for R&D tax relief on their own quite so daunting and confusing.

JUMPSTART CAN HELP

Jumpstart is already helping companies working in well intervention and decommissioning, including GoreVega, who have developed a zone 1 ATEX compliant heli-transportable portable gas chromatograph giving immediate on-site gas analysis and composition of well bore and annulus cavity gas content.

Jumpstart is a leading R&D tax relief specialist, guidingcompanies through the complexities of submitting claims to HMRC.

Jumpstart’s large team of technical analysts have specific scientific and technical backgrounds and years of industrial experience which have resulted in an extremely high success rate in securing R&D tax relief for their clients. Since inception eight years ago, they have realised almost £80 million benefit for their clients. Right now, they’re submitting an average of 500 claims per year to HMRC.

For a free R&D tax credit consultation and analysis of the potential returns you might expect, contact your local Client Engagement ManagerLee WIlliams on 07794 201990 or email lee.williams@jumpstartuk.co.uk for a free, no obligation assessment of your eligibility.

The People Kit, a new initiative designed to support local businesses, was officially launched on 26th January.

Jonathan Madden, owner of Joules Resource Management and one of the founder members of The People Kit explains more:

“The People Kit is a group of experts from different professions who’ve banded together to provide a kind of one-stop consultancy service for local businesses in Norfolk. The support we can provide ranges from HR and legal advice to web development, apprenticeships andbusiness growth.”

The People Kit naturally evolved after the founder members met through working together.They’ve put each other’s skills to the test in the past to add value to their own projects. They saw the opportunity to create a rather unique group, and The People Kit was born.

Jonathan continues:

“The beauty of The People Kit is that we all know we can absolutely rely on the quality of our colleague’s work and expertise. That means we have no hesitation in referring work to each other. When one of us has a client in business who needs one of the services The People Kit provides, we can save our client the time and hassle of trying to find someone trustworthy themselves.

“The individual members of the group came together through mutual respect for each other’s work. Together, we offer a strong proposition for local businesses. Clients come to us with a problem, project or product requirement and members of The People Kit work together or separately to come up with a solution. Our broad mix of skills and connections means, between us, we will know the right person for the job. The whole really is greater than the sum of its parts.”

The People Kit was officially launched at a drinks recepetion which was held at Platform 12 on St. Benedicts Street in Norwich. This gave local businesses the chance to meet the team and find out how it all works. The team have already helped a number of local businesses and look forward to helping many more in the future. Visit thepeoplekit.co.uk to find out more.

Welcome…

In this months newsletter we look at; – Funds Raised from Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party – IOSH Managing Safely – Need Parking in Norwich in the Evenings/on Weekends? – First Aid Training at No.8

Funds Raised from Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party

We would like to start by wishing you a Happy New Year & thanking everyone who attended our second birthday on 1st December! The support for Marie Curie was fantastic including many donations and raffle prizes. The Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party was buzzing all afternoon! 28 raffle prizes were donated in all, leading to a fantastic £480 donated to the Marie Curie Norfolk charity!

IOSH Managing Safely

The RedCat Partnership are launching their first IOSH Managing Safely course.

Starting on 30th January, the IOSH Managing Safely course will be run by field professionals with an average of 30 years in the Health and Safety industry each, as Chartered Practitioners with several bodies.

This qualification is designed to get managers and supervisors, from any sector, up to speed on the practical actions needed to make health and safety “happen” in their teams.

IOSH is the professional association for safety and health practitioners, with a global name to back up their courses.

View our course flyer for more information

Need Parking in Norwich in the Evenings/on Weekends?

Our car park here at No.8 is now available to rent in the evenings/weekends when we have spaces available. With our car park being a stones throw away from the Train Station & the Football Ground, it is the perfect place to park when coming in to watch the game/traveling on the trains. We are also just a 10minute walk away from the Castle Mall and many other beautiful places in Norwich.

Parking spaces can be booked through JustPark for £6.30 per day or directly through the No.8 team for just £5 per day.

First Aid Training at No.8

The RedCat Partnership will be holding accredited Emergency First Aid training in Big8 on 8th February. This course will provide you with the skills necessary to deliver basic first aid to a suitable level for most businesses.

The course will run from 9am – 4:30pm and will include a No.8 lunch!

For more information on the Emergency First Aid at Work course please contact us

Thank you for your interest… Please don’t hesitate to contact us regarding anything No.8 related; you’ll find our contact details below.

Sarah, Richard, Mitchell, Lauren & John

We require a highly committed part-time Marketing Executive to assist our Business Development and Marketing Manager with running the very busy marketing function of our growing firm. Your duties will include assisting with the firm’s advertising campaigns and promotional activity, the coordination of events, digital marketing, and general administrative tasks.

Excellent administration, communication and organisational skills are essential, as is a good telephone manner and a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in an office environment or transferable skills from a client care/customer service focused environment, with an ability to act on initiative and demonstrate an excellent work ethic.

Some marketing experience or a marketing qualification would be an advantage, as would a working knowledge of Adobe InDesign.

This is a part time post and the core hours are 9.00am – 5.00pm Tuesday to Thursday (alternative days to be considered). You must be able to work out of hours in order to attend events occasionally.

To apply please send CV and covering letter or email to our HR Managerat Leathes Prior, Lauren Smith, at 74 The Close Norwich NR1 4DR or lsmith@leathesprior.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Tourist focussed businesses across East Anglia are being invited to join forces to take advantage of the increase in domestic holiday bookings and those taking day trips or holidaying closer to home.

The Tourism Business Survey was launched today by chartered accountants and business advisers Larking Gowen in partnership with Visit East Anglia and supported by organisations such as Norfolk and Suffolk Tourist Attractions (NSTA).

All businesses in the tourism and leisure sector including restaurants, hotels, tourist attractions as well as retailers in the tourism hotspots are being encouraged to participate in the independent survey.

Participants have a unique opportunity to fill in the questionnaire and gauge their achievements. They can also receive a tailored report which analyses their yearly performance and gives them a valuable benchmarking planning tool.

Those who fill in the survey remain anonymous in the published report, which provides an annual snapshot of the tourism and leisure sector across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

Celebrating its 11th year, the independent survey includes questions about the short and long term impact of last year’s Brexit vote as well as other issues affecting the sector including accessibility for disabled visitors.

The survey launch comes as confidence in the strength of the regional tourist and leisure economy is growing and post Brexit domestic holidays increase.

Visit East Anglia announced that Norfolk’s visitor economy topped £3 billion for the first time and nationally Visit Britain announced that the favorable exchange rate could see visitor spending increase by 8.1% (up to £24.1 billion) in 2017 from 2016. The tourism and leisure industry is worth around £7 billion to the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex (Office for National Statistics).

Historically, the survey forecasts have been extremely accurate – the statistics compiled are used by tourism organisations and decision makers such as Visit East Anglia. The final report is also sent to all MPs across the region to help inform their decisions about the regional tourist economy.

The published survey provides statistical analysis as well as features good news stories about participating businesses, who have chosen to publicise their successes.

Last year’s Tourism Business Survey (2016) revealed that 67% of the businesses participating in the survey saw increases of 6% or more on their turnover for 2015 and the predictions for 2016 were positive.

Chris Scargill, Larking Gowen’s Tourism & Leisure Partner, is proud to publish the only independent tourism business survey in the region. Mr Scargill is pleased that a variety of businesses across the sector are continuing to engage in the survey and particularly urged retailers who operate in popular tourist destinations across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex to participate this year.

“There is a lot of good anecdotal evidence in the tourist sector but this survey provides an opportunity to mark the current trends with a series of valuable statistics. The survey highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the industry as well as its economic benefits to the region. It is not only an important awareness tool used by key decision makers, tourism organisations and government both local and national, but it can also support participants to create tailored business development plans and provides a benchmarking tool to see how they compare year on year.”

Pete Waters executive director of Visit East Anglia said: “The Tourism Business Survey is an invaluable barometer of how the visitor economy is performing. It highlights issues, and supports our business planning. Crucially, the more businesses which participate in the survey the better and the more authoritative the data.”

Martin Dupee, chairman of Norfolk and Suffolk Tourist Attractions (NSTA), and director of operations at Banham Zoo and Africa Alive, who urged those connected with domestic tourism to take the opportunity to have their views heard, said: “I look forward to participating in and seeing the annual tourism survey report as it gives me a handle on how the industry is not only performing but also where confidence is going forward. These are interesting times for us all and, it is my view, that this is the time for domestic tourism to reap the benefits of the uncertainty.”

Participate in the survey at www.tourismsurveys.co.uk. To obtain a free copy of last year’s survey please go to www.tourismsurveys.co.uk or email tourism@larking-gowen.co.uk

Get your summer projects sorted now by recruiting an ambitious student intern.

The UEA Internship Programme provides a simple, flexible and affordable way for you to host summer internships in your organisation. You may be looking for fresh ideas or extra support to complete a project, and students are looking to boost their employability with paid work experience. We make it easy by taking the intern on for you and paying them through UEA payroll. All you need to do is give us information on the role and then pay an invoice.There are limited subsidies as well to help with the cost.

The keenest students are already searching for summer opportunities. To meet this demand, the Internship Team have extended the deadline to Friday 3 February for you to submit a description of your internship, and the Team will then advertise your opportunity for you. You will then have the chance to interview all of your chosen candidates in one afternoon at the Summer Internship Recruitment Event in Norwich on Wednesday 8 March, and the team even organise your interviews for you. Summer internships can also be facilitated closer to the summer break if this suits your timelines better.

Cromer Pier recruited Lan, a UEA student, last summer:

“We decided to host an intern to give some much needed support to the General Manager during the busy summer period. We gave Lan marketing research projects, e-newsletters, website keyword research and website updates, as well as developing an overall project management calendar for the entire team.

We thoroughly enjoyed having Lan here as part of the team. Her confidence grew throughout the weeks and she was able to see how different elements of the business worked. She was a welcome asset to the team and we would definitely consider hosting another intern in the future.” Jo Artherton, General Manager

If you have an opportunity that you think could be run through the UEA Internship Programme, then contact us now on 01603 593917 or internship@uea.ac.uk – the team are happy to talk through your requirements, potential projects, and costs.

Alternatively, are you looking to fill a vacancy in your team? Our online, free vacancy service can help you find the right fit for your organisation. Whether you have a graduate position, a part-time role, a year in industry placement, an internship or a voluntary role to advertise, we can help you promote that opportunity to thousands of enthusiastic and talented students and graduates, with a huge range of skills and experience. To find out more, visit: https://mycareercentral.uea.ac.uk/employers/

Break has launched a new initiative, working with local business to invest in the future of our young people.

Five local businesses have already signed up to become Corporate Patrons for Break – they are Aspiration Europe, Kings & Barnham, Osiris Technologies, Print Box UK and Product Resolutions.

For as little as £50 a month, any organisation can join the Break Corporate Patron scheme to help change the lives of young people across East Anglia

By becoming a Break Corporate Patron, companies can benefit from being part of an exclusive group of forward-thinking businesses, who can work with Break to achieve the aspirations of some of the most vulnerable young people in our community.

“Having been supporters of Break for the pastfour years, we were delighted to have the opportunity to become a corporate patron – confirming our ongoing support of their work in helping young people rebuild their lives and giving them the opportunity and support needed to develop careers and important life skills to take them forwards into adulthood.

“Having also been privileged to meet some of the young people supported by Break, I know just how much of a difference Break’s care and support makes – they really do go the extra mile and make a difference to young lives.”

Anne Ovens, Managing Director, Aspiration Europe

“We have worked with Break for over ten years and in that time we have got to know the staff and some of their clients. We have seen first-hand the professionalism and care that they put into their work and what a happy caring environment they create for their young people. I didn’t hesitate when given the opportunity to become one of their patrons. It is our chance to give something back and show our appreciation for the work they do for our community.”

Phillip Roffe, Director, Osiris Technologies

“We’re proud to support Break as a Corporate Patron to help give young people the opportunity to develop a worthwhile career. As a local small business it’s a great way for us to contribute to a local charity, it doesn’t cost much but we know it could make a huge difference to a young person’s future”

Paul Robbins, Director, Product Resolutions

“I think the introduction of the Corporate Patron scheme is a great idea as it allows companies like ourselves to support the wonderful work that Break does, through an affordable monthly payment.”

Paul Youngs, Director, Print Box​ UK

If your company wants to support the futures of young people and become a Corporate Patron, please contact Sarah Bunnsarah.bunn@break-charity.org01603 670100/07826 893368