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- Company Name
- The Enterprise Agency for Wear Valley and Teesdale
- Job Title
- Business Adviser
- About Me:
- Originally from Bradford, West Yorkshire; I moved to Darlington in 1982 (somebody had to bring some culture to the area). My work experience has been in the Human Resources and Training fields mainly within the manufacturing and retail sectors. I joined the Agency in August 2003 as a Start-up Business Adviser to provide practical assistance, guidance and training; helping potential entrepreneurs to realise their dreams. My current role involves working with existing SMEs, mainly micro-businesses, providing a wide range of business support.
I also provide practical human resources support for businesses, assisting with the development of employment and health and safety policies and procedures and compliance with their legal obligations as employers.
I am an armchair follower of most sports, played football to semi-professional standard (turned out for Bradford City Reserves a few times which was a great honour) and, now that age has caught up with me, I try to convince myself that I can play golf.
Oh, nearly forgot, I have a wife and two daughters.
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Businesses must balance VAT rate change decision, says expert
Small businesses must balance the cost of changing all their prices with the cost of absorbing the VAT increase when the rate reverts to 17.5% at the beginning of 2010, a legal expert has warned.
Recruitment freeze thaws but employers plan pay restraint
Research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash indicates that fewer employers are implementing a recruitment freeze as the economy improves but many are still cautious about increasing pay.
Social network checks on employees could lead to discrimination claims
Employers should exercise caution when using social networking websites to vet potential employees because it could leave them open to discrimination claims, the Law Society has warned.
Government confirms final agreement on agency worker directive
The Government has confirmed it will implement the Agency Workers Directive in 2011, which was announced in the Queen's speech last week.
Bribery laws could 'catch out' businesses
Businesses trading abroad could be caught out by possible new UK bribery laws, a legal expert has warned.
Blog Posts
Key points: The pre-Budget report at-a-glance
Posted by The Enterprise Agency on December 11, 2009 at 2:39pm
Business Programme update
Posted by John Atkinson on November 25, 2009 at 9:03am
Radio Teesdale Business Programme
Posted by John Atkinson on October 28, 2009 at 8:02am
Radio Teesdale Business Programme is 2 Years Old
Posted by John Atkinson on September 29, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment
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I get around the area meeting client's, so could let you know when I'm going to be nearby and meet up for a coffee.
Regards, Selwyn
If so I a have just registered on this site.
Regards
Selwyn Davies