Working with over 1700 students & over 100 local businesses so far, Innovation Nottinghamshire is a not-for-profit company created to promote innovation, business and career opportunities in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and across the UK.Our services include:• inspiring and supporting new product and service development for start up and existing businesses and community organisations• promoting and developing the skills need for today’s and tomorrow’s… Show more Working with over 1700 students & over 100 local businesses so far, Innovation Nottinghamshire is a not-for-profit company created to promote innovation, business and career opportunities in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and across the UK.Our services include:• inspiring and supporting new product and service development for start up and existing businesses and community organisations• promoting and developing the skills need for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders• promoting innovation by sharing and promoting ideas and news to create positive collaborationCreator of the UK's first 5G Careers programme. Project Lead for the development of Nottinghamshire's Digital Innovation Hub in the Worksop Turbine, promoting & supporting great local innovations and informing & inspiring the career choices of our young people. Show less

Supplier-side bid management and bid writing. Public sector client-side procurement leadership.ISPB support our private and third sector clients in commercialisation advice and support, Bid & Tender Management, developing new services and successfully winning new business in new market sectors and supporting the development of social enterprises, in the ICT, construction, contact centre, telecoms, recruitment and health & learning disabilities care sectors.We specialise in… Show more Supplier-side bid management and bid writing. Public sector client-side procurement leadership.ISPB support our private and third sector clients in commercialisation advice and support, Bid & Tender Management, developing new services and successfully winning new business in new market sectors and supporting the development of social enterprises, in the ICT, construction, contact centre, telecoms, recruitment and health & learning disabilities care sectors.We specialise in supporting the charitable, social enterprise and public sectors in delivering new service & product development; inspiring new innovation; IT, business change & procurement projects to improve service quality and reduce costs. Public sector clients include CITB ConstructionSkills, Charities Commission, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk BC, Derbyshire CC, Northants CC, Milton Keynes Council & Central Bedfordshire Council, Notts CC. Higher education clients include University of Lincoln, University of Bedfordshire, Durham University, University of Salford and De Montfort University.Commercialisation, skills and business engagement lead for Nottinghamshire’s 5G Connected Forest and Digital Innovation Hub projects. Show less

Takeover Radio 106.9 is a community youth radio station broadcasting online and on 106.9FM across Ashfield - delivered by and for the young people of our area; including providing a safe, warm, inclusive space to develop communication, confidence and employability skills.

RadFringe is a not for profit initiative to bring top quality comedy to our village and to raise funds for local charities & community initiatives. In 2019 we staged our first two RadFringe events and were blown away by the response, on both nights having to raise the venue capacity to meet the demand for tickets. RadFringe was inspired by a village project to create a youth music festival for the village - RadFest - which has now run successfully for the past 3 years engaging… Show more RadFringe is a not for profit initiative to bring top quality comedy to our village and to raise funds for local charities & community initiatives. In 2019 we staged our first two RadFringe events and were blown away by the response, on both nights having to raise the venue capacity to meet the demand for tickets. RadFringe was inspired by a village project to create a youth music festival for the village - RadFest - which has now run successfully for the past 3 years engaging local young musicians and providing a brilliant family day for all ages. The intention is to stage 3 or 4 top quality comedy events throughout the year, with all proceeds continuing to support charities and local good causes. Show less

Introduced social media engagement for R4W - organically growing R4W's engagement in the community with support for job search & CV writing and promoting job vacancies across the area.As a small voluntary group with no direct financial support, Ready for Work Rushcliffe was set up to help people who are looking to start or get back into work. With practical support from our Trustees - Metropolitan Housing & Trent Bridge Community Trust - the team have been running a job club in Cotgrave… Show more Introduced social media engagement for R4W - organically growing R4W's engagement in the community with support for job search & CV writing and promoting job vacancies across the area.As a small voluntary group with no direct financial support, Ready for Work Rushcliffe was set up to help people who are looking to start or get back into work. With practical support from our Trustees - Metropolitan Housing & Trent Bridge Community Trust - the team have been running a job club in Cotgrave for about 5 years, with another set up in Bingham more recently.In 2017, as well as running the weekly job clubs to help people improve their CVs and job searching, we decided to promote the job clubs and local job vacancies on Facebook. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive support we’ve received from everyone in the area, with some posts seen by well over 3,000 people, and by the increased number of people we have helped find job opportunities Show less

Interim Project Director for youth detention and welfare transformation project for Abu Dhabi Police and Al Mafraq Detention Centre. Closure of Analysis Stage, Delivery and Closure of Design Stage. Contract and Stakeholder Management.

Shared Services and Sourcing commentator

Deputy Director reporting to Managing Director, responsible for: Client engagements including: Project Manager for SAP ERP Blueprint stage for UK Utility, Project Director for evaluation of best practice on co-located services, Communications Strategy for local authority consultation on education services, Project Communications & Consultation Manager for central government IT shared service project Industry lead for Shared Services, Change Management and local Joint… Show more Deputy Director reporting to Managing Director, responsible for: Client engagements including: Project Manager for SAP ERP Blueprint stage for UK Utility, Project Director for evaluation of best practice on co-located services, Communications Strategy for local authority consultation on education services, Project Communications & Consultation Manager for central government IT shared service project Industry lead for Shared Services, Change Management and local Joint Working Consultancy practice planning & updating processes, resource pool management of Associates/Interim Managers; Bid Manager for public sector frameworks and individual assignments Show less

Lead Consultant for Public Sector opportunities. Programme Manager for a range of client programmes across Public, Energy, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors.

Supporting interim and substantive Finance Directors to develop vision and objectives for corporate finance functions; establish improvement objectives for each finance division and manage progress against targets.

Set up and ran SAP competence centre for shared services business unit, supporting R3/BW/ebp tools. Project Manager for roll out to new customers and Business Warehouse upgrade. Business Development Manager for finance shared service.First UK central government finance shared service centreFirst UK government SAP competence centre