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Solihull-based MCP Consulting Group have clinched a blue riband accolade for business success – in the shape of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The West Midland consultancy has won the
Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2016, one of the highest honours awarded for UK business achievement. MCP provides asset management consulting
and training services, which it exports to a total of 50 countries. The award recognises the global success of the consultancy, 40 years on from its foundation. The award marks MCP’s growing export
success to countries worldwide, with recent significant increases in sales to North America, Asia, Europe and the United Arab Emirates. MCP recently completed a complex change
management programme for Dubai Airport and picked up a string of lucrative contracts following a successful visit to the UAE in January. The consultancy’s extensive portfolio of
business improvement consultancy and training services has allowed MCP to support national and multi-national blue-chip organisations’ drives to improve performance and reduce costs. MCP managjng director Peter Gagg said:
“We’re honoured to have been recognised for our contribution to international trade. For the next five years, we can display the emblem with pride and to further our success in the UK and overseas. “We would like to thank our dedicated staff,
clients and suppliers for all their support in helping us to achieve the Queen’s Award.
“This honour is a reflection of the strong principles established by the founders of the company. Winning the Queen’s Award marks a change in the business and reflects the commitment of our employees, associates and clients who have supported the company.” MCP’s roots go back 40 years to 1976 when
MCP Consulting and Training was founded, providing business solutions in a broad range of management services. Two years ago in 2014 a new management team was formed and a buyout took place. The new business was named MCP Consulting Group Ltd. It is one of only 10 trainers in the world
endorsed by the Institute of Asset Management to provide training aligned to ISO 55000.
Contact: Sunny Claire T: 0121 607 1800
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Managing director Peter Gagg
Birmingham meets Liverpool at festival
With one of the largest and most diverse creative and digital sectors in the world, the UK is home to global leaders in advertising, music, fashion, TV, film, design, digital technology, software development and gaming. And the industry will be taking centre-stage at the International Festival for Business 2016 from 26 June to 1 July. As part of the celebration of the sector’s
diversity, the Birmingham-based team of Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Midlands will be co-hosting an interactive workshop and matchmaking event on 28 June. Its aim will be to help SMEs either find partners or solutions in order to get their projects off the ground. Head of EEN Midlands Rupi Nandra said:
“The Midlands is a hotbed of talent in the creative and digital industries and because the festival is such a significant high-profile event we are providing complementary group transport for company representatives who wish to take part.” Transport from Birmingham to Liverpool –
the location for the festival – will be provided on a first come-first served basis and anyone wishing to take up the offer should contact the EEN team on 0121 607 1800 for further details. Another highlight of the week, particularly
for those in the music industry, will be the Gateway to the Asian Music Market event, also on 28 June. The festival is being delivered in partnership
with UKTI, the GREAT Britain Campaign and with the support of the UK Government.
Say ‘bon voyage’ to EU roaming charges
Using mobile phones when travelling in the EU has just become cheaper – with operators now only able to charge a small additional amount on top of domestic prices, before roaming charges come to an end altogether in June next year. Users now only pay up to €0.05
(approximately £0.039) on top of their domestic price per minute when they make a voice call, €0.02 (£0.015) on top of the domestic price when they send a text message, and €0.05 (£0.039) on top of the domestic price per megabyte of data (excluding VAT). These prices should not exceed €0.19 (£0.15) for voice calls, €0.06 (£0.046) for text messages and €0.20 (£0.15) for data. These are maximum permissible prices. Operators are free to offer cheaper rates. These latest changes come after a decade
during which the European Commission has consistently been working to reduce roaming charges and has managed to bring down the price for using a mobile abroad by about two-
thirds when compared to prices in 2007, when caps were first introduced. From mid-June next year roaming prices will
be abolished and consumers will pay the same price for calls, texts and mobile data wherever they are travelling in the EU. Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip,
responsible for the Digital Single Market, said: “We’re in the home stretch now before the end of roaming charges in 2017. This is not only about Europeans saving money, this is about bringing down barriers in the Digital Single Market.” Craig Biffen, from Europe Direct Birmingham, said: “This is great news for both businesses and citizens of the UK. The uncertainty of what we were going to be charged when using our mobiles and tablets was always an issue and unfortunately some people have ended up with very large bills. These new changes will now put a stop to that.”
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