Business News


Sponsored by: Foxtrot Services


Vetting, screening and criminality checks by Foxtrot Services


By Stuart Richings Foxtrot Services Director


Foxtrot Services offer a wide range of vetting and screening services for our clients. From pre- employment checks, DBS, tracing and more. We can help you find the information you need to make an informed hiring decision. In today’s interconnected


world it’s increasingly difficult to vet and screen potential candidates quickly and efficiently. Today’s professionals often


move around, with many coming from abroad to work in the UK. This makes it all the more important that you partner with a reliable DBS checking service to ensure that the people you invite into your workplace can be trusted. We can also offer tracing,


through social media, worldwide, in real-time. Our Online DBS Checking


Services Make Criminal Background Checks Easy Thanks to our online


interface, carrying out criminal background checks has never been this easy. All you have to do is supply us with the details of the individual you would like to vet, and we’ll carry out the check on your behalf. It all takes place online, with detailed reports and fast turnarounds. We have the most up to


date software at our disposal and contacts throughout the world. The company motto of


being ‘fast, reliable and factual’ is essential to us.


Foxtrot Services Ltd 12-22 Edmund House Newhall street Birmingham B3 3AS T: 0121 272 8311


For further information please visit: www.foxtrotservicesltd.com


18 CHAMBERLINK October 2017 Accreditation for health provider


BHSF OH has received the seal of approval from the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) scheme. The Birmingham-based occupational health


provider has been accredited by the professionally-led scheme, which is recognised as the ‘gold standard’ assessment in the OH sector. SEQOHS, which is managed by the


Royal College of Physicians, is about setting, maintaining and raising standards in OH services. To become accredited, companies must demonstrate commitment to achieving high


standards and excellent service across the board. Over the last 18 months, BHSF OH has worked


hard to develop a robust framework of clinical standard operating procedures (SOPs) which underpin the high level of quality that sits at the heart of its service delivery. Sue Burke (pictured), clinical director at


BHSF OH, said: “Obtaining SEQOHS has been our goal for the past 18 months. “BHSF OH has grown quickly and is


made from eight acquired companies. This accreditation was essential to confirm that


high standards are being met across the whole organisation.”


Birmingham Improv Fest returns for second outing


Birmingham Improv Festival is returning for a side-splitting week of completely improvised plays, musicals, songs, drama, and cabaret. The festival will once again take place at the Blue Orange Theatre in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter from 23 to 29 October. The seven-day festival features the


triumphant return of the West End’s Olivier award-winning ‘The Improvised Musical’, which enjoyed a sell-out show at last year’s festival, award-winning improv group The MayDays direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, the UK’s first B.A.M.E. (Black and Ethnic Minority) improv troupe Jumprov.


‘I’m excited that this year’s offering will be bigger, better and Brummier’


The Committee, one of London’s hottest improv


troupes, comedy improviser Phil Lunn and the UK’s original all-female long-form musical improv team Waiting for the Call. This year’s festival offers a programme of high


energy performances from the best troupes on the improv circuit bringing quick-fire comedy, brand new Shakespeare, movie adventure, made-up Charles Dickens, short-form games, musical comedy and tales and even freestyle rapping. Running alongside the main stage performances


will be a series of Improv Workshops offering adults and children the chance to work with practitioners and performers. This provides a unique opportunity


Improv antics: Waiting for the Call


to learn all about improv and to have a go at this ever-growing art form. The 2017 festival also sees the addition


of improv performances especially for children providing a fun and interactive experience to be shared with all the family during half-term. Festival director Jon Trevor (pictured),


founder of Birmingham-based Box Of Frogs, said: “Following last year’s success I


am absolutely thrilled to be bringing the Birmingham Improv Festival back to the city this October. “Birmingham audiences really got behind the


festival last year with sell-out performances and because of that I’m excited that this year’s offering will be bigger, better and Brummier. “We’ve got an incredible 24 companies and solo


artists performing 21 shows over seven days. “I’m particularly delighted to welcome no less than


nine incredibly talented Birmingham-based companies who are putting the city on the improv map showcasing the enormous and growing popularity of Improvisation right here in the Midlands.” Tickets are on sale now and are priced from £6 to


£15. Concessions are available from £5. Special discounted tickets and weekend tickets are available for multiple shows subject to availability. Tickets are available online at


www.birminghamimprovfestival.com Birmingham Improv Festival 2017 is once again supporting Birmingham Children’s Hospital with a special Charity Gala Fundraiser Improv Competition on Sunday 29 October at 2pm. Tickets are £5. The Festival is supported by Arts Council England.


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64