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NATWEST PITCHES TRAINING SESSIONS


One of the UK’s largest retail and commercial banks is helping firms to hone their abilities to pitch for business - for free. NatWest has been running Pitching Skills sessions in Northampton


and Milton Keynes as part of its NatWest Boost campaign which is designed to help organisations take their business to the next level through a variety of events and apps and with the support of NatWest business growth enablers. The Pitching Skills sessions have been led


Phil Gudgeon


DRIVER’S PILOT SCHEME WON’T GO TO WASTE


A waste management company is the only one of its kind to be involved in the new Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition pilot scheme. Cawleys is one of just 31


companies taking part in the pilot, and the only waste management company in the UK to be involved at this stage. Earned recognition is a new way of recognising safe and responsible vehicle operators. Through a system of connected,


real time monitoring, organisations with lorries, buses and coaches prove they meet driver and vehicle standards against key performance targets (KPI). Cawleys, a third-generation


family business, has been an early adopter of many innovations in the waste management sector, including Anaerobic Digestion (AD)


for commercial food waste; investment in its own Material Recycling Facility (MRF) and most recently becoming a partner with bio-bean for recycling coffee waste. Phil Gudgeon, director of waste


collection and logistics at Cawleys, said: “Transportation efficiency and safety is central to a good waste management service. It makes complete sense to be part of this pilot scheme, as part of our business ethos. “The scheme covers everything


we do already but just makes the whole process so much more efficient and open. It can only be a positive thing for our industry.” Cawleys introduced new


software, R2C, to centralise and connect up its systems to the DVSA which will see it marked and measured every four weeks.


THE CAR DOCTOR IS IN EXCELLENT HEALTH


The Car Doctor has launched a new website and has added to its service offering. The car body repair and alloy


wheel refurbishment centre in Salford, Milton Keynes are now able to deal with anything from a scratch to a full respray while customers wait in the fully refurbished waiting area and reception. Additionally, The Car Doctor has


a price match service which can create savings particularly against main dealers and a cashback scheme for insurance repairs – the


company give you back some of your excess. Directors Terry and Julie


Dimmock said: “We are delighted to be able to offer our customers all these new fantastic services and we can also provide courtesy cars where necessary after even further investment. “If you need car body repairs


either individually, trade, vehicle dealers, lease car, or pool cars fleets then contact us for information on how we can support your business.”


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by professional actress Amy Botes, of Pepped Productions, and NatWest plans to run more of the sessions in the future. Business growth enabler Asy Ho


said: “We are running a series of different workshops and seminars which are all designed to help upskill, and add value to, businesses. “One of our most recent events has


‘WORKSHOPS


AND SEMINARS WHICH ARE ALL


DESIGNED TO HELP UPSKILL, AND


ADD VALUE TO, BUSINESSES’


been our Pitching Skills session which is very interactive and has generated excellent feedback. “A wide variety of people have taken advantage of this opportunity,


from people starting up their own business to large businesses looking to boost their staff’s skills. “The events are free and open to all businesses. Businesses don’t


come in and receive a sales pitch from us – they come along and learn and add value to their business.” Other Business Boost events have included ‘Less Time on Your


Banking, More Time on Your Business’, ‘Natwest Property Investment’ and a ‘Natwest International Women’s Day Networking Lunch’.


For more information visit www.business.natwest.com/business/Boost.html


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