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Health innovator and inspirational educator honoured


By Dan Harrison


An Emeritus Professor from Aston University, a dynamic education leader and a community nurse have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Professor Michael West, formerly


Executive Dean from Aston Business School, has been awarded a CBE for services to compassion and innovation in the NHS. A CBE has also been awarded to


Richard Gill, chief executive of the Sutton Coldfield-based Arthur Terry Learning Partnership and chair of the Teaching Schools Council, for his outstanding services to education. Meanwhile, Beverley Morris,


Community and Home Health Care (CHC) lead nurse in Sandwell and West Birmingham, is a recipient of the British Empire Medal for services to nursing during Covid-19.


Innovation in healthcare Professor West’s award is linked to his longstanding work to develop


the leadership and cultures of UK healthcare organisations to ensure high quality, compassionate patient care and to promote staff health and wellbeing. He joined Aston University in


1999, before moving to Lancaster University in 2011 and has focused over the last 30 years on supporting NHS leaders across the UK. Professor West said: “Receiving


this award is the highlight of my career, and the fact that it is in recognition of my work with the NHS is particularly important to me. “I want to sincerely thank all my


colleagues and friends across the university sector, the NHS and further afield who have helped shape my contribution to the field.”


Inspirational leader In his role as CEO of the respected Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, Richard Gill runs 14 schools and one teaching school across Sutton Coldfield, Staffordshire and North Warwickshire.


Compassion: Professor Michael West Outstanding: Richard Gill Richard’s eminent career spans


more than a quarter of a century. After enjoying a number of teaching and leadership roles, he was appointed as joint headteacher at the Arthur Terry School in 2010. He led a successful application to


become one of the country’s first 100 teaching schools, which was followed by the designation as a provider for initial teacher training. In 2014, he was named as a


National Leader of Education by the Secretary of State for Education, before being appointed as the ATLP’s CEO a year later. Richard said: “In these difficult


times, my colleagues in schools have continued to show their commitment and dedication to our children and young people.


Protect against moonlighting By Jessica Brookes


The consequences of moonlighting could be ‘disastrous’ and ‘endless’ for small businesses, according to a private investigator. That’s the view of Ben Jones, who heads up Sentry


Investigations, a private investigations firm based in Birmingham. The business carries out covert surveillance for


organisations which suspect employees of setting up direct competitors, selling company secrets and breaching the terms of their employment contracts.


‘If a business’ trade or product secrets fall into the wrong hands, it will almost certainly cause financial losses for the business’


To determine whether or not a concern is legitimate


and compliant with GDPR requirements and privacy laws, rather than a boss just disliking an employee, Sentry Investigations conduct a series of detailed evaluations including Data Protection Impact Assessments before every case. Ben said: “The consequences of moonlighting can be


disastrous and endless for the affected company. If a business’ trade or product secrets fall into the wrong hands, it will almost certainly cause financial losses for the business, and could quite easily run the business into the ground forcing it to close its doors for good.” Ben says that there is a myriad of tell-tail signs of potential moonlighting practices including, but not


“This honour is as much for them


as it is for me. It recognises the brilliant work that goes on across the sector every day.”


Healthcare hero As the CHC lead nurse for Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Groups, Beverley Morris works across many independent care home providers and with local statutory services. During the Covid-19 pandemic,


she has supported the delivery of proactive community swabbing to over 1,000 care home residents, responded to care homes in crisis and delivered through her team 100 per cent achievement of the infection and prevention care home education support.


Town Hall receives grant


Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust has been awarded £100,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future. The Town Hall is one of 1,385


limited to, company files being stored in personal drives, unexplained and suspicious absences, technical questions being asked out of turn and unexpected loss of clients and or employees. He said: “The first line of defence is the recruitment


process. The next defensive weapon is a non-disclosure agreement and carefully written contract. If these are broken, you have a legal defence ready to go, although these documents don’t stop everybody from trying it. If suspicions begin to arouse and your all-important gut feeling is telling you something isn’t quite right, ask questions, it’s your business and you need to protect it.”


To find out more about Sentry Investigations, visit www.sentryinvestigations.co.uk


cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. £257m of investment has been announced as part of the very first round of the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England. The Trust, which took over


the town hall as an arts charity in 2016 when it was in danger of being closed, had made huge steps to broaden the cultural programme of the venue. Shows for 2021 include comedian Bill Bailey, talks from broadcaster Jeremy Vine and MP Jess Phillips, The Ladyboys of Bangkok and 2021’s Christmas Pantomime ‘Cinderella’.


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