BUSINESS REPORT


An aerial shot of the nearly completed building


MILESTONE FOR MEMBER


A boutique HR consultancy is celebrating 10 years as a member of Northamptonshire Chamber. Acanthus Management


Limited is led by Maggie Halsall (pictured) and provides local and national clients with practical and commercially focused outsourced HR services. Maggie’s association with


the Chamber began a decade ago when she was a member of the University of Northampton’s Enterprise Club - an alumni association offering support to entrepreneurs. It offered her a year’s free membership and she has never looked back. As well as staying with the Chamber for 10 years, she became one of its board members in 2014 and joined its sister Chamber in Milton Keynes eight years ago. Maggie said: “I joined the


Chamber to mix with, and learn from, other people in business. “I’ve gone on to sit on the Chamber’s board because I wanted to put something back into the business community and stand by those who supported me when I started Acanthus in 2009.” Maggie also later joined the


Chamber’s Finance Sub-Group and Remuneration Committee and continues to use the organisation as a learning resource and for networking. She added: “Being a Chamber member alerts me to potential opportunities. It allows me to appreciate what’s happening in people’s businesses and to hear about trends or people management issues first-hand, so that I may be able to offer help. As a result, I’ve built long-lasting relationships with an eclectic mix of people who are as passionate as I am about developing a local business community in a rural setting.”


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BUSINESS CENTRE TO OPEN NEW OFFICES


An independent, family-run business centre is opening new offices and a conference centre for more than 100 delegates to cope with demand for its facilities. Bragborough Hall Business


Centre is set to open The Aviary in April. It will feature 15 new offices, a conference centre, meeting rooms and outdoor spaces for breakout purposes and lunchtime walks. The venue has also recently


appointed new events and conference manager Hester Dunkley, who has worked in the events and exhibition industry for a decade. She said: “I joined the team at


the beginning of the year in advance of the spectacular 100% floorspace expansion of the business centre that was first established nearly two decades ago. We’re very excited about opening The Aviary. It has excellent connectivity and state-of-the-art technology is a given as we anticipate many of our first events


will be hybrid, combining both online and physical events together. “Looking further ahead we also


plan to hold an open day later in the year – hopefully in the summer.” The Aviary adds to the existing


15 offices and treatment rooms in the venue’s Health & Wellbeing Centre. Lunchtime yoga classes, afterwork massages or even an


orthopaedic consultation are just some of the onsite offerings. The venue also has cottages


available for short breaks. Locally sourced hot and cold food is available every day and there is plenty of free parking available.


Visit: www.bragboroughhall businesscentre.com


Work gets underway onsite ACQUISITION FOR OASIS GROUP


OASIS Group, the largest privately-owned Records and Information Management (RIM) provider in Europe has acquired NETarchief, the archive management division of Van’t Net Archiefbeheer B.V. The Netherlands-based storage


company, NETarchief, was formed in 1998 to provide archive storage services alongside the established removals business. Under the terms of the agreement OASIS Group will integrate the NETarchief archive management business with OASIS Data & Document Management Netherlands B.V. “The face of the workplace is changing


‘THE


was the most logical step for us and our clients,” said Gerry Hulshoff, shareholder at NETarchief. As a specialist provider of records and information management solutions OASIS Group are in a unique position to support clients throughout a records lifecycle. OASIS Group, which operates across


FACE OF THE


WORKPLACE IS CHANGING RAPIDLY’


rapidly. Regulation is becoming stricter, especially with regards to privacy. And with more clients opting to continue to work from home, we felt that integrating our archive services with OASIS Group


Europe, provides clients with end-to-end records and information management services ranging from records and document storage, scanning and digitisation, cloud storage, through to


shredding and destruction services. OASIS Group director of corporate


development Matt Thornton said: “Despite the pandemic the acquisitions team are working in partnership with business owners


across Europe who are seeking a smooth transition.” This transaction marks the 51st successful acquisition for OASIS Group.


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