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workshop is sponsored by Isover of Rethink Mental Illness. This UK and Deputy Chief Executive Brian Dow, MD of Mental Health workshop. They will be joined by proceedings at this important presentation by starting up their Day One Conference Jonny Benjamin MBE, will follow campaigners, Neil Laybourn and Award-winning mental health HR/Mental Health Forum
for this workshop is Oli France, Setting an inspirational tone progressing in their careers. supports and encourages those The BMF Young Merchant Group Young Merchants Forum Saint-Gobain.
of ACO, who are sponsoring this John Ryszkowski, Divisional MD BMF Young Merchant Group, and Paddison, the current chair of jointly chaired by MKM’s Glenn visited countries. This session is world’s most dangerous and least teams through some of the expedition leader who has led an adventurer and professional
Dubrovnik from 13-16 June 2019. Crystal Clear Group, takes place in Conference, sponsored by the The sold-out BMF All Industry workshop.
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Fellow of the Institute of Sales the merchant sector. Sue, a experienced sales trainers in of associates, who are all by Sue Reed and her team devised and will be delivered The programme has been customer portfolio. a sales toolkit to grow their sales training who now require knowledge, but limited formal into sales with extensive product as well as those who have moved new and aspiring sales executives competitive market. It is aimed at growth and brand awareness in a
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Spring statement: BMF lobb
THE BMF WROTE to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in National Apprenticeship Week last month, ahead of his Spring Statement to Parliament to lobby for more flexibility in the rules governing the Apprenticeship Levy. In its letter, the BMF urged Mr Hammond to use his Spring Statement to prepare for life after Brexit - and counteract predicted falls in employment levels and regional productivity. John Newcomb, BMF Chief Executive, said, “The BMF has been involved in the Apprenticeship Levy since his predecessor George Osborne announced it in his July 2015 Budget. As a direct consequence, we have established our own Apprenticeship Training Agency to make it easier for our SME members to take on new apprentices. Nearly 250 young men and women have begun -
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will be used. There is a considerable sum of Levy money untouched by merchants and manufacturers obliged to pay it. ministers to reallocate s to enable them to hire s through the BMF’s raining Agency
this to businesses to enable them to hire The BMF wants m
they pick an apprenticeship they can get to than half their wages on travel. The worry is uncommon for apprentices to spend more it difficult to afford travel costs. It is not • Reiterated that young learners often find Apprenticeship Training Agency more apprentices
th co Ho or
he Chancellor for improvements”. omplexities of the scheme and we are asking owever, employers struggle with the r will soon begin - a BMF Apprenticeship.
April 2019
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more flexibility to ease travel costs. for them. The BMF wants ministers to apply cheaply that may
young learners often find rd travel costs. It is not pprentices to spend more ages on travel. The worry is renticeship they can get to y not be the correct choice MF wants ministers to apply o ease travel costs.
spent Levy contributions re is a considerable sum ntouched by merchants ers obliged to pay it.
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