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Honoured for putting client experience first: Filestream celebrate award win

Berkshire-based document management specialists, Filestream Ltd, are celebrating winning at this year’s Document Management Awards, taking home the trophy for the best Low Code/No Code Product of the Year. The award recognises Filestream Ltd’s innovative, user-friendly approach to managing documents, making it simpler and more efficient for businesses of all sizes. Filestream Ltd, led by Paul Day, Managing Director, and Layla Cockburn, Operations Director, were nominated in two categories this
By Fiona Scott 2 min read

Social care experts appeal for more carers to come forward

A team of experts who have come together to disrupt the expensive and complex social care system by running a recruitment ‘app’ for carers are appealing for more to sign up from Wiltshire, Somerset and Oxfordshire.  AgoraStaff is a temporary staffing app for the social care sector founded by Richard Williams-Pears, a former town councillor and former mayor of St Austell in Cornwall, who saw firsthand the rising costs and inefficiencies in social care. He teamed up with his wife Jolene, AgoraSt
By Fiona Scott 2 min read

Specialist building company becomes employee-owned

Specialist building company Mike Whitfield Construction has become an employee-owned trust (EOT) in a move designed to secure the company’s long-term future, protect its values, and reward the team who helped build its success. Founded in 2006 by Mike Whitfield (68) who was already a sole trader and a carpenter by trade, the company has gone from strength to strength specialising in (so-called ‘passiv haus’ and eco projects) energy efficient and passive house construction in the Herefordshire a
By Fiona Scott 3 min read

Dementia advocate shares tips for dementia-friendly dining this Christmas

As the festive season approaches, dementia advocate and accessibility consultant Dr Carol Sargent of Sargent Group Consulting is sharing her expert guidance on how families can make dining out, or Christmas dinner at home, more inclusive and enjoyable for loved ones living with dementia. “For many, festive meals are a highlight of the season. But for people with dementia, their friends and families, noisy, crowded or unfamiliar environments can make dining feel stressful rather than celebratory
By Fiona Scott 3 min read

Exclusive Creative Nature thins launch on Austrian Airlines long-haul

Award-winning allergen-free brand Creative Nature is taking to the skies this November with a new exclusive product for Austrian Airlines. Passengers on long-haul flights will be able to enjoy Creative Nature’s Lightly Salted, Light & Crunchy Thins, a top 14 allergen-free mini corn cracker, available only on Austrian Airlines. Julianne Ponan MBE, Creative Nature’s CEO and founder, knows first-hand how stressful travel can be when you have allergies. “I’ve flown a lot and never really known if
By Fiona Scott 2 min read

Finance expert shares practical cashflow tips for growing businesses

Managing cashflow is one of the hardest parts of running a growing business, and one of the biggest reasons scale-ups stall or fail.  With a career spanning global finance, start-ups, and FTSE 100 corporations, Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam, founder of The FD Consultant, draws on his experience running his own business over the past five years. He has spent years helping start-ups and scale-ups across the UK navigate the financial pressures of growth.  Romesh was recently interviewed by the Institut
By Fiona Scott 2 min read

The leadership imperative: How leaders “Live it” to shape culture and performance

Leading by example isn't just a trope, it makes the connection between strategy and execution. The right leader links goals to reality, and the right people will join them. Teams don’t follow slogans; they mirror behaviour. When a leader issues a vision but fails to embody it, the result is compliance at best. When that same leader demonstrates the values daily, conviction follows. Posters or mission statements don’t create culture; it is absorbed, day by day, by watching how leaders lead. The
By Debbie Shaw 3 min read

Document management specialists celebrate ten years of collaborations across borders

Berkshire-based document management and software specialists Filestream are celebrating a decade of working with Dublin-based Datascan Document Services. The two companies have collaborated for more than ten years to support a range of clients, particularly in the health care sector in Ireland, to ensure all sensitive documentation is processed in a fully encrypted manner prior to its secure delivery.  Paul Day, MD of Filestream, said: “It’s a moment to celebrate this successful partnership. W
By Fiona Scott 3 min read

Cotswold personal trainer shares message of fun and inclusivity on national panel at retirement living show

Cotswold-based personal trainer James Hilton, founder of online fitness platform Jim’s Gym, took to the stage at this year’s Retirement Living Show at the NEC in Birmingham, joining sector leaders for a panel discussion on the role of exercise in later life. The discussion, held on day two of the event, brought together experts from across the UK retirement living sector to explore how fitness, wellbeing and social activities can help residents thrive physically, emotionally, and socially. Jam
By Fiona Scott 2 min read