Dairy workers receive “snow” bonus
I am catching up on my reading and on the Notepad page of People Management was a fabulous little piece about more than 3,500 workers at Robert Wiseman Dairies http://www.wiseman-dairies.co.uk/our-company/ receiving £100 each in recognition of their efforts in January in the face of the snow and bad weather. I guess right now they may well be in the same position.
Started in 1947, when they delivered glass bottles of milk by horse and cart, to the present-day delivering over in 1 in 4 litres of milk in the UK. Sounds like a fabulous company who treat their staff with respect and understanding. Let’s hear of more stories like this from great brands.
I am really pleased to be a member of the CIPD which brings the magazine to my door and even prouder to become an Assoc CIPD in July. http://www.peoplemanagment.co.uk/news
The Special Place that is Cliveden
I went to an IOD event yesterday at Cliveden. I knew something about the House due to Nancy Astor. With coffee in the Library and then breakfast in the French Dining Room with views to die for it making networking extra special. Well done to Berkshire IOD for organising.
The history is immense and we had a tour afterwards given by Amanda Irby, Business Development Manager, who is marvellous. On a visit to Paris in 1897, William Waldorf Astor was shown the gilded paneling in Madame de Pompadour’s 18th century dining room at the Chateau d’Asnieres. Realising the proportions exactly matched those of the dining room at Cliveden he bought the paneling, table and chairs, then had the entire room reconstructed in his home. It became the French Room and that is what you call style.
Before you say it was expensive, it wasn’t…a special place with special people and well worth the money. See for yourself.
The Perfect Sales Pitch
The perfect sales pitch is always hard when you are the product as you are often too close to the coal face to see the wood for the trees. You need a special person who knows the sales process, the marketplace and can help you understand you. To find such a person who can give you not one but three sales pitches is incredibly powerful and a thing of beauty. His name is Jamie Hancox and he is the Man. http://www.buyingtime.co.uk/
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