May 26, 2013

Flying Start Catches Up With DED Limited, a Market Leader In Cashless Systems

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A common notion is that Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems are purely a replacement for the cash register and for many people, their main contact with such a system will be at the supermarket checkout. Whilst EPOS certainly brings the checkout into the 21st century, it also offers a number of other important functions within both the software and the hardware that have the ability to store, communicate and use the data gathered to interact with both user and school administrators.   DED Limited, formed in 1983, is based in Lydd, … [Read more...]

Flying Start Catches up with Dali Lighting who are playing a significant role in offering both commercial and domestic customers a viable alternative to existing lighting solutions.

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  The steep rise in energy prices has been a major talking point in recent years as wholesale prices soared and suppliers passed the increases on to their customers. The battle has commenced to provide the consumer with alternative, sustainable supplies and reduced costs.  Dali Lighting spoke to Flying Start to tell us how they were playing a significant role in offering both commercial and domestic customers a viable alternative to existing lighting solutions.   They told us, “The increasing energy costs seen over the last … [Read more...]

How Safe Is Your School?

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The number of school buildings containing asbestos has been brought to the fore once again on daytime TV, by Michael Lees, from the campaign group Asbestos in Schools, who highlighted the dangers to a national audience before attending an Education Committee hearing that will have both Education Secretary Michael Gove and schools minister David Laws in attendance. Michael Lees’ wife Gina was a teacher and died from the form of cancer associated with asbestos.   Asbestos was used extensively as a building material from the 1950s until … [Read more...]

Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd

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A recent trend throughout the education sector is in outsourcing non-core functions. One area receiving great attention is school finance including payroll and accounts, which has the advantage of relieving non-specialised staff of the burden whilst ensuring accounts are completed on time by professionals such as Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd.   Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd (LWA) is an independent firm of Chartered Certified Accountants based in south Manchester, headed up by directors Les Leavitt and Steve Collings. The firm has … [Read more...]

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

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An important message from David Yearley, Head of Play Safety for The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.  It is essential that Schools get an independent annual inspection of their play   facilities, play areas, playing fields, ponds, etc from a suitably qualified play expert such as RoSPA. These inspections: 1.   Improve safety for children 2.   Reduce risk of successful litigation against the school and volunteers 3.   Meet the recommendations of the European Standard EN1176:2008 and the HSE to have an independent annual   … [Read more...]

Blackpool City Learning Centre

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It is fair to say that learning in schools and communities is the lifeblood of Blackpool Council’s City Learning Centre. As well as top of the range facilities to help school children, the service offers a wide variety of courses, specially designed to help support Newly Qualified Teachers and their development. This goal to help improve learning can be clearly found in the first paragraph of the CLC’s website:   “The Blackpool City Learning Centre's purpose is to promote and develop new and exciting ways of learning and to support … [Read more...]

Customer Focus- THE TERSUS GROUP

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Safety in the workplace is perhaps the most important factor for any employer in the present day. There are many areas to be considered in making the working environment as safe as it can possibly be and many companies will employ their own dedicated Health and Safety officer to this end. However, smaller companies may not be able to afford a full time specialist and even if they do, the role will mainly be one of identification of potential hazards and recommendation of solutions to be provided by experts in the appropriate field. The Tersus … [Read more...]

Company Focus- The English Team

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Changes to the school curriculum seems to be a topic regularly debated and commented upon by the government these days with wholesale changes being the order of the day as opposed to small tweaks. The days when an emphasis was placed upon the three R’s appeared to have long since departed but there are signs in recent times that some type of reversal to the core skills may be taking place. Flying Start has been talking to The English Team about their work supporting both students and staff in the art of writing. Georgina Dawson established … [Read more...]

Company Focus- A Wakeman Electrical Services Ltd

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In today’s increasingly delicate environmental situation, there is a growing need for both domestic and commercial electric users to reduce consumption and ensure that the power used is supplied from renewable sources. Flying Start spoke with Andrew and Sharon Wakeman to see just how they are faring in this competitive and dynamic industry. A Wakeman Electrical Services Ltd is based in the beautiful village of Cleobury Mortimer in Shropshire and was founded in 2009 by Andrew. Although a relatively young company, Andrew Wakeman has 25 years … [Read more...]

Schools urged to help RHS reach gardening target

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Schools across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the North East of England are being urged to sign up today to the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening, supported by Waitrose, in a bid to get 4.2 million children gardening by 2012.* Jacky Chave, Strategic Schools Manager for the RHS, explained, “Four years ago we said we wanted to get 80% of UK primary schools gardening by the end of 2012, the equivalent of 4.2 million children. Currently we have 42% of UK primary schools on board which, considering the pressures … [Read more...]