News in Brief: Zenith celebrates staff; University signs app deal; and more
SIXTEEN staff members at Leeds-based fleet management firm Zenith Provecta have been celebrating 10 years of service.
They join a group of 29 employees who have all been with the company for between 10 and 21 years, and now over 35% have been with the company for more than five years.
To mark the occasion local MP for Pudsey, Stuart Andrew, made a surprise visit to the company’s Leeds headquarters to congratulate them.
He said: “From the moment you meet the team, it is clear that their commitment, loyalty and knowledge have ensured that throughout Zenith Provecta’s growth they have retained their sense of identity, culture and passion.”
The staff include Stephen Giggins, Karen Burn, Mark Potter, Dominic Short, Mike Burn, Max Turner, Nichola Checkley, Martin Cuddy, Shelley Creswick, Peter Ng, Graeme Pyke, Tim Fendyke, Hilary Freear, David Rees, Jennifer Brandwood and Gillian Brook.
The longest serving member of staff is chief executive Andrew Cope, who has been with the company since it was founded in 1989.
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SHEFFIELD Hallam University has signed a unique five-year agreement with education technology providers Blackboard to develop mobile learning applications for students.
The agreement means Sheffield Hallam is the first UK institution to go mobile with Blackboard, giving students the ability to access campus services and course content when and where they want, using their smartphone or web-enabled mobile device.
The agreement includes commitment to two mobile applications – Blackboard Mobile Central and Blackboard Mobile Learn.
Blackboard Mobile Central enables the university to provide mobile access to services such as viewing the institution directory, maps, events, and contact information on the move.
Through Blackboard Mobile Learn Sheffield Hallam will be able to provide students and staff with access to learning and teaching at a time and place to suit them, through two-way interactions on mobile devices.
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MEDIA entrepreneur and best-selling author Philip Hesketh has reached a professional milestone after carrying out his 600th speaking engagement.
Hesketh addressed members of the Yorkshire Leadership Group (YLG) on the psychology of persuasion and influence.
Since selling his stake in Advertising Principles, the £50m turnover Leeds-based advertising agency, and becoming a business speaker in 2003, he has been hired to address and train more than 250,000 people worldwide.
Hesketh is also a best-selling author, with his book “Life’s A Game So Fix The Odds” becoming an Amazon number one best seller in the UK as well as being translated into Russian and Korean.
Hesketh’s 600th business lecture took place at Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate last week.
