November Events

Below is a list of all of the events we are running in November. Click on the course title for the date, venue and full programme.

To view a list of events in specific areas, click on the category headings above.

• 'The 5 day MBA!' - Developing the high performance manager

  This Fast-track, senior management development programme is a must attend course designed for high performance managers who must drive profit and success in difficult times.

  
  

• Achieving results through effective time management

  This course shows how to use a simple results-driven approach to focus yourself and the people around you to produce better results every day, whilst at the same time reducing stress and 'overwhelm'.

  
  

• Achieving results through emotional intelligence

  This one day interactive seminar will help you to explore and manage your own emotional intelligence, and will provide the tools for enhancing the performance of both yourself and your teams.

  
  

• Advanced guide to customs procedures

  Following on from Croner's Essential customs procedures this seminar looks at the four key areas of Customs Procedures with workshop exercises. Delegates will leave the course with a better practical understanding of the issues that cause companies most problems during audits.

  
  

• Advanced payroll

  Do you know all there is to know about payroll? Could you explain to an employee how a K code operates and why K codes are issued? Are you up-to-speed with the intricacies of SSP, SMP, AML, SAP, SAL, SPP and SPL? Do you need help with the payroll implications of new legislation? If you want to know more, our Advanced payroll seminar is for you.

  
  

• Advanced VAT

  Many VAT topics require a wider understanding than can be given in a general introductory course, especially as VAT seems to get more complex each year. This course builds on the basic knowledge of 'VAT: a general introduction'.

  
  

• An introduction to security law

  If you are responsible for the security of your company, this essential one-day seminar will guide you through the key areas, giving practical advice whilst looking at the issues involved in making security law an integral part of management policies.

  
  

• Benefits and expenses

  PSAs and dispensations are best dealt with sooner rather than later – don’t leave it to the end of the tax year before thinking about benefits and expenses!

  
  

• Building client relationships

  This workshop uses a model of relationships to consider where you could improve both in technical or product messages or in engagement with the people at your client. There will be a number of ideas and tips offered and the sessions will look to discuss a number of subjects where there can be a range of answers. The key principle applied being ‘Know the person as well as the business’.

  
  

• Business contract law

  This course is designed to give business executives a thorough practical understanding of the rules that regulate the formulation and enforcement of commercial contracts.

  
  

• Commercial skills for financiers

  This workshop will allow attendees to explore their own behaviour and provide some techniques to improve their awareness and creativity.

  
  

• Competency-based recruitment and interviewing

  To be effective, competency frameworks must be used consistently. But competency based recruitment is more than simply a case of substituting one list of requirements for another. It is an entirely different way of thinking about recruitment.

  
  

• Corporation tax update and refresher

  This course provides a detailed overview of the changes and their impact on the overall tax issues arising for the company and the employees.

  
  

• Croner's - Waste management: law and practice update

  Waste management in the UK is undergoing a period of unprecedented transformation as key EU Directives take effect. This practical one-day seminar will examine the new regulations and the steps necessary for compliance.

  
  

• Croner's HR Annual Conference

  Now in its 7th successful year, this conference aims to cover every area of employment law and also gives you clear practical advice on everyday issues. With employment law constantly changing and a new Government in place, there is likely to be a variety of challenges facing HR Directors over the next twelve months. Understanding new developments is key and not keeping up-to-date could incur costs for your business.

  
  

• Current issues in property taxation - Conference

  This property tax conference has been designed to give you an authoritative briefing on all the critical tax angles involved in commercial property agreements.

  
  

• Dealing with sensitive issues in employment

  This one-day seminar will give you practical advice and guidance to help you deal with the most sensitive and emotive personnel issues in the workplace

  
  

• Drafting and implementing service level agreements

  This seminar is designed for anyone who provides or receives regular business services and wants to know how to develop an effective working relationship with their customers or suppliers. It will help you structure, draft and implement a tailor-made SLA for your organisation.

  
  

• Drafting commercial contracts

  An intensive, practical, one-day seminar to help you draft clear and unambiguous contracts which will help achieve your - or your clients' - commercial objectives.

  
  

• Due diligence conference

  Managing advisers is an important part of the acquisition process and this intensive one-day conference gives some good tips on how to do just that.

  
  

• Effective HR assistant

  This popular one-day seminar is an ideal introduction to the main issues which would face an HR professional. Whilst it is designed for those with little or no knowledge of the HR function, this seminar will also serve as a useful update for those more experienced in the field.

  
  

• Effective HR officer

  HR policies and procedures have to move with the times. To keep them up-to-date and effective, you need to know the very latest developments in employment law and best practice. This very popular, practical, one-day seminar has been designed specifically to help you bring your knowledge completely up-to-date and show you how to apply it to best effect.

  
  

• Effective writing skills for business

  Letters to customers, memos to staff, communications to suppliers, reports to the board - even messages to motivate and inspire. This one-day seminar will enable you to portray yourself as professional, friendly, considerate and capable in every business communication you write.

  
  

• Effectively presenting financial information

  This course will look at how to identify what information to communicate and how to effectively present it, to draw out key messages in a user friendly format.

  
  

• Employment law and good personnel practice in schools

  This seminar provides you with an up-to-date briefing on relevant issues in employment law applicable to schools, covering a range of issues from recruitment to dismissal.

  
  

• Environmental legislation review

  This one day course will help you understand environmental risks and your responsibility to address them through practical, legal and financial strategies. you will leave the course with the knowledge and tools to reduce your business's impact on the environment and protect your people, prosperity and reputation.

  
  

• Essential guide to customs procedures

  This one-day seminar indicates the Customs facilities available to importers and exporters. Particular emphasis is given to the tariff origin rules and IPR/OPR.

  
  

• Essentials - Problem solving and decision making

  
  

• Evidence base masterclass 3 - employment and land

  Evidence bases are increasingly important in planning. Producing them can be long, complicated and expensive process. But it doesn’t have to be. As the Planning Inspectorate reminds us, the most useful studies are usually the simplest and most focused ones. These half-day classes will help you build a robust evidence base efficiently and will provide a step-by-step guide to help you build your evidence and translate it into development plan policies.

  
  

• Evidence base masterclass 4 - retail and town centres

  Evidence bases are increasingly important in planning. Producing them can be long, complicated and expensive process. But it doesn’t have to be. As the Planning Inspectorate reminds us, the most useful studies are usually the simplest and most focused ones. These half-day classes will help you build a robust evidence base efficiently and will provide a step-by-step guide to help you build your evidence and translate it into development plan policies.

  
  

• Evidence base masterclass 5 - infrastructure

  Evidence bases are increasingly important in planning. Producing them can be long, complicated and expensive process. But it doesn’t have to be. As the Planning Inspectorate reminds us, the most useful studies are usually the simplest and most focused ones. These half-day classes will help you build a robust evidence base efficiently and will provide a step-by-step guide to help you build your evidence and translate it into development plan policies.

  
  

• Evidence base masterclass 6 - Local Economic Assessments

  Evidence bases are increasingly important in planning. Producing them can be long, complicated and expensive process. But it doesn’t have to be. As the Planning Inspectorate reminds us, the most useful studies are usually the simplest and most focused ones. These half-day classes will help you build a robust evidence base efficiently and will provide a step-by-step guide to help you build your evidence and translate it into development plan policies.

  
  

• Finance for the non-financial manager

  This seminar will explain simply and clearly what the key financial statements mean, how they work and relate to each other and how your actions as a manager affect them and your business.

  
  

• Group accounting refresher (UK GAAP)

  The course will cover the production of consolidated accounts, including associates and joint ventures from first principles. It will focus on UK GAAP but will highlight differences from IFRS. Practical examples and discussion will help you to apply the knowledge gained.

  
  

• Handling disciplinary and capability issues effectively

  An invaluable day of practical advice and guidance on how to conduct disciplinary and capability issues effectively without falling foul of the law. This one day seminar will help you understand the policies and procedures involved in disciplinary, conduct and capability issues.

  
  

• Health and safety in schools

  This intensive one-day seminar will provide delegates with the opportunity to review their present safety systems and assess and introduce new systems in order to raise safety standards. This seminar has been developed for all those responsible for the management of school safety and security in compliance with health and safety policy and best practice.

  
  

• Health and safety legislation update

  A one-day course essential for health and safety personnel who need to keep up-to-date with the continually changing area of health and safety law. It covers a wide range of aspects of health and safety law, including recent amendments to fire and hazardous substances legislation.

  
  

• IFRS update

  This one-day course provides a focused update on the key current issues in international financial reporting.

  
  

• Industrial equipment safety and CE marking

  EU legislation directs that most new machines and other work equipment must meet minimum safety standards and must be CE marked to show compliance with both EU and UK product legislation. This essential one-day seminar explains the statutory requirements of CE certification, the Machinery Directive and how to construct a technical file.

  
  

• International commercial agreements

  A three-day seminar giving practical guidance on the negotiation and drafting of international commercial agreements, and the skills required to secure business success.

  
  

• Introduction to general management

  This specially developed two-day seminar caters for the needs of both prospective managers soon to make the transition to management and those already in management, but still 'new' to it!

  
  

• Issues surrounding the Finance Act

  This half day course summarises the key issues for both personal and business tax arising from the Finance Act 2010. It will also cover any recent relevant case law.

  
  

• Leading and managing an effective in-house legal department

  An interactive two-day seminar designed to give an insight into how to improve the management of your in-house legal service and develop your leadership skills and style.

  
  

• Lean Six Sigma

  Improve the quality of your products and services, reduce costs and minimise lead times in order to retain existing customers and gain new ones in this increasingly competitive global market.

  
  

• Local development frameworks - The Masterclass

  This one-day masterclass will highlight everything you need to know about LDFs. Participants will gain a considerable amount of knowledge and experience, through the use of topical case studies and workshop exercises, and from the considerable knowledge and practice experience of the leader.

  
  

• Making HR a strategic business partner - the masterclass

  This intensive one-day masterclass will help you adopt a business partnership approach and make it easier to align HR with business strategy. Through the use of case studies, this masterclass will focus on what successful business partnerships looks like.

  
  

• Managing discipline, dismissal and grievances

  Given the ever increasing number of Employment Tribunal cases in the UK each year, and with compensation uplifts of up to 25%, getting it right is critically important. This workshop offers practical and informative solutions to common issues with a high degree of personalisation and involvement so you get what you want from the day.

  
  

• Managing people effectively

  Based upon sound people management principles, subjects covered include motivational strategies, team building, delegation and communication. The programme is intensive and uses case studies, practical exercises and discussion.

  
  

• Marketing and advertising law 2010

  This conference will examine the commercial, legal and regulatory issues of the modern marketing mix in order to produce highly successful campaigns.

  
  

• Modern management accounting update

  This course will give you an understanding of new developments beyond the traditional, budget-constrained model of the firm using case studies from successful companies.

  
  

• Music royalties

  A comprehensive one-day seminar addressing the practical legal, commercial and accounting aspects of music royalties.

  
  

• New IFRS group accounting standards overview

  This course provides a clear, concise review and update of group accounting under IFRS.

  
  

• Office health and safety

  Under the Health and Safety at Work Act employers have a legal responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace. This dynamic and stimulating training course covers all the common health and safety hazards encountered in an office environment and how you can identify the appropriate ways to reduce these risks in your office.

  
  

• OFSTED - getting it right

  This one-day seminar will look at the current Ofsted framework for inspections, a radical departure from what has happened before. As inspections are shorter, the amount of notice is shorter – are you prepared?

  
  

• Perfect presentations

  This highly practical seminar enables presenters to develop their skills in handling demanding presentation situations. The emphasis is on the use of structured techniques and the development of self confidence.

  
  

• Perfect presentations

  An intensive one-day seminar that will give you the confidence and techniques to make powerful presentations and communicate your message with maximum impact!

  
  

• Persuasion and influencing skills

  A thought-provoking two days that will help both sales and non-sales people understand how persuasion and influence works.

  
  

• Planning for climate change conference

  Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Already we have seen a change in weather patterns with an increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The impact on social, economic and environmental factors will be vast and planners play one of the most important roles in tackling climate change. This is a must attend conference!

  
  

• Planning law update conference

  This one-day conference aims to provide a straightforward, practical routemap through the legal minefield so as to assist delegates to find the best solutions for delivering sustainable development whilst avoiding or minimising the risks.

  
  

• Refresher and update on company tax

  This one day course will act as a refresher and will also bring you right up to date on the latest developments in corporate tax, including those in the last budget.

  
  

• Renewable energy masterclass: The Merton Rule

  The Merton Rule has shaken up the planning and development landscape in such a way as to force a range of industries and professions to work together. This comprehensive masterclass will help equip planning professionals with some of the essential skills and knowledge required for the coming climate change planning era.

  
  

• RTPI's Achieving results through effective time management

  This one-day interactive seminar is for you. It shows how to use a simple results-driven approach to focus yourself and the people around you in ways that inspire you to produce even better results every day, whilst at the same time reducing stress and "overwhelm".

  
  

• Successful contract management and administration in difficult times

  This two-day seminar will introduce you to the essential aspects of contract management and sharpen your commercial awareness.

  
  

• Successfully managing smaller projects

  The definitive programme - two days of practical guidance on the application of project management principles and techniques to smaller projects

  
  

• Sustainable buildings

  This one day Masterclass is for practitioners who want to understand more about features for sustainable design that can be integrated into new developments. There will be a focus on renewable energy and water consumption. Other topics such as materials and ecology will also be explored during the course.

  
  

• Tax for the finance director - Conference

  This conference is designed to help the modern finance director and manager to recognise problems before they become disasters, and opportunities before they are closed off.

  
  

• The commercial engineer

  An intensive two-day seminar to help develop contract business skills and commercial awareness. This popular training course has been designed to give you an appreciation of the commercial environment and the far reaching influence of 'terms and conditions'.

  
  

• The core skills of facilities management

  A practical and highly interactive one-day seminar which will give you the key skills necessary to deliver successful facilities management.

  
  

• The effective training administrator

  Efficient administration is critical to the success of your training function and ultimately your business. This one-day practical programme will help you to develop the key knowledge and skills required to be an effective training administrator. Includes real-life case study exercise and personal action planning sessions

  
  

• The effective training and development manager

  A two-day practical seminar to help you develop key competencies to meet the challenges of successfully running a training and development function.

  
  

• The high performance school leadership team

  Heads who have a 'blended' team are under less strain and achieve much, much more for their students. Discover what this term means on this seminar, how you can identify the stage of development of your own team and how you can identify the competences that are essential for effectiveness.

  
  

• The people skills of management

  A powerful three-day programme on personal and interpersonal skills and the successful management of people.

  
  

• UK GAAP update

  This one day course provides a highly focused summary of the key GAAP differences in an inter-active classroom environment.

  
  

• Understanding building services

  This intensive one-day seminar is designed to explain in a simple straightforward manner what building services are, why they are necessary and how they operate.

  
  

• Update for accountants in business

  The seminar offers an intensive overview of key issues and areas that affect you in your daily work – risks, regulations and responsibilities in the areas of accounting, tax, law and financial reporting.

  
  

• Using key performance indicators for business improvement

  This course defines what a true KPI is and provides delegates with the opportunity to define the appropriate KPIs for their own organisation, using certain techniques. The course also considers how financial information generally can be better presented to improve its clarity and impact.

  
  

• VAT and overseas trade

  This essential one-day course addresses the specific VAT problems routinely encountered by those businesses engaged in overseas trade. The course is designed as an introduction to the VAT accounting and reporting requirements and covers the supply and receipt of both goods and services.

  
  

• VAT for accounts payable and purchase ledger

  Efficient VAT recovery is essential to all businesses. This thoroughly practical one-day course makes extensive use of real cases to illustrate the various aspects of what might happen in your business relates to VAT recovery.

  
  

• Women in management

  A dynamic and practical interactive seminar for women managers who are, or will soon be, amongst the most senior decision makers at their organisation and who are looking for ways to take on their next challenge.

  
  

• Writing an effective SEF

  Using information from Ofsted, this course enables schools to complete the professional self-evaluation forms (SEFs) ensuring appropriate evidence and accurate judgments are made.