December Events

Below is a list of all of the events we are running in December. 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.

• Absence management

  Sickness absence costs the economy an annual £100bn What are you doing about it in your organisation? A concentrated day of practical advice and guidance on how to improve your staff attendance, boost productivity and save the company money.

  
  

• Accounting standards update

  This course provides a detailed overview of the International Standards that are due to change for 2011, amendments made to the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and Finance manuals compared to 2010 and practical problems encountered in the first year of IFRS.

  
  

• Advanced employment law update

  A comprehensive one-day seminar providing up-to-date information on employment law. If your company is unaware of changes in areas such as data protection law, discrimination, contracts and dismissal, this is a must attend seminar.

  
  

• An introduction to the planning system

  This course is intended to provide administrators and support staff with an understanding of the planning system to enable them to appreciate the wider context within which they are working.

  
  

• Croner's 6th Annual Health and Safety Conference 2010

  Now in its sixth year, this extremely popular conference will take a very close look at the major health and safety topics and help you move ahead to face the health and safety challenges in your organisation in these austere times. It will give guidance and advice on what will constitute a successful occupational safety and health year in 2011.

  
  

• Current issues in planning conference

  This final round-up conference brings together the best six papers from across the thirty events, as indicated by questionnaire responses, and should provide a lively wide-reaching forum for discussion

  
  

• Drafting legal clauses in commercial contracts

  An intensive one-day seminar has been designed to give you practical guidance on the drafting and use of the ‘legal’ clauses in commercial contracts.

  
  

• Effective Use and Understanding of the FIDIC Contract Conditions

  An intensive two-day review of the FIDIC Contracts (including the MDB version of the Construction Contract) and how they work in practice.

  
  

• Environmental Impact Assessments

  The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations require developments which have the potential to be harmful to the environment to go through a rigorous assessment process. This workshop will cover the relevant legislation, provide explanatory examples and will assist with contributing to, reviewing and submitting a successful EIA.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Finance skills for HR professionals

  A unique one-day programme designed specifically to make finance accessible and relevant to human resources specialists from all sectors. There is no other seminar currently available in the UK offering a similar service to the HR professional. Croner Training brings to this seminar the same authoritative content and attention to detail that characterises its published materials.

  
  

• Giving evidence at inquiries

  Public inquiries (whether planning appeals or other inquiries) can put increased pressure and stress on the staff involved, many of whom may have little experience of the inquiry process. This course will provide participants with a sound background for preparing and appearing at public inquiries and enable them to be more confident when giving evidence and facing cross examination.

  
  

• IFRS update

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

  
  

• Introduction to pensions

  This introductory seminar will cover up-to-the minute information on how pensions work, particularly in the light of the fundamental obligations laid on them by the Pensions Acts 1995 and 2004 and other recent legislation. The seminar will also explore where the government is going with its latest reform proposals and April 2006's radical tax approval simplification.

  
  

• 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 office facilities

  This introductory one-day seminar will guide you through the practical application of facilities management, health and safety laws, cost saving strategies and much more.

  
  

• Mastering your personal effectiveness

  This interactive two-day seminar aims to take the frustration out of your daily life by enabling you to refocus on your priorities and develop a strategy to get your work and personal life back into perspective.

  
  

• RTPI's Negotiation skills

  We are all under pressure to achieve more with less. The days of command and order in business relationships are long gone.This seminar will introduce you to a range of tools and techniques to increase your effectiveness in any negotiation situation.

  
  

• Successful delivery - successful regeneration conference

  This conference will showcase examples of best practice and innovative approaches to regeneration including examples from Europe and further afield. Speakers will consider the issues and challenges faced and the lessons learnt in delivering the successful renaissance of places.

  
  

• Train the trainer

  For training to be successful it needs to be business focused and deliver real results back to the organisation. It also needs to be designed with learning in mind. This two-day seminar will cover the fundamentals of training design and delivery, will help you strengthen your skills as a training facilitator and will focus on building your confidence as a trainer.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Understanding the design appraisal process conference

  Now in its 4th successful year, this annual conference focuses on the complexity of many projects now demanding a range of skills. This conference will bring together practitioners and representatives from Councils to give different aspects of the challenge.

  
  

• Using Excel to solve business problems

  This course will increase your ability to use Excel in dealing with complex financial problems, to run sensitivity analysis on the results and to present your findings in a highly effective way.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Workplace mediation

  This practical and participative workshop will equip you to undertake 'pre-emptive conflict management' with confidence in your workplace.

  
  

• 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.