LEADING THE WAY FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS



Jenny Newton of Newton HR has been named as the East of England's Enterprising Women's Enteprise Ambassador of the month.

The award winning company provides HR services throughout the UK, and has achieved significant success with its micro HR service, Newton HR-in-a-box. To read a full interview with Jenny click here http://www.enterpriseambassadors.co.uk/

The Guardian names top five books about entrepreneurship

Over the weekend, The Guardian's Claudia Cahalane listed her five top books about entrepreneurship and we were pleased to see Robert Ashton's latest publication, "How to be a Social Entrepreneur" on that list.

Robert, the Barefoot Entrepreneur, was also quoted in the Mail on Sunday in their article "Recruitment agencies? We did better putting up a sign" which can be downloaded from his website at http://www.robertashton.co.uk/ where you can also read Claudia Cahalane's article in full.

Colin Firth and The King's Speech

As most of my friends and colleagues know, I'm a big fan of Colin Firth having briefly quizzed him for a piece in The Telegraph about Pride and Prejudice, which was partly filmed at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire.

The 7th January has been in my diary for a long time as it's the day The King's Speech hits the cinemas. He stars in the biopic as King George VI, who became king after his brother abdicated and shows how Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue helped him find his voice to enable him to communicate more easily with his people.

Janet O'Keefe from Wordswell speech and language therapists is also looking forward to the film for a different reason. She said "Recent estimates suggest that around 2.5 million people in the UK have speech or language difficulties but with the right support many can learn to communicate more effectively. Hopefully this film will be an inspiration to those with speech difficulties of any kind to seek that support and unlock their potential."

To find out more about Wordswell visit http://www.wordswell.co.uk/