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BUSINESS REPORT Annie Thompson
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CORNERSTONE UP FOR TWO AWARDS An outsourced finance company has been shortlisted for two SME National Awards. Cornerstone FD, which celebrated its second year of trading in January, is up for Young Businessperson of the Year and Best New Business at the prestigious awards, the winner of which will be announced in July. It is the culmination of 24 months of success for Cornerstone FD, which already has two awards under its belt and has doubled its business and employed two new staff since September. Director Annie Thompson said: “We are delighted to have been shortlisted for these honours. I am proud of all we have achieved in such a short space of time and during the uncertainty of Covid-19. We have stopped two big clients from losing their businesses during the pandemic and look set to triple our business during 2021.”
MEDIATION SPECIALISTS WELCOME NEW HEAD RUSSELL EDWARDS Mediation MK, specialists in providing family, corporate, commercial, civil, and workplace mediation for over 32 years, welcome Russell Edwards (pictured) to take over at the helm. Russell aims to bring a more holistic approach to the charity by dealing with current aspects of the impact of Covid-19 on individuals’ wellbeing. He said: “Our expertise in delivering first class mediation can be enhanced by offering support to further aspects for personal care. “The impact of Covid-19 is ‘OUR EXPERTISE insurmountable. The effect it has IN DELIVERING had on us may take years to FIRST CLASS evaluate. “At Mediation MK, we can now MEDIATION CAN deliver expert help and support BE ENHANCED BY seller, we tend to rush to seek legal to those who have suffered as a OFFERING advice and more often than not, we call result of the pandemic with SUPPORT’ a solicitor. Legal fees can spiral into tens if regards to mental health, addiction, not hundreds of thousands of pounds. and abuse.” “Mediation provides an equal, even more Mediation MK offer an unbiased, qualified service at an average of 10% of those legal professional service at a fraction of the cost of a law costs. Mediation is simply common sense.” firm. Russell added: “Whenever we reach an impasse, Visit: www.mediationmk.org.uk whether it is a couple, a corporate enterprise, a Call: 01908 231293 company takeover, a dispute between buyer and
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By helping you create a vision for today and the future and providing you with the tools and understanding, we help you design a plan that works for you no matter what major life event you are facing.
“Every big decision we take and every plan we make for the future involves emotion” ... and this was certainly true when I founded Simplicity. Having worked for 28 years within financial services, I knew that the passion and joy I had in helping others to see a clarity in their financial future and providing simple and easy to understand financial tools to get them there, meant that it was the right time to build a business
that I could be proud of and where my clients felt heard, understood and safe. I want you to feel the connection that we don’t just manage your money, but help you manage and explain the emotions and behaviours around your money so that you can live a better lifestyle now and in the future. SAMANTHA BRADFORD FOUNDER of SIMPLICITY
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FREE TECH SESSION ON MICROSOFT 365 Kettering-based IT support company, PCS Business Systems are offering free technical sessions on Microsoft 365 courtesy of their team of techies. With more people spending time on work and personal computers this past year due to the pandemic, the need for tools like Microsoft 365 has increased. For this reason, PCS want to help businesses far and wide sharpen up on their M365 skills and enable them to use it to its full capacity by offering free one-hour sessions for up to two people in the business. Microsoft 365 (formally Office 365) provides you with a whole lot of functions, so whether you are new to the platform, or have been using it for years the tech session could be beneficial to your business. PCS have said that every company they speak to is utilising the email part of M365, but there is a whole range of other applications included that can push businesses forward, these include
SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive and more. PCS would like to share the knowledge, for free, of how to make the most of all the applications whilst keeping it relevant to your individual business. PCS have a limited number of M365 tech sessions left so if you want to take advantage of this free offer then please get in touch with a member of the team asap. Call: 01536 532 900, Email: ask@pcs-systems.com Visit: www.pcssystems.com/m365-free-techsession
