Summer 2019 Newsletter

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News

• MK Businesses set to ramp up community support as the cost of living crisis takes hold
• MK College Principal and MKBLP Board Director, Dr Julie Mills OBE, retires
• New EU Directive to protect human rights and the environment set to impact business of all sizes
• Upskilling and training is key to retaining skills
• Celebrating the official city status of Milton Keynes
• Milton Keynes welcomes 50th Mayor
• Milton Keynes businesses awarded Queen's Award for Enterprise
• Marking the tremendous return of MKBAA
• Construction begins at South Central Institute of Technology
• SME Programme Now Live

2021

• Demand for apprentices booming in Milton Keynes
• Bright Future Ahead as Businesses Vote to Renew MyMiltonKeynes BID
• Judges top tips for winning a MKBAA entry
• Member Q&A with Anouar Kassim MBE, founding director of Milton Keynes Islamic Arts, Heritage and Culture (MKIAC)
• Call for MKBAA entries
• Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards returns for 2022
• Q&A with Lisa Robey, Branch Manager, Handelsbanken
• McDonald's to create 150 jobs in MK with new restaurant opening
• A New Era for Saxon Court: £180m Plans for New Gateway to Milton Keynes Submitted
• Summer Drinks and Networking Event
• Award success for Queensbury
• PJ Care finalists in BAME Apprenticeship Awards 2021
• Unity Place Santander Development Featured in Financial Times
• Minister says New Bletchley IoT “vital” for closing skills gap
• Announcement of new, Direct Debit option for membership fees
• Launching Male Perspectives On The Value Of Women at Work
• The UK’s first standalone 5G network powers up Milton Keynes
• Support to fuel business growth within Milton Keynes
• MK Business Naturally Tribal Skincare’s Born & Bred range showcased at H-Beauty MK
• £1million awarded in grants through Covid-19 Response
• PragmatiQ Solutions Achieves Microsoft Gold Partner Status
• Invitation to Queen’s Award for Enterprise entry workshop
• MKBLP call for cycling enthusiasts to join fundraising challenge
• Cancellation of the Oxford to Cambridge (Ox-Cam) Expressway
• Anglian Water Alliance students celebrate apprenticeship success
• Budget 2021: Understanding the furlough extension
• GLP on meeting e-commerce demands and creating flexible, sustainable warehouses
• Budget 2021
• Mind BLMK - For Better Mental Health
• Member Q&A with Paul Ballinger, Managing Director, STL Communications Ltd
• MKBLP events update

2020

• Winners of the 2020 Women Leaders awards join MKBLP as associate members
• Milton Keynes expected to lead country’s 2021 economic fightback
• MKBLP members on a winning streak
• Consultation starts on plans for MK Gateway as a new era begins for Saxon Court
• Double win for Milton Keynes College at BAME National Apprenticeship Awards
• MK College offering FREE retraining lifeline
• MKBLP supporting #BeSeenInGreenMK
• Congratulations to CEO of MyMiltonKeynes, and MKBLP Board Director, Melanie Beck on being awarded an MBE for ‘Services to the Community’ during the Covid-19 Crisis.
• Dr Julie Mills OBE, on her 30 years at the helm of MK College
• Lucy Gallois recognised for contribution to ‘Digital & Technology’ industry in Milton Keynes
• PragmatiQ Solutions shortlisted for coveted technology award
• Love MK Hate Litter
• A partnership between two MKBLP members will lead the way in bringing Gigabit speeds to the city.
• “Offer Guarantee” for MK College hopefuls amid pandemic disruption
• Join MKBLP members in #LoveMKHateLitter clean up
• Captain Sir Tom Moore receives knighthood from the Queen
• MKBLP: In Conversation with…… Councillor Peter Marland
• Build continues on Santander’s flagship UK technology hub
• Simon Greene on the opening of the new YMCA during lockdown
• Covid-19 MK Emergency Response Appeal achievement
• Infrastructure injection gives Milton Keynes University Hospital a clean bill of digital health
• MKBLP: In Conversation with… Series, Jan Flawn CBE and Melanie Beck
• MKBLP: In Conversation with… Freddie Guilmard and Neil Russell
• New financial support for micro businesses in Milton Keynes
• MKBLP on BBC Look East
• MKBLP: In conversation with... Simon DeMaid and Clive Faine
• MKBLP: In conversation with... Dr Julie Mills and Ian Stuart
• MKBLP: In conversation with... Ruby Parmar & Hilary Chipping
• How Milton Keynes College is supporting the community during crisis
• Ken Tomkins, Managing Director Kaizen Restaurants Ltd t/a McDonald's
• The Internet – the essential service we are all leaning on during lockdown
• The Covid-19 support network across MK in numbers
• Musica Charity Choir MK raises awareness of the COVID-19 MK Emergency Response Appeal
• Happy 100th Birthday Captain Tom Moore
• £1.25 billion government support package to innovative UK businesses
• MKBLP Launches First On-Line Event
• Tools to help businesses remain connected
• War Veteran and father of MKBLP member raises over £26m for the NHS
• MKBLP Member Q&A – Stuart Goldwater, Managing Director, PragmatiQ Solutions Ltd
• Support for people within Milton Keynes
• Lockdown: How businesses can use the time effectively
• Webinars to tune into……
• Navigating you through the maze of Covid-19 resources
• Helping businesses through the pandemic
• Awards celebrate the achievements of businesses from across Milton Keynes
• Milton Keynes organisations feature within The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list 2020
• MKBAA FINALISTS & KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED
• MKBLP supports phase 2 of East-West Rail
• Milton Keynes gains prominence in Sunday Times Best Places for Business 2020
• Businesses of Milton Keynes need to find their voice and engage with council

2019

• MKBAA 2020 Update - STAGE ONE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
• MKBLP helps raise funds for Lord's Taverners
• MKBLP Board Director Interview - Freddie Guilmard
• Women Leaders join MKBLP
• Double Queen’s Award success for MKBLP Member
• MKBLP Board Director Freddie Guilmard takes part in a big 'CEO sleepout'
• Katy Berrill Q&A
• The road to MKBAA 2020 heats up
• Women Leaders award winners to be offered associate MKBLP membership
• Ruby Parmar, on the business connections which have ignited her retirement path
• MKBLP directors tackle the The Parks Trust 25-mile walk for the YMCA Milton Keynes
• Q&A with MKBLP Member Lal Tawney
• Success of MKBLP’s Summer Drinks Event
• Julie Mills OBE discusses the benefits of being a member of MKBLP
• Do you know any inspiring women leaders?
• MKBLP celebrates the business leaders of the future with MK College
• February 2019 Breakfast Briefing

2018

• The evolution of technology and the impact on business
• MKDP Survey - Station Square
• International Trade: Preparing for Brexit
• MKBLP word on: Partnerships
• Going Places Event

2017

• Mental Health Wellbeing in the Workplace guide is launched
• Milton Keynes Business Crime Strategy is launched
• A funnel night in with MKCO
• Shenzhen Trade Delegation visit Milton Keynes
• MKBAA 2017 - Success and Results
• MK Business Leaders is going places in 2017
• MK Business Achievement Awards 2 weeks to go!
• The Business Crime Strategy really is on its way!
• Employment lawyer Simon deMaid joins the MKBLP Board
• MKBLP Board of Directors welcomes Ruby Parmar, replacing Mike Robinson

2016

• UAE trade link praised by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox
• MKBLP get a lesson in future proofing how we prepare people for work
• MKBLP hear a new language of entrepreneurship
• Voters should consider one issue in the Referendum
• Army recruitment campaign aims for Milton Keynes’ brightest business brains
• Concrete cows brand is the envy of others, says tourism chief
• MKBLP go inside to learn about prison education
• MKBLP attends Speaker's House
• Milton Keynes Business and Arts
• Chairman Philip Smith receives MBE

2015

• Women in Business Awards
• Pre-Election Event April 2015
• Taiwan Ambassador’s visit to Milton Keynes
• Building business links with schools

2014

• Milton Keynes Council Skills Forum
• MKBAA 2016 Launch Night