Once again it’s time to extend a warm Chamber welcome to our new members who joined us last month.

As usual the list covers the full spectrum of local industries, from restaurants to taxies, legal firms to industrial services. Please take a moment to check them out - your perfect business partner could be just a click or call away.

Plus - Come To Our Free New Members Event

When you join Liverpool Chamber, we commit to three objectives.

1. We’ll help you promote and grow your business through the chamber network and beyond.

2. We’ll help you mitigate your business risk

3. We’ll help you save money on a whole raft of products and services

Liverpool Chamber’s new members event will tell you  more about these commitments. As your starter for 10, director of the Liverpool Coaching Academy, John Haynes, has over 30 year’s experience of networking, which he would like to share with you.

John will be showing you how to start conversations and follow up with the people you meet. He’ll also be giving his top tips on what to say and what not to say!

Join us here at the Council Chamber (Ground Floor) at 12.15 to 2.00pm on  Wednesday 20th February 2008. This event books up very quickly, so reserve your place now by emailing events@liverpoolchamber.org.uk giving us your company name, the names of delegates and a contact telephone numbers, and a contact telephone number.
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Peel Advertising are making an exclusive offer to Chamber members of preferential rates on a limited number of advertising hoardings near to the terminal building.

Liverpool John Lennon Airport has high footfall with over 5million passengers movements each year. Peel Advertising is offering a limited number of 48 sheet billboards in this prime site at a discounted price of £100 per week. All sites are fully insured by Peel Advertising.

The hoardings are available for 12 month contacts on this prime site. Production costs are £675 for a one piece, weather and fade proof vinyl to cover the board.

There is also an opportunity to acknowledge your Chamber membership by including the Chamber logo in the advert.

Peel Advertising is also offering 1/3 off full page advertisements in the summer edition of the Liverpool John Lennon timetable for just £735.  Detailing flights and vital airport information, 40,000 copies of the full colour timetable are printed and distributed during its six month lifespan.

If you would like to take advantage of these offers or find out more call Diane Rhodes - Director of Sales and Marketing, Peel Advertising Limited on 0161 749 160, Mob - 07815 320 869 or email drhodes@peeladvertising.co.uk

Quality tutor-led instruction at Liverpool John Moores University, ideal for Computing and IT professionals wishing to update their knowledge and skills.

The CPD programme was designed to enable individuals, in a short time-block, to update their professional skills or to acquire new computing skills. It also provides an opportunity for individuals who, through their various professional commitments are unable to gain personal and professional development during normal daytime business hours.

Starting February 2008 we will be offering courses in Microsoft.Net, Java and Windows Database technologies. The courses are delivered by senior practitioners employed in the computing industry engaged in a variety of computing domains.

Registration event: Wed 30th January 2008, 5pm - 7pm,
Room 705 James Parsons Building
Byrom Street
Liverpool L3 3AF

Courses begin: Week commencing 4th February 2008 (10 weeks)
Location: Byrom St Campus
Fee: £230.40* per 12 credit module (* fee for UK/EU residents only)

Each course runs one evening per week 6pm-9pm, the following courses are available:

• Programming in Visual Basic.NET (Monday)
• Introductory Programming in C#.NET (Tuesday)
• Web/E-Commerce in ASP/ADO.NET (Wednesday)
• Database Development using SQL Server (Thursday)

Registered students on CPD courses have home access to all MSDN Academic Alliance software packages which means FREE access to software such as Visual Studio, Windows Server 2003, SQL Server and many more development tools!

To register please bring with you proof of identity (passport, driving licence, birth certificate), a passport size photograph and payment for the module. Please note places are allocated on a first come first served basis.

Further details about all of our Professional Development courses can be found at: http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/courses/cpd/index.htm

General enquiries:

Lucy Wilson/Debbie Parker
Admissions and Information Officer
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University
James Parsons Building
Byrom St, Liverpool L3 3AF
Tel: 0151 231 2267
Fax: 0151 207 4594
Email: cms-admissions@ljmu.ac.uk

We also offer a portfolio of training courses tailored to suit the needs of individuals and/or organisations that require flexible on demand delivery. Training courses are delivered in short blocks between one and five days.

For more information regarding these courses visit:
http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/enterprise/training.html or email cms-enterprise@livjmu.ac.uk
(Please note that these courses are not subject to the registration event advertised above)

So the holidays are definitely over - we’ve all had our first full week back in work. Deep joy!

So, here’s a little game to pass the time on your designated break and brighten your Friday.

I’m not sure what it’s really called, as the site’s not in English, but let’s call it Kebab Tetris for now.

Your first test is to get the game going, as the instructions are in a foreign tongue. I’m not going to tell you how to do that, but it’s an easy challenge.

Once you’re in, you have to skewer the little characters using your kebab stick (contrlolled by clicking and holding your mouse). Once you have three or more of the same next to each other on the stick, they disappear. You have to keep going for as long as you can without overloading your stick.

Sounds rubbish, but is fiendishly addictive.

Play Kebab Tetris here.

Cardinal Heenan pupils are looking for business leaders to help them get the careers of their dreams.

As a specialist sports college Cardinal Heenan High School has been instrumental in extending sports provision for pupils in the local area. This has resulted in the development of leadership courses and, more recently, the Shape programme, which help the pupils develop self confidence, the ability to run groups and also lead sports programmes.

Cardinal Heenan has already formed strong links with Everton F.C. and would like the opportunity to develop their business links even further.

The pupils have set the agenda for an industry day which will be held at the school. They have detailed the career paths which they would like to explore and their dream is that this event will inspire and motivate the pupils towards the future, extending horizons and multiplying the possibilities for development.

To help them prepare for this event, they are asking you great leaders of business and industry to come to a business breakfast on Monday 4th February at the Speke Marriott Liverpool. At the meeting they will be outlining the aims and objectives for the Industry Day and asking local businesses to help pupils realise their true potential.

If you feel that you can help the pupils at Cardinal Heenan on their industry day, just call Brendan Kelly-Ince  at Cardinal Heenan High School on 0151 228 3472 to book your place at the Business Breakfast.