Guest Writer - Peter

'Early Birds' caught our worms!

Over the last few weeks, we’ve had hundreds of ‘Early Birds’ approaching our ‘Island and securing their places at the biggest and best conference events of the year…the Annual Review of Employment Law 2011 both North and South.

Our NI conference manager, Kerry, has secured a prize of 2 nights bed, breakfast and dinner for anyone booking an Annual Review place at the La Mon Hotel & Country Club on 8^th November. Go on, you know you’d love to win that one…

Meanwhile, back on the ranch (or the ‘Island), we’ve a packed schedule as usual.

Our CEO, Barry Phillips, is chairing the Data Protection conference on Wednesday in Dublin, and on Thursday he's speaking at the Business in the Community "Innovate to Engage" conference at W5 in Belfast. Apparently it's sold out so he had better be good! He’s off to London on Friday afternoon. Business or pleasure? – knowing him, it’s probably packed full of both!

Scott and Jayne are heading off to Birmingham on Tuesday for our GB Annual Review of Employment Law conference on Wednesday, then travelling to Manchester for the same thing all over again on Thursday. Scott is in the Chair on both occasions.

Allison will be attending the NI Chamber of Commerce Annual Networking Conference at The Ramada Shaw’s Bridge on Tuesday. She’s hoping to take advantage of the great speed networking opportunities on offer.

Kerry is attending the Ramada’s 10th Anniversary dinner on Monday evening. She if off to a Irish News event in Belfast on Tuesday evening where Tony Buzan will take us through his unique Mind Map technique and the latest research on the brain, memory techniques and learning tools. On Wednesday she is hosting the fully booked Mock Industrial Tribunal Workshop at the Hilton Templepatrick and the Agency Workers event at Antrim Civic Centre on Thursday.

Heather and Ainsley will be hosting the Data Protection event, chaired by Barry, on Wednesday. On Friday, Ainsley is meeting Michael O’Neill from the Centre for Competitiveness.

Donna will be speaking in the ‘employees’ section of the “Engage to Innovate” event on Thursday with Barry as the parallel speaker. We’re also exhibiting at this event, with Allison and Vanessa manning the stand and wooing the delegates with free sweeties!

First Complete are booked into our Training Centre from Tuesday – Friday this week, they’ll be well looked after by our Housekeeper, Sharon.