The JD Approach Newsletter
June 2009
Dear [FIRSTNAME],
The JD Approach newsletter now has over 1170 subscribers. If you know someone who might like to receive this newsletter please forward it on and ask them to subscribe at our website; www.jdapproach.co.uk
The JD Approach Team
Website of The Month
SK Marr
for Mortgages, Finance and Investments.
We've been working with SK Marr to review our critical illness and key man (woman) insurance as well as providing our staff with some free mortgage, pension and life assurance advice.
We recommend that you do the same, a review costs nothing and they are very likely to save you money and improve your current arrangements.
Useful Tip
Microsoft Excel
How to Enter a Carriage Return in a Cell
To go to the next line within the same cell.
Press ALT+ENTER.
Dates for Your Diary
Business Link
Womens Networking Event
With guest speaker,
Sharon Marshall.
Carlton Park Hotel, Rotherham
Thursday 2nd July, 10am to 1pm
Click here to book
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Forward Ladies IT Surgery
A great networking opportunity with FREE IT advice and information from JD Approach.
5 Star Computer Training, Sheffield
Monday 6th July
9.30am to 11.30am
Click here to book
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Thinking in 3D
with Andy Hanselman
A Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber Women in Business lunch wth a difference - ladies are invited to 'Bring a Bloke'.
Tankersley Manor Hotel
16th September, 11.15am
£20 for members, £27.50 for non-members.
Clck here to book
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Our Race for Life
3 Women, 3 Dogs, 3 Miles
Thank you to everyone who sponsored our participation in the Race for Life. Along with our friend Joanne we raised almost £600 for Cancer Research and had fun in the process. We decided to include Joanne's three four-legged friends in our effort and all took one of her beautiful dogs along with us. T
They definitely helped in our determination to succeed and attracted lots of their own attention along the way. We also want to thank Natalie for her excellent sewing skills and providing the dogs with their own little pink outfits. Here they are having a well deserved drink of water courtesy of Don Valley Stadium at the end of the race.
Its not too late to add your donation to our total. If you would like to contribute our donations website will be active for at least another couple of weeks: http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/jdapproach
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Digital Britain - Keeping the UK Ahead of the Game
Earlier this month a Government report was published named 'Digital Britain'. You may have read about it in the general press or business publications. The aim of this report is to offer a strategic view of the sector, backed by a programme of action.
The goverment has identified a number of ways in which it can help Britain's digital economies and these include the following key areas of action:
● to complement and assist the private sector in delivering the effective modern
communications infrastructure we need, built on new digital technologies;
● to enable Britain to be a global centre for the creative industries in the digital age, delivering an ever wider range of quality content, including public service content, within a clear and fair legal framework;
● to ensure that people have the capabilities and skills to flourish in the digital
economy, and that all can participate in digital society; and
● for government to continue to modernise and improve its service to the taxpayer
through digital procurement and the digital delivery of public services.
The actions in this Digital Britain Report represent an ambitious and far reaching
programme of work in which Government, Ofcom and all parts of
the industry must play their part. Some of these actions can be carried out
immediately, some will require a longer implementation period, and some are
longer term targets which will only come to fruition over several years.
As we hear more about the actions involved we will keep you posted through our newsletter and the RSS news feed on our website. You can also keep up to date by following the Digital Britain twitter feed.
Click here to view the full report.
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