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David Spoors

David Spoors, Account Manager at Coffee Point shares a moment of his time to talk about life, fund-raising and industry lessons learned.

Continue reading 11 November 2007

Official: TT means business!

talent toolbox wins cipd ‘Talent management for business benefit’ award

We are proud to say that in September, learnpurple, in conjunction with Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, were presented with the 2007 CIPD and People Management “Talent Management for Business Benefit” Award. This officially makes us the best talent managers in the UK. We were particularly proud that we won over many other organisations, large and small, from a wide variety of industries. And it’s great to see hospitality leading the way.

Continue reading 11 November 2007

Funky Business

Continue reading 25 September 2007

Purple Wave Autumn 07

25 September 2007

Glen Campbell

1. Glenn Campbell, as Operations Director, can you give us a brief introduction to the Good Eating Company?

We're a small independent caterer based in Islington that chooses to work with like minded clients who genuinely require an inspiring, contemporary food and drink experience for their people. The name says it all though!

Continue reading 11 September 2007

The art of appreciation

Compliments are a weird and wonderful thing. We find it hard to accept them, we find it hard to give them, yet we thrive and feel great after both. It’s the easiest way to build relationships. It’s the quickest way to earn respect. It’s the best way to make someone feel appreciated. And yet, quite underestimated and, we think, under-done.

Continue reading 11 September 2007

From Worst to First

Continue reading 25 July 2007

Purple Wave Summer 07

25 July 2007

Francesca Mitchell

Francesca Mitchell, Sales Manager at Liberty, shares a minute of her time...

1. Francesca, can you give us a brief introduction to Liberty?

I think most people know our history and if they don’t it makes for great reading on our new web site (www.liberty.co.uk). Liberty is a great place to work (most of the time…!) Especially because of the people we employ, the products that we sell and the building itself. We offer so much more than other retail environments that people are so delighted when they first visit us, they can spend hours just wandering around taking it all in.

Continue reading 11 July 2007

Magnetic lessons from retail

learnpurple associate Stephen Yates takes a look at how you can really push the boundaries on front line service. Having joined from a retail background with Liberty, Habitat and Heals, we think it’s safe to say there is not much Stephen doesn’t know about this subject.

Continue reading 11 July 2007