Work Experience Works.....

And here's the testimonial to prove it! India was with us for a fun-packed two weeks and this is what she thought about life in OWB....

My OWB experience

Work experience can often be thought of as being a coffee making, photocopying fortnight, which doesn’t sound appealing. So I tried to sort out a two week placement that would challenge me but at the same time, get a real working experience and have fun. I definitely found it.
Walking into the office at OWB I felt the atmosphere straight away, a friendly, buzzing team, ready for a challenge. After being introduced to them in turn, I realised they were all really lovely and ready to have fun whilst they worked.
On my first day, taking me out to a business meeting I realised that this team were set for the challenge ahead, each of them playing a vital part in the job.
Every member of the team had something different to bring to the table, which is why they are so successful.
Their creative minds and ‘head on’ attitude (as well as a fair few cups of tea along the way) served them well when pitching for a new project.
After the two weeks, I had memorised everyone’s orders for coffee and tea, which was hard as Andy always changed his mind.
The two weeks at which I worked at OWB put advertising as a strong contender for job prospects in the future as I had such a good time.
The team at OWB exceeded my expectations and I wasn’t looking forward to having to go back to school.

I would like to thank the whole team for making the experience worthwhile.

Thank you.

After the Pitch...

..there can't be anything better than regrouping, gathering thoughts asking the eternal questions of "did they like..", "will they go with...", "why did I forget to say.." by the side of a canal in a beer garden watching people try to park their canal boats! This couple of laughing boys took over 25 minutes to bring in their boat, at one point it was wedged across the entire canal. QUALITY!!!!

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Top five entrepreneurs act as ambassadors for West Midlands

Five of the West Midlands’ top
entrepreneurs have been named as business ‘ambassadors’ for the region.

The ambassadors programme, launched
by Business Link in the West Midlands, hopes they will showcase the value
of advice and specialist support, and encourage greater collaboration between
public and private sector organisation.

The five ambassadors are:
■ Nigel Eades, managing director of Tri-Ridium Limited, which focuses on the prevention of credit card fraud for retailers
■ Jagvinder Kang, co-founder and director of national law firm, Technology Law Alliance, which specialises in IT, e-commerce and outsourcing contracts
■ Deb Leary, who started Tamworth-based Forensic Pathways on the back of a hotel receipt in Canada and has seen
worldwide success
■ Nick McKay, whose fledgling MHL Support went on to attain Fast Track 100
status five years after being launched, before being sold in December 2006 for an
undisclosed eight-figure sum
■ Andrew Wilkinson, managing director of Oakley Wilkinson Bryan, independent
Birmingham based marketing and digital communications agency, founded in 2001

The ambassadors will be working to ensure Business Link offers new enterprises the right help they need. They will be charged with promoting the service at key events, during best practice visits and in creating specialist forums to boost local performance.

Kul Sanghera, head of supplier development at Business Link in the West Midlands, said: “Our first five ambassadors represent a number of disciplines, including law, accountancy, human resources, payment processing, product storage and fulfilling, marketing and even forensic science.

“All started a business from scratch and can empathise with the challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs. They have also been supported by Business Link so can talk about the benefits of external expertise.”
Over a year, he is hoping to identify more successful entrepreneurs as
ambassadors.

He added: “Business and professional services are the fastest growing industry in the region, with more than £222 billion generated in annual GVA.
“It is also the second largest (behind wholesale and retail) in terms of employment with 362,700 people working in 50,267 companies.”
“It’s not just about Birmingham; there are lots of excellent firms in Coventry, Shropshire, the Black County and rural areas. It is important we build on this and make sure we work with the industry to provide the support businesses need and, importantly, make sure their expertise can benefit the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.”

OWB First Blog Post

Welcome to the fine world of OWB, on the same historical day as the Large Hadron Collider is switched on to recreate the aftermath of the BIG BANG, here I am editing our first blog (H you never thought this would happen....!)

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