The Power Platform Honoured For Best Community Website In the 25th Annual Webby Awards
20 April 2021
We are thrilled to announce that The Power Platform has been Honoured For Best Community Website In the 25th Annual Webby Awards Earning the distinction of Webby Honoree, as recognised by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences is also a significant achievement—granted to only the top 20% of nearly 13,500 projects submitted […]
The UK’s new subsidy control (State aid) rules post-Brexit
1 March 2021
Now that the Brexit-transition period has ended, as of 1 January 2021 the EU State aid rules no longer apply to the UK. Stacey Gray, senior associate at Square One Law provides an update on the new UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the UK’s international obligations relating to subsidy control. https://youtu.be/sKUofufueQU
New Ways of Working – an Interview with Emily Cox MBE, Deputy Chair of the CBI NE
By Georgina Buckle | 1 February 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has all but eradicated the traditional definitions of working that dictated our lives. With many of us taking zoom calls in our slippers, pausing meetings to accept grocery deliveries, and trying to juggle working commitments with homeschooling, the way we work has adapted to fit around the rest of our lives. But […]
12-week mentoring Keynote Conversation with Debbie Francis OBE
By Georgina Buckle | 18 January 2021
After nearly a year of being isolated, locked down, and socially distanced, we as a society have missed out on countless networking opportunities, and the chance to build real human connections. Despite these pandemic restrictions, Northern Power Women have been working to digitally recreate these stages for empowerment and collaboration with their 12-week mentor programme. In December of 2020, […]
Northern Power Women Podcast S3 E5 – Northern Power Plummer
19 April 2021
It’s Stress Awareness month and we put out a poll asking how often you felt stressed. Simone explains the Stress Bucket visualisation technique which can help you think about your own wellbeing. Sam discusses Mary Ibiyemi’s article about how having a ‘hard sounding’ name results in fewer job interviews for Black, Asian and Minority ethnic young people. There was also […]
Northern Power Women Podcast S3 E4 – Sourdough starters and jigsaws
12 April 2021
Simone shares some recent research from Accuracast, which suggests that Britons could have saved nearly £20k after one year of working from home. Sam talks about work from home pods that have been rolled out in Japan and Singapore to help create some much-needed distance between work and home life. Life Lessons this week are […]