Talent Week At Festival Place

Festival Place will be hosting an interactive talent week from Monday 25 October 2010 to Friday 29 October 2010, designed to encourage young people in the community to look at a variety of career options that are available in the local and wider area.

The event is an initiative driven by the British Council of Shopping Centres and aims to raise the working aspirations of young people in the regions of their member shopping centres.

Running daily from 11h00 to 16h00 in Porchester Square, Festival Place has lined up a range of organisations that will be putting on a variety of demonstrations and displays including:

Monday 25 October: Style zone from Basingstoke College of Technology and cooking demonstrations from students

Tuesday 26 October: Local community youth group, Vinvolve, with break dancing demonstrations

Wednesday 27 October: The Basingstoke College of Technology automotive team will be demonstrating their green car project

Thursday 28 October: Advice from The Prince's Trust and Key Training plus an interactive DJ studio demonstration from Heart FM

Friday 29 October: Displays from the Basingstoke Academy of Dancing with the opportunity to find out what dancing means to those that take part

Steven Connolly, centre director for Festival Place, said: “As a local employer we recognise the importance of harnessing talent in the local community, so we are delighted to be hosting a talent week at Festival Place. This initiative allows us to link up with a variety of groups and businesses to provide something of relevance and interest to young people who are considering their career options.”

For more information about this event, please visit: www.festivalplace.co.uk

Network In Your Lunch Hour

If you would like to make new business contacts join the Regus Basingstoke networking group on Tuesday 19 October 2010 between 12h00 and 14h00 at Regus in the Pinewood area of the park.

The event is free to attend with refreshments and provides you with the perfect opportunity to meet other local business people.

For each company that attends Regus will give free blue businessworld cards allowing 10% off meeting room bookings with any Regus centre.

For more information, please contact the Regus Basingstoke team on 01256 698000 or email basingstoke.chineham@regus.com

Town Buses Benefit From New Chineham Park Fuel Point

MEPC Chineham Park, Basingstoke's leading business location, has invested in a fuel filling point where the town's Park and Ride buses and its own courtesy coaches can refuel.

Rupert Batho, managing director for MEPC Chineham Park, said: “Our new courtesy coaches run on used cooking oil (UCO) which is more environmentally friendly, but the nearest refueling depot meant that the coaches would have to travel approximately 30 miles every day. We decided the most sensible option was to create a fuel filling point at Chineham Park for our coaches and the local council’s Park and Ride buses, which also run on UCO.”

Borough cabinet member for the environment and climate change, Cllr Elaine Still, said: “The refueling service at Chineham Park is very convenient and also helps to enhance the service we offer to the local community. Having such a facility on our doorstep minimises the town transport fuel consumption and maximises Basingstoke’s offering.”