We have put together a formidable team of talent with a wealth of knowledge and experience at their fingertips to mentor three local fledgling businesses to success over 12 weeks.

They are, Elizabeth Gooch of eg solutions, Chris Lewis of the Lewis Partnership, Mike Heenan of Dean Staham Kemp, management consultant Brian Henderson and Francesco Dellicompagni, founder of the Francesco group.

Our winners will also receive a free comprehensive advertising campaign in the Newsletter to help promote their business.

We shall then pick the best performing business to go through to a national competition under the beady eye of Dragon’s Den business guru Deborah Meaden.

Elizabeth Gooch established the back office optimisation software company, eg solutions plc in 1988. Having successfully implemented her business on AIM, Elizabeth is recognised as a leading female entrepreneur in Management Today’s top 100 entrepreneurs.

To enter apply online, saying why you would benefit from the expertise of our panel. Eligible businesses must have been trading for more than one year but less than three.

The scheme, which is organised by the Newspaper society, is backed by the Prime Minister David Cameron and has Deborah Meaden, multi – millionaire business women and star of BBC’s Dragon’s Den as its national ambassador.

We hope to be able to launch an inspirational local business on to the national stage, so don’t miss out on this unrivalled opportunity and log your entry now. We have extended our deadline for entries until Monday 12^th December 2011. A shortlist will be drawn up and entrants may be required to give a short presentation to the panel. Winners will be notified early in the New Year.

The programme has had the backing of Prime Minister David Cameron who believes it may have a major role to play in cultivating economic growth. “The Local Business Accelerators’ campaign will help provide the boost that our smaller British Businesses need right now. Those will benefit from the initiative are the very businesses and entrepreneurs that will help lead Britain’s recovery.”

The eg operational excellence^® awards, now in their 9th year, offer an international benchmark of excellence within the industry.  They showcase Companies and Teams who are transforming the experience of customers and employees and demonstrate how real-time work management, forecasting & strategic planning and operational excellence can make a difference.  Over 130 guests from across the financial services sector were in attendance and generously donated to the appeal.

The Legion has introduced new services and extended the reach of existing ones. They spend over £1.2 million a week on welfare work and as a result, can help around 100,000 people each year so every penny counts.  So far £852.00 has been donated by eg and their client base which goes towards The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal record breaking fundraising goal of £40 million.

Pictured below are Phil Lee, Non-executive Director and Elizabeth Gooch, CEO at eg solutions with the fundraising cheque.

It’s not too late to donate online – http://www.poppy.org.uk/support-us/give-money

eg is committed to managing its business in a socially responsible manner and as part of the Company CSR policy supports selected charitable causes.

The awards, now in their 9th year, offer an international benchmark of excellence within the industry.  They showcase Companies and Teams who are transforming the experience of customers and employees and demonstrate how real-time work management, forecasting & strategic planning and operational excellence can make a difference.

eg’s CEO, Elizabeth Gooch, said “our awards recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals towards best practice use of the eg principles of operational management^® and the eg software suite.  Set against a backdrop of economic gloom our award entrants have once again shown what can be achieved, year after year”.

The awards evening was attended by guests from many of eg’s clients including: The Co-operative Banking Group, Capita, Legal & General, Geoban (Subsidiary of Santander), The West Brom, Citi, Nationwide Building Society, DNB Livsforsikring from Norway and Silica from South Africa.

When announcing this year’s winners, Tim Becker – the evening’s compere and Client Engagement Manager at eg – said: “The eg operational excellence^® awards celebrate real achievements and reward the hard work and success of Team Leaders, Managers and their teams.  The standard of the nominations this year was extremely high and all the winners should feel extremely proud of their achievements and their progress in the journey to operational excellence.”

The 2011 Winners

Best Newcomer Team Manager (UK) – Kat Nolan, Legal & General Retail Savings

Best Newcomer Team Manager (International) – Nomsa Mthimunye, Metropolitan Health

Best Business Support – Paul Bunce, Nationwide Building Society

Most Improved Team Manager – Jackie Pearson, Capita Life & Pensions

Best Practice Team Manager (UK) – George Hutchinson, Legal & General Retail Savings

Best Practice Team Manager (International) – Seviours Nkomo, Silica

Best Practice Manager (UK) – Adrian Downey, Legal & General Retail Savings

Best Practice Manager (International) – Tracey Basson, Silica

Company & Team Awards

• Best use of Software to achieve Strategic Objectives – Banking Operations Team, Nationwide Building Society

• Operational Excellence Best Practice – Retail Savings Operations Project, Legal & General Retail Savings

• Forecasting & Strategic Planning – DKS/Oppgjør/Konsern/Uføre, DNB Livsforsikring

Photographs from the evening are available on the website.

See the video from the evening

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The Awards, now in their 9th year, recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals and teams across our international client base in optimising back office performance through using the eg operational intelligence^® software suite and/or the eg principles of operational management^®.

This year’s shortlists includes: The Co-operative Banking Group, Legal & General, Capita Life & Pensions,Vital, The West Brom, Silica, Citi and Nationwide Building Society.

Elizabeth Gooch, Chief Executive Office at eg, said: “The eg operational excellence^® awards reward the hard work and success of Team Leaders, Managers and their teams across our international client base.  The standard of the nominations are once again extremely high and all those shortlisted should feel extremely proud to be recognised for their excellent demonstration of operations management best practice.  Good luck to all of the finalists”.

This year’s award ceremony will take place on Friday 11 November at the Marriott Forest of Arden, West Midlands. Guests will enjoy a gala dinner followed by the Awards ceremony and entertainment.

The ‘roll of honour – 2011 winners list’ will be available from Monday 13 November. For further information please contact Rachel Oliver at eg on +44 (0) 1785 715772.

The 2011 shortlist

Best Newcomer
Kat Nolan, Legal & General Retail Savings
Vanessa Probert, Silica
Margaret Williams, The West Brom
Garry Matcham, The Co-operative Banking Group
Nomsa Mthimunye, Metropolitan Health
Michelle Weir, Nationwide Building Society

Best Practice Team Leader (UK & International)
Natalie  Bailey, Legal & General Protection
Seviours Nkomo, Silica
Faith Mair, Legal & General Retail Savings
George Hutchinson, Legal & General Retail Savings
Richard Sharpe, Nationwide Building Society
Mariell Lyngbø, Vital Livsforsikring
Nichola Wise, Legal & General Workplace Savings
Kelly Fletcher, The West Brom
Vicky Burgess, Capita Life & Pensions
Joanne McKinney, The Co-operative Group
Maria Mthembu, Metropolitan Health

Most Improved
Laura Deely, Legal & General Retail Savings
Lee Tallis, Citi UK Consumer Operations
Jackie Pearson, Capita Life & Pensions
Roger Jones, The Co-operative Banking Group
Nosipho  Paca, Metropolitan Health
Carol Mowatt, Nationwide Building Society
Elaine Parkinson, The Co-operative Group

Business Support Technical/Operations
Business Performance Reporting – Business Performance Team, Legal & General Retail Savings
Frans van der Linde, Silica
Mark Jones, The West Brom
Learning and Development – Business Performance Team, Legal & General Retail Savings
Laura Callbutt, The Co-operative Group
Paul Bunce, Nationwide Building Society
Kirsty Manuel, Legal & General Savings Complaints
Guy Harrison, Citi UK Consumer Operations
Joel Voges, Metropolitan Health

Best Practice Manager
Adrian Downey, Legal & General Retail Savings
Louise Granger, Legal & General Retail Savings
Tracey Basson, Silica
Mark Savage, Capita Life & Pensions
Sandra Mynhardt, Metropolitan Health
Philippa Gayle, The Co-operative Group

Company & Team Awards
Legal & General Retail Savings
Silica
The West Brom
Geoban UK
Capita Life & Pensions
Metropolitan Health
Nationwide Building Society
DNB Livsforsikring

Read more about last year’s eg operational excellence^® awards winners.

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The problems of the back office are evident across virtually every sector including manufacturing, utilities, telecoms, financial services, healthcare and public sector.  Greater customer expectations has encouraged businesses to realise that the effectiveness of transactional processing is directly correlated to both the customer experience and front office demand.  It doesn’t matter how good the front office is, customer perception will be shaped by what comes after their initial transaction – all too often failures in the processes that follow.

Over the last few years several of eg’s clients have been shortlisted and also winners of these prestigious award.

We would like to wish our clients, Silica, Capita Life & Pensions and Metropolitan Health Group the very best of luck in the awards.

The finalist shortlist will be released in September and winners will be announced at the Financial World Innovation Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday 1 December 2011 in London.

The Awards, now in their 9^th year, recognise outstanding contributions by individuals and teams across our international client base in achieving back office optimisation through the use of the eg principles of operational management^® and/or the eg software suite.

The industry is changing so rapidly and this year the awards reflect the changes in the way organisations measure, manage and improve.  They awards offer an international benchmark of excellence within the industry.  They showcase companies and teams who are transforming the experience of customers and employees and demonstrate how real-time work management, forecasting & strategic planning and operational intelligence & analytics can make a real difference.  The nomination process is an excellent opportunity to congratulate staff, reward individual hard work and celebrate team effort.

Additional award categories have been added this year to reflect the back office optimization market and our customers requirement for complete purpose built solutions to optimise the back office.

The awards are open to all of eg’s clients worldwide.

Previous winners have included entrants from Legal & General, Vital Forsikring, Aviva Life Nationwide, Metropolitan Health and Capita Life & Pensions.

If you would like to find out more or speak to eg about the awards, email ask@eguk.co.uk or telephone +44 (0) 1785 715772.

Read more about last year’s eg operational excellence^® awards winners.

intelligent operations management

Over 140 guests attended this years eg operational excellence® awards 2010.  Finalists gathered to hear eg solutions plc (eg) – the back office optimisation software company – announce this years winners of the annual awards, now in their 8th year.

The awards are highly regarded and recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals and teams in achieving best practice use of the eg principles of operational management®.

Over £350 was raised on the evening for the Company charity Doornkop Needy Childrens Centre and plegdes made on the evening, still to collect, total £4,000. 

The evening was attended by eg’s clients and guests including: The Co-operative Group, Legal & General, Vital Forsikring, Liberty Life, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group and Aviva.

Elizabeth Gooch, Chief Executive Officer at eg, who presented some National winners with their awards, said “the standard of award entries this year was exceptional and all of our finalists should be proud of their achievements.  These awards demonstrate our client’s commitment to achieving continuous performance improvement and a number of companies have achieved year on year benefits from using our solutions.  But all eg does is provide the tools, it is the people using them who deliver the benefits for their companies. Our annual awards ceremony is an occasion to celebrate the fantastic achievements of all our users throughout the world.  We are extremely proud of them all.”

The 2010 National Winners:

Best Newcomer – Anne Din, West Bromwich Building Society

Best Business Support – Øyvind Halland, Vital Forsikring & Amy-Louise Sellar, Aviva Life

Most Improved – Warren Martin, Nationwide Regional Brands

Best Practice Manager – Philippa Gayle, The Co-operative

Company/Team Award – Capita Life & Pensions (Manchester Operations), Legal & General (Protection)

Best Practice Team Manager – Amanda Keeping, Legal & General

International Manager of the Year – Sandra Mynhardt, Metropolitan Health

Photographs from the eg operational excellence® awards 2010 will be posted here later this week.

For more information please contact racheloliver@eguk.co.uk

This year’s finalists contain individuals from Financial Services organisations in the UK, Nordics and South Africa, including The Co-operative Financial Services, Legal & General, Capita Life & Pensions, Nationwide Building Society, West Bromwich Building Society, Liberty Life, Aviva and Metropolitan Health.

Rachel Oliver, Marketing Manager at eg, said: “The eg operational excellence® awards celebrate client achievements and reward the hard work and success of Team Leaders, Managers and their teams.  The awards are in their 8^th year and continue to grow each year.  Everyone shortlisted should feel extremely proud to be recognised for their excellent achievements and demonstration of operations management best practice.”

This year’s award ceremony will take place on Friday 5 November at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel, Meriden. Over 140 guests will enjoy a gala dinner followed by the Awards ceremony and naming of the category winners and entertainment.

The 2010 Finalists

Best Newcomer
Suzy Esson, Capita Life & Pensions
Rose King, Legal & General Retail Savings
Maria Mthembu, Metropolitan Health
Christopher Egan, Nationwide Building Society
Karen Honeyman, Nationwide Regional Brands
Joanne McKinney, The Co-operative
Melissa Wilks, The Co-operative
Trine F.Misje, Vital Forsikring ASA
Anne Din, West Bromwich Building Society

Best Practice Team Leader
Rich Bayliss, Aviva JV
Amy Crampton, Aviva Life
John Barker, Capita Life & Pensions
Caroline Murby, Legal & General Protection
Amanda Keeping, Legal & General Protection
Faith Mair, Legal & General Retail Savings
George  Hutchinson, Legal & General Retail Savings
Cameron Davis-Jones, Lloyds Banking Group
Marianne Rawlings, Lloyds Banking Group
Aashna Albert, Metropolitan Health
Paul Maycock, Nationwide Regional Brands
Lisa Chaplin, The Co-operative
Kelly Fletcher, West Bromwich Building Society

Most Improved
Catherine Mills, Aviva JV
Emma Cole, Capita Life & Pensions
Ginette Stevens, Legal & General Retail Savings
Linah Mngoma, Liberty Life
Warren Martin, Nationwide Regional Brands
Janice Osbaldeston, Nationwide Regional Brands
Tracey Westwick, The Co-operative

Business Support
Amy-Louise Sellar, Aviva Life
Nathan Sheppard, Legal & General Protection
Paul Bunce, Nationwide Building Society
Paul Flint, Nationwide Building Society
Nicola Webb, Nationwide Regional Brands
Nicky Hill, Nationwide Regional Brands
Widar Eide, Vital Forsikring ASA
Øyvind Halland, Vital Forsikring ASA
Mark Jones, West Bromwich Building Society

Best Practice Manager
Adrian Downey, Legal & General Retail Savings
Peter Rawlings, Legal & General Protection
Amanda Hunter, Legal & General Protection
Margaret Harding, Liberty Life
Sarah McKay, Lloyds Banking Group
Neil Marston, Lloyds Banking Group
Sandra Mynhardt, Metropolitan Health
Philippa Gayle, The Co-operative

For more details on the awards contact Rachel Oliver, Marketing Manager at ask@eguk.co.uk

eg solutions plc (eg) the AIM listed back office optimisation software company was named winner of the International Trade & Export category.

Over the last 12 months eg has successfully demonstrated the value of its eg operational intelligence® software suite in new territories including South Africa and Norway.

More than 100 businesses, including some of the biggest and smallest in the West Midlands put themselves forward for the 11 categories so the judges really had their work cut out to whittle the selection down to the cream of the crop and select the overall winners.

Elizabeth Gooch, Chief Executive Officer of eg solutions plc said: “International trade has enabled eg to trade through and grow despite the difficulties in our core UK market. Once again it is really motivating that the benefits of our export efforts have been recognised by winning this award against some strong contenders.”

Left to right Phil Jones, Andrew Baker, Elizabeth Gooch (CEO), Tina Kelly, Chris Fryer

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]]> http://www.eguk.co.uk/news/eg-celebrate-success-with-award-win/feed/ 0 http://www.eguk.co.uk/news/eg-shortlisted-for-birmingham-post-business-awards/ http://www.eguk.co.uk/news/eg-shortlisted-for-birmingham-post-business-awards/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:34:25 +0000 rachel http://www.eguk.co.uk/?p=2528 The shortlist for the inaugural Birmingham Post Business Awards 2010 has, after much discussion and deliberation, been decided and eg solutions plc (eg) the AIM listed back office optimisation software company has been shortlisted in the International Trade & Export category.Over the last 12 months eg has successfully demonstrated the value of its eg operational intelligence® software suite in new territories including South Africa and Norway.

More than 100 businesses, including some of the biggest and smallest in the West Midlands have put themselves forward for the 11 categories so the judges really had their work cut out to whittle the selection down to the cream of the crop.

Staffordshire based eg also entered the ‘Company of The Year Award’ and the judges announced that as so many companies put forward excellent applications for this category they have decided to consider all of the short-listed companies for this prestigious award.

The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on Monday 20 September 2010 at The International Convention Centre.

Elizabeth Gooch, Chief Executive Officer of eg solutions plc said: “International trade has enabled eg to trade through and grow despite the difficulties in our core UK market.  Once again it is really motivating that the benefits of our export efforts have been recognised by being shortlisted.”

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For more information on eg please contact Rachel Oliver, Marketing Manager at eg, on +44 (0) 1785 715772, email racheloliover@eguk.co.uk or visit www.eguk.co.uk.

About eg solutions plc

eg solutions plc is a global back office optimisation software company. Our software provides historic, real-time and predictive Operational MI.  When implemented with our training programme for managers and team leaders to use this intelligence, we guarantee improvements in operational results in short timescales.