PATRONS OF THE CHAMBER
CHAMBER HR FROM QDOS
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
As a provider of ChamberHR, an essential chamber member benefit, locally based Qdos Consulting is proud to support the Leicestershire Chamber in 2011 by becoming a Patron. Through the year Qdos will be supporting the Chamber with numerous events including sponsorship of the highly successful Chamber golf days.
The University of Leicester is a leading UK university with an international reputation for high quality teaching and research. Our expertise stretches across the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and Medicine. We work in partnership with business and industry on a range of projects including training and professional education and the commercialisation of research. For ideas on how we might work with you, visit our portal for business and industry at www.le.ac.uk
ChamberHR, provided by employment experts at Qdos Consulting, is a telephone based advisory service complemented by online guidance. It is designed to give employers practical human resource and employment law guidance with supporting documentation. Experienced, qualified consultants provide prompt and accurate guidance on all aspects of human resource issues to help members comply with the law. The advice line provides guidance on handling staff issues. In addition the website provides downloads to edit or populate documents in order to create compliant policies and ease the process of dealing with staff disputes.
QDOS EMPLOYER DEFENCE (QED) Whilst ChamberHR provides the information and guidance required for you to manage your HR requirements, many employers choose to outsource this management in order to apply their time to their core business. QED provides an outsource management programme that is tailored to your business needs: n Employment contracts, policies and handbooks are designed and delivered
SAMWORTH BROTHERS From nurturing the precious heritage and tradition of Dickinson & Morris to investing millions in the expansion and development of its state-of-the-art bakeries, Samworth Brothers seeks quality in everything it does. The desire to go the extra mile has helped to establish Samworth Brothers as one of the UK’s leading chilled food producers.
n Dedicated named advisors are on hand to assist you when you call n Consultants will visit your premises for prescribed consultancy and training n The excess is removed from the legal expenses insurance policy removing any additional cost in the event of employment disputes. Either to assist your current HR management or to become a dedicated outsource HR support, Qdos Employer Defence is the sound choice for businesses that like to concentrate on their core operation and leave necessities of running a business to dedicated experts. Qdos Consulting in conjunction with The Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce - your trusted advisor!
WILKINSON STORES Wilkinson Stores began trading in 1930 when JK Wilkinson opened his first general store in Leicester. By offering quality, value for money and friendly service, JK’s venture became a resounding success. After sticking to these core values for over three generations, Wilkinsons now operates more than 345 stores across England, Wales and Scotland serving 4 million customers per week via major distribution centres in Nottinghamshire and South Wales. The company has a strong programme for growth with a full roll out of the new brand while opening 17 new stores last year and a similar number planned for this year. Annual sales now exceed £1.5 billion.
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