Give your catering facilities a break this summer: get set now for the new intake

Space Furniture for Schools technology in educationIt’s already July and the end of term is just around the corner. There’s a great period coming up over the summer break to fast-track a refit of your catering facilities so they’re ready to attract a new intake, and smart schools and colleges all over the country are doing just that.

There’s still time to plan a refurbishment of your production kitchen or food tech room, buy furniture for your dining room and replace old catering equipment with new, but it’s worth getting organised sooner rather than later and working with a specialist in the field like Space, to help you through the process.

Space has extensive experience in creating stylish yet practical dining areas as well as the production kitchens that serve them, and can design and install state-of-the-art food tech facilities too.

Space can help you bring your dining facilities right up to date by specifying high quality, durable furniture in a vast choice of bright, eye-catching styles with colour options to match any interior scheme.  They can also suggest clever furnishing solutions like poseur tables and eating shelves that children love to use and that are sparing on valuable floor space.

Practicality and flexibility is built in from the outset; Space will work with you to plan your dining facilities and maximise the space you have available, suggesting clever furnishing solutions to transform multi-purpose rooms into dining rooms in minutes.  Space also provides great service and the benefits of strong buying-power.

Getting a new look back of house is also easy with Space’s dedicated team of kitchen design and installation experts, who can help you make one-off purchases of catering equipment as well as complete kitchen refurbishments.  Space has particular expertise in identifying energy saving equipment, to help protect your school or college against rising energy prices.

Contact Space Catering on 01452 383000 or http://www.spacecatering.co.uk/

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Boxford Wins The Queen’s Award For Enterprise

Boxford, known for generations of Design and Technology teachers  for its educational machines, has  been awarded the UK’s highest accolade for business success – the Queen’s award for Enterprise.

This makes Boxford one of  an elite group of companies to win a Queen’s Award  and puts it among the most successful of UK businesses.

The award particularly recognises Boxford’s achievements in international trade. Exports of its educational CADCAM machinery and software  have increased by over 600 per cent during the last three years with almost 40 per cent of exports going to new markets.

Paul Barraclough, Boxford’s  managing director, told Technology and Science in Education: ”The award reflects  the efforts  of the entire Boxford team from the sales force  to the production work force, from  the administration staff to the customer service department. Our recent and significant investments  in the state-of-the art manufacturing equipment has also played a major role in the company being able to undertake short-delivery opportunities.”

The Queen’s Award  for Enterprise  crowns an eventful six month period  for Boxford  having recently been designated “Manufacturer of the Year” in a regional competition and given the “Made in Britain” accolade by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

These events have coincided with the company’s relocation  from its former cotton mill factory in Halifax,that  it occupied for 70 years, to its brand new, custom-built factory on its own site in Elland, already receiving praise from many quarters .

Boxford, known for generations of Design and Technology teachers  for its educational machines, has  been awarded the UK’s highest accolade for business success – the Queen’s award for Enterprise.

This makes Boxford one of  an elite group of companies to win a Queen’s Award  and puts it among the most successful of UK businesses.

The award particularly recognises Boxford’s achievements in international trade. Exports of its educational CADCAM machinery and software  have increased by over 600 per cent during the last three years with almost 40 per cent of exports going to new markets.

Paul Barraclough, Boxford’s  managing director, told Technology and Science in Education: ”The award reflects  the efforts  of the entire Boxford team from  the sales force  to the production work force, from  the administration staff to the customer service department. Our recent and significant investments  in the state-of-the art manufacturing equipment has also played a major role in the company being able to undertake short-delivery opportunities.”

The Queen’s Award  for Enterprise  crowns an eventful six month period  for Boxford  having recently been designated “Manufacturer of the Year” in a regional competition and given the “Made in Britain” accolade by the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills.

These events have coincided with the company’s relocation  from its former cotton mill factory in Halifax,that  it occupied for 70 years, to its brand new, custom-built factory on its own site in Elland, aleady receiving praise from many quarters . 

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Technology Supplies Moves Into A New Multi-pound Headquarters

Technology Supplies have moved in a brand- new, purpose-built headquarters in this 25th anniversary of their  founding.

The move has taken place to cope with current growth and future expansion of the business which is solely devoted to design and technology equipment and consumables as well as carrying out complete turnkey workshops.

The organisation has recently published its latest A4 354 page catalogue and two separate supplements for one for Food Technology and the other for Textiles.

Technology Supplies’ new address is:

Phoenix House
Stafford Drive
Battlefield
Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
SY1 3FE
Tel: 0845 567 0000
Fax: 0845 567 0002
Email: sales@technologysupplies.co.uk
Website: www.techologysupplies.co.uk

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New programming aid – ‘kids think it’s cool’

runrev-logoRunRev recently unveiled a new resource to help teach students to love programming.

The RunRev education microsite provides invaluable material and practical advice on how to use the LiveCode software development to build tailored teaching aids or an entire course.

Kevin Miller, CEO of RunRev says:” The education microsite is first and foremost a FREE resource that we hope will encourage and empower education professionals to embrace software development in their work and utilise its potential to create and develop teaching aids and course material that engages and stimulates students of computer studies.”

Teachers report that LiveCode with the English like structure of its programming enables students spend more time writing apps rather than learning the complexities of the code language. Perhaps this why students think it’s cool.

For more information contact RunRev on 0845 219 8923, email Kevin@runrev.com or visit website www.runrev.com

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New electronics starter kit to teach pupils to understand the concepts of electricity

E&L Logo-E & L Products Limited has launched a starter kit of simple circuits to give children a more comprehensive of electronic circuits for a special offer price of £64.99.

The kit comprises twelve electrical component modules of eight different types.

Alan Hayes of E & L comments:” There is no need for special tools or hot soldering irons and the kits are suitable for children with adult supervision. They can be built and re-used over and over again and come with excellent manuals to explain how to put the circuits together and how they work.”

To order the kits contact E & L of Aerial Road, Llay, Wrexham LL12 0TU. Tel: 01978 853920 Email: info@ eandlproducts.com, Web: www.eandlproducts.com.

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Record breaking 50,000 attend big bang

Big Bang UK Scientist and Engineers Fair at the NECOver 50,000 pupils and their families attended the Big Bang UK Scientist and Engineers Fair at the NEC during three days in March.

Over 120 organisations put on displays designed to thrill and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

The attendance figure for this annual event, now in its third year, was a record. In 2013 the Big Bang is due to be staged at Excel in London.

http://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk

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XYZ STAGE ENGINEERING OPEN DAYS FOR EDUCATION

xyzmachinetoolsAs part of its commitment to education and training, XYZ is staging open days for technicians, lecturers, and teachers and students.

For more details contact 01823 674200 or visit www.xyzmachinetools.com

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Stone Unveils First Pc Rental Scheme

ICT Services provider to UK education, Stone, has developed the first long-term PC rental scheme to enable schools to invest in new ICT hardware via their revenue rather than capital budgets.

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Boxford Move To Brand New Purpose-Built Factory

Boxford has moved into a brand new, high tech, purpose-built factory. Managing director Paul Barraclough said:” We needed a high tech building befitting the high tech products that we make and sell to educational establishments both in the UK and worldwide.”

The company’s new address is 100, Dewsbury Road, Elland, Halifax, West Yorkshire. Tel: 01422 324810 Fax: 01422 372503.Email:sales@boxford.co.uk Website: www.boxford.co,uk.

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IT To Remain Compulsory Subject But Programme Of Study Not To Be Mandatory

IT will remain a compulsory subject at all key stages and will continue to be taught at every stage of the curriculum.

This was stated by education secretary Michael Gove when he opened the BETT Show in January. However, he added that the Department of Education was opening a consultation on withdrawing the existing National Curriculum Programme of Study for ICT from this September.

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