Bid Writing, Volunteering & Fundraising Workshops plus Trusts Database
NFP WORKSHOPS Workshops are held online via Zoom 10.00 to 12.30 Each workshop costs £95.00 BOOKINGS Our website contains booking links for all workshops. Google nfp workshops to visit our website and book your place. BID WRITING Thursday 10 February 2022 - Thursday 24 February 2022 - Monday 7 March 2022 Monday 21 March 2022 - Monday 4 April 2022 - Monday 25 April 2022 Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? TRUST FUNDRAISING Tuesday 22 February 2022 - Tuesday 22 March 2022 - Tuesday 26 April 2022 Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? GRANT MAKING TRUSTS Our online database has details of more than 34,000 trusts, foundations and charities that make grants to organisations. The site allows users to quickly find a wide range of new potential funders including regional, lower profile and newer trusts plus charities that make grants to organisations as well as running activities themselves. A 1 year subscription to the database costs £95.00 per user. Google nfp workshops to visit our website, find more details and subscribe. RECRUITING AND MANAGING VOLUNTEERS Friday 25 February 2022 - Tuesday 8 March 2022 - Tuesday 5 April 2022 Where do you find volunteers? How do you find the right volunteers? How do you attract volunteers? How do you run volunteer recruitment events? How do you interview volunteers? How do you train volunteers? How do you motivate volunteers? How do you involve volunteers? How do you recognise volunteers? How do you recognise problems with volunteers? How do you learn from volunteer problems? How do you retain volunteers? How do you manage volunteers? What about volunteers and your own staff? What about younger, older and employee volunteers? MAJOR DONOR FUNDRAISING Wednesday 9 February 2022 - Wednesday 6 April 2022 Major Donor Characteristics, Motivations and Requirements. Researching and Screening Major Donors. Encouraging, Involving and Retaining Major Donors. Building Relationships with Major Donors. Major Donor Events and Activities. Setting Up Major Donor Clubs. Asking For Major Gifts. Looking After and Reporting Back to Major Donors. Delivering on Major Donor Expectations. Showing Your Appreciation to Major Donors. Fundraising Budgets and Committees. CORPORATE FUNDRAISING Wednesday 23 February 2022 - Wednesday 27 April 2022 Who are these companies? Why do they get involved? What do they like? What can you get from them? What can you offer them? What are the differences between donations, sponsorship, advertising and cause related marketing? Are companies just like trusts? How do you find these companies? How do you research them? How do you contact them? How do you pitch to them? How do you negotiate with them? When should you say no? How do you draft contracts? How do you manage the relationships? What could go wrong? What are the tax issues? What are the other considerations? CHARITY FINANCE Wednesday 9 March 2022 An introduction to the basic principles of finance in charities and voluntary organisations. Charitable Funds - Financial Management - Income Sources - Bookkeeping - Control Systems - Auditing - Formal Accounts - Management Accounting - Budgeting - Trading Income - Taxation This workshop is for staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities and voluntary organisations who are not professionals in finance but wish to understand more about the subject. People who provide advice to these organisations are also welcome. LEGACY FUNDRAISING Wednesday 23 March 2022 Why do people make legacy gifts? What are the ethical issues? What are the regulations? What are the tax issues? What are the statistics? What are the trends? How can we integrate legacy fundraising into our other fundraising? What are the sources for research
Workshops on Bid Writing and 17 Other Topics
FORTHCOMING TRAINING COURSES ONLINE VIA ZOOM - 10.00 to 12.30 - COST £95.00 For more details and booking links please google nfp workshops Bid Writing: The Basics Mon 22 Feb 2021 - Mon 08 Mar 2021 - Mon 22 Mar 2021 - Mon 12 Apr 2021 - Mon 26 Apr 2021 Bid Writing: Advanced Tue 23 Feb 2021 - Tue 09 Mar 2021 - Tue 23 Mar 2021 - Tue 13 Apr 2021 - Tue 27 Apr 2021 Recruiting and Managing Volunteers Wed 10 Mar 2021 - Thu 13 May 2021 Major Donor Fundraising Wed 14 Apr 2021 - Thu 10 Jun 2021 Corporate Fundraising - Mon 01 Mar 2021 Capital Campaigns - Tue 02 Mar 2021 Legacy Fundraising - Wed 03 Mar 2021 Running Fundraising Events - Thu 04 Mar 2021 Recruiting & Working With Trustees - Fri 05 Mar 2021 Being A Better Trustee - Fri 12 Mar 2021 Community Fundraising - Mon 15 Mar 2021 Writing For Work & The Web - Tue 16 Mar 2021 Time Management, Delegation & Meetings - Wed 17 Mar 2021 Delivering Presentations - Thu 18 Mar 2021 Leadership - Fri 19 Mar 2021 GDPR & Data Protection - Thu 25 Mar 2021 Public Relations & Publicity - Fri 26 Mar 2021 Coaching & Mentoring - Mon 29 Mar 2021 Training For Trainers - Tue 30 Mar 2021 To unsubscribe please reply back replacing the subject line with debian-kernel@lists.debian.org NFP WORKSHOPS 18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QG 01133 280988
Distance Learning Package: Bid Writing
NFP WORKSHOPS 18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QG Bid Writing Training for Charities, Schools and Public Sector Organisations. UNSUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe please reply back replacing the subject line with: REMOVE debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Unsubscribes will take effect within seven days. BID WRITING: DISTANCE LEARNING PACKAGE Learn at your home or office. No need to travel anywhere. The package includes all the topics from our popular Bid Writing: The Basics and Bid Writing: Advanced live workshops plus sample funding bids. Once you have covered all the materials you can submit up to five questions by email. TOPICS COVERED Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? TRAINEES Staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities, schools or public sector organisations who intend to submit grant funding applications to charitable grant making trusts and foundations. People who provide advice to these organisations may also order. ORDER YOUR PACKAGE NOW The cost of the Bid Writing: Distance Learning Package is £190 per trainee. To order please reply back replacing the subject line with: ORDER Please tell us: 1) The name of the trainee. 2) The email address to send the materials to. 3) The name of your organisation. 4) The postal address of your organisation. 5) A purchase order number if required. We will send you an invoice within 24 hours containing BACS electronic payment details. Once we receive payment the materials will be emailed to the specifed email address within 24 hours. Please check your spam folder to ensure you receive everything. TERMS Training materials are for use only by the trainee named on the invoice. Training materials may not be copied, circulated or published. QUESTIONS If you have a question please reply back replacing the subject line with: QUESTION
Bid Writing Workshops
NFP WORKSHOPS 18 Blake Street, York YO1 8QG Bid Writing Workshops for Charities, Schools and Public Sector Organisations. UNSUBSCRIBES To unsubscribe please reply back replacing the subject line with debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Unsubscribes will take effect within seven days. QUESTIONS To ask a question please reply back replacing the subject line with question You will usually receive a response within 24 hours. Due to our training and travel commitments we are unable to accept questions by phone. BOOKING DETAILS You can book any workshop online and pay using a debit card, credit card or paypal. Just google nfp workshops to go to our website. BID WRITING: THE BASICS Start 09.00 Finish 11.30 Cost £95 Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? BID WRITING: ADVANCED Start 12.00 Finish 14.30 Cost £95 Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? ATTENDEES Staff members, volunteers, trustees or board members of charities, schools or public sector organisations who intend to submit grant funding applications to charitable grant making trusts and foundations. People who provide advice to these organisations are also welcome. LOCATIONS, DATES & VENUES LONDON 23 Mar 2020 - 27 Apr 2020 - 08 Jun 2020 - 15 Jun 2020 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP SOUTHAMPTON 17 Mar 2020 - 09 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, Charlotte Place, Southampton SO14 0TB BRISTOL 18 Mar 2020 - 10 Jun 2020 The Waterfront Meeting Rooms, Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SB EDINBURGH 19 Mar 2020 - 11 Jun 2020 Courtyard, 1-3 Baxter's Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AF NEWCASTLE 20 Mar 2020 - 12 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD NOTTINGHAM 24 Mar 2020 - 16 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3BJ BIRMINGHAM 25 Mar 2020 - 17 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ MANCHESTER 26 Mar 2020 - 18 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE LEEDS 27 Mar 2020 - 19 Jun 2020 Jurys Inn, Brewery Wharf, Brewery Place, Leeds LS10 1NE
Bid Writing Workshops and New Training Courses
NFP WORKSHOPS Bid Writing Workshops and New Training Courses for Charities, Schools and Public Sector Organisations. UNSUBSCRIBES This email has been sent to debian-kernel@lists.debian.org To unsubscribe please reply back replacing the subject line with unsubscribe Unsubscribes will take effect within seven days. BOOKING DETAILS You can book any workshop online and pay using a debit card, credit card or paypal. Just google nfp workshops to go to our website. QUESTIONS To ask a question please reply back replacing the subject line with question BID WRITING: THE BASICS Start 09.00 Finish 11.30 Cost £95 Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? BID WRITING: ADVANCED Start 12.00 Finish 14.30 Cost £95 Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? LOCATIONS & DATES LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 16 Mar 2020 - 23 Mar 2020 SOUTHAMPTON Jurys Inn, Charlotte Place, Southampton SO14 0TB 17 Mar 2020 BRISTOL The Waterfront Meeting Rooms, Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SB 18 Mar 2020 EDINBURGH Courtyard, 1-3 Baxter's Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AF 19 Mar 2020 NEWCASTLE Jurys Inn, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD 20 Mar 2020 NOTTINGHAM Jurys Inn, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3BJ 24 Mar 2020 BIRMINGHAM Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ 25 Mar 2020 MANCHESTER Jurys Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE 23 Jan 2020 - 26 Mar 2020 LEEDS Jurys Inn, Brewery Wharf, Brewery Place, Leeds LS10 1NE 24 Jan 2020 - 27 Mar 2020 BID WRITING: INTERACTIVE Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£345 Here is how the day works. You bring 11 copies of your standard funding bid or a recent bid. Print them out triple spaced in Arial 16 point font. We will provide a big table, pens, a trainer and up to 9 other attendees. We will all review your bid. Word by word. Line by line. We will test out your jargon and your acronyms to see how well understood they really are. We will ask “What are you actually trying to say here?”. Once your bid is revised you will have the chance to review up to 9 other bids to learn from other people’s bids and how they go about things. By the end of the day you should have a better written, clearer, more effective bid than you arrived with. If it is perfect already then at least you will have had that confirmed by up to 10 other people. We will send you a questionnaire in advance about your trust and foundation fundraising statistics and strategy. We will all then review that strategy to see how you are doing now, what you should be aiming to achieve in the future and the practical steps to bring that about. Finally we will review your organisation as a whole. What aspects should you be telling more people more about. What aspects should you be trying to improve in the years ahead to increase your success rate with trusts and foundations. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 13 Mar 2020 RECRUITMENT: THE BASICS Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£345 A step by step introduction to all the most important things to consider when recruiting new staff. Writing job descriptions. Writing candidate specifications. Writing job adverts. Where to advertise. Using a recruitment agency. Selecting candidates to interview. Interview questions. Interview styles. Final selection. Contracts of employment. Inductions for new staff. Payroll and expenses. An overview of employment legislation. Employment record keeping. Attracting the best staff through improving your public profile. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 09 Mar 2020 PURCHASING: THE BASICS Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£345 How to buy cheaper. How to buy better. How to buy smarter. How to shop around. How to negotiate. How to
Bid Writing Workshops and New Training Courses
NFP WORKSHOPS Bid Writing Workshops and New Training Courses for Charities, Schools and Public Sector Organisations. UNSUBSCRIBES This email has been sent to debian-kernel@lists.debian.org To unsubscribe please reply back replacing the subject line with unsubscribe Unsubscribes will take effect within seven days. BOOKING DETAILS You can book any workshop online and pay using a debit card, credit card or paypal. Just google nfp workshops to go to our website. QUESTIONS To ask a question please reply back replacing the subject line with question BID WRITING: THE BASICS Start 09.00 Finish 11.30 Cost £95 Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? BID WRITING: ADVANCED Start 12.00 Finish 14.30 Cost £95 Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? LOCATIONS & DATES LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 13 Jan 2020 - 20 Jan 2020 - 16 Mar 2020 - 23 Mar 2020 SOUTHAMPTON Jurys Inn, Charlotte Place, Southampton SO14 0TB 14 Jan 2020 - 17 Mar 2020 BRISTOL The Waterfront Meeting Rooms, Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SB 15 Jan 2020 - 18 Mar 2020 EDINBURGH Courtyard, 1-3 Baxter's Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AF 16 Jan 2020 - 19 Mar 2020 NEWCASTLE Jurys Inn, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD 17 Jan 2020 - 20 Mar 2020 NOTTINGHAM Jurys Inn, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3BJ 21 Jan 2020 - 24 Mar 2020 BIRMINGHAM Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ 22 Jan 2020 - 25 Mar 2020 MANCHESTER Jurys Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE 23 Jan 2020 - 26 Mar 2020 LEEDS Jurys Inn, Brewery Wharf, Brewery Place, Leeds LS10 1NE 24 Jan 2020 - 27 Mar 2020 BID WRITING: INTERACTIVE Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£345 Here is how the day works. You bring 11 copies of your standard funding bid or a recent bid. Print them out triple spaced in Arial 16 point font. We will provide a big table, pens, a trainer and up to 9 other attendees. We will all review your bid. Word by word. Line by line. We will test out your jargon and your acronyms to see how well understood they really are. We will ask “What are you actually trying to say here?”. Once your bid is revised you will have the chance to review up to 9 other bids to learn from other people’s bids and how they go about things. By the end of the day you should have a better written, clearer, more effective bid than you arrived with. If it is perfect already then at least you will have had that confirmed by up to 10 other people. We will send you a questionnaire in advance about your trust and foundation fundraising statistics and strategy. We will all then review that strategy to see how you are doing now, what you should be aiming to achieve in the future and the practical steps to bring that about. Finally we will review your organisation as a whole. What aspects should you be telling more people more about. What aspects should you be trying to improve in the years ahead to increase your success rate with trusts and foundations. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 13 Mar 2020 RECRUITMENT: THE BASICS Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£345 A step by step introduction to all the most important things to consider when recruiting new staff. Writing job descriptions. Writing candidate specifications. Writing job adverts. Where to advertise. Using a recruitment agency. Selecting candidates to interview. Interview questions. Interview styles. Final selection. Contracts of employment. Inductions for new staff. Payroll and expenses. An overview of employment legislation. Employment record keeping. Attracting the best staff through improving your public profile. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 09 Mar 2020 PURCHASING: THE BASICS Start 10.00 Finish 16.00 Cost £295/£34
Seven Affordable Training Courses For Charities And Public Sector Organisations
NFP WORKSHOPS Seven Affordable Training Courses For Charities And Public Sector Organisations This email has been sent to debian-kernel@lists.debian.org To unsubscribe please reply back inserting "unsubscribe" at the top. Unsubscribes will take effect within seven days at the latest. TO BOOK ANY WORKSHOP OR FIND OUT MORE JUST GOOGLE "NFP WORKSHOPS" BID WRITING: THE BASICS Start 09.00 Finish 11.30 Cost £95.00 Do you know the most common reasons for rejection? Are you gathering the right evidence? Are you making the right arguments? Are you using the right terminology? Are your numbers right? Are you learning from rejections? Are you assembling the right documents? Do you know how to create a clear and concise standard funding bid? Are you communicating with people or just excluding them? Do you know your own organisation well enough? Are you thinking through your projects carefully enough? Do you know enough about your competitors? Are you answering the questions funders will ask themselves about your application? Are you submitting applications correctly? BID WRITING ADVANCED Start 12.00 Finish 14.30 Cost £95.00 Are you applying to the right trusts? Are you applying to enough trusts? Are you asking for the right amount of money? Are you applying in the right ways? Are your projects the most fundable projects? Are you carrying out trust fundraising in a professional way? Are you delegating enough work? Are you highly productive or just very busy? Are you looking for trusts in all the right places? How do you compare with your competitors for funding? Is the rest of your fundraising hampering your bids to trusts? Do you understand what trusts are ideally looking for? LOCATIONS & DATES LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 13 Jan 2020 - 20 Jan 2020 - 16 Mar 2020 - 23 Mar 2020 SOUTHAMPTON Jurys Inn, Charlotte Place, Southampton SO14 0TB 14 Jan 2020 - 17 Mar 2020 BRISTOL The Waterfront Meeting Rooms, Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4SB 15 Jan 2020 - 18 Mar 2020 EDINBURGH Courtyard, 1-3 Baxter's Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AF 16 Jan 2020 - 19 Mar 2020 NEWCASTLE Jurys Inn, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AD 17 Jan 2020 - 20 Mar 2020 NOTTINGHAM Jurys Inn, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3BJ 21 Jan 2020 - 24 Mar 2020 BIRMINGHAM Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ 22 Jan 2020 - 25 Mar 2020 MANCHESTER Jurys Inn, 56 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester M1 5LE 23 Jan 2020 - 26 Mar 2020 LEEDS Jurys Inn, Brewery Wharf, Brewery Place, Leeds LS10 1NE 24 Jan 2020 - 27 Mar 2020 BID WRITING: INTERACTIVE Here is how the day works. You bring 11 copies of your standard funding bid or a recent bid. Print them out triple spaced in Arial 16 point font. We will provide a big table, pens, a trainer and up to 9 other attendees. We will all review your bid. Word by word. Line by line. We will test out your jargon and your acronyms to see how well understood they really are. We will ask “What are you actually trying to say here?”. Once your bid is revised you will have the chance to review up to 9 other bids to learn from other people’s bids and how they go about things. By the end of the day you should have a better written, clearer, more effective bid than you arrived with. If it is perfect already then at least you will have had that confirmed by up to 10 other people. We will send you a questionnaire in advance about your trust and foundation fundraising statistics and strategy. We will all then review that strategy to see how you are doing now, what you should be aiming to achieve in the future and the practical steps to bring that about. Finally we will review your organisation as a whole. What aspects should you be telling more people more about. What aspects should you be trying to improve in the years ahead to increase your success rate with trusts and foundations. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 13 Mar 2020 RECRUITMENT: THE BASICS A step by step introduction to all the most important things to consider when recruiting new staff. Writing job descriptions. Writing candidate specifications. Writing job adverts. Where to advertise. Using a recruitment agency. Selecting candidates to interview. Interview questions. Interview styles. Final selection. Contracts of employment. Inductions for new staff. Payroll and expenses. An overview of employment legislation. Employment record keeping. Attracting the best staff through improving your public profile. LONDON VAI, 200A Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9JP 09 Mar 2020 PURCHASING: THE BASICS How to buy cheaper. How to buy better. How to buy smarter. How to shop around. How to negotiate. How to motivate suppliers. How to improve relationships with existing suppliers. How to encourage new suppliers. Reducing IT, broadband and telephone costs. Reducing energy costs. Saving on pre