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CALLING ALL EMPLOYERS |  | 
This survey seeks to understand employers’ views of employing Volunteer Reservists and some new recommendations made to the MOD on how the Volunteer Reserve Forces should be used. Your views on these new recommendations, and the implications they may have for employers, are extremely important. The Confederation of British Industry, Institute of Directors, Federation of Small Businesses, British Chambers of Commerce and Forum of Private Business are all supporting this consultation with employers. The survey is hosted by our research partner Critical Research. To access the survey, please click on the following Link: www.critical.co.uk/fr20employers The survey should take roughly 10 minutes to complete and consists of approximately 20 questions. If this link does not work, simply copy and paste it into your internet browser. If you have other contacts in your business who you feel this survey would be appropriate for, please feel free to forward this email and link. The survey is open for responses until 6th January 2012, with the results due to be published in February. This survey forms part of a wider research programme that SaBRE is currently conducting with employers on the recommendations made by the Future Use of the Reserve Forces 2020 report (FR20). The FR20 report was a comprehensive study assessing the most efficient use of the Reserve Forces for the future. The report’s findings were presented to Parliament in July 2011 and this employer research programme seeks to inform the MOD’s response to these findings. Your time and contribution is much appreciated. Kristina Carrington Regional SaBRE Campaign Director 8th December 2011 Suffolk Employer Support Breakfast and Certificate Presentation, The Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds | |
To conclude events, The Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, The Lord Tollemache KStJ JP presented the Employers with Certificates of Support signed by the Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond, and the Chief of the Defence Staff Sir David Richards. The events of the morning took place at The Athenaeum in Bury St Edmunds which is a wonderful recently refurbished Grade I listed building with a Georgian chandeliered ballroom. Click here to see a gallery of the event. 23rd November 2011 Operational Presentation at The Mansion House | |
The evening commenced with a welcome from the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Andrew Slack Esq. Corporal Crooke, a Reservist with 158 (R Anglian) Tpt Regt RLC (V) who had returned from Afghanistan 7 days earlier gave a presentation of his experience during his tour including examples of the skills he has gained through being a member of the Reserve Forces and the great benefits he has gained.
Brigadier Andrew Williams OBE 49 (East) Brigade Commander closed the speeches by thanking the employers present for their valuable support without which the Reserve Forces mobilisation capacity would be severely hindered.
The evening took place in the opulent setting of The Mansion House, built by Joesph Shuttleworth who bought the Old Warden Estate in 1872 and commissioned Henry Clutton, the prominent Victorian architect, to design the mansion based on Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire. During the second world war, the house was a Red Cross convalescent home and auxiliary hospital for airmen. It then opened as an agricultural college in 1946. Today, Bedford College Services manage the Mansion and the Shuttleworth College on behalf of the Shuttleworth Trust. 28th October 2011 |
The Ministry of Defence, through SaBRE, have set up an online survey that they would very much like you to complete. 
The Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk - The Lord Tollemache KStJ JP, Colonel Paul Long – Suffolk Employer Support Chairman and Colonel Richard Lyne – Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment welcomed Suffolk employers to a Support Breakfast and Certificate Presentation at The Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds on Tuesday 22nd November 2011.
Following a welcome address by The Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, The Lord Tollemache KStJ JP, presentations were made by Lieutenant Colonel RFL Lyne of CO 3 Royal Anglian, Corporal Rundle of 6 Regiment AAC and Corporal Coote of 202 who presented their experiences of being on tour including examples of the skills they have gained through being members of the Reserve Forces and the great benefits they have gained. A question and answer session was held after the presentations enabling employers to learn more about the experiences of the reservists.
The High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Andrew Slack Esq and The Commander 49 (East) Brigade, Brigadier Andrew Williams OBE welcomed guests to a Post Operational Presentation at the Mansion House, Shuttleworth, Biggleswade on Thursday 6th October. 
Mr Jim Wright, of Asda Distribution, who employs a number of Reservists, gave an employer’s view highlighting some of the benefits of employing reservists such as punctuality, attendance and leadership skills. 
The High Sheriff, Andrew Slack and Brigadier Williams concluded the evening by presenting the Employers with Certificates of Support signed by the Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox, and the Chief of the Defence Staff Sir David Richards. 