08 NEWS
Business
NEWS
is murder
It is tough working
EVENTS
out how to keep
staff and clients
happy on
PRODUCTS
corporate days out,
but Arundel-based
events organisers
Giant Apple may
be onto something.
In The South East
In harness with retired Scotland Yard detectives Clive Donner and Brian
Hook, they have launched CSI:UK, which takes teams through a
‘murder’ investigation, complete with crime-scene investigations and
those funny white suits, the sort you wouldn’t find DI Hunt dead in.
Teams use authentic equipment and methods, collecting evidence
and sending items to the virtual laboratory. Unlike murder mystery
events, there is no use of actors, (except for the deceased, that is) and
the aim is to get as close to reality as possible, providing participants
with the opportunity to truly test collaboration, communication and
problem solving skills. Louise Ballard, Director of Giant Apple said,
“Team building is extremely popular right now but companies want to
make sure activities are helping to build teamwork and add value to
their organisation rather than subsiding a fun day out of the office. This
is such a different and unique challenge which develops a whole
range of skills for individuals and teams; I know it will be really popular.”
California Drive-In?
No, it’s Kent
When you are trying to tell anyone who will listen that the solution to
travel these days is drive and train, not drive and plane, it’s not a bad
idea to reinforce the concept with a good old-fashioned drive-in
movie. Even if it is August Bank Holiday in England.
Eurostar, who this summer announced even more services on the
high-speed services from Kent to the continent*, entertained 1,500
people to showings of The Bourne Ultimatum and Moulin Rouge in the
Clydesdale Bank Executive Director Mike Williams, Area Director
car park at Ebbsfleet International Station, which has made journeys
Tim Bostock, Regional Director (Southern) Adrian Wenn and
to Paris, Brussels and beyond an absolute breeze.
Brighton FSC Managing Partner Chris Rigby celebrating the
Getting to the station, which is just off Junction 2 of the M25, is easy
launch of the Brighton Financial Solutions Centre, the tenth
as is getting from your car to the train, a matter of mere minutes.
Clydesdale Bank FSC in the south east. Clydesdale’s FSC
Needless to say, after a year of much-publicised chaos and delays at
concept is a major departure from traditional banking, in that
Britain’s airports, Eurostar’s story is attracting an eager audience…as
any money lent locally comes out of funds deposited locally,
eager as the one that showed up on a mercifully calm evening to
making each branch a mini-bank in its own right and keeping
enjoy the movies.
all money in the local economy. Each FSC also offers free
* In response to swiftly growing demand there are now 18 daily services each way on the
conference and office facilities to Clydesdale Bank account
London-Paris line, 20 on Fridays. In December the daily direct service from Ashford
International Station to Brussels will be reintroduced as a result of a 30% increase in
holders, or ‘members’ as the bank likes to describe them. traveller numbers to Brussels.
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