The Voice Jan - Feb 2015.pdf

Ice NewsRings of the bell• Avon and Somerset Police• Gloucestershire CCG• Worcestershire• Arden GEM CSU• Telford Stop Smoking in Pregnancy service• Tewkesbury BC• North Derbyshire CCG• Incommunities• Hardwick CCG• Community Impact Bucks• Cheshire and Merseyside SCN• Livability• Manchester City Council• Home Group• Slough• Rochdale (Health Smart)• Leicester City Council• Cheltenham Borough Council• Calderdale MBCGraphic Scribes‘People’Performance & NumbersAs expected December was a tough month, we managedto beat the sales target by £9k but made a loss of £14kagainst an expected loss of £30k. December is always atough one to balance as it is only a three week month butwe managed to limit the loss as much as possible.The good news is that we delivered an absolutelyamazing January, exceeding sales and profit targets by£25k making a net profit of £40k!!! So we are still ontarget to deliver a profit to the end of March which isgreat news and a real credit to how hard everyone isworking! With four weeks to go we need to keep pushing,a real team effort!Most Valuable PlayerDecemberHannah and Milena were a dream team in December,winning our Christmas Special MVP!January & FebruaryHuge congrats to Tom Ward for winning January andFebruary’s MVP!Milena has stepped up to the plate, and taken onthe challenge of conducting more and more graphicillustrations for our clients. As you can see, she is reallycoming on in leaps and bounds! We’ve had a lot ofinterest in our graphic scribes recently, so it’s onwardsand upwards.Graeme’s going for goldGraeme is taking part in the Virgin London Marathon inlate April. This year he is running for the charity CORE– who fight all types of gastrointestinal disease, includingcancers. It’s a cause close to his heart, and if you wouldlike to help him reach his £1,500 target, get in touch(graeme.morgan@icecreates.com), or visit his JustGivingpage: https://www.justgiving.com/GraemeMWe introduced the new, all-singing all-dancing, HRsystem this month! It will allow us to book our ownholidays, check out our teams’ holidays, and soon wewill be able to extend it to all sorts of HR; includingorg charts, reports, and talent map. If you have anyquestions about the system, don’t hesitate to contactSuzanne (suzanne.roberts@icecreates.com).Caffeine-freeChris M is writing a blog over on Puffell about giving upcaffeine for Lent (not sure the rest of us in the officecould manage that.)