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Professional Organisations
www.iod.com  The Institute of Directors (IoD) provides a professional network that reaches into every corner of the business community. It has over 40,000 members in the UK.

www.cipd.co.uk  The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the professional body for those involved in the management and development of people. It has 127,000 individual members.

www.cim.org.uk  The Chartered Institute of Marketing is the pre-eminent body on marketing practice, standards and associated knowledge on an international basis;  acknowledged by governments, marketers, business, education and others.

www.tourismsociety.org.uk  The Tourism Society is the professional membership body for people working in all sectors of the visitor economy. With around 1200 members in the UK and worldwide, the Society was founded in 1977 with the aim of driving up standards of professionalism in a fast-growing global industry which can have major social, economic and environmental impacts on communities and nations.

Clients and Partnerships
www.eurostar.co.uk  Eurostar, the high speed passenger train that links the UK with France and Belgium, enjoys strong revenue growth with traveller numbers reaching 1.79 million in the first quarter of 2007 and punctuality of 91 per cent.

www.firstscotrail.co.uk  First ScotRail was named UK Public Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards held in London in July 2006.  The franchise is now in its third year, with its Public Performance Measure - a combination of punctuality and reliability – reaching record highs.  Delays have been reduced by 32% since franchise commencement, compared with the franchise commitment of 2% per year.

www.jockeyclubracecourses.com Historically, Jockey Club Racecourses has saved much-loved courses such as Cheltenham and Aintree from being sold and developed. Now the company is setting its sights on developing the sport’s future, with a five-year, £120 million investment programme that aims to improve the quality of racing in the UK still further and broaden the appeal of the sport to new audiences.

www.nationalarchives.co.uk The National Archives is a government department and an executive agency under the Secretary of State for Justice. As the official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government, The National Archives holds records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites. The national collection is based at The National Archives in Kew, West London.

www.networkrail.co.uk Network Rail is already a popular service with high passenger satisfaction levels and record levels of passenger and freight demand. Network Rail aims to improve train punctuality year-on-year; reduce broken rails to 280 per year by March 20908 and reduce the annual running cost of the railway infrastructure to £4.3 billion by 2008/9.

www.southwesttrains.co.uk South West Trains is the largest and busiest commuter train operating company in the UK and employs more than 5,000 people. Its challenge is to ensure that the right people are in the right place in order to deliver the high levels of service that its 300,000 plus customers expect daily. 

www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk The British Museum holds in trust for the nation and the world a collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures. Housed in one of Britain's architectural landmarks, the collection is one of the finest in existence, spanning two million years of human history. Access to the collection is free.

www.saintsfc.co.uk  In 2201 the move from the Dell to the new Friends Provident St Mary’s Stadium was something of a spiritual homecoming for Southampton Football Club.  Now, the new stadium is regularly filled with pride and to full 31,000 capacity.