{"id":5227,"date":"2016-09-30T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vwa.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5227"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:43:54","slug":"september-2016-news-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\/blog\/september-2016-news-round\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2016 news round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back to work, everyone!
\n<\/strong>Well, after a long summer, it felt like we were all \u2018Back to School\u2019 again this month. We don\u2019t run courses in August, as most people are away on holiday, so it was nice to have the office and training room busy and full of people again now it’s September<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September we have had courses every day bar two \u2013 and one of those was the MacMillan Coffee Morning. We\u2019ve welcomed delegates on to Level 3 HACCP, Auditing Skills<\/a>, Supplier Auditing, Level 4 Food Safety, Level 4 HACCP, VACCP, TACCP, Level 4 Food Safety Update and Auditing Refresher courses \u2013 Phew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October is just as busy, with back-to-back courses. The last week of the month, as usual is devoted to our unique Creating Thermal Process Flavours<\/a> course, which has attracted delegates from The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ruth<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Farewell, Ruth
\n<\/strong>It is with great sadness that we said goodbye to one of our most experienced and popular trainers this week. Ruth Bell has worked with Verner Wheelock for the past 18 years, and during that time has helped hundreds of delegates to achieve qualifications in HACCP, Food Safety and Auditing. She has also developed and delivered several specialist courses for us \u2013 notably TACCP, VACCP and Root Cause Analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth has decided to retire from training in order to concentrate on her other role as a professional auditor. I\u2019m sure those of you who had the privilege of being tutored by Ruth would like to join us in wishing her all the very best. Thank you, Ruth, for all your hard work and dedication \u2013 you will be missed by us all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Karen<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So long, Karen
\n<\/strong>We also said farewell to one of our Sales Executives, the lovely Karen Naylor, in August. Karen joined us in November and proved to have an excellent rapport with customers old and new. She has now begun work at a large packaging company in Manchester, where we\u2019re sure she\u2019ll do equally well. A keen runner, she recently completed the Great North Run in aid of Diabetes UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rachel<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hello again, Rachel
\n<\/strong>Some of you may have noticed that our Sales Administrator, Rachel, was absent for quite a few months this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s because she left Verner Wheelock to go to a marketing agency in Leeds. However, she missed us so much that she has come back again. \u201cI just prefer it here \u2013 it\u2019s such a lovely place to work and the scenery is outstanding.\u201d She said. \u201cI\u2019m so glad Alison said I could come back!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New arrival
\n<\/strong>The Broughton Hall Estate, where Verner Wheelock is based, is a truly beautiful location and a great place to train. We\u2019re very lucky to be surrounded by amazing countryside and wildlife \u2013 including the latest addition \u2013 an extremely cute and fuzzy baby peacock. If you attend one of our courses you\u2019ll most likely see the little one with its proud mother, Priscilla, strutting around the walled garden when you visit Utopia for your lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macmillan Coffee Morning
\n<\/strong>A big \u2018thank you\u2019 to everyone who joined us for our coffee morning on 30th<\/sup> September. We managed to raise an impressive \u00a3202 for Macmillan Cancer Care. Once again the \u2018Star Baker\u2019 award went to Jason. This year he made some delicious (but I suspect, highly calorific) Oreo chocolate brownies. Diet? What diet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gearing up for the New Year
\n<\/strong>We have now started taking bookings for our 2017 courses. These kick off on 9th<\/sup> January with Level 4 HACCP and Level 4 Food Safety. The new course calendar will be available on the website soon, but if you get in touch with Claire, she will be able to tell you the dates for the courses you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus \u2013 we will hold this year\u2019s prices for all 2017 courses booked before 31st<\/sup> December 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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