Colman Getty Consulting - News en-gb http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1075http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1070http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1069The longlist of the Academy Excellence Awards has been announced. 163 students (aged 16 – 19) from 65 academies across England have successfully progressed to the next stage of the awards programme.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1061http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1060Action on Addiction calls for more ‘dry bars’ in bid to promote booze-free nights out. Nick Barton, Chief Executive of Action on Addiction, was speaking in response to the Government’s announcement of new legislation setting a minimum alcohol price of 40p a unit in England. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1058A painter and decorator, an acclaimed pioneer of Black folk music, a tweeting Town Crier and a Chinese computer game designer are among the 1,000 emerging creatives selected for the first World Event Young Artists.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1057A physicist from the University of Oxford was yesterday named as the UK winner of FameLab 2012, the international competition to find the top new science communicator for the 21st century.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1056The Times Cheltenham Science Festival Programme announced. This June, more than 300 of the world's greatest scientists, thinkers, comedians and writers will come together to celebrate and explore the wonders of the natural world, the complexities of the human mind and the mysteries of space. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1055The new £188.8 million Library of Birmingham will open to the public on Tuesday 3rd September 2013, it was announced today, along with a competition to nominate the first book to be placed on its shelves.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1054A Box of Birds by Charles Fernyhough is an ambitious literary thriller that explores the philosophical, ethical and moral questions raised by modern neuroscience. A Box of Birds, which is being crowd-funded on Unbound.co.uk, comes thirteen years after his much-lauded debut novel, The Auctioneer.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1053Touch Press and Barefoot Books announce the immediate availability of their magical Barefoot World Atlas App, specially engineered to take advantage of the stunning new Retina display and quad-core graphics, on the new iPad. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1052The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation today reveals the shortlists for the Best Photography Book Award and the Best Moving Image Book Award of 2012. The winners will be announced during the Sony World Photography Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London, on Thursday 26 April 2012.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1051Nearly half (48%) of women working in the banking industry believe they face career barriers because of their gender, and one third (36%) of men agree, according to a report published today (12 March 2012) by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1050More than half (60%) of parents surveyed think the principal reason for their children to go to university is to improve their career prospects; with 32% believing it would result in their children getting a better job and earning more money and a further 28% believing it would result in their children having a successful career. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1049http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1048London, 21 February 2012: Leading Culture and Campaigning consultancy, Colman Getty, announces today that it is to join Four Communications Group plc.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1042http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1040Hardeep Singh Kohli, writer, broadcaster and Celebrity Masterchef finalist, today announced a cookery book with a difference on the website of crowd-funded publisher Unbound.co.uk. A Month of Sundays will chart his journeys over the next nine months as he answers culinary call outs from people around the country. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1039Foyles bookshop, today Monday 13 February, launches Foyles powered by txtr, a new eBook store and free eReading apps with some features in beta. The integrated service will give users the choice of over 200,000 eBook titles, which can be accessed from a range of devices, and provides facilities for cloud storage.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1038Warhorses of Letters depicts the fictional love letters between Napoleon and Wellington's horses, Marengo and Copenhagen, over the battlefields of war-torn Europe. The first ever gay, equine, epistolary romance, it features the full scripts from the hit BBC Radio 4 series plus a wealth of additional materials.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1037Museum without Walls is born of Jonathan Meades's obsessive preoccupation with places: their composition, how and why they were made, their power over us and the ideas they foment.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1035The Elegant Art of Falling Apart is a survival memoir by best-selling author, style writer and Chemo Chic blogger, Jessica Jones. It charts her victory over breast cancer and her battle to escape her addictions: to booze, to drugs, to damaging relationships and to toxic beauty products.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1036In the wake of the financial crisis, three-quarters of the world's CEOs say more emphasis should be placed on measuring the value of non-financial assets such as intellectual capital and customer relationships to drive long-term performance, according to research from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1034http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1028http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1027http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1026http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1025http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1024http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1023Birmingham City Council is asking the city's residents to help shape the public art programme for the Library of Birmingham.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1022Foyles' bookshops report strong Christmas trading, with sales across the group for the period 1st> to 24th December 2011 up 20% on the same period in the previous year. The figure includes two new braches opened in 2011 at Westfield Stratford City and Bristol Cabot Circus.http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1021The Leader of Birmingham City Council, Mike Whitby, today announced the names of the six new Faces of the Library of Birmingham. They include a salsa-dancing linguist, a new media entrepreneur and a veteran of community work, and will join 11 previously announced Faces as honorary representatives of the Library of Birmingham. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1020As a new year approaches and people plan their ‘resolutions’ for 2012, Action for Happiness is encouraging a different approach from the usual, dull self-improvement list. Instead, people are being asked to take the Action for Happiness pledge and do things to make themselves and others happier. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1019A new report to be published 17 December has found that a high proportion of successful leaders in the UK come from a humanities background. Around 60% of people at the top of their professions - including CEOs of FTSE 100 companies, top creatives and professional services organisations and MPs - studied arts, 'broad humanities' and social science degrees. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1013The full judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is announced today, Monday 12 December 2011http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1012http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1011http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1010http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1009Salix Finance, the independent not for profit company, today (07 December) announces that it has been awarded an additional £20million by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for its successful public sector energy efficiency loans programme. http://www.colmangetty.co.uk/newsblog/news.php?news=1006