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ENERGY DIGITAL exercises with procurement routes .
Barnes said : “ What ’ s great to see is each and every person has either moved on to doing a role they particularly wanted or stayed in their existing role and became more confident and effective in that role .
“ With regards to staff development , I took 22 individuals away from the business for a week in March last year . On the Monday afternoon I announced I had organised a networking event in Leeds for a number of our suppliers . They had all paid a fee to be there and our CEO , myself and the Director of HR would also be attending and they needed to organise the event themselves .
“ That created a bit of a crisis for them as we had people from all over the world flying in for this event . But they delivered a fantastic networking event where they made a number of contacts with various businesses from an innovation angle and I was very proud of them . It was a way
Educating the next generation : Schoolchildren learn about the water cycle at Yorkshire Water ’ s education centre in Headingley
Yorkshire Water launches its biggest apprenticeship scheme at Esholt Hall
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