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Laura, Arena's HR Manager, reviews a busy year of community activity

To celebrate Arena Group’s 25th year in business, employees pledged to raise £25,000 for local charities between November 2016 and September 2017. The challenge was set at our Annual Profit Share Meeting in November where our employees overwhelmingly chose to support three hospices; Wakefield Hospice, Rotherham Hospice and East Lancashire Hospice. £25,000 can help to pay for 1000 hours of nursing care, 6 bereavement support sessions for 120 people or 4167 patient meals. All of these hospices are local to the Arena office locations and all rely heavily on donations to continue their amazing work in our communities.

Chamber recognises Arena Group for positive social impact

Arena Group’s commitment to positive social impact and corporate social responsibility has been recognised by the Chamber of Commerce in the Raising the Bar Awards.

Seminar provides practical and legal advice for OMBs on the GDPR

Arena's Neil Maude is joining forces with Clarion Solicitors to share legal advice and practical insights with owner managed businesses for tackling the new data protection regulation coming into force next year.

£25,000 fundraising target smashed in Arena’s 25for25 campaign

At the start of Arena Group’s 25th anniversary year, an ambitious target of raising £25,000 for local hospices was set. This target has been smashed with the final total raised being over £32,200 thanks to the commitment of Arena people and the support of colleagues, families, suppliers, partners and friends.

Advice and Guidance for Legal Firms on the GDPR

Neil Maude, Arena’s General Manager recently conducted a CPD training session on the upcoming GDPR in partnership with Sheffield Law Society, attended by various law firms across the city. Neil provided an overview of the GDPR and how this will specifically have an impact on legal firms.

Strong end to 25th year for Arena Group

Arena Group has closed its 25th anniversary year with a hat trick. Profit growth of over 8% is expected, the latest award for Arena’s excellence in customer service has been announced, and Arena’s employees smashed an ambitious target to raise £25,000 for local hospices.

Sign up for FREE, practical GDPR for education webinar

Arena has organised a webinar designed to provide a useful overview of the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) relevent to the education sector. Amidst all the noise channelled towards schools, colleges and other educational institutions, this webinar will focus on clarifying the relevant impacts and providing some practical tips on how to achieve compliance and preserve positive OFSTED reports.

Arena’s commitment to customer service excellence recognised

Arena Group has been announced as the winner of a prestigious award for customer service excellence. The award bestowed by the West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce forms part of the annual Chamber of Commerce business awards which received hundreds of entries across nine categories. Arena is now a contender in the national competition.

Practical GDPR webinars for car dealerships announced

With the requirements for managing data protection changing from May 2018 with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), car dealers are being urged to act!

The going gets tough for Arena fundraisers!

In honour of turning 25 this year, Arena Group have set the challenge of raising £25,000 to support and make a difference for 3 well deserving charities.

BI dashboard presented with certificate of security compliance

PanIntelligence, Arena’s partner for business intelligence dashboards, has announced that they have received a certificate of security compliance by the ECSC. This comes ahead of the GDPR deadline of 25th May 2018 which increases the importance of data security and privacy.

City of York hosts run for 1,000 young people

Nearly 1,000 young people took part in the recent Arena Group mini and junior runs held on a sunny August afternoon on the city's iconic Knavesmire.

Arena confirmed as Living Wage employer

Arena Group has made it's people a top priority. We believe that not only do engaged, supported and highly-developed employees deliver exceptional customer service but they innovate, they have fun at work and they ultimately grow the business.

Youngsters claim victory for school's fundraising effort

Creative thinking by staff at Barwick-in-Elmet C of E primary school recently led to an extended weekend of fun for pupils and a much needed boost to their 'Run to Read' fundraising challenge.

Advice on turning the GDPR challenge into a business advantage

In this latest blog, Arena's Neil Maude reflects on what he's learned talking to organisations considering their next steps to data compliance and from his recent GDPR speaker engagements.

Youngsters join Arena Owl for a day of fun, sport and support of local charities

Around 1,000 young people pulled on their trainers to take part in the Arena Group Leeds Mini and Junior Run on Saturday 8th July. Arena has sponsored the event for 7th year to ensure that is a free-to-enter event for children of all abilities organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All.

Kelsey and Arena Owl join new school celebrations

Arena Owl joined a students’ Fun Run on in June to celebrate the opening of the new Southgate School for children with complex needs in Almondbury.

Guidance and support for safe and compliant toner cartridge disposal

Printer cartridges that contain electrical parts and are dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to function properly now fall within scope of the WEEE directive, meaning they need to be disposed of in line with current WEEE regulations.