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Keep up to date with the latest news and views in the YPO Blog

We'll be blogging every few days about various topics, so come back soon to see more!

Top tips for an eco-friendly classroom

24 May 2021 By The YPO Team

Here are some useful tips to implement in the classroom to encourage children to be more environmentally conscious.
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Fire Extinguishers – The First Line of Defence

24 May 2021 By Richard Parker - Account Director at Chubb

Richard Parker, Account Director at Chubb explains why regular maintenance of fire extinguishers is an essential part of any fire safety strategy and shares his best practice advice on fire prevention.
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Meet the Procurement Assistant - Gareth Foster

13 May 2021 By Gareth Foster - Procurement Assistant for Energy at YPO

Gareth Foster joined YPO in 2018 and is now a Procurement Assistant for Energy in the procurement services team.
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Five top tips for taking your lessons outdoors

13 May 2021 By the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom

Learning outside is more important today than ever before. It makes it easier to manage social distancing and Covid-19 infection rates reduce dramatically when outside. Our partner, the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, shares their top tips for taking your lessons beyond the classroom walls.
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Remember Emma? Home working is having an impact

12 May 2021 By Richard Monk - Commercial Business Manager at Fellowes

Emma Work ‘Colleague of the Future’ was developed by Fellowes - the healthy workspace experts - to show how office workers could look in 20 years’ time if we continue to work with inadequately set-up workstations, poor posture and minimal movement.
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Five tips to engage your team in carbon reduction

12 May 2021 By The Utilidex Team

As 2021 progresses, we have a renewed focus on climate change, and not simply because it’s the right thing to do but also because the pandemic has provided a new lens to view our world, and a realisation that it is fragile and important to protect.
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Measuring social value in a recruitment contract

11 May 2021 By Amy Clark – Category Buyer of HR Services at YPO

Social value is a term we often hear when considering procurement and contracts, but what is it and how can you incorporate it into your contract for recruitment services?
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Furniture size guide for schools

10 May 2021 By Gemma Maw – Category Buyer for Furniture at YPO

Children are at school on average 7 hours a day, where most of that is spent within the classroom. With this in mind, it’s very important to ensure the chairs and tables used are the correct height and size to enable a comfortable learning environment.
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The health and wellbeing benefits of outdoor play

07 May 2021 By Nicola Parker, Category Buyer for Early Years at YPO

Whilst most of us are familiar with the learning opportunities that spending time outside can provide in early years, it is also important to recognise and appreciate the positive impact spending time outdoors will have on a child’s mental and physical health and wellbeing.
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Meet the Buyer - Michelle Wood

05 May 2021 By Michelle Wood - Category Buyer for Energy at YPO

Michelle Wood joined YPO in 2020 and is a Category Buyer for Energy in the procurement services team.
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