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Darbus are featured in the Blackpool Gazette » Darbus are proud to be featured in the Blackpool Gazette with regards to the work we are trying to do with smaller based companies.   For the full article click the following link.   http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/growth-explosion-at-support-service-1-4503605    
Darbus is happy to announce it's new sister company » Darbus is pleased to announce that we have created a new sister company. The new company is called Darbus RMS Ltd; which stands for Darbus Resource Management Solutions. This is to provide project management people to our clients who are not part of our associates pool.  These will be the people looking for permanent or longer term contracts rather than associates who tend to work on shorter term contracts. We have joined forces with Monster.co.uk so that we can provide you with the best quality recruitment service at a reasonable price. Speak to Lorna Berkeley at lorna.berkeley@darbus.co.uk if you require additional info. 
Newsletter » The Christmas version of the Darbus Newsletter is now available for download.     Here is the link for the Darbus Newsletter, we all hope you have a very good Christmas.   http://www.darbus.co.uk/joomla/images/stories/news003.pdf  
1st Year of Trading » Comment from the MD. "Congratulations to the team on our first year of trading. Russell and I have enjoyed every minute so far and it is amazing how far we have come from a few conversations in a caravan in north Wales. Our accounts are not officially available yet, but I can say that when Russell set our original target; I said to double it.  Well we’ve doubled it and a little bit more. This comes down to the hard work that the whole team, including the associates that have worked with us, have put in.  Our aim is to try and get more associates out there working and you would have seen us recently giving the Business Development Manager role to Lorna with assistance from the Associates Champion Holly. I am aiming to double this year’s turnover this year, so be prepared for the ride."  
Darbus now in new offices » We are now in our own dedicated office in Blackpool. This I believe is our 5th move in one year and shows how well Darbus has been growing over the last year. The address of the new place is now:   Unit4 Metropolitan Business Park Preston New Road Blackpool FY3 9LT   There is room for associates to work from and room for dedicated project management training to be held at the new office. If you are an associate and need somewhere to work from, please contact us.  If you are a client that is looking for a training venue; please feel free to contact us to arrange a convenient time to view our new premises. A cup of tea and a friendly smile is available to anyone who would like to visit.
Darbus passes ISO9001 » On the 19th August we had Steve from BAB (British Assessment Bureau) come in to do our ISO9001:2008 audit. We passed this audit with no major and no minor corrective actions, so therefore we are now ISO9001:2008 accredited. The credit for this is all down to the hard work that the Darbus office staff put in; especially Will for setting up the documentation in the first place and Lorna for coordinating how it was all put together.  With Hayley and Holly running around, printing things, tracking changes and helping where they could, it was an all round fantastic effort.  
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Darbus Ltd become corporate APM members »   We are proud to annouce that Darbus have become corporate members of the Association for Project Management. Russell Berkeley has for over 7 year supported the APM EVM Sig, which helps to define the UK methodology of using Earned Value Management. (Click here for a link to the SIG) Not only do we consider the APM an important organisation to be attached to so that our clients know we work within the recognised standards, but we also wanted to ensure that our employess and associates can take advantage of the resources that this organisation can provide.  
Dave Pulford becomes the MD » Darbus are proud to annouce that Dave Pulford has now accepted the post as the Managing Director of Darbus. Dave had the following to say about his new role: " We are around 10 months into this adventure and have already exceeded our original business plan.  This has been due to the hard work and the attitude of the staff members and associates that we have on board. At present we have around 5 associates working on different contracts, but my main aim is to increase this so that the majority are in contracted work. There are a number of opportunities out there, which we are waiting to turn into contracts; we have sent out the Darbus CV for all the associates to a number of places and partners of Darbus. For the next year, I have an ambitious plan of doubling our first year’s turnover and that will only be achievable by the Darbus staff working hard to ensure that we have a good coverage of contracts and associate base.  I hope you are all prepared."
ISO 9001 » Darbus Ltd and  ISO 9001 Certification Darbus is proud to announce that we are currently working towards our ISO 9001 certification. We have had the first assessment, are are currently working towards completing the Corrective Actions that have been identified. We will announce on the website once we have completed the process.