Birchman CEO to run the London Marathon to Support Miracle Babies |
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3 Runners, 42 Kilometers, 1 Unforgettable Experience!
In April 2012 Mark Reid and Andy Weir (from Bankwest) and Phil Thistlethwaite (Birchman CEO) are travelling to England to complete in the Virgin London Marathon in support of the Miracle Babies Foundation (Australia).
Between them they are lucky to be the proud fathers to a total of 8 healthy, beautiful children. Sadly, others aren't quite so lucky with many children born premature, sick or even tragically losing their fight for life.
Why are they running?
They are not just running for glory. They are running to support premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them.
Follow them as they embark on an extraordinary journey. A journey that will be filled with ups and downs, questions of ability, fears of not reaching their milestones and pure elation as they work towards a truly life changing experience. This is a test of endurance. Each runner will face over 6 months of preparation. Not only do they have to train their bodies and minds to cross that finish line, they have to raise between them a minimum of $50,000 for Miracle Babies Foundation.
Each day there are countless families in Australia facing an even greater test. Every year around 44,000 newborn babies require the help of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN). 25,000 of these babies are born premature and up to 1000 babies lose their fight for life.
The birth of a premature or sick newborn can be an overwhelming and traumatic experience for families. Their lives are permanently changed, significantly influenced by their NICU experience.
Team Miracle Babies is running to change this!
Miracle Babies Foundation works tirelessly to positively change this experience through the national services provided:
NurtureProgram®: A complete parent support program. This is a free program which includes early intervention programs for families after discharge.
Online Information and Resources: Access to current, relevant, Australian information is extremely important to families. Funded by the NSW Government, the Miracle Babies Foundation website is Australia’s premiere online resource for families.
Education: Miracle Babies Foundation provides training and education on a Parents Perspective at Neonatal Nurses Conferences, Seminars, Colleges and Hospital Inservices. Integrating a Parents Perspective in the education of health professionals greatly assists and promotes the benefits of providing family centered care.
Hospital: Support is provided for Australia’s hospitals through resources for miracle families, funding for equipment and scholarships for health professionals. To date, Miracle Babies has donated over $500,000 to hospitals.
Please support the great work of the Miracle Babies Foundation by sponsoring them to complete the London Marathon. Donating couldn’t be easier!!!
For more information on Miracle Babies visit their website. www.miraclebabies.com.au
To make a donation please click here.
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Birchman Chile creates Air Quality Report |
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Air pollution is a serious concern in Santiago, particularly during the cold winter months. As the city lies in a valley surrounded by mountains (the Andes on the East and the Coastal Chain on the West, and both come together in the North and South of the city) in the winter time there is a cold air formation that lingers on the mountain tops and in effect operates like the lid of a saucepan, acting as a barrier for the warm polluted air to move upward and out, and let fresh air move in.
Birchman Chile and a series of other companies have joined up to produce and distribute a daily report that is sent around first thing every working-day morning to the e-mail addresses of all employees at a number of companies that have signed up. It is done with a view that the recipients can warn their families when the air is not apt for outdoor activities, etc, and to promote cutting down on heating with polluting energy sources and car-usage when things get bad.
The image below is what is sent out. We have received a lot of positive feedback from people who receive the message.
For more information, please contact Paul Griffiths.
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Birchman Chile Awarded Prize for going Carbon Neutral |
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We are delighted to report that Birchman Chile has been awarded the 2011 British Embassy/British-Chilean Chamber of Commerce prize for innovation on their plan for making Birchman Chile “Carbon Neutral” as from 2011.
Design of the plan and its implementation was led by Denisse Manosalva supported by Carolina Rojas, both Birchman consultants.
Birchman Chile won the only SME category prize; prizes in the large company categories were awarded to Anglo-American, Antofagasta Minerals, and Colbun (a large utility).
The Award Ceremony was hosted by the British Ambassador with a breakfast meeting at his residence, a landmark building in Santiago and appropriate setting for the event.
The Environment Superintendent (Undersecretary of State) made a speech at the event, stressing the importance of this initiative.
For more information, please contact Paul Griffiths.
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Manufacturer Magazine video B&W Speakers on using SAP BusinessObjects and working with Birchman |
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When Manufacturer Magazine, in association with SAP, set-up their Business Intelligence Resource Area they approached Birchman Customer, B&W Speakers to discuss their experience of using BusinessObjects in a manufacturing environment.
With an emphasis on quality and craftsmanship, B&W has established a solid reputation among demanding customers -- providing speakers for prestigious clients such as Abbey Road Studios, Skywalker Studios, Apple and Jaguar Cars.
A long time user of SAP ERP, B&W chose BusinessObjects in 2009 to provide the information the business needed in an understandable manner and in way that allowed users to be highly self-sufficient. With the deployment of BusinessObjects Explorer the solution really took off.
Hear what Paul Fryer, Business Systems Manager at B&W has to say:
http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk/bi
If you want to know more about what business intelligence and BusinessObjects can do for your business please contact us.
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Success for Birchman Queensland |
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Birchman has been engaged in a trusted advisor capacity by the marine industry in Queensland.
Birchman has successfully completed an initial engagement for Marine Queensland to assess the industry impact and risk of the impending Personal Property Securities Reform. Marine Queensland is the peak industry body for the marine industry in Queensland encompassing marine retailers, brokers, marinas and manufacturers.
The project leveraged Birchman Queensland’s collaboration model with legal advice on the project being provided by a local law firm.
Birchman Queensland is actively developing their Regulatory Reform practice as a result of significant activity in the reform sector and demand by industry groups and businesses alike.
“Significant regulatory reform, at both a state and national level, is planned for the next couple years. Birchman understands the reform process and the impact on enterprises and is very well placed to support the changes that businesses and industries face.” said Ben Pace, Local Practice Lead.
As a result of the initial success Birchman are engaging on further strategic projects to assist Marine Queensland in establishing an industry-wide framework to support the management of future reforms to the industry. |
Birchman Extends Partnership to Include Sybase |
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Birchman have extended their SAP Partnership to include Sybase, in support of our on-going focus on providing innovate and leading edge solutions to support our customers.
“We see the Sybase tools being of increasing importance to our SAP customers and are investing in our relationship with SAP and Sybase to support our customers deliver real business benefit” said Toni Aguayo, Technology Partner and CTO for Europe. The tools neatly complement Birchman’s strengths in Mobile platforms and strong domain expertise in BusinessObjects and CRM.
The following Sybase solutions are available through the SAP ecosystem:
Afaria®: The industry’s most powerful and flexible mobile device management and security solution for the enterprise. It provides IT with a single administrative console to centrally manage, secure and deploy mobile data, applications and devices.
Sybase® Unwired Platform: A mobile enterprise application platform that simplifies the development, deployment and management of mobile enterprise applications. It addresses the difficult mobile application challenges of back-office integration, secure access for mobile devices into the enterprise, reliable push data synchronisation and support for multiple device types.
Sybase® Mobile Sales application for SAP CRM: Provides anywhere, anytime access to the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application from iPhone and Windows Mobile smartphones, with support planned for additional devices such as BlackBerry.
Sybase® Mobile Workflow application for SAP Business Suite: Enables mobile workers to complete business processes – such as workflow items and alerts, time recording and travel requests that require immediate action – through a familiar and secure email inbox.
For more information please click here
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Birchman Opens Second Office in Brisbane |
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Only nine months after launching their Queensland operation, The Birchman Group have opened a second office in the city.
John Lynch, Partner for Birchman Queensland, said that demand for their consulting services had been solid since the branch commenced business in August last year. In particular, there has been much interest in Birchmans approach to removing significant risk from major system replacement projects.
Our main office is in Riparian Plaza which is an excellent location, but with the growth we have enjoyed, we needed more space so we have established a second office in George Street which provides room for further expansion.
Frank Early, Managing Director for Birchman Asia Pacific, said the recent Global Partners Conference in Barcelona had endorsed plans by the Queensland office to expand its offerings into Managed Services and Solution Delivery.
The Queensland operation will be able to draw on our relationships as an SAP Global Partner and Microsoft Gold Partner to increase the value it can provide to clients.
The Birchman Group provides services globally that are focused on straight-forward, clear thinking, tailored outcomes. |
Brian Lee Appointed to Partner of The Birchman Group Western Australia |
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The Birchman group has recently appointed Brian Lee to the position of Partner of Western Australia for Birchman / Beacon.
Brian has an impressive background and has held several senior executive roles in large organisations. He was most recently the Regional General Manager for CSG and also previously led their Managed Services business nationally.
Brian has also held the positions of Chief Executive Officer of UnisysWest, Western Power’s Chief Information Officer during the disaggregation of their business and was the Head of Programs at Bankwest. He is a former Partner with KPMG and also held a senior position with DMR Consulting.
Frank Early, Birchman’s Managing Director, commented “Birchman is very fortunate to have attracted someone of Brian’s capability to the company. Birchman is expanding across Australia and Brian’s appointment positions us well to capitalise on the growth in the Western Australia market”
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Birchman Chosen as a Ramp-up Partner to Develop Solutions for SAP NetWeaver 7.30 |
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SAP NetWeaver® is the platform that provides the shared technology foundation for SAP business applications. In addition, SAP NetWeaver provides optional technology components that allow customers to extend the reach of SAP applications to more people as well as new devices and consumption models, to integrate SAP applications and processes into heterogeneous landscapes, to extend existing SAP processes, to compose new processes than span SAP and non-SAP applications, to securely manage and deliver information and to holistically manage the lifecycle and infrastructure of the SAP applications.
Based on the principles of a service-oriented architecture (SOA), SAP NetWeaver helps organisations optimise the return on their SAP investment and of their existing applications by allowing customers to evolve their current IT landscapes into flexible business process platforms that close the gap between insight and action. An open technology platform, SAP NetWeaver is based on industry standards and can be extended with commonly used development tools such as Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE).
SAP NetWeaver 7.3 Ramp-Up targets both, existing SAP NetWeaver customers (upgrade and new installations), and also new customers. SAP NetWeaver 7.3 will deliver a consolidated release for all NetWeaver installation thus allowing customers to harmonise their SAP NetWeaver hub installations in their landscapes.
From January 2011 Birchman began development in SAP NetWeaver 7.30 Composite Environment as an SAP ramp-up partner.
From the point of view of Birchman the new Enhancements in SAP NetWeaver 7.3 include:
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Greatly enhanced Java support: Java EE5 certified, Java-only ESB and JMS pub/sub capabilities
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Reusable business rule sets with Microsoft Excel integration
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Enhanced standards support (WS Policy 1.2, SOAP 1.2, WS Trust 1.3, Java SE 6, JSR 168/286, WSRP 1.0, SAML 1.0/2.0)
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Tighter integration between SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP BusinessObjects
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Individual and team productivity enhancements in the SAP NetWeaver Portal
For further information please clink on ‘contact us’ or e-mail
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Birchman is Awarded the SAP Award Of Excellence |
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Madrid, SAP Spain
On February 15th, SAP Spain celebrated the annual partners meeting with over two hundred delegates from their SAP SME distribution channel.
During the conference, SAP Spain announced the winners for the SAP Award of Excellence, recognising the contribution of its partners to the 2010 small and medium enterprises’ business development.
Birchman has been recognised as having the major sales volume for the sales and distribution of SAP All-in-One. Birchman sales results for 2010 are the ones that have gathered the highest growth in percentage and in value against the previous year. |
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Birchman Asia Pacific Announce New Office In Melbourne, Australia |
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In January 2011, Birchman Asia Pacific officially established a presence at 101 Collins Street, Melbourne. Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city and is the state capital of Victoria.
With a vibrant economy, Melbourne is home to manufacturing, retail, fashion, financial services institutions and some large Government enterprises. This market profile offers Birchman an ideal opportunity to capitalise on our international track record and offer our services to Melbourne based clients.
Dennis Norgard, has relocated from Birchman’s Perth office to launch and lead the Birchman Melbourne operations. Dennis has extensive industry experience and a proven track record in establishing and running consulting businesses in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Frank Early, Birchman’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific, said ‘I am excited by our move to establish a permanent presence in Melbourne. It is part of our growth strategy across the region and is in line with our business plan. We are increasingly being asked by our clients to support them across multiple geographies and having a presence in Melbourne is an essential step for us. We now have critical mass in Australia with offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth to complement our new office in Melbourne’.
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Birchman is a Proud Supporter of the Annual ASX Thomson Reuters Charity Regatta |
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The Birchman Sydney office was a proud supporter for this year’s annual ASX Thomson Reuters Charity Regatta.
The Charity was formed in 1999 to help Australian-based children’s and medical research charities, and does this by organising fundraising events in conjunction with the Financial Markets.
The format is for teams to charter yachts and race around Sydney Harbour. As a team sponsor it gave the Sydney office an opportunity to invite major and potential clients for a fun yet competitive event. All our guests thoroughly enjoyed the day. |
Birchman Supports Jarjum School, Redfern |
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The Birchman Group, is providing a pro bono advisory role to the Council of a proposed new school in Redfern, Sydney, called The Jarjum School.
This ambitious project will be providing free-of-charge tuition to local Aboriginal children who have already “fallen through the cracks” of the local education system. The approach is holistic and intensive, embracing a balance between education, health and aboriginal spiritual development. The school will be supported by a combination of government, corporate, and individual funding.
Jim Scollon (Birchman Consultant) is driving the development of the Partner Program that will help build long-term and sustainable relationships with leading corporations who want to help “fill the gap”. The school is scheduled to open in June 2011.
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CORFUO –Funded Mission to Identify Renewable Energy Technologies |
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Birchman organised and led a CORFO-funded mission of Chilean businessmen to the UK in October 2010. The mission was comprised of the managing directors of renewable energy companies, and the objective was to identify renewable energy technologies with a potential to be deployed in Chile, and establish contacts with the vendors of such technologies.
The mission started by participating at the European Future Energy Forum (EFEF10) in London (October 19th and 20th); then went on to Cambridge to participate in the Cambridge Energy Forum (CEF - October 21st) and participate in one-to-one meetings with Cambridge-based innovative companies, organised by Environtech (October 22nd); and finally to Manchester to particpate in one-to-one meetings organised by Envirolink Northwest (October 25th).
Paul Griffiths, Partner with Birchman Chile, moderated a roundatable at EFEF10 and made a keynote speech at CEF, both on the Energy sector in Chile and the opportunity for non-fossil fuels.
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Insight Interviews with SAP Managed Services / SAP Support Customers |
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Birchman have undertaken independent Insight Interviews with SAP Managed Services / SAP Support customers in the UK. Thank you to those customers who participated in the survey. The results were extremely positive, which is a great credit to the UK team.
Some of the feedback includes:
“I think that their support, and in particular the co-ordination of support, is exemplary”
“They offer flexibility together with a brilliant approach”
“They are fantastic. If you e-mail, they respond within minutes. The programmers are always accessible and really helpful”
“They do always seem to understand what I am asking and have the ability to key into what I need straight away”
“I would summarise Birchman as one of the international leaders of SAP application support to the CPG industry. One word to describe Birchman would be Astounding. Another word is Professional.”
For further information regarding SAP Managed Services please click here
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Birchman Sponsors South African Golfer Lee- Anne Pace on the Ladies European Tour! |
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Birchman and Lee-Anne set the Pace! 
Birchman sponsors South African golfer
Lee-Anne Pace on the Ladies European Tour.
It has turned out to be an outstanding year
for Lee-Anne winning 5 tournaments
so far! Lee -Anne is currently the number 1
ranked player on the European Order of Merit.
The tournaments Lee-Anne has won so far
this year:
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Won Deutsche Bank Swiss Ladies Open
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Won S4C Wales Ladies Open
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Won FinnairMasters
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Won Sanya China Ladies Open
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Won Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open
We asked Lee-Anne some questions about her golf career and her as a person:
How did you end up in a career in golf?
Well, I caddied for my dad from a young age, he paid me pocket money for this (way less than the actual caddies!!) At school I loved and played hockey. At the age of 17 my dad sat me down and told me he thinks that I should start playing golf and consider it as a career. It was a hard decision for me, but clearly it has turned out to be a good decision in hindsight. I love what I do and feel very fortunate to be doing what I love every day.
How did your first win feel?
I was in a state of shock to be honest. I couldn’t stop smiling and in fact my cheeks hurt from grinning all the time. It made me very determined to win again as I love the winning feeling.
Did you always wanted to play golf as a career?
When I was younger, I was also very keen to be a doctor or surgeon. The fact that a doctor/surgeon could affect someone’s life so dramatically in a positive way through his or her knowledge and skills is very powerful for me.
Some golfers are very superstitious, are you?
No, not really, but I decided to start wearing a white outfit every final round I play and after that I have won a lot of tournaments. I don’t plan to change this habit at all, so you could probably call me a bit superstitious.
What is your greatest fear?
That people I love might get hurt. Physically it is spiders.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I indulge too quickly which leads to boredom easily.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Judgment of others, especially when it is unreserved.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience (says this smiling)
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
I have 3 loves... The ocean, red wine and chocolate.
When and where were you happiest?
I have a lot of most happy moments stored away. The day my sister was born for one. The first time I fell in love, the second time I fell in love... every time I get to body surf in the ocean etc...
Which talent would you most like to have?
I would have loved to be able to be a great guitar player with a good voice...Ok so that is two but they go together so they count as one.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
The fact that I am impatient.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Graduating from university after I wanted to quit.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Myself, who wouldn't want a second chance at life?
What is your most treasured possession?
My brain.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My smile.
What is it that you most dislike?
Spiders, cooked carrots, raw onion, cheap wine and hangovers.
What is your motto?
For life: it is what it is.
For golf: The tournament is a lion fight. So: chin up, pull your shoulders back, walk proud, stride a little. Don't lick your wounds, celebrate them. The scars you bear are the signs of a competitor. You're in a lion fight. Just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar.
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Birchman and Attenda form a Partnership to Address Opportunities in the Fashion Industry |
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Birchman and Attenda are working in Partnership to provide clients with an innovative, rapidly scalable FashionWorks on demand solution.
The FashionWorks solution is based upon the market leading SAP ERP software, but has been specifically developed to combine retail, merchandising and production functionality, preconfigured into a single packaged solution, based upon Birchman’s extensive retail and manufacturing experience in the fashion and luxury goods sectors.
Designed and developed by Birchman Spain, the home of fast fashion, FashionWorks is a fast growing fashion industry solution, with over 10 live implementations, in companies like Desigual and Pepe Jeans.
The partnership combines Birchman’s retail industry consultancy, software and implementation expertise with Attenda’s critical enterprise applications hosting and Cloud services capability, to deliver proven solutions and services to the Retail industry.
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New Birchman Office in Brisbane Australia |
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The Birchman Group has recently opened an office in Brisbane Australia.
Birchman has established a relationship with a key client and is working on several interesting opportunities. Birchman is recruiting locally and has relocated some key staff members to kick-off the new business.
Frank Early, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, commented that ‘as part of our ongoing expansion strategy in the region Brisbane is a logical next step. We have deep expertise in several key industry segments that we believe are in demand in Brisbane and we can see significant opportunity for our services in the local market’.
Birchman is an international organisation that provides consulting services, solution delivery and managed services to many of the world’s leading companies. Birchman operates in Europe, Asia Pacific, Central and Southern America and the Middle East. Birchman commenced operation in the Asia Pacific region 5 years ago and has offices in Sydney and Perth to complement the Brisbane office.
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Birchman Spain Acquires ICNet Consulting |
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Late breaking news – on Friday the 17th of September Birchman Spain acquired ICNet Consulting.
ICNet Consulting is a company with offices in Madrid and Barcelona focused on tailored solutions in .net and java technologies. They have 120 employees and a wealth of experience with clients such as Orange, KPN, Acciona, Sogecable, Colt, Endesa, Ericsson, Schweppes (origina group), Yoigo (Sonera), Telefónica, Abertis, ONO, InfoCaja, Jazztel, B Santander and Acciona Trasmediterranea. Icnet Consulting provides services in Application Development, Business Consulting, Systems Integration, Technology Consulting and Project Office.
Please have a look at their existing website for further information - www.icnetconsulting.com.
Please welcome two new Partners: Pedro Camarero and Esteve Villella and all the great people at Icnet Consulting to the Birchman family. This is yet another step forward in the delivery of our sustainable growth strategy. |
Birchman Putts 4 dough.... |
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Birchman is pleased to announce that we are proud sponsors of the putt4dough Charity event.
The inaugural Putt4dough IT golf charity day will be held at Burswood Park Golf Course in Perth on Thursday 28 October 2010.
Putt4dough believes that the kids of today are our future, and by supporting the Princess Margaret Hospital foundation, they are helping to improve the quality of life of sick Western Australian children.
Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation is the official fundraising body for Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH), Western Australia’s only specialist children’s hospital. Since the Foundation was first established in 1998, they have raised more than $24 million to fund life-saving research and capital projects. They have also funded close to a quarter of the equipment currently used by the hospital.
These incredible results for thousands of sick and injured children are made possible by the ongoing support of the generous Western Australian community.
For those that would like to take part in this fabulous event or require further information then please visit the putt4dough website at www.putt4dough.info
We do hope that some of our employees will contribute to making this inaugural event a success for all involved, but more importantly a success for the Children of Western Australia.
putt4dough Support the kids, register for putt4dough |
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