Victim Support is a charity in England and Wales which aims to help victims and witnesses of crime by raising awareness of their needs and by delivering dedicated services to them.

The partnership between Victim Support and Yale targets both sides of crime; helping to prevent crime and giving support to victims after a crime has taken place. Yale’s comprehensive range of products will address the physical side of safety and Victim Support will be offering the emotional, intangible assistance.

Yale will work with Victim Support on some joint fundraising activities, and product discounts and expert security advice are both planned for the future. , Product discounts are currently being finalized to allow Victim Support to purchase at lower rates and there will be special seasonal offers for volunteers who wish to buy Yale security products for their own home and family. The partnership’s next steps will be to accelerate the campaign with potential joint research, London Olympics safety information, “Burglary in Britain” campaigns and other promotions and discount offers.

As part of the partnership, Yale will also be writing a regular Ask The Experts column in Support Network, helping to answer the security questions and dispel some of the common security and safety myths for Victim Support volunteers and employees.

Yale is proud to be working with a highly regarded, respected household brand and looks forward to using its expertise to further Victim Support’s aim of putting victims of crime at ease.

About Yale:

Yale is one of the oldest international brands in the world and one of the best-known names in the locking industry. Over the years the Yale has expanded into the wider home security market, and now offers a range of products and services form locks to alarms and safes.

Dedicated to bringing customers the latest in digital locking solutions and home security, the new Yale Digital website focuses on four key areas of the company’s business: locks, alarms, fire safes and checks, and surveys.

“This store gives us the chance to offer our new, innovative digital products to the consumer with installation from our excellent team of local installers, YSP. Now you can have cutting-edge technology at an affordable price delivered or installed making it the most convenient option around.”

Combining cutting edge technology and the reliability for which Yale is known, the digital products on offer deliver peace of mind, together with flexibility and convenience at an affordable price.

Standout products include the Yale Keyless Digital Lock, Codehandle and Yale SmartHome Alarm, all of which perfectly exemplify the company’s ethos of security that fits around the user’s life.

The Yale Digital Keyless Door Lock allows users to set a temporary code for their property – meaning guests, tradesmen or relatives can gain entry for a fixed period of time. The product’s touch screen keypad is weather resistant, and should the lock run out of battery, users can utilise an emergency battery connection.

Codehandle is another ground-breaking security solution available on the Yale Digital website. As easy to fit as a conventional handle, Codehandle is essentially an internal door handle that features an integrated five-digit keypad. Simple and elegant Codehandle is the perfect discrete security solution for internal doors. Additionally, the product allows users to choose when the door is locked.

The Yale SmartHome Alarm represents a huge step forward in home alarm design. Suitable for all types of home, users can arm and disarm the alarm from a mobile phone. The device can also be programmed to turn on an upstairs light or play a custom sound (such as a dog barking) when a sensor is activated. Easily customisable, the SmartHome Alarm can be expanded to suit all requirements.

Wireless technology is a key feature of many of Yale Digital’s products, meaning they can be easily installed without mess or fuss either by the end-user or with the help of an installation specialist.

A checks and surveys service is also available on the site, including an alarm check service and 130 point security survey. Carried out by fully trained Yale security professionals, the former guarantees that an alarm is properly installed, while the latter examines the security of a property.

The Yale Digital site also allows users to design their own alarm system based on the number of upstairs and downstairs rooms and external doors in their property.

About Yale:

Yale is one of the oldest international brands in the world and one of the best-known names in the locking industry. Over the years the Yale has expanded into the wider home security market, and now offers a range of products and services form locks to alarms and safes. Yale Digital is the company’s new online store.

http://digital.yale.co.uk/

Sapphire Systems is pleased to announce the next step in its global expansion with an office in Sydney, Australia.

“SAP is a global company, SAP Business One is a global solution and now we have a global partner based here in Australia with Sapphire Systems, which is great news” commented Vince Cordi, Channel Sales Manager at SAP Australia Pty Ltd.

An SAP Gold partner, Sapphire is the global leading partner for SAP Business One and has been a value added reseller of SAP for eight years.  Earlier this year Sapphire was confirmed as a finalist in the SAP Pinnacle Awards, SAP’s premier global partner recognition program, highlighting outstanding partners that have excelled in developing a partnership with SAP and in growing mutual business by helping customers run better.

Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire Systems, explained this latest expansion saying: “We are continually looking for ways to better support our customers and setting up in new countries and time zones works well.  It means that we are able to provide even more telephone support and have consultants available whenever, and wherever, there is the requirement.”

Sapphire already has several customers with operations in Australia including Sunraysia and Adstream.

About Sapphire Systems:

SAP Gold partner, Sapphire, is the global number one partner for SAP Business One. Sapphire is the global leading Infor10 Financials Business (SunSystems) partner, with a unique agreement with Infor to sell Infor10 SunSystems globally. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 800 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA & Asia-Pac. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.

About SAP Business One:

SAP Business One is an integrated, affordable business management application. It’s a single system that can automate critical business operations, including finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and manufacturing. And it provides accurate, up-to-the-minute views of business data. SAP Business One is a global solution with multi-currency and multi-lingual functionality that is easy to buy, quick to install, and easy to use.

SAP recognizes Sapphire Systems as the global leading partner for SAP Business One.

An SAP Gold partner, Sapphire has been a value added reseller of SAP Business One for eight years and has been the leading partner in the UK and EMEA regions for some time. With offices around the UK, USA and Asia-Pac Sapphire is a truly global partner to international companies with multiple offices in multiple time zones. Sapphire has built up a team of experienced, multi-lingual consultants, with the ability to implement SAP Business One anywhere in the world.

Key to Sapphire’s achievement is 24 hour support – both online and telephone – available to all customers, as part of Sapphire’s standard service offering.

Ian Caswell, Managing Director at Sapphire Systems, said “We are thrilled to have been recognized by SAP as the global number one SAP Business One partner.  In our 2011 SAP Business One customer survey 100% of respondents stated that Sapphire is a company that cares about its customers; I think it is our customer facing approach that is the cornerstone of Sapphire’s growth success.”

About Sapphire Systems:

SAP Gold partner, Sapphire, is the global number one partner for SAP Business One. Sapphire is the global leading Infor10 Financials Business (SunSystems) partner, with a unique agreement with Infor to sell Infor10 SunSystems globally. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered customers wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides software, services and support for over 800 customers worldwide from their offices in the UK, USA & Asia-Pac. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application Software Developers Association and was one of the first signatories of the BASDA Green Charter.

About SAP Business One:

SAP Business One is an integrated, affordable business management application. It’s a single system that can automate critical business operations, including finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and manufacturing. And it provides accurate, up-to-the-minute views of business data. SAP Business One is a global solution with multi-currency and multi-lingual functionality that is easy to buy, quick to install, and easy to use.

According to the Make Runaways Safe campaign, approximately half of all male and female prisoners above the age of 16 ran away from their homes when they were still children. Indeed, child drug abuse victims can also experience a higher incidence of school exclusions, alcohol abuse and drug misuse, which have proven links to social and economic problems later in life. A quarter of homeless children who run away from home before they are teenagers, while one in 10 homeless youngsters run away before their tenth birthday.

Certain groups of children who are more susceptible to becoming homeless also include:

 More than a third of young people who have either used drugs or alcohol or who have been involved with the police.
 Children aged 13 to 15, which is the most common age at which a child becomes homeless.
 Girls, who are more likely to be homeless than boys.
 Children in care, who three times as likely to run away (although comprising just two per cent of all child runaways).
 Children who consider themselves as having learning difficulties or disabilities, which represents approximately one fifth of all young runaways.
 Children whose parents have either divorced or separated are three times as likely to run away.
 Children living with a single parent are twice as likely to attempt to run away at some point during their childhood.

Supporting young homeless substance abuse victims

Providing an effective safety net for homeless children who have been the victims of child drug abuse is a comprehensive strategy. Charities need to work very closely with all local authorities to establish each child’s background, their motives for running away from home, risk factors that could compromise their health and safety and the level of support they will require in the future.

With more than 100,000 children running away in the UK each year, ensuring that the welfare of each homeless child remains a top priority is the best means to tackle this problem. This helps every agency and professional in the country working with child drug abuse victims to provide the highest standards of care through a coordinated national support network.

Drug abuse can often be a factor in runaway cases. The aim of The Children’s Society’s Make Runaways Safe campaign aims is to reach out to young runaways and give them the help and support they need.

School based sessions and other activities

Between April and May schools can even get a free two hour revision session delivered by a KBS tutor in their school, which are now fully booked for a second successive year. Kaplan Business School tutors will engage with students in an interactive session designed to reinforce exam skills and the importance of using case study resources effectively. Taking students through a number of questions at a pace that suits each group, the KBS tutors will ensure that students are receiving maximum benefit from the case study resources provided.

The KBS Schools and Colleges Liaison Team also offer school based workshops related to accountancy, business, finance and law all year round, and taster days at the London campus where students can sample a subject for the day. This year’s Taster Days are in July and schools and individual students are invited to KBS online form.

About Kaplan Business School:

The Keys to Success AQA Revision Guide for A-Level study was put together by Joanna Killoughery of Kaplan Business School. You can book a visit to your school, and register your interest in being involved in future Business Studies revision sessions by contacting Jo and the Schools and Colleges Liaison team at Kaplan Business School. They work with more than one hundred institutions every year, helping students with their university choices, UCAS applications, clearing preparation and to understand more about university life and the career opportunities open to them upon graduation.

For more information on our AQA revision guides, or for information on any of our Schools and Colleges activities contact Joanna Killoughery on 0207 920 6868.

The Air Partner Time Critical team have successfully completed bookings for a number of major clients, including multi-national corporations, industries, governments and aid organisations across the globe. The most recent example, in April, saw the Time Critical team flying an undercarriage assembly from the UK to Dubai for an internationally recognised airline. The mission was a full door-to-door service, which utilised road transport as well as scheduled service freighter.

Clive Chalmers, Manager of UK Freight said, “When time is of the essence, our clients know that they can rely on Time Critical to get their cargo wherever they need it, whenever they need it. One year on, the service continues to provide a valuable product for clients working to time-definite deadlines.”

Air Partner Time Critical is tailored to each client’s urgent requirements by using aircraft charter, scheduled airfreight, dedicated express road transport and/or onboard couriers. The bespoke RED-TRACK software provides real-time supply chain and in-transit visibility of a shipment’s progress via live monitoring from pick-up to delivery. Clients can securely monitor their cargo’s progress and status online minute-by-minute via any web device and can request that simultaneous alerts are transmitted to multiple contacts.

The Time Critical service capitalises on the strength and secure financial stature of the Air Partner brand, its status as a listed company on the London Stock Exchange, the company’s 50 years of trading, its global network of 21 offices and its Royal Warrant to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

About Air Partner Freight

Air Partner Freight charters aircraft of every size to fly air cargo aircraft anywhere, at any time, whatever its weight, size or shape. Serving governments, leading industrial shippers and relief and humanitarian organisations, the freight team provides bespoke air charter solutions to meet a wide range of cargo charter needs. From urgent ‘go now’ requirements moving small quantities of automotive spare parts between plants through to the most complex project cargo shipments taking several months to plan, Air Partner Freight has the skills, experience and expertise to ensure shipments are handled securely and reliably. London Gatwick-based Air Partner Freight’s cargo specialists in the UK, USA, Dubai, Germany France, Turkey, Hong Kong and Japan provide strength of knowledge by utilising regional carriers for tailored charter services.

About Air Partner

Air Partner has been trading for 50 years and is a world leading provider of air charter services to industry, commerce, governments and individuals worldwide. The Group is globally recognised as a leading charter broker and organises ad hoc aircraft charters of every type for any reason. Its three main divisions comprise Air Partner Freight, Air Partner Commercial Jets and Air Partner Private Jets. The Commercial Jets division charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Private Jets offers the company’s pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter. With its headquarters alongside Gatwick airport in the UK, Air Partner operates 24/7 year-round and employs 225 aviation professionals across its 21 offices spanning Europe, North America, the Far East and Middle East. Air Partner is the only company in the aviation industry to hold a Royal Warrant, a globally recognised mark of excellence.

www.airpartner.com

Enquiries:
Temple Bar Advisory T. 020 7002 1080
Tom Allison
Joanna Crawford M. 0778 999 8020
0777 625 3482

Mark Briffa, CEO of Air Partner Group Plc, says, “While the market remains challenging, we are starting to see improvement in the private aviation sector; sales in our Private Jets division are 30% ahead year on year. We are also seeing a growth of business in emerging markets, particularly in Asia, as well as the development of new ‘hubs’ for private jet activity. Enquiries are being generated in Ukraine and Russia, where we expect demand for private jet charters to continue to grow.”

David Macdonald, Director of Sales for Air Partner Private Jets, also comments; “High net worth individuals continue to use private aviation, and we are well-placed to grow in this market. Increasingly, our clients are looking for flexibility, high quality and financial robustness, which is where Air Partner’s reputation differentiates us from the competition. As the only aviation company with a Royal Warrant, and the winner of Global Traveler’s ‘Best Private Jet Company in Europe’ award, Air Partner is recognised as a trusted industry leader. In today’s climate, Air Partner’s JetCard and ad hoc charter offerings provide a more flexible and economical way of enjoying the benefits of private aviation, without the contractual or financial obligations associated with other forms of private aviation.”

Mark, David and the rest of the Air Partner Private Jet team will be at EBACE 2012, and are available for media interview or background discussions. They can be reached on T. +44 777 625 3482.

May 2012

Notes to Editors:

Mark Briffa, CEO of Air Partner Group Plc
Mark was appointed CEO with effect from 1 April 2010 when he assumed full responsibility for the worldwide Air Partner Group. He joined Air Partner in 1996 as a Commercial Jets broker and was quickly promoted to UK Managing Director before joining the plc Board in 2006 as Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for all Group trading activities worldwide. Mark has more than 20 years’ experience in the aviation industry.

David Macdonald, Director of Sales – Private Jets
David joined Air Partner in 1995 and is now Director of Sales, Private Jets, with responsibility for the retention and growth of existing and new private jet markets. He was instrumental in the launch of Air Partner’s JetCard product in 2005, the establishment of Air Partner’s presence in Russia in 2008 and securing Air Partner’s strategic alliance with CitationAir by Cessna, an industry-leading private jet transportation solutions company based in the US, in 2010. David has 25 years of varied experience in private jet sales, management, operations and broking.

About Air Partner

Air Partner has been trading for 51 years and is a world leading provider of aviation air charter services to industry, commerce, governments and individuals worldwide. The Group is globally recognised as a leading charter broker and organises ad hoc aircraft charters of every type for any reason. Its three main divisions comprise Air Partner Freight, Air Partner Commercial Jets and Air Partner private jets. The Commercial Jets division charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Private Jets offers the company’s pre-paid JetCard scheme and on-demand charter. With its headquarters alongside Gatwick airport in the UK, Air Partner operates 24/7 year-round and employs 225 aviation professionals across its 21 offices spanning Europe, North America, the Far East and Middle East. Air Partner is the only company in the aviation industry to hold a Royal Warrant, a globally recognised mark of excellence.

www.airpartner.com

Enquiries:
Temple Bar Advisory T. 020 7002 1080
Joanna Crawford
Tom Allison M. 0777 625 3482
0778 999 8020

CBS-VCALL is a self-contained video-conferencing unit that can be quickly and easily set up to enable real time, face-to-face communication from where you are to any location worldwide.

A key driver behind the development of CBS-VCALL was to democratise the use of video conferencing and open up opportunities for all. In the past it has been almost impossible for SMEs to take up the benefits video-conferencing can offer for a variety of reasons: pricing of the units has, on the whole, been prohibitive and without an in-house specialist to set up and run the units they have been technically too complex for SMEs to install and implement. With all this in mind Colebrook Bosson Saunders took up the challenge to design a video-conferencing unit to meet the needs of this neglected market.

Key features and benefits of CBS-VCALL include:

• Arrives on a pallet already pre-assembled
• Set up time is massively reduced from industry standards
• Comes with universal camera and codec mount
• Compatible with equipment from all leading manufacturers
• CBS-VCALL is made in Europe and available globally with stock held in the Middle East (Dubai), Australia (Melbourne), Asia (Hong Kong) and the USA (Michigan) too
• A panel at the front of the unit can be customised to suit the needs of each user company; the panel can be Foamex, Perspex or steel and can be branded if required
• The unit is lockable, enabling the locations and usage for video-conferencing to be expanded

CBS-VCALL can be seen at the following events as part of the product’s launch with strategic distribution partners:

The O2 on 25.04.2012 with NEC
The Tower of London on 27.04.2012 with Imago at the Imago Expo 2012
InfoComm (Information Communications Marketplace), Conference: June 9-15, Exhibits: June 13-15 2012, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

About Colebrook Bosson Saunders:

Colebrook Bosson Saunders (CBS) believe passionately in design. CBS design and manufacture innovative and elegant solutions that create space and comfort for people in a wide range of workplaces, including trading floors; offices; hospitals; schools and universities; and passenger terminals. Through extensive expertise in ergonomics CBS create adjustable work space solutions that promote healthy and productive working environments. These workplace solutions help overcome some of the most common workplace issues related with technology use – musculoskeletal disorders, workstation organisation and technology support. CBS have a truly global presence with offices in Europe, UAE, USA, Asia and Australia.

While each runaway is unique, there are four facts about the pattern of young runaways:

1.    Many children run away repeatedly.
2.    A considerable number run away for long periods.
3.    Many are forced to leave home; they may have been physically ejected or verbally ordered to go.
4.    The majority of runaways are not reported to the police as missing.

The report shows that drug abuse and drinking is often linked to runaway cases – by parents, carers or young people.

It is noted that girls are more likely to run away from home than boys and overall, and the most common age for children to run away is between 13 and 15.

It was also revealed that children under the age of 13 are also prone to running away – a quarter of runaways do so before the age of 13, and one in 10 before the age of 10.

Children in care are shown to be three times more likely to run away.

The investigation shows that often children experiencing problems in school tend to run away. Difficulty with learning puts pressure on children who then decide to run away.

Many children come from homes where parents themselves have drink or drug dependency issues. This can contribute to a runaway child experimenting with dangerous substances themselves.

It is also evident that children who come from homes with broken relationships have a higher number of runaways or have had a previous attempt at running away from home.

Young runaways are less likely to feel that their life is not worth living, but are more likely to feel alone and depressed.

One in six child runaways said they slept rough, while one in eight said they resorted to begging or stealing. It was also recorded that the older ages of the demographic were less likely to seek help or were untrusting of professionals. Eight out of 10 children will not look for help but those who do will ask friends or relatives.

Drug abuse issues are often linked to runaway cases. The Children’s Society’s Make Runaways Safe campaign aims to safeguard young runaways and give them the help and support they need.