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In August the North East branch hosted a very popular summer social event, inviting members to join a BBQ - Networking evening right on the banks of the scenic Tyne river.

As one of the world’s busiest transport hubs, Heathrow Airport involves some staggering numbers.

APM Honorary Fellow, Mark Thurston, announced as new Chief Executive of HS2 The Board of HS2 has today announced in a press release on their website that Mark Thurston has been appointed as the new Chief Executive for the organisation.

On Monday 13th February, Dr Richard Breese, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University and David Waller, MD Keldale Business Services Ltd, described the role of Benefits Management in project management.

A very successful event was held on Wednesday 8th February 2017 in conjunction with the Open University where Dr Elmar Kutsch, Senior Lecturer in Risk Management at the Cranfield School of Management presented his research into Organisational Resilience with APM members and guests at the Open University in Milton Keynes.

The Association for Project Management (APM) has been confirmed as a finalist in four award categories for the third year running by the Association Excellence Awards 2016.

APM seeks to unveil the ambitions of the project profession in 2017 To coincide with APM’s biggest ever conference, entitled ‘Making the Mould’, APM has launched its #futurepmgoal competition in a bid to find out exactly what project professionals are striving to achieve throughout 2017.

On a Tuesday night in late January 2017, APM members gathered together with members of the ICE, for the next in an ongoing series, of joint events.

All eyes on major Government projects in 2017 One year has passed since the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report “Delivering major projects in Government” which highlighted the challenges faced by government projects caused by “unrealistic expectations and over-optimism” and the “need to balance ambition and realism when setting goals”.

Under the guise of a New Year tradition which sees the highest rates of job seekers looking for new opportunities at this time of year, the January job hunt appears to have begun.