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MCA Cooper Associates in line for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Consultant of the Year Award

After its proposed merger with Exeter College fell through Bicton College in Devon found itself with the need to urgently fill a number of its senior management positions and to start on the development of a Recovery Plan. The Principal immediately turned to MCA Cooper Associates to provide interim support in several key positions and also to guide the College through the recovery process.

MCA Cooper Associates were able to have staff in the College within 24 hours with no prior warning of the Colleges requirements, the interim staff included a Finance Director, Head of HR, an IT manager, a College Accountant and support for the MIS function In addition two senior MCA Coopers consultants started immediate work on the development of a Recovery Plan.

The Principal was so delighted with not only the speed of response, but the quality of the personnel brought in he decided to take the opportunity to recommend MCA Cooper Associates for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Consultant of the Year award. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony run by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in November.

Want more information contact

Malcolm Cooper on 01226 767628

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MCA Cooper Associates deliver a well received seminar at the LSIS Governors conference in Birmingham on the 18-25 March 2010

At the recent LSIS conference entitled "Leadership Skills for Governance" Malcolm Cooper and Neil Reed delivered an hour long paper to a selection of Governors, Clerks and Principals. The paper entitled "The role of governors and clerks during improvement/recovery planning" sought to give the audience detailed guidance on what the Governors should look for and be aware of when discussing improvement or recovery plans with senior college management.

LSIS are seeking to assist colleges through the current difficulties and believe, that as part of LSIS overall strategy, colleges need to be well informed about how they can get through the current difficult times. LSIS therefore recognised that as the leading organisation in developing improvement and recovery plans in the sector the MCA Coopers team were ideally placed to deliver the seminar on behalf of LSIS.

The feedback from LSIS has been very positive and at the end of the session a number delegates were keen to discuss the presentation in further detail.

See the presentation HERE

MCA Cooper Associates Efficiency Review of Belfast Metropolitan College is Published by the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland

Employment and Learning Minister, Sir Reg Empey, commented on the final report and said: “This report will help provide the stability that Belfast Metropolitan College needs to allow it to continue to deliver high quality skills training to young people in the Greater Belfast area and beyond"

MCA Coopers are proud to have been chosen by DEL to carry out this significant contribution to the future efficiency and viability of Belfast Metropolitan College.

The full report can be obtained via this link: Download the report

See what the BBC News had to say HERE and what the Belfast Telegraph said HERE

If you feel that you could use our experience in your college why not have a chat with

Malcolm Cooper on 01226 767628

2009 AOC conference

We shall be at our usual stand again at this year's event with five of our associates who will be available to discuss the latest sector topics or offer help and advice.

BREAKING NEWS

The MCA Coopers success story continues and at the Conference we will be launching our Training division TrainMCA.com which will enable us to pass on the wide knowledge and experience gained by our Associates for the benefit of your college. The events will be held regionally so that as many colleges as possible will have access to this exciting new development.

So please drop by, say hello and perhaps pick up one of our useful giveaways

MCA passes milestone in its rapid growth throughout the FE sector

Malcolm Cooper MCA's Managing Director says he is delighted to report that MCA recently passed a milestone in its continuing success story when a recent client became the 50th College with which MCA had carried out a major project. He added that in addition he was able to include the LSC at both National and Regional level and DEL in Northern Ireland as clients

He said that he felt that MCA were unique in the sector because all of the Associates have held senior positions in Colleges and are able to offer very practical skills when delivering our full range of consultancy services to our clients. When Colleges are looking to improve their performance or may be are considering an Improvement Plan or require merger advice we can utilise these skills to benefit our clients. Also if a College is looking for an Interim Principal, an MIS manager, a VP Finance or any other senior position for which they need something more than just another interim/consultant they are more frequently turning to us to tap into our unique skills base.

Ring or a chat or email and find out why we have become the FE sectors first choice for quality interim or consultancy support.

email malcolmc@mcacoopers.com

Mobile 07950931389

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