Owen Mumford’s work in the community with Jarl Severn, Owen Mumford
B4’s Richard Rosser talks to Jarl Severn, Managing Director of Owen Mumford, about the challenges his team faced during the pandemic.
The interview provided a fascinating insight into how Owen Mumford not only maintained their ‘business as normal’ output but also contributed significantly to the fight against COVID-19 AND managed to make significant contributions to the local community.
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B4 Member of the Month – Phil Lawrie, Silverstone Museum
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Raise’24 Demonstrates the Power of Collaboration and Team Effort
At Keble College on Friday 13th December, one hundred representatives of Oxfordshire’s business and charitable communities came together to celebrate months of incredible fundraising efforts and as they all stood at the threshold of the hugely impressive Great Hall, they had already raised well over £20,000. That total has now soared to £37,500 thanks to the generosity of well over 500 donors and the hard work of 33 fundraisers.