During pre-SIEF deliberations, and where substance identity is less certain, analytical data on components and impurities will allow valid comparisons to be made. Stabe, effective SIEF’s can then be found on scientific evidence. There may also be a need for specialist help on chemical nomenclature to identify all the potential partners to define each SIEF’s substance clearly.

 To help, Yorkshire Chemical Focus is teaming up with the Government Chemist and Chemistry Innovation to bring you an event on Tuesday 11th November, to be held at the Briar Court Hotel, Huddersfield, and which will look at analytical methods and mesurement techniques that will help you in arriving at ’sameness’.

 This will be a half day event and is free of charge to all companies wishing to attend. For more information contact Bernadette Francis at bernadette.francis@lgc.co.uk or call on 0208 943 7423.

Schofield Sweeney Solicitors specialist commercial law firm are holding two EMPLOYMENT LAW SEMINARS in Leeds on December 2^nd and in Bradford on December 4^th. The seminars are designed to provide essential practical updates on a wide range of employment law issue for all those who deal with employment law problems. The seminars will cover recent decisions from Employment Tribunals and Courts on unfair dismissal, redundancy, employment contracts, disciplinary and grievance procedures, TUPE, working time and sex, race, disability and age discrimination. The seminar will also look ahead to forthcoming changes in legislation and key issues under appeal. December 2^nd 2008 at Schofield Sweeny’s Leeds OfficeDecember 4^th 2008 at Schofield Sweeny’s Bradford Office  The seminars cost £35 +VAT (£35.25) per delegate.  For all booking enquires contact Maggie Tran on 0113 220 6346 or maggietran@schoeys.com

Premier Farnell plc are holding a Best Practice ‘Opening Doors’ event on the 30 October 2008 at 9.30 – 12.00. This will be followed by a networking lunch. Visit the Premier Farnell plc International Distribution Centre in Leeds and find out more about their approach to best practice environmental management. Of particular interest are best practice reporting procedures used for multiple, international, locations used for environmental and corporate reporting purposes. Booking is essential so make sure you book your place in plenty of time. Book Online or e-mail Jeanine.willoughby@bitc.org.uk . This event is delivered by Business in the Community in partnership with Carbon Action Yorkshire.

Marshalls plc are holding an Best Practice ‘Opening Doors’ event on the 24 September 2008 in Halifax at their flagship eco-efficiency Brookfoot manufacturing site at 09.30-12.00. This will be followed by a networking lunch. You will find out more about how Marshalls manage environment as part of their business model. Booking is essential, so make sure you book your place in plenty of time. Book online or e-mail Jeanine.willoughby@bitc.org.uk. This is a FREE event.
This event is delivered by Business in the Community in partnership with Carbon Action Yorkshire.

Free Networking Event 

The Water Industry Forum are hosting a networking event for all Yorkshire and Humber water and wastewater related businesses. Tuesday 9th September 2008 Magna, Sheffield 2pm - 6pm If you wish to attend this FREE event please complete the following form and post to: Water Industry Forum, Unit 8 Appleton Court, Calder Park, Wakefield, WF2 7AR 

To attend, please contact the WIF office on  01924 256727 or email katemckinley@wiforum.co.uk

Working effectively in SIEFs and Consortia Thursday 16 October

This workshop provides a balanced overview of the legal responsibilities and the practical business issues involved when working in SIEFs and Consortia.

Topics include:

• Obligations of lead registrants & secondary registrants
• What to expect from an operational SIEF – how to prepare, requests you may face, what to negotiate
• Conceptual models for cost sharing, data sharing, data evaluation
• Competition law & confidentiality – how to protect business information
• Practical exercise – ‘must have’ clauses in SIEF agreements

Further information and booking

Location: Lancaster University

Contact: m.cooling@lancaster.ac.uk

IUCLID5 Weds 10th September

The day focuses on hands-on experience in applying IUCLID5 in line with REACH and delivered by two experienced IUCLID5 trainers with REACH expertise. This course is very interactive and full of useful exercises.

Topics include:

• Dossier creation & maintenance
• Templates & categories
• Data sharing
• Migration from IUCLID4 to IUCLID5
• Pre-registration with IUCLID5
• Legal entities, EC inventory, reference substance, substance creation
• How to navigate, search, add, modify data and produce outputs
• Case studies

Further information and booking  

Location: Lancaster University

Contact: m.cooling@lancaster.ac.uk

Managing REACH – Practical help for pre-registration and registration Wednesday 3 September This is a comprehensive overview to help you manage REACH. The day focuses on pre-registration and registration, including pitfalls and solutions. It also includes a demonstration of REACH-IT and IUCLID5.

Topics include:

• REACH overview
• Practical hints for pre-registration and registration
• REACH-IT and IUCLID5
• SIEF’s
• OSOR
• OR
• Data sharing
• Registrant on-going responsibilities

 Further information and booking  

Location: Lancaster University

Contact: m.cooling@lancaster.ac.uk

This workshop organised by Enterprise Europe is free and will aim to help delegates get to grips with the new chemicals legislation. It is suitable for those who are new to REACH - not for those who are ready familiar with the regulation and what they have to do.It will include a brief outline of what REACH means for both producers and users of chemicals. In addition to how to comply and what you need to do next, there will be an opportunity to hear from a local company about what they are doing to prepare for REACH and how they are working with customers to help them.