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Payara Week 2020: Madeira, Portugal

Published on by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events, Payara Life

Although every Payaran is currently working from home in response to Coronavirus, the whole team is still buzzing from Payara Week, held on the stunning sub-tropical island of Madeira. While this is our fourth annual Payara Week, it’s our first time hosting the event outside England. Flying everyone out to Funchal, Madeira gave the whole Payara crew the opportunity for a warm, sunny break from late winter (though it felt more like home to our equatorial crewmember).

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Why are HR Policies and Procedures so Important?

Published on by Julia Millidge
Topics: Fish Food

It looks like we are in the middle of a global crisis – COVID-19 – and politicians, health officials and your social media influences are all shouting ‘Doom to the world’. There is so much information out there, most causing fear and panic rather than help and advice. In a world where any news can be called ‘fake’ its very hard for anyone to know good information from bad.

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UK National Apprenticeship Week – 3-7th February 2020

Published on by Julia Millidge
Topics: Educational Projects

Apprenticeship Week is always a great opportunity for Payara to showcase what we do well – encourage and support new talent! This week our current apprentices attended a local High School Apprenticeship Fayre to raise awareness of Payara’s role as a Degree Apprenticeship provider. This face to face opportunity to share knowledge and first-hand experience of apprenticeships with both parents and students is great for recruitment and raising our business profile locally. Continue reading “UK National Apprenticeship Week – 3-7th February 2020”

Core Values:  Polaris of Company Culture

Published on by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Life

Walk into any of the silicon-valley behemoths or trendy start-ups and there’s a good chance you’ll see a colourful mural of inspiring words on the wall, an ever-present backdrop for the team as they work on objectives from the most minute to the highest level. Core values — along with mission and vision statements — have become essential for any business, especially now that the active construction of company culture has become standard.

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Video Storytelling for Business Marketing

Published on by Debbie Hoffman
Topics: Fish FoodTagged , Leave a Comment on Video Storytelling for Business Marketing

More than half of marketing professionals rely on video marketing techniques (according to Hubspot) because… well, because they work! Plus, more than 50% of consumers prefer to watch video content over receiving emails, reading blog posts, or viewing marketing messages on social media – so why wouldn’t you want to communicate with your prospective customers in the way in which they prefer to receive the information?

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Christmas Festivities at the Malvern Office

Published on by Mycah Banks
Topics: Payara Events

You might have noticed that Payarans will make lots of excuses for a good time, and the energy of Christmas and New Year is as good of a reason as any to let down our proverbial hair for a bit of fun. On 6 December, Payarans in our UK office celebrated the upcoming holidays with its annual Christmas party, when all Payarans in our UK office shut down their workstations at lunchtime to spend the rest of the day having some fun and a nice meal out on the town.

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10 Good Reasons to Exhibit at a Conference and Planning Tips

Published on by Jadon Ortlepp
Topics: Fish Food

Since joining the Payara Marketing Team I have had the pleasure of attending tech conferences and events all over the world. But the company doesn’t send me to these events just to fulfill my wanderlust. They are an extremely expensive form of field marketing, especially when compared to other digital options. Continue reading “10 Good Reasons to Exhibit at a Conference and Planning Tips”

Why Animation is an Important Marketing Tool

Published on by Denisa Zettlova
Topics: Fish Food

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Animation is a great way to get into the world of marketing. In today’s fast-paced creative marketing world you want to do anything you can to get your product recognized. A simple written announcement is not enough to create hype around your product anymore. Even your loyal customers would get bored of your never changing practices. In that case, it’s good to change up your content every now and then and get your audience’s interest peaked. Animation is one of those solutions. Continue reading “Why Animation is an Important Marketing Tool”

Christmas in the Workplace Challenge: Ho, Ho, Ho – Rather than Woe, Woe, Woe!

Published on by Julia Millidge
Topics: Fish Food

Christmas for most people is a time of fun, presents, and slight over indulgence ..but for some it can be a time of worry, increased stress, or loneliness. The HR team needs to be aware of these aspects of Christmas as not all staff are going to be feeling the traditional Christmas cheer. In the multi-faith workplace, HR also need to be aware that not everyone will want to celebrate the Christian festival. Continue reading “Christmas in the Workplace Challenge: Ho, Ho, Ho – Rather than Woe, Woe, Woe!”

What’s in the Business Financial Statement?

Published on by Sarah Roberts
Topics: Fish Food

Business owners are responsible for the economic prospects of their business, the buck quite literally stops with them. Keeping an eye on the daily sales and expenses while aiming towards growth will only get them so far. If growth of the business is to be approached with both foresight and insight, there is a key document that any business owner needs their organisation to have …the financial statement. Continue reading “What’s in the Business Financial Statement?”

Eat All the Cake! Payara Hosts Another Successful Cake Sale for Macmillan Cancer Support

Published on by Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka
Topics: Giving Back

If you are a regular reader of our Fish Food for Thought Blogs, you probably already know that the Payarans can’t say no to a cake 😉 So, once again, we decided to turn our love for cake into something useful and last Friday, the 18th of October, we took part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning, selling a huge variety of home-baked cakes! Continue reading “Eat All the Cake! Payara Hosts Another Successful Cake Sale for Macmillan Cancer Support”

Payara Server is Jakarta EE 8 Compatible

Published on by Jadon Ortlepp
Topics: News & Events

Payara Server 5.193.1 is Fully Certified as an Open Source Jakarta EE 8 Compatible Implementation

Malvern, UK, and Ottawa, 9th of October 2019.  Payara Services and the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. today announced their application server, Payara Server, has passed the nearly 50,000 open sourced licensed Jakarta EE 8 Technology Compatibility Kits (TCKs) for the Full Platform and is now a Jakarta EE 8 compatible implementation. Payara Server 5.193.1 is available for download here. Continue reading “Payara Server is Jakarta EE 8 Compatible”

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