Innovation and Growth

This webinar and discussion forum was held on Friday 31 March and was co-hosted by PwC and Norfolk Chambers of Commerce.

 We shall consider the local impact of both the pandemic and Brexit and, most importantly, highlight the strategic opportunities for the city to play a key role in the regional, national and international economies.

In this session PwC’s market senior partner for Cambridge and the East, Simon de Young, and economist Paddy Schmidt will explore the findings of Demos-PwC’s latest Good Growth for Cities report. PwC Director, Lauren Dilrew will highlight what the implication for Norfolk is and what the region needs to consider as it builds its economic recovery in 2021.

This is PwC’s ninth report measuring the performance of the UK largest cities and LEPs against the 10 indicators the public deem most important when it comes to ‘good growth’.

This year’s report focuses on the economic impact of COVID-19 on places, with GVA projections for 2020 and 2021 based on a city’s sectoral make-up, claimant count, furlough, footfall and infection rates.

There will be the opportunity for you to ask your questions directly to the panel during the Q&A session, or if you have any questions prior to the session you can add them at registration.

 Chaired by Nova Fairbank, Chief Operating Office for Norfolk Chambers of Commerce, our speakers include:

• Simon de Young PwC’s market senior partner for Cambridge and the East
• Paddy Schmidt PwC Economist 
• Lauren Dilrew PwC Director

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Nicholas Dimotakis, VP of Worldwide Field Engineering at Ubuntu Canonical!

In this episode we spoke about all things purpose and why Nicholas wakes up every single day to the job he does!

We spoke about:

How he found his way into the business world. Being constantly on show in the work he does.

Purpose. Business. Optimism. The C-word, again.

Family. Inspirational people. Support Networks.

We also spoke about why you should love yourself and be open to others!

The Purpose of this Podcast is to help individuals who have really struggled to find their way through this pandemic. We draw on our personal stories and accounts to help people understand and realise that they are not alone and that we are all in this together.

If you would like to find out more about Nicholas and the work his team does, check them out below:

https://www.canonical.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasd…

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Kevlin Henney, an all-rounded thought provoker, lifetime programmer, principal technologist & well-renowned technical consultant to some of the biggest names in the tech sector!

Kevlin came on to the podcast to share all the reasons why he does the job he does everything single day! His passion for software engineering and helping others echoed through the conversation, sharing his wisdom in a logical & practical way for all to hear!

Like others who have been on the podcast, Kevlin had faced many challenges throughout his life and had to find ways to address those challenges. He reiterated stories and guidance from friends and family when he needed to take action in his life, which, echoed through in his one bit of advice, don’t wait for the future.

The Purpose of this Podcast is to help individuals who have really struggled to find their way through this pandemic. We draw on our personal stories and accounts to help people understand and realise that they are not alone and that we are all in this together.

If you would like to find out more about Kevlin and the work he does, check him out below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevlin/

If you want to find out more about ME:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-h…

If you want to find out more about Recruiter Van Life, click here:

www.tiktok.com/@r1charddo3s

In the first of the Productivity East Research and Innovation seminar series, Prof Sam Turner of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult presents on driving performance in manufacturing through innovation.

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Professor Fiona Lettice talks about the Productivity East on the occasion of it’s official opening and how the new facility can help businesses.

UEA’s £7.4 million, state-of-the-art Productivity East is a new regional hub for engineering, technology and management.

The engineers of the future are at the heart of Productivity East. We enable businesses in our region to work alongside our world-class researchers and students to discover practical solutions to current and future challenges. Together, our students, academics and businesses explore new ideas to develop prototype designs and create innovative products and services.

As well as investment from the UEA, Productivity East received a grant of £4.5m from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership for Norfolk and Suffolk. The New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (NAAME) and TechEast industry sector groups are key delivery partners.

https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/productivity-east

Productivity East Recent challenges and innovations linked to Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing

UEA’s £7.4 million, state-of-the-art Productivity East is a new regional hub for engineering, technology and management.

The engineers of the future are at the heart of Productivity East. We enable businesses in our region to work alongside our world-class researchers and students to discover practical solutions to current and future challenges. Together, our students, academics and businesses explore new ideas to develop prototype designs and create innovative products and services.

As well as investment from the UEA, Productivity East received a grant of £4.5m from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership for Norfolk and Suffolk. The New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (NAAME) and TechEast industry sector groups are key delivery partners.

There are three core strategies at the heart of what every business should be doing – however, most will only do one at best and ignore the rest. And typically, the only one they tackle is generating new leads – the hardest and most expensive strategy of the three!

The bigger the company, often the worse they are here. And that allows smaller companies to exploit and punch above their weight.

This webinar will explain the three core strategies that together make an enormous difference – every single time. No ifs or buts, they work. They are simple too – that doesn’t make them easy to implement but doable.

Underpinning the core are eight guiding principles which we call Business Boosters – aptly named because they boost sales! And are free to put in place.

We will explore and explain all eight of our Business Boosters.

At the end of the webinar, you will understand the core principles behind the Business Growth Club, which was established to help our local business community here in Norfolk. And you will have a track to run on which works.

About the Speaker

Neil Foley, Founder of Business Growth Club and Board Member of the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce

Neil Foley is the Founder of the Business Growth Club and has been helping small business owners for years with his practical no-nonsense approach. He’s fond of saying the only benefit of getting old is he knows more stuff!

About Business Growth Club

The Business Growth Club is a free resource offered to help grow and sustain our local business communities here in Norfolk, offering workbooks, videos, podcasts and monthly webinars.