Come and join us after work for informal networking on the beautiful terrace of The Bank House
Free informal networking with drinks and canapes on arrival, what more could you want as a business in West or North Norfolk?
Whether established or growing from scratch, we invite all businesses based in West Norfolk, North Norfolk and as far East as Fakenham to join us for an evening of what we do best, networking!
Hosted by Bank House Hotel, the event opens at 6pm, with a short welcome at 6.15 pm.
Who is it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Make sure you book your place now to make those all important connections local to you.
This event is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to a waiting list please email: [email protected]
Join us for what promises to be an informative and engaging event, where Kieran Dent from the Bank of England will share current insights on the UK economy.
They will be giving us an off-the-record view of the national and regional economy, what’s likely to happen with interest rates, how will the Pound fare, and what the impact is expected on business.
Get your voice heard and pose your questions direct to the Bank of England. The event will be held under ‘Chatham House Rules’ and the press will not be invited.
The event will take place on Thursday 28th November at The Maids Head Hotel, where a 2 course lunch will be provided prior to the presentation.
Thank you to our sponsors, Swarm Group.
Agenda
12.00pm – Arrival and networking
12.30pm – Welcome from the Norfolk Chambers / Lunch
13.15pm – Kieran Dent, Bank of England presentation
13.30pm – Q&A session
14.00pm – Closing Remarks and Networking
14.30pm – Event close
Who is it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to learn more from the Bank of England.
About Kieran Dent
Kieran became Agent for the South East and East Anglia in 2023. Prior to joining the Bank’s Agency network, Kieran was, for many years, a senior economist within the Bank’s Monetary Analysis area, working on the Bank’s UK forecast and monetary strategy teams. Kieran joined the Bank in 2011, starting out in its Financial Stability area, working on the design of the Bank’s concurrent stress test of the UK banking system, and issues concerning the UK banking sector more generally.
About the Bank of England
The Bank of England is the UK’s central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the people of the United Kingdom.
Chamber Co.nnects are fortnightly network meetings for its members to network and chat with other businesses in a digital space.
We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Each network meeting will have a guest speaker and will be focusing on a current topic.
Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
Who’s it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Topic
5 Ways to Boost your Immune System
At WellBeing International, their clients are asking for help with how to boost their immune system and how to feel confident in these unusual times. Their online “Boost You!” programme has been phenomenally successful; they sold every place in 3 days! In this little taster, Kate will give you ideas on how to improve your immune system naturally.
Guest Speaker
Kate Pigeon-Owen, WellBeing International
Kate Pigeon-Owen’s career started in the City, working for Extel Financial, working with accountants, solicitors and financial institutions. Since then Kate has run a successful Stress Management company in London, before moving to Norfolk and setting up Wellbeing International Ltd, offering training and consultancy in the UK, Canada and the Far East.
As a manager, Kate knows and understands the responsibilities of looking after the needs of her team and has many years’ experience of working in the corporate, statutory and voluntary sectors. Kate trained as a counsellor and has worked for charities such as Turning Point assisting with Relapse Prevention, low self-esteem and addiction issues. She is a facilitator of international accredited trainings in communication and massage with the IAIM and was a founding member of a Suffolk Charity school.
Kate is a trained Mental Health First Aider and a member of the British Menopause Society.
Kate has appeared on television and BBC Norfolk radio, Woman’s Hour, and published articles on education, stress and massage in many publications including the East Anglian Daily Times and Organic Life magazine.
WellBeing International are a team of consultants working both in the UK and worldwide. Their collective vision is to reduce stress within the workplace looking after an organisation’s top resource – its staff. When there is a dynamic working environment then the skills and management of the team comes to the fore. At WellBeing, they aim to get to know their clients and provide a bespoke service that is befitting to their team.
Agenda
09:30 – Welcome from Chamber. Go through format and any updates. Introduce topic and speaker (5 mins) 09:35 – Guest speaker (15 mins) 09:50 – Q&A for speaker (10 mins) 10:00 – Discussion topics and networking (1 hour) 11:00 – Close
When you register for your place, you will be sent a calendar invitation as confirmation of your place. The invite will include a unique link from Zoom for you to join the video call.
Looking to get more business from LinkedIn and connect with potential clients and partners? Discover how to make the most of your presence on this highly effective business networking tool.
On this webinar you will discover how to:
Create a powerful, eye-catching and engaging LinkedIn profile
Grow your LinkedIn connections
Increase your impact and visibility
Understand how to increase your number of recommendations
About the presenter
Kathy Ennis has over 20-years of business experience and is an expert in helping Micro and Side-Hustle businesses start-up, scale and turn their passion for their idea into a profitable business.
As a successful Business Mentor and Trainer, Kathy has a no-nonsense, you can do it attitude. She will listen, absorb and give a guiding hand in the right direction, but she’s no push-over. She’s been there, done that and bought the T-shirt; she knows that success and failure go hand-in-hand and that business planning is the missing link between passion and profit.
Kathy loves her role as a trainer and an ambassador on the Facebook #SheMeansBusiness campaign; a role she was handpicked for by the leading UK small business organisation, Enterprise Nation.
Richard Sheehan, CEO of Shropshire Chamber of Commerce in conversation with Andrea Reynolds CEO of Swoop, will share through conversation how businesses can finance their post-Covid recovery and protect their financial health.
Andrea will share her in-depth knowledge of the funding options available, both government and non-government, and discuss how to maximise your chances of successful funding. You’ll also learn about funding options you’ve possibly never considered spanning equity, grants and loans. She will be responding to real issues such as the realisation that your Bounce Back loan isn’t enough to see you through recovery, or the worry of how to meet your loan repayments in the future.
You will hear about:
cost savings – revealing how much businesses are overpaying on everyday expenses from banking to utilities
how to easily get this cash back and improve your bottom line
Swoop are partners of the BCC and work with a number of Chambers across the Accredited Chamber Network to deliver Chamber Finance Finder.
Tuesday 28 July – 9.00am – 9.45am (UK time)
Open to UK Chambers and members
Please note that registration closes 1 hour before the start time.
With global economic conditions likely to remain challenging in the near term, and the impact of the global pandemic and upcoming end of the transition period making way for further uncertainty for UK business, Dr Adam Marshall, BCC Director General will be joined in conversation by Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England for our Global Insights Leaders Programme virtual event.
Discussions will focus on the Bank’s monetary policy decision to significantly expand quantitative easing, how it works with financial institutions to ensure that measures taken translate into on the ground support for businesses, and what further steps will be needed to ensure a fiscal environment that limits economic scarring and helps kickstart a recovery.
In order to comply with GDPR, the British Chambers of Commerce will not share your personal details with anyone unless you inform us you are happy for us to do so.
Investing in the physical and emotional wellbeing of your team and family has never been as important as it is now! Massage not only boosts your immune system but improves digestions, helps you sleep and can lift your mood. Learn the varied benefits of massage, how to give a clothed back massage and how to give and receive a clothed Weather massage to your children and / family. As this event falls during half term, you are welcome to bring your children or a family member along to practice on. Handouts will be given to all attendees.
About the presenter
Kate Pigeon-Owen’s career started in the City, working for Extel Financial, working with accountants, solicitors and financial institutions. Since then Kate has run a successful Stress Management company in London, before moving to Norfolk and setting up Wellbeing International Ltd, offering training and consultancy in the UK, Canada and the Far East. As a manager, Kate knows and understands the responsibilities of looking after the needs of her team and has many years’ experience of working in the corporate, statutory and voluntary sectors. Kate trained as a counsellor and has worked for charities such as Turning Point assisting with Relapse Prevention, low self-esteem and addiction issues. She is a facilitator of international accredited training in communication and massage with the IAIM and was a founding member of a Suffolk Charity school. Kate is a trained Mental Health First Aider and a member of the British Menopause Society. Kate has appeared on television and BBC Norfolk radio, Woman’s Hour, and published articles on education, stress and massage in many publications including the East Anglian Daily Times and Organic Life magazine. WellBeing International is a team of consultants working both in the UK and worldwide. Their collective vision is to reduce stress within the workplace looking after an organisation’s top resource – its staff. When there is a dynamic working environment then the skills and management of the team comes to the fore. At WellBeing, they aim to get to know their clients and provide a bespoke service that is befitting to their team.
Cancellation policy
We only have a maximum of 20 places on this event. If you book a place and are unable to attend, please ensure you cancel your place to allow others to attend. Cancel in writing to [email protected]
Please arrive 15 minutes before the session starts at 8.30am. Venue: Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 9 Norwich Business Park, Whiting Road, Norwich, NR4 6DJ
In this session (Be Better at Web Conversions)Mark Ellaway,Bigfork Ltdwill be your host.
You will learn:
This session will show you how to improve your website to increase leads and sales. Mark Ellaway will talk about how people use websites and what your website needs to do to engage and persuade visitors to respond.
“As a new business setting up our own website was daunting from a technical perspective at first: Sessions like this made me think about the important non technical issues I can solve.” –Keith Stapleton,Select Planning Ltd
“Excellent presenter and extremely useful information – very worthwhile.” – Jemma Smith, Meltemi
About Mark:
Mark Ellaway, Director at Norwich based digital marketing agency, Bigfork. Mark has been working in digital marketing for over 12 years and his expertise includes website design and online marketing campaigns.
This session forms part of The Chamber Sessions. The Chamber Sessions are open to Chamber Members only. They are free to attend but booking is required. Places limited to one per company per session and each company will have an opportunity to book on to three sessions per series.
Chamber Co.nnects are fortnightly network meetings for its members to network and chat with other businesses in a digital space.
We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Each network meeting will have a guest speaker and will be focusing on a current topic.
Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
Who’s it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Topic
Debt Recovery for your Business
In this session, we will be rethinking assumptions of Credit Management and debt recovery.
Credit Management is not primarily focused just on chasing payments; it’s about building effective and positive credit relationships with your clients and customers.
Now more than ever, businesses are having to problem solve, previously unforeseen issues and getting paid on time is paramount.
It’s incredibly important to know what businesses you are dealing with, are they to be financially trusted?
By creating a bespoke service, you will have improved cash flow, reduced costs and increase your profit.
Ronda Jacksonhas over 20 years’ experience in Credit Control, successful debt recovery, enforcement of judgements via attachments of earnings, high court sheriffs and charging orders.
She has a vast range of experience within the Haulage Industry, Building Trade, Agriculture and Supermarket Industry.
Jacksons CRS Limited can make sure you get paid on time to leave you time to run your business.
Agenda
09:30 – Welcome from Chamber. Go through format and any updates. Introduce topic and speaker (5 mins) 09:35 – Guest speaker (15 mins) 09:50 – Q&A for speaker (10 mins) 10:00 – Discussion topics and networking (1 hour) 11:00 – Close
When you register for your place, you will be sent a calendar invitation as confirmation of your place. The invite will include a unique link from Zoom for you to join the video call.
Please note that moving forward this series won’t be a recurring meeting in Zoom so you will need to book on each individual session.
Chamber Co.nnects are fortnightly network meetings for its members to network and chat with other businesses in a digital space.
We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Each network meeting will have a guest speaker and will be focusing on a current topic.
Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
Who’s it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Topic
Back to the Future
With the shops already full of Christmas decorations, you might be wondering what happened to 2020. With the resurgence of COVID cases coupled with our final exit from the EU, it’s hard to think about how 2021 will not be another year to remember. As talk turns from firefighting to recovery, some businesses wish no doubt wish they could turn the clock back more than an hour on the 25th. So this session looks at what new opportunities could exist in the future and how 2020 has changed our lives forever.
Guest Speaker
Paul Gardner, Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Paul joined GYBC in June this year having spent the last 12 years working with start-up and growing businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk. During this period he has spent some time helping people start new businesses, working close to the Government’s Start-Up Loan and providing support to the regions fastest-growing businesses through the Future50 programme.
Perhaps best known for its seaside resorts of Caister, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Great Yarmouth’s maritime heritage dates back to the 10th century. Today, tourism and the sea continue to provide an important feature of the Boroughs economy. Home to nearly 100,000 people and often called the gateway to the Broads, the UK’s first offshore wind farm was built here too.
Agenda
09:30 – Welcome from Chamber. Go through format and any updates. Introduce topic and speaker (5 mins) 09:35 – Guest speaker (15 mins) 09:50 – Q&A for speaker (10 mins) 10:00 – Discussion topics and networking (1 hour) 11:00 – Close
When you register for your place, you will be sent a calendar invitation as confirmation of your place. The invite will include a unique link from Zoom for you to join the video call.
Please note that moving forward this series won’t be a recurring meeting in Zoom so you will need to book on each individual session.
The clock is ticking, and with only 21 days until CHIEF switches off for import declarations, you’ll want to be confident that your company is ready for these changes to avoid potential delays with your movements. Join us as we discuss the latest guidance, and cover topics such as, how to access the Customs Declaration Service, the new data elements your customs agent may ask for, setting up payments on CDS, and how to ensure a seamless transition.
Whether you file your own customs declarations or use an intermediary, this webinar will support you though the process.
Following on from the presentation, our trade experts will be answering your questions.
Chair:
Liam Smyth, Head of Trade Facilitation at British Chambers of Commerce & Managing Director at ChamberCustoms
Presenting:
Mitch Perks, Operations Manager at ChamberCustoms
Emmanuel Gianquitto, Head of Operations & CDS Consultant at ChamberCustoms