You’re invited to join us for our second Insight Day webinar on Thursday 21st May.
Running a business isn’t always easy at the best of times, and in the current climate it can be harder than ever. That’s why we’re running a series of webinars designed to inform and assist in this time of uncertainty.
This time we’ll be tackling the topic of standing out amongst strong competitors, and going over some ways that you can encourage healthy, positive competition for your business.
We’ll also discuss how you can encourage customer happiness at this unprecedented time.
All attendees are also invited to apply for a free digital presence check on their business.
We’ll be running two sessions on the day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. You can choose your preferred time upon registration.
On 30th October Rachel Reeves announced changes to Business Asset Disposal Relief which will see the tax charged on business sales increase by up to 80% over the next couple of years. While tax at 18% is hardly disastrous it has brought succession planning higher up the list of priorities for many business owners.
In this session we will be looking at the main exit routes for business owners in particular looking at the advantages and disadvantages of Employee Ownership Trusts.
Richard Ross will open the session with a discussion identifying the steps to prepare for the transfer of a business ownership. This will be followed by Mark Garner who will share his experience of both acquiring and selling businesses.
After the break, We will hear from John Kahn and Katie Harman who will consider the pros and cons of Employee Ownership Trusts.
The session will conclude with an opportunity for questions and general discussion.
Agenda:
Introductions
Business Succession and Exit Strategy overview
Richard Ross
Realising Business Value – a dispatch from the front line
Mark Garner
Comfort Break
Employee Ownership Trusts – why they deserve a closer look
John Kahn – Principal Associate Mills and Reeve
Katie Harman – Associate Mills & Reeve
Group discussions
Questions and Close
About our Guest Speakers:
Mark Garner started his professional career in corporate finance, advising clients of a regional accountancy firm on mergers and acquisitions. He has since acquired, developed and exited several businesses, is an experienced chairman and non-executive director and has a wealth of experience in building and realising business value.
John Kahn is a corporate tax lawyer with a particular focus on employee ownership trusts, employee buyouts and employee share schemes and options. John also specialises in the tax aspects of M&A transactions, (including with respect to warranty and indemnity insurance) and employment tax matters.
Katie Harman is a corporate tax solicitor who advises on a wide range of tax matters, such as corporate M&A deals, employee ownership trusts, and real estate tax issues
We’re joined by Ash Borland, personal branding coach, to learn how we can stand out from the crowd and share our identity with the world!
A personal brand is how you promote yourself. It is the unique combination of skills, experience, and personality that you want to show the world.
The way others perceive you and your business is so important, If you have a good personal brand, people are willing to pay you more for your products, goods or services,
You can either choose to ignore your personal brand (however it will develop organically) OR you can take control of your personal brand and write your own narrative.
In this webinar I will cover the basics of personal branding so that you can stand out from the crowd!
Hosts Hethel Innovation are an EU-funded business support organisation, providing support to Norfolk and Suffolk’s businesses to innovate, and become more productive and competitive as a result. Hethel Innovation also provides incubation services through Hethel Engineering Centre and Scottow Enterprise Park.
We live in unprecidented times, things are no longer comparable to what they have been. One thing is steadfast though, and that is that things change. No matter what we do, the world will change around us. So at this fork in the road we have a choice, either we change too, or we get left behind.
This workshop is for those who want to make effective change and look at things differently.
What We’ll Cover
In this session we’ll look at:
The types of innovation
Your vision and your mission
Developing a context map for our current understanding
This session will be supported with toolkit sessions following it. In the additional session we will be looking at the context map in detail, where we focus on bringing together our total understanding of the current situation. This is vital to be able to diversify our offer into the future.
Who Is This Session For
Anyone looking to revist their business activity with a fresh eye
Anyone looking for tools to create innovative space in their company
Anyone needing to find new opportunities for their business
Anyone who wants to find a new way of looking at things
Delivered by James Williamson of Hethel Innovation’s Business Development Team. James has a background in business studies and coordinates the NAAME network. A network which has been involved in the rapid diversification of manufacturing towards PPE in East Anglia. James also runs his own business in his spare time and our ability to innovate and diversify is an important focus for him both at Hethel and elsewhere.
Even a productive, apparently efficient business can suffer from the results of unhealthy conflict. If an organisation is to be truly successful it must first learn to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy conflict, then learn to prevent and control unhealthy conflict. This course will help you to understand the causes of conflict, how individuals handle it and how to manage and resolve conflict. You will learn:
What is conflict ? Understanding the difference between healthy disagreement and conflict
Understand the causes of conflict in the workplace and the effects of conflict on the individual and the team
Levels and stages of conflict
Strategies for handling conflict – understanding aggressive, passive/submissive, passive aggressive and assertive behaviour
Making things happen can be hard can’t it? It requires momentum, focus, goals, drive, motivation and a whole host of other abilities. Most importantly, Hethel Innovation. Andy is the Deputy Innovation Manager of the Business Development Team and has worked in high demand environments for several years. From the daily pressure of working on set for TV, through to setting up and running two of his own businesses. Productivity is an obsession for Andy and the ability to improve ourselves constantly is something he has been working on for years.
2020 is a year that has changed the way we work forever. With businesses being forced to move their team to remote working, security is not something to be overlooked. Due to this, we at Breakwater IT have decided to bring our annual Cyber Security Conference forward and host it online! From the comfort of your living room or office chair, you’ll be able to tune in and hear from our exciting line-up of speakers. Keynote Speaker: FC (Freaky Clown) We’re excited to be joined by FC (also known as Freaky Clown). FC is a well-known ethical hacker and social engineer. He has been working in the information security field for over 20 years and excels at circumventing access controls. As an ethical hacker and social engineer, FC ‘breaks into’ hundreds of banks, offices and government facilities around the world. FC will be highlighting the change in mindset when working from home compared to an office or more secure location. He will be focusing on the type of attacks your business should be paying attention to, as well and how you protect yourself and your business. You don’t need to be an IT or security expert to attend. The aim of this conference is to educate and inspire change in the way you secure your business. Further details on the agenda will be revealed in the coming weeks. Links and details of how to join the conference will be sent closer to the event. Please ensure details used to register for the event are accurate.
This webinar will help those who thinking of selling their business. MHA Larking Gowen Corporate Finance Experts James Lay and Jack Minns will discuss the following areas:
Minimising your tax on the sale proceeds (with speaker Richard Proctor, Tax Partner at MHA Larking Gowen)
Post-sale matters – ongoing consultancy and earn-out arrangements.
Hear genuine insights from a recent seller (with guest speaker David Holland from Salix River & Wetland Services Ltd)
When? 28 July, 12pm – 1pm
You can register for the other webinars in the series here;
Part one – Planning for selling your business in 2020 and beyond, here – Tuesday 14 July, 12pm – 1pm
Part two – How to sell your business, here – Tuesday 21 July, 12pm – 1pm
During the free-to-attend webinar, guest panellists from leading organisations in the Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality sector will discuss key questions:
• What’s the latest in the road to recovery?
• What are the staffing practicalities around returning to work?
• How do you manage customer expectations?
• What are the risks and rewards of opening?
• What are the key challenges ahead and how can you plan for them?
The webinar will offer genuine insight from businesses with information to help roadmap the future and what it means for the sector. As part of the live webinar, the audience will be invited to ask questions to the panel, making it a truly interactive and discussion-led event.
Building the right infrastructure to scale your business with the NatWest Accelerator Hub
About this Event
Building the right infrastructure to scale your business
2 people, 2 channels of communication…3 people, 6 channels…4 people, 24 channels – as your business grows, so too does its complexity. As the business leader, you need to plan and develop your building blocks.
This session will focus on the people, platforms and processes that you need to consider when scaling your business.
What will it cover?
– The right people, processes, and capacity to grow
– When to invest in infrastructure
– Understand what step you need to put in place to scale
– Q&A Session with Jenny Campbell
This is a Zoom webinar – details will be sent in your confirmation email. You will find it at the bottom of the email, in ‘Additional Details’. The meeting is password protected and must be accessed using the encrypted link.
The team at Face to Face Finance is very excited to be kicking off our new Your Recipe for Financial Success podcast with a virtual launch party – and you’re all invited!
We’ve love it if you could join us to celebrate as we officially launch our new personal finance podcast. Your Recipe for Financial Success is a place where you will learn which ingredients you need in your mixing bowl to whip up a delicious slice of financial success. Expect practical advice, tips and plenty of baking puns as the team share some of their expertise so you can make sure your money is working hard for you.
Given the current limitations, the launch party will be live streamed on YouTube. We’ll pour in some laughs, mix them with your company and decorate the evening with a few surprises.
PLUS there are FREE mini-bottles of bubbly for the first 40 people to sign up so we can toast the launch of our podcast together. Be sure to get on the guestlist early!
To secure your place, simply visit https://www.recipeforfinancialsuccess.co.uk/launch-party/ to submit your details. We will then send you the link to join us on the morning of the 28th July. If you have signed up, remember to check your inbox!
Several academics at UEA have been contributing to research and intelligence support during the Covid19 crisis within the local health economy of Norfolk. Many local NHS and NCC representatives have said that they have found the contributions very helpful and that they have made a big impact on the response to the virus by the hospital executive teams, other local health providers and planners. The multidisciplinary research approach has been an excellent example of the role that universities can play in their local communities, fostering collaboration at the local level. To celebrate this work we will be running an 80 minute virtual event where some key academics will share their work and highlights with a wider audience.
The event will run with the following sessions:
What happened: Prof Ric Fordham
What we did: Pete Best, Dr George Xydopoulos, Tim Winters
What we found: Prof Paul Hunter, Prof Alastair Grant, Dr Carlota Grossi-Sampedro
What we learned: Prof Kristian Bowles, Dr Vassilious Vassiliou, Pete Best, Tim Winters