Do you work in the creative industries? Are you looking for investment into your business?
The Low Carbon Innnovation Fund has recently made some exciting changes and investments that we would like to share with you.
The Fund’s ‘Smaller Investment Scheme’ can now invest between £10k and £75k in companies within the creative industries that are looking for investment.
Join us to hear about the fund, meet members of the team, have a drink and do some informal networking.
When: Tuesday 23 September 5pm
Where: The Playroom, Norwich Playhouse, 42-58 St Georges Street, Norwich
New Anglia LEP is working with Government to develop a Local Industrial Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk. The objective of this work is to identify the actions we need to take to support businesses to grow and make the most of the business opportunities, particularly in energy, ICT and Digital and Agri Food, which are real strengths of our region. We are holding a number of business and stakeholder engagement events over the next couple of months to help develop the actions and investments which are needed.
This is your opportunity to ensure we take the right actions to create the environment for your business to grow. The event is aimed for businesses and academia.
This event will be focused on the Government’s Grand Challenge: Ageing Society
Our overall goal is to transform our economy into one of the best places in the world to live, learn, work and do business. We have set out a clear vision, priorities and targets in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy – our blueprint for inclusive growth and productivity. You can find further details about the Local Industrial Strategy on our website.
New Anglia LEP is working with Government to develop a Local Industrial Strategy for Norfolk and Suffolk. The objective of this work is to identify the actions we need to take to support businesses to grow and make the most of the business opportunities, particularly in energy, ICT and Digital and Agri Food, which are real strengths of our region.
We are holding a number of business and stakeholder engagement events over the next couple of months to help develop the actions and investments which are needed.
This is your opportunity to ensure we take the right actions to create the environment for your business to grow. This event is aimed for businesses and academia.
This event will be focused on the business opportunity: Business Environment
Our overall goal is to transform our economy into one of the best places in the world to live, learn, work and do business. We have set out a clear vision, priorities and targets in the Norfolk and Suffolk Economic Strategy – our blueprint for inclusive growth and productivity. You can find further details about the Local Industrial Strategy on our website.
This is a non-technical course designed for people with limited experience in email marketing. It is well suited to people who wish to improve their knowledge and get better results.
How will I benefit? This course will arm you with the knowledge you need to create email campaigns that deliver measurable results.
Learn how to: Plan, develop and refine your email marketing strategy and evaluate ROI (Return on Investment)
How to get your emails open, read and acted upon
Course Content
1. Email Marketing and the law Understanding the basics of data protection law Who you can and can’t send email to Your obligation with unsubscribes Understanding the rights of consumers and businesses
2. Planning your email campaigns Setting objectives Targeting and segmenting your recipients Touch strategy considerations How to refine and improve performance
3. Get your audience to open your email Getting your email into the inbox, deliverability The essential elements, friendly from, subject line and more Timing is everything
4. Get your audience to react to your email Writing effectively for email The smart way to use links Prominent call to action
5. Evaluate your performance Understand campaign metrics Set realistic goals Understanding behaviour
6. Review of your campaigns Delegates are invited to send in their recent campaigns for review and comment during this part of the course. This is an excellent way to gather real feedback. Gain ideas from other people and their campaigns to apply to your own marketing.
“As a newbie to email marketing, I found the course most useful in many ways. Including how to run a campaign and to get it noticed, how to put together the email in a way that won’t be spammed and will be engaging to customers. Thank you 101!”
Following many requests by our clients we are very excited to host our next day retreat on the 14th July in Diss and it’s all about FOOD! We’ll be looking at Clean Eating and Restorative Foods and how what we put on our forks has a direct impact on our wellbeing and body image.
We are inviting colour and image consultants to come along too to explain how we can make the most of our body shape and skin tone.
The day will be a wonderful mix of myth-busting nutritional science and lots of expert guidance on dressing, looking and feeling our best.
It will be fun, sociable and our chef will prepare us all a vibrant health-enhancing lunch!
For small and medium sized businesses seeking to learn more about the funding landscape, this free event will cover a range of finance options, from crowd sourcing to grant schemes.
The New Anglia Growth Hub are delighted to welcome:
Penny Lord, Growth Manager from Growth Accelerator Simon Grainger, Barclays Bank Francesca O’Brien, Investment Associate from Syndicate Room John Stenhouse, Growth Hub Manager will give an overview of the range of support available
Free refreshments will be provided.
About the New Anglia Growth Hub:
The New Anglia Growth Hub offers FREE business support to growing businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk. We help any business at any stage of development and we are uniquely partnered with local and national business support services. If you have an aspiration to grow, call us for a free appointment with a knowledgeable and impartial Business Growth Adviser who can discuss your growth plans in detail.
To book:
You can book your place by emailing [email protected] or call 0300 333 6536.
Eastern Region Specialist Operations Unit – Counter Terrorism Policing ERSOU – CT), in collaboration with our colleagues in the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (NCTPHQ) are excited to afford you the opportunity to be part of the Eastern Region Protect and Prepare Seminar. This event is delivered in partnership with Norwich City Council and Norfolk Constabulary and gratefully supported by the Forum, Norwich BID, Norfolk Chambers of Commerce, the Cross-Sector Safety and Security Communications (CSSC) and Dardan Security.
The event will focus on the current threat from terrorism to the United Kingdom and will aim to highlight some of the police and private sector partnership working which has occurred to both prepare for and mitigate against further attacks.
This event will also hear from keynote speakers from the NCTPHQ, along with additional presentations in relation to business and cyber-crime.
This briefing is a call for businesses and law enforcement to come together so that we can all work together to improve our ability to detect, deter and disrupt those wishing to attack out communities and way of life. We particularly welcome Small-Medium Enterprises(SMEs) that may not have previously had an input from CT policing.
Communities Defeat Terrorism and this event is a fantastic opportunity to receive key updates on issues affecting the business sector and to network with like-minded individuals with the aim of forming a more resilient business community.
Please register for your ticket via Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eastern-region-counter-terrorism-protect-and-prepare-seminar-tickets-61240281330. This is a registration only event. Attendees who have not registered will be refused entry.
We are pleased to invite you to join us at our next Working Together Employment Seminar, in conjunction with Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Limited.
With vacancy numbers in East Anglia doubling in the past 12 months, good candidates are typically securing 2 or 3 job offers before deciding who to work for. Our experts will provide practical and legal advice on how to ensure that your business attracts and retains the best people, and how you keep your employees motivated and engaged. The session will include looking at building a compelling employer brand and developing innovative candidate attraction strategies, as well as providing delegates with tips on improving and avoiding the legal pitfalls of recruitment processes.
The seminar will also include an update on changes to employment law, as well as a review of recent significant employment tribunal decisions.
Howes Percival’s employment law update seminars are presented in a jargon-free way, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
Date :20 November 2014 Venue : Norwich City College Skills Academy Address : St Andrew’s House, St Andrew’s Street, Norwich, NR2 4TP Time :7.45 am – 10.00 am RSVP : 14 November 2014
Agenda
07.45 am Registration and Refreshments 08.00am Case law and legislative changes 09.00 am Recruitment and Retention 09.45 am Q&A Session 10.00 am Seminar ends
Calling all our friends north of Norwich, our next Business Growth Club get together in Hellesdon is on Wednesday 12th June – starting at 8 am and we will finish by 10.
This month we’ll look at how to make a service offering look more like a product, thereby making it easier for prospects to understand. This will lead to increased sales – and the good news is that it’s not difficult to do once you know how.
Plus a stack of other useful information I’ve noticed over the last few weeks – a packed agenda as ever then!
Our next Business Growth Club get together in Poringland is on Tuesday 11th June – starting at 8 am and we will finish by 10.
This month we’ll look at how to make a service offering look more like a product, thereby making it easier for prospects to understand. This will lead to increased sales – and the good news is that it’s not difficult to do once you know how.
Plus a stack of other useful information I’ve noticed over the last few weeks – a packed agenda as ever then!
The marquee will also host a number of talks and panel discussions across the two days, with topics including agri-tech, wellbeing and sport, and forthcoming exhibits at the Sainsbury Centre. Drop in to discover world-leading research happening on your doorstep – no booking required and talks are open to all!
WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE
10.30am: Sainsbury Centre: The Sculpture Park (Calvin Winner)
Norwich Science Festival will be co-hosting the Discovery Zone, which is aimed at schoolchildren and families; and UEA will be running a number of activities, alongside colleagues from other Norwich Research Park institutions.
Find out more about the Royal Norfolk Show and buy tickets here, or email [email protected] for more information.