Event

We invite all SME businesses in Norfolk to attend an informative and relaxed networking session from 5-7pm on Wednesday 14th November at the Edwards Room, Norfolk County Hall, Martineau Lane, NR1 2DH.

• Be a part of Norfolk’s innovative new scheme for apprenticeships
• Find out how your business can benefit from levy transfer
• Book onto free training for your business
• Build a network of SMEs in your area
• Discover a cost effective recruitment solution

Refreshments and parking are provided free of charge.

Agenda:  5pm- Networking 5.45pm- Ways to enhance your business 6.15pm- Networking

For more information, or if you would like to exhibit at this event, please call us on 01603 737739 or email [email protected].

This digital event looks at how to conduct and manage a fair internal investigation, from gathering and assessing evidence through to presenting findings.

The event will be delivered via Zoom, in two sessions, over two consecutive days. The duration of each session will be 3 hours.

The dates are:

• Day 1 – 27th of September 2021, 09:30 – 12:30
• Day 2 – 28th of September 2021, 09:30 – 12:30

Business need

Investigations in the workplace are held to clarify and establish the facts of a case and help employers reach a decision.  For example, whether there are grounds to uphold a grievance, call a disciplinary hearing or dismiss a member of staff. 

Workplace investigations should be conducted fairly. Employers could be held liable if a poor investigation leads to an unfair dismissal claim.

Delivered via Zoom, this event will provide you with key techniques, procedures and checklists to help ensure that you are considering all the crucial facts and that you undertake the process in a fair and unbiased manner.

You will also gain valuable understanding of what the law requires and learn key investigation skills, such as analysis and report writing.

All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.

Suitable For

Delegates from all sectors of industry including: managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, business owners, Trade Union representatives, employee representatives and individuals who wish to enhance their CPD.

Programme

Our expert-led training sessions are designed to facilitate discussion and interaction. This event will cover:

• The legal background and burdens of proof
• Purpose and stages of disciplinary procedures
• The responsibilities of the employer
• The rights of the employee
• The stages of an investigation
• Listening and questioning techniques
• The role of suspension
• Case for dismissal
• Writing the report and presenting findings

Have a large group of staff to train?  To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training for your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form  e-learning  We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions.  Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form.   Venue Delivered digitally via Zoom      Date 27/09/2021    Time 09:30 – 12:30    Price £255.00 per person    Please note our training events are VAT exempt Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email [email protected]  

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Showcase demos and Q&A on specific uses for robotics and co-bots in manufacturing and engineering.

In partnership with NAAME and a handful of local robotics and cobot manufacturers, discussing and demoing how robotics can be used within manufacturing and engineering processes.

This practical event will introduce you to the fundamentals of employing people. It maps the employment relationship from recruitment, issuing contracts, managing holidays, dealing with absence, discipline and grievance matters through to ending the employment relationship. A helpful tool kit of sample policies and letters is provided to delegates for use in their workplace.

Business need

You’ve been successful in running your business so far, but maybe now you need help hiring and managing people. Or perhaps your manager has given you the job of dealing with all things HR in your company, you are new to it and don’t know where to start.  To help, we have put together the essentials of HR and employment relations into a convenient training session which distils a lot of what you need to know into a one day event. This course assumes no prior learning and is very much focused on the key building blocks needed for the HR function. Discussions based around practical case studies will be a central element of the course content.  There will be informal discussion opportunities and practical exercises throughout the day to encourage active delegate participation.

We will provide up to date Covid health and safety information nearer the training date and will be working with venues to ensure a safe environment for our delegates. We will expect delegates to comply with all appropriate safety measures.

All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.

Suitable For

• Small businesses and those new to HR
• Business start-ups
• Those taking on their first employees
• Expanding businesses
• Newly appointed front-line managers and supervisors
• Employee representatives

Programme

Our expert-led training sessions are designed to facilitate discussion and interaction. This event will cover:   Recruitment 

• How to draft a job description and a person specification 
• How to prepare, structure and run effective interviews 
• How to assess evidence and make decision

 Contracts of employment

• How to put the main terms and conditions in writing 
• Rules on pay, hours of work and holidays 
• How to make changes to terms and conditions 

Equal opportunities

• Types of discrimination and the areas which are covered by discrimination law

Managing discipline

• Dealing effectively with problems areas by following the Acas code of practice on discipline and grievance
• Taking informal action, holding formal disciplinary  meetings and dealing with employee grievances  

Managing absence  

• How to deal fairly and effectively with unauthorised absence, short term illness and long term sickness through an absence policy 

Ending the employment relationship

• When is a dismissal fair and when might it be unfair? 

• Different ways to end a contract and rules on notice and notice pay

A toolkit of sample policy documents and letters around the main basic requirements is provided to allow for easy implementation back in the workplace.

Have a large group of staff to train? To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training at your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form e-learning We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions. Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form 

  Venue De Vere Hotel Dunston Hall   Date 30/03/2022    Time 10:00 – 16:00    Price £175.00 per person    Please note our training events are VAT exempt Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email [email protected]  

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This full day event looks at how to conduct and manage a fair internal investigation, from gathering and assessing evidence through to presenting findings.

Business need

There are many reasons for holding an internal investigation in the workplace. Investigations are held to clarify and establish the facts of an individual case and to assist in a decision as to whether there are grounds to call a disciplinary hearing, or dismiss a member of staff. Employers could be held liable if a poor investigation leads to an unfair dismissal.

This course covers key techniques, procedures and checklists to help ensure that you are considering all the critical factors and that you undertake the process in a fair and un-biased manner.

Delegates will develop valuable understanding of what the law requires and will learn key investigation skills, such as analysis and report writing.

We will provide up to date Covid health and safety information nearer the training date and will be working with venues to ensure a safe environment for our delegates. We will expect delegates to comply with all appropriate safety measures.

All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.

Suitable For

HR and personnel professionals, line-managers, supervisors, heads of department, Monitoring Officers, Company Secretaries, employee representatives and legal practitioners.

Programme

Our expert-led training sessions are designed to facilitate discussion and interaction. This event will cover:

• The legal background and burdens of proof
• Purpose and stages of disciplinary procedures
• The responsibilities of the employer
• The rights of the employee
• The stages of an investigation
• Listening and questioning techniques
• The role of suspension
• Case for dismissal
• Writing the report and presenting findings

Have a large group of staff to train? To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training at your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form e-learning We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions. Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form

  Venue De Vere Hotel Dunston Hall     Date 17/03/2022    Time 10:00 – 16:00    Price £255.00 per person    Please note our training events are VAT exempt Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email [email protected]  

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Over the StartUpCycle weekend, teams will come up with initiatives that will ditch landfill and form a circular economy instead: better for the planet and the pocket.

Using Sync the City‘s can-do attitude and hackathon expertise, and Norwich BID‘s knowledge of Norwich’s rubbish, you’ll work together in teams to figure out practical solutions to our big waste problem. It’s not just about Norwich – this event is part of an EU funded project, and by participating and presenting your Upcycle Start-Up, you’ll reach businesses across Europe, and could build something that will help change the world.

Norwich BID have already completed a large audit of over 300 companies, and identified valuable forms of waste (such as Coffee Grounds, Cardboard, Optician Lenses, Food Waste, Textiles, Polywrap, Pallets, Orange peel and post juiced oranges, Wasted Hops, Coffee Cups, Carpet, Glass Offcuts & more). These waste streams are not currently being used in a commercial way, but they should be: to save the money and help save the planet.

To get you inspired. Have you heard about UEA student George Bailey? He created a startup that creates spectacles that are upcycled from fishing nets, check it out here.

You’ll also benefit from expert mentoring, amazing networking opportunities, and develop plenty of professional skills: from presenting to problem-solving, with lots in between. Plus, you could win up to £4000 in prize money.

Over 48 hours, teams of 6-8 people will work together to build and launch an UpCycle startup, which transforms waste from local businesses into something new and valuable. We need you, whether you’re a tech expert, eco-warrior, or marketing pro: we’re looking for people who want to make things happen and be part of a more sustainable future. You don’t need any specific skills or upcycling knowledge to get involved, just willingness to jump in at the deep end.

Discover how to engage your recipients, ways to boost your ‘open’ rate, and how to get potential customers to take action with this email marketing workshop.

Email Marketing Workshop

• Do you want to start email marketing but not sure where to begin?
• Are you running campaigns but failing to get the results you want?
• Have you become overwhelmed with online advice?

This session is:

• Non-technical
• Packed full of practical advice
• Will help you to transform your email marketing efforts
• Enable you to hit send with confidence

Trainer – Holly Stibbon

Holly has worked in the online marketing industry since 1998 and is a Director of Website, App & Email Marketing company 101. She is responsible for developing and delivering strategies for sales and business management as well as customer service and project management. Smart Messenger, 101’s email marketing facility, was introduced in 2003 and is used by hundreds of businesses across the UK. Holly has been advising and assisting businesses with the planning and implementation of their online marketing strategies for the past twenty years. She is focused, thinks quickly on her feet and her results speak for themselves. She understands how important it is to understand her customers and their business objectives and invests the time to get to know all the businesses she works with. Holly is friendly and approachable, if you have any questions about email marketing, write them down and bring them with you to the workshops and she will be happy to answer these for you.

Comments from delegates

“Very informative and lots of ways for us to improve our email 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!”   “The presentation style was clear and informative and the workshop has given me more focus, confidence and sparked my creativity.”   “Highly enjoyable and highly recommended, Holly is incredibly knowledgeable and approachable – I can’t thank her enough for the workshop!”

Join the best Norfolk and Norwich tech companies for dinner, while enjoying good food and great company. Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure A desire to innovate, with continual reinvestment creating bigger and bolder attractions – this is what our guest speakers have in mammoth (or should I say dinosaur!) proportions. Owners of award-winning, Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure in Lenwade, Martin and Adam Goymour will be sharing their aspirations to develop this thriving business both in Norfolk and further afield. Not ones to rest on their laurels, they’ve already rebranded and invested millions so they can appeal to a broader market. In 2018, they won the Best Large Visitor Attraction award in the Norfolk and Suffolk Tourism Awards. With more projects ‘in the pipeline’, their hard work and enthusiasm for innovation and redevelopment are evident. From advancing their green energy strategy by placing solar panels on their indoor play area to a fossil dig and a steampunk-inspired restaurant in the Victorian walled garden, they are delighting thousands of visitors of all ages in Norfolk’s very own Jurassic Park.

We are delighted to be hosting a very special industry-focused session looking at the business of sport. Our host, David Malthouse, will be joined by a panel of finance professionals from the sports industry. They will discuss what it is like to work in this industry and share stories from the world of sports. This is a must-attend event for anyone who has a real passion for sports or finance or both.

Have you ever wondered why sports players are paid so much, who profits, and who controls finance-based decisions? We will be joined by a panel of finance professionals from different sports industries as they answer these questions, share their experiences in this field, and talk about the unique challenges they face within the business of sport.

Register to join the event here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcuivrj0rHNMeAX86Crwd0HOIuKmTU-bp

First Intuition has been training accountancy students in East Anglia for AAT, ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW exams for over ten years, with training centres in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Luton, Norwich and Peterborough. With first-class attention to student care and customer service, we have strong working relationships with a large number of organisations across the region. We offer classroom courses and distance learning options, and accounting apprenticeships have been a particular growth area for us this year. If you would like to find out more, please contact us on 01223 360405.

In addition to our classroom courses, we strive to offer employers and students a wider programme of free events and support sessions to help them maintain their knowledge, explore learning and have the opportunity to ask questions.

First Intuition was awarded, PQ Magazine Online College of the Year 2020, UK Accountancy College of the Year in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, and won AAT Distance Learning Provider of the Year 2020, Training Provider of the Year 2018 and Best Use of E-Learning in 2017.

The 2018 Royal Norfolk Show Ball will raise funds for Norfolk’s cancer charity, Big C.

​Guests will be transported back in time to the glamorous ‘roaring twenties’ for an evening of fun and dance. Entertainment includes a drinks reception on the lawn, four course dinner, charity auction and raffle.

Funds raised from the Royal Norfolk Show Ball will go towards a new Big C Community Centre in central Norwich which is scheduled to open in spring 2019. The four existing Big C Centres in Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) provide emotional and practical support and information for anyone affected by cancer in the local community. Each year approximately 8,000 people are given a cancer diagnosis in Norfolk and Waveney. In 2016, the number of visits to Big C’s centres increased by 12%, compared to the previous year. 

In 2015, over 1,000 people in Norwich were diagnosed with cancer. Currently the Norwich area is served by Big C’s acute centre at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which last year provided support more than 15,000 times.

Dr Chris Bushby, Chief Executive at Big C says “The 1920s is a fascinating and glamorous era and the ball promises to be a fabulous event. Cancer affects us all in different ways and supporting people affected by cancer is integral in optimizing their health and wellbeing. Big C has a long history of providing outstanding services to help people through their cancer journey. This new community centre, in addition to our current centre at the hospital, will mean that more people will be able to access Big C support where and when they need us most.” 

The 2018 Royal Norfolk Show Ball will be held at the Norfolk Showground on Friday 22nd June.

Tickets are now on sale for the event, please visit norfolkshow.big-c.co.uk to find out more.