To celebrate International Women’s Day NatWest is partnering with Norwich Community Sports Foundation to bring you an event where we will discuss and celebrate the ground-breaking work that is taking place to truly drive the greatest change for women.
Our 2019 focus is #BalanceforBetter. Better the balance, better the world. Join us in celebrating women’s achievements on Friday 8th March, below is a taster of what you can expect on the day:
Guest speaker – We will hear from a local business owner talking about her inspirational journey
A lively and informative panel discussion delving into this years IWD theme of #BalanceforBetter
The Agenda for the event is
0900 Arrive, Registration & Networking
09:30 Guest Speakers
10:15 Panel Session #BlanceforBetter
11:00 Feedback, Marketplace & Networking
Ample Free parking
The Nest is found just past Norwich Airport on the left
Refreshments and light bites will be available on the day
The Italian Lakes Cycle is a 4-day, multi-stage cycle event, covering approximately 320 miles, from Milan, around the lakes of Northern Italy, finishing at the stunning Lake Garda. Cycle through the hills and along the water by day and spend your evening by the lakeside sampling the famous Italian hospitality.
What’s Included? • Full bike transport from the UK and back, if required • All accommodation • All meals except day 1 and 3 as specified in the itinerary • Complete transport of luggage between hotels during the ride • Full trip support including mechanics, first aid, drivers and full route support • Full TCX and GPX routes files with navigational turns • Water stops • Celebration meal in Lake Garda at the end of your ride
Join Larking Gowen for their joint webinar with Barclays Business and The Bank of England, as they present ‘The Bank of England Economic Update’.
This 45 minute webinar will include a 30 minute presentation from The Bank of England and a chance for Q&A with our Bank of England speaker and local experts from Larking Gowen and Barclays that will help you plan and navigate through predicted changes for 2022 and beyond.
Head over to The Place on Tuesdays throughout June to get some no-fee, no-obligation accountancy advice from Sharon of Mapus-Smith & Lemmon, a local accountancy firm based in King Street.
Dates & Times:
12th July | 10am – 2pm
19th July | 10am – 2pm
26th July | 10am – 2pm
Advice can include:
Business plans and cash flows for new businesses
Cash management, cost saving strategies and improving profits
Tax planning including VAT and Making Tax Digital, Self-Assessment and Corporation Tax
Delivered by Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney, this training will equip learners with the tools to appropriately deal with wellbeing in the workplace and beyond.
Sessions will be held in The Place in King’s Lynn Town Centre (opposite Wilko) on the 20th July at 10:30am or 1:30pm.
Each session 1 to 1½ hours long, offering basic education about mental health, why people may struggle, and signs you may notice when someone is having a hard time. You will also learn how you might approach someone and start a conversation. Finally, you will learn about the Wellbeing Service and how they can offer support so you can effectively signpost.
You will receive a PDF booklet afterward with all the information covered in the training and a comprehensive FAQ with information about the Wellbeing Service and other services to help you signpost, as well as some resources to use in your workplace, business, or another community setting.
Work in RETAIL, HOSPITALITY, TOURISM?
Interested in how to better RECRUIT and RETAIN staff?
Come to our free… Good Jobs Project Talk, Lunch and Drop-in
Meet the Good Jobs Project team from UEA
Find out what more you can do to retain and recruit staff
Hear about ‘4 Boosts for frontline workers’
Take away a handbook and poster on how to improve public-facing work – drawn from real life examples.
Thurs 28th July 2022
Talk and free lunch 12pm RSVP [email protected]
Drop-in session 1 – 4pm (just turn up!)
Hosted by Discover King’s Lynn at The Place
King’s Lynn’s Business Hub and Pop-Up space.
Find us as 23 New Conduit Street, King’s Lynn (opp Wilko)
Some East Anglian businesses don’t want to grow as recruiting staff is too much hassle according to local HR expert
Some East Anglian businesses maybe inhibiting growth as they are reluctant to recruit staff, while for others, adding to the workforce headcount and skills is essential for survival.
Small business are sometimes fearful of taking on staff, as they don’t want the hassle of looking after and managing employees, but often these fears are unfounded says Peter Lawrence, Director of Human Resources Consultancy, Human Capital Department.
Mr Lawrence says:
“We see many one-man and one-woman band businesses in East Anglia who are busy with a full order book, turning work away, but they don’t want to take on people as they are fearful of the consequences and so have limited capacity to grow their business”.
However, there are exceptions: Anglia IT Solutions, have successfully grown each year, recruiting new staff to deliver solutions to clients. Founded in 2003 by Directors, Jason Crown and Terry Windsor with a goal to deliver professional and affordable IT Support to organisations across Norfolk and Suffolk. Their reputation quickly grew as they worked with a variety of clients including the Sandringham Estate, achieving a Royal Warrant five years later, something they proudly retain today.
Finding the right staff and managing their performance can be challenging says Peter. That’s where we come in as the local HR experts, providing “Outsourced HR” or a “One Stop Shop” for Human Resources Management & Development, to organisations that either don’t have an HR Department, or need support and expertise to implement an HR Project.
To help businesses in meeting the challenge of expansion, Peter has organised a series of breakfast seminars in association with local enterprise agency – NWES – in which he explores the the stages of the “employee life cycle” including recruitment and on-boarding, and provides tips to guide businesses in getting the people management and development piece right.
The sessions, which are free, are running at the following locations and dates [from 07:30 – 09:00]:
13/10 – Beacon Centre, Gt. Yarmouth
27/10 – Riverside Business Centre, Lowerstoft 17/11 – Kings Lynn Innovation Centre 24/11 – Rowen House, Norwich.
To book a place contact Peter Lawrence or Rod Lee at Human Capital Department Tel. 01553 609968 Email [email protected] Or contact the local NWES office.
Join us at Beccles Airfield in Ellough on Saturday 4th May 2019 for a once-in-a-lifetime adrenaline rush as you hurtle through the air from 2 miles high! Securely harnessed to your tandem skydiving instructor, you will be in free-fall for 50 seconds doing speeds in excess of 120mph. This is a fantastic opportunity to face your fears and raise money for children and young people with life threatening conditions across East Anglia. Sign up now! When you sign up you will be asked to pay a £50 deposit, we then have 2 options:
Option A: Self-funded – £50 deposit and £165 to be paid before the day, then raise as much sponsorship as you can! Suggested sponsorship – £150
Option B: Sponsorship – £50 deposit and then raise sponsorship of £315, this will cover the £165 fee for the skydive. (Learn More)
To book your place click here or call UK Parachuting on 01502 476131. If you have any questions or would like a fundraising pack please contact fundraising on 01953 666767 or email [email protected].
No booking required – just turn up and get involved
Your opportunity for a dedicated 1-2-1 session with the experts to review, re-evaluate and refine your business practices.
Free independent expert advice
Dedicated support in reducing business costs
Support on contract renewals and managing disputes
Guidance on best practices
Free Support and Advice for King’s Lynn Businesses
Business savings and support experts Place support Partnerships (PSP) have been appointed by King’s Lynn BID to help King’s Lynn businesses save money.
We work with you to identify savings when considering new contracts and choosing suppliers. We also help you navigate the current energy crisis and achieve the best value on services such as electricity, gas, water, telecoms, merchant services, and much more. This opportunity is in association with Norfolk BID’s Onwards Norfolk training programme, part-funded by Norwich BID, King’s Lynn BID and Great Yarmouth Town Centre Partnership, and part-funded through the government’s Community Renewal Fund.
Disruptive innovation is the underlying strategy behind Netflix, Aldi and a host of other hugely successful businesses. Understanding what is meant by disruptive innovation and how it differs from sustaining innovation is essential knowledge for all business owners. We’re delighted to be joined by the Norwich Business School’s strategy gurus Dr. Kevan Williams and Dr. Fahri Karakas for what promises to be a lively, thought provoking and engaging session.
Delivered by New Anglia Growth Hub and fully funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A Process Masterclass is a virtual workshop to help businesses transform their processes to create a better working environment.
Attendees will receive a LEAN Six Sigma Yellow Belt qualification.
The course will be delivered by Andy Skinner, Director, AMS Business Consultants.
Please note, this workshop is for businesses based in East Anglia.
Course Content:
• Introduction to Process Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma techniques
• Define a continuous improvement operating system and what it means to you, your customers and your business
• Identify and classify 8 wastes
• Understand the key principles of 5S
• How do customers measure a business? Voice of the Customer translation
• Understand Standard Work and flow
• Understand Process Improvement Dialogues’ (PID’s), Key Performance Indicator boards, and the Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA) process are and how they will be used
The knowledge and understanding of each of the topics covered will be reviewed during the course:
Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma:
• Understand the differences between Lean and Six Sigma and their origins
• Understand the objective of systematic problem solving.
• Apply data driven approaches for decision making and Understand Pre work analysis for a business case.
• Recognise the various Six Sigma roles
8 Wastes:
• Be able to Identify, define and eliminate waste within your business
• Unused capabilities
• Over production
• Delays
• Defects
• Inventory
• Waiting
• Excess Motion
• Transportation
5S
• Understand how making problems visible leads to improved quality
• Be able to apply 5s in your business/working environment
• Apply visual management effectively
• People, Quality, Delivery and Cost measures
• Voice of the Customer and Standard flow
• Understand how to identify business processes
• Identify Inputs and Outputs of your business processes and undertake high level process mapping
• Understand how customers view your business processes
• Gather Voice of the customer and translate into customer needs.
• Prioritise customer needs
Meet Andy Skinner, your mentor for the session;
Andy specialises in business transformation, problem solving and increasing productivity or efficiencies within businesses. He is one of very few certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts in the UK.
He is skilled in identifying improvement opportunities, root cause analysis and risk in business processes.
This may be through process improvement, process management or the design of new processes across all areas of your business from Sales through to HR.
Clients will realise cost savings, productivity gains, waste reduction and identify development opportunities for both business processes and staff development.
Do you want to drive growth? Discuss, brainstorm and be held accountable for your plans with your peers and coach within Mastermind.
About this event
Scale Up Mastermind – Business Success through Personal Growth
Are you looking to scale up your business? Do you want to drive growth and develop the future of your business? Would you love to discuss and brainstorm how to do this with like-minded business owners and an experienced and impartial, unbiased, supportive business coaching facilitator? Would you like all this for free? If so this is for you.
Who is it for?
It may be a cliché but it is lonely at the top and can be hard to find people who understand your role. This series of events can offer you your very own board of advisers who truly understand.
As part of the Mastermind series, you will be seated with other like-minded CEO’s, founders, owners and successful business leaders from a variety of non-competing industries who understand the challenges you face and how the skills to strategize with you and improve your business.
To be part of this programme you will be nominated to attend by an adviser from the New Anglia Growth Hub. This event is exclusive to the New Anglia Growth Hub and only offered free to those who the advisers feel this would be a real benefit too.
How does Mastermind work?
This programme offers an alternative but objective thought process, resulting in those attending feeling supported, motivated and allowing them to continue to grow in confidence and personal development. It encourages a growth mindset whilst building a supportive network at their level.
The success of the group is due to the commitment and support of its members, who are dedicated to improving their businesses, their leadership, their community and each other. The group requires commitment, confidentiality and a willingness to both give and receive advice and ideas. Members support each other with total honesty, respect and compassion. It demands accountability, increases your focus and confidence resulting in improved performance for both yourself and your company.
Within each session the group members will discuss challenges and issues affecting their own businesses through spotlight sessions, and then discuss with the group, to enable feedback, experiences and advice from the group and the coach where necessary. Peer to peer support and discussion is core to the success of the Mastermind sessions. You will be held accountable by the group to the plans and actions you put in place for your growth.
The Mastermind sessions will be facilitated by Sam Lindley, a highly experienced business coach and with a proven record in business and talent development and deliver similar paid programmes outside of these sessions outside of the Suffolk and Norfolk areas and has done for many years.
What happens and who is suitable for the Mastermind programme?
A group of up to 15 business owners will be nominated to attend this series of Mastermind events by a New Anglia Growth Hub Adviser, or support organisation.
These business owners can be from any business sector but must have the desire to want to develop and grow their business. These will be a range of non-competing organisations.
You will commit to 8 fortnightly meetings 6 via Zoom and 2 in person. This will start on the 6th September. Sessions online will be on a Tuesday between 10am and Midday and the in person events will be longer as detailed below.
You will be part of lively, authentic discussions based on current business and development challenges.
Members are the key to this programme, challenging each other to set clear goals.
We encourage creative thinking and brave decision-making.
Members share success stories and challenges with each other openly and confidentially.
Problems are solved through members brainstorming and collective creative thinking.
As a coach, Sam believes in planning. We will define high level 12 month goals and agree on strategies for ownership, accountability, focus, ambition and responsibility to achieve your growth plan. During the Mastermind programme will cover the following topics throughout the sessions:
Business Strategy
Talent Management/Development
Barriers To Growth
Marketing for Growth
Sales for Growth
Personal Growth – In the last session of the programme, we delve into the future, what is next for you?
What does the facilitator do?
The Mastermind series facilitators will introduce ideas and insights on topics that matter to you, manage the expectations of the group and help you gain insights into your future development needs. They will help to channel and focus discuss and draw out the key information, strategies and shared learning from the group.
They will ensure your events achieve the growth and development you are all looking for. They will help you create and develop strategies that will enable you to reach the goals you desire.
What you will need to do?
You will need to be:
committed to attending the events regularly
be open-minded to new ideas and creative thinking.
be open to the opinions of others.
listen to and share your own experiences and knowledge with the group.
be compassionate and respectful of other members
passionate about developing yourself and your business for growth.
This event is 2 hours in duration and will provide 2hrs of Information, Diagnostic and Brokerage (IBD*). This is equivalent to £100 worth of State Aid. We are able to deliver this is free of charge to you with thanks to funding from the European Regional Development Fund.
What are the dates for these sessions?
Webinar sessions are on Tuesdays, between 10am and Midday with a combination of in person and zoom meetings on the following dates:
• Session 1 – 06/09/22 Introduction/Goal Sharing/Vision/Why (in person)
• Session 2 – 20/09/22 Barriers to Growth, Emotional Health and the Imposter Within
• Session 3 – 04/10/22 Cultivating Connections, Building a Support Network and Inviting in Vulnerability
• Session 4 – 18/10/22 Self Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
• Session 5 –01/11/22 High Performance. What does it look like?
• Session 6 – 15/11/22 Leadership and the Revolving Door
• Session 7 –29/11/22 Craft a Culture and Find Your Non Negotiables
• Session 8 – 13/12/22 Celebration and the Future (in person)
About the Training Organisation Sam Lindley – Cloud 9 Business Coaching
Married in 2003, a mother of 2 boys Ted, Finn and 1 bouncy cockapoo puppy Buzz! My other child and passion is my business of 9 years, Cloud9 Business Coaching.
How it all started…by Sam Lindley…
From a young age, my greatest goal was to work at Barclays Bank, no other financial institution would do it had to be Barclays! You could say I was a driven character even then, and there my career was born. As an Associate MD for a Mortgage Packaging company which spanned 10 years I worked by motivating business owners of small to medium-sized business, here I developed a real understanding and love of small businesses and their challenge. So it seems obvious now as I sit in my office within my business coaching practice that this would be my destiny.
Cloud9 Business Coaching works with the owner of the business rather than the business itself, we believe that a motivated business can only grow as far as its owner’s knowledge and skills.
Like all business owners, 10 years ago I had a vision, I had dreams and the last 9 years have shown me that I am capable of making other people’s dreams come true.
I have facilitated Mastermind groups for 8 years. I recognise the benefits, I appreciate the power of the monthly meetings and how quickly the members become like family, trusting and supporting each other with so much support and openness, sharing ideas knowledge and connections to solve the challenges of other members, how accountable you feel and the focus it drives. Mastermind is mighty.