Join us on Saturday 7th June for Pier 2 Pier Norfolk, as we take on the challenge of walking 32 miles from Cromer Pier to Great Yarmouth Pier.
The route will take you along the ever popular Norfolk Coastal Path. You will walk along multi-terrain (sand, shingle, path, dunes) making this challenge physically demanding. Lace up your walking boots and start training, this walk is not easy! The sense of achievement will be amazing once you have completed the 32 miles!
Please be aware that all participants must be 16+ on the day of the event to take part in this challenge. (Any participant aged 16 or 17 must be accompanied by an adult participating in the event). The aim is to complete the walk within 12 hours.
This session will be delivered by Huw Sayer, Business Writers Ltd. Do you find business writing a challenge? Are you struggling to pick the right words for your ideas? Would you like your copy to be more engaging and persuasive? Then this workshop is for you.
Aims:
Our aim is to show you how to make your words work harder. This isn’t a grammar or spelling lesson – or an SEO class. Instead, we’ll focus on your audiences, how to write for them and what to say.
Learning Objectives
How to write so your audience will read and understand.
How to build your brand’s credibility and authority.
How to generate ideas and develop an authentic writing style.
Who should attend:
You should attend this session if you have to write brochures, press releases, newsletters, articles and blogs. It will also help you manage external writers. You’ll also get a FREE copy of the Business Writer’s guide: ‘Discover the 19 secrets of successful business writing.’
About your trainer:
Huw is a director and co-owner of Business Writers Ltd, a communications consultancy with clients in the UK and Europe. He has spent over 25 years in marketing and corporate communications. He uses this experience to help clients create engaging conversations with buyers, suppliers, employees and investors.
Join us and Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce in West Norfolk for a morning of cross county business networking over a delicious breakfast. Learn the importance of King’s Lynn port to the local area along with the ports of Ipswich & Lowestoft and ABP to the regional economy. Alastair MacFarlane, Port Manager, East Anglia at Associated British Ports Alastair is Port Manager for ABP’sthree East AnglianPorts; Ipswich, Lowestoft and King’s Lynn. He has held the position for around nine years. Previously holing a number of Senior Management positions within ABP in East Anglia, Scotland and the West Country, for over 20 years. Alastairhas a BSc. Hons. Degree in Transport Management and Planning from Loughborough University and is a chartered member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport. Prior to his career on the Port industry Alastair was a deck officer in the RFA, (Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service), serving on a number of ships in locations from the North Atlantic to the Middle Easy and the Falklands Islands. This breakfast will be a fantastic opportunity to network with your neighbours and make new contacts. Friday 8 May 2015 Venue:Best Western Plus Knights Hill Hotel & Spa, South Wootton, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 3HQ Time: 8.00am-10.00am Price: £18.00 + VAT If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 orlook hereBookings for this event are now closed. For availability, please email [email protected] or call 01603 625977 to speak to a member of the events team.
Grow your business, be efficient and learn how to obtain the best value use of all your resources by joining Norfolk Chamber over a delicious breakfast for a morning of business networking.
Hear from the Director of Project Management of M R Project Solutions Limited, Mark Reeson who will be speaking about ‘Project management – The Modern Day Solution’.
Project management has proven itself to be the most productive way to make a real difference to many businesses, but it needs to be implemented right with the modern culture in mind.
Now it’s your chance to bring a competitive edge for your business and lead your business to success! Discover how to deliver your projects best, achieve your desired results and satisfy the differing needs of the stakeholders! It is an opportunity for you, to recognize the difference project management can really make for your business and identify the best ways to adapt effectively in the modern culture.
Mark Reeson is a project management specialist with over thirty years experience, a Fellow of the Association of Project Management (APM) and has been involved in many project and programme consultative roles.
As a Registered Project Professional with the APM he has been an award winner for Sustainability in Project Management. Having started his career in the Royal Air Force, Mark has continued to develop himself and others by working and delivering projects in the nuclear, training and international sporting fields.
Recently Mark was recognised for his work in project management becoming a Professor at the UBT, in Jeddah, KSA.
Book now, make the best of your networking opportunities and experience project management at its very best!
#ChamberNetworking @norfolkchamber
Thursday 14 May 2015Venue: Norwich City Football Club,Carrow Road,Norwich ,NR1 1JETime: 7.30am-09.30amPrice: £18.00 + VAT
This is a members only event. If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 orlook here.
A delegate list and agenda will be emailed to you two days prior to this event, please ensure you register early to feature on the published delegate list.
Bookings for this eventhave now closed, for availability please phone01603 625977 and press option 3 to be put through to the events team. Thank you.
The new “Fit for Work” service has been introduced by the government to help employers manage sickness absences and return employees to the workplace. Fit for Work provides an occupational health service which is intended to supplement rather replace employer’s existing occupational health services and provide advice and guidance to employers dealing with issues of sickness and incapacity.
In this interactive session, Ashton KCJ’s employment team will explore the potential benefits of Fit for Work together with the range of employment law issues caused by sickness and incapacity. The session will identify the pitfalls employers should avoid and lessons to be learnt from recent cases on disability discrimination, stress at work and absence management.
Ross Strowger, Partner, Ashton KCJ Solicitors:
Ross leads the Ashton KCJ employment team in the conduct of both non-contentious and contentious employment work.
His work has included several successful enforcements and defences of post termination restrictive covenants as well as complex discrimination and whistleblowing cases in regulated professions and the education sector.
He has a particular interest in directors’ service agreements and directors’ duties more generally with the emphasis on employment issues arising from a boardroom bust up. Ross works closely with the firm’s Company Commercial team on employment issues arising from restructuring, business transfers or outsourcing (especially those involving insolvency issues). He also appears as an advocate in the Employment Tribunal and County Court.
Sponsored and delivered by Ashton KCJ.
Member Rate:£25 + VAT
Non-Member Rate:£50 + VAT Venue:Dunston Hall, Ipswich Rd, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8PQ A delegate list and agenda will be emailed to you 2 days prior to this event, please ensure you register early to feature on the published delegate list. This event is now fully booked. To be added to a waiting list please email details to [email protected]. Thank you.
If you are interested in starting your own business or already run one as a side-hustle, join us at King’s Lynn library for our first Entrepreneur in Residence session, featuring Jacob Valentine from The Grain Company Limited. Jacob set up his own business straight from school, making bespoke designer Traditional and Rustic Industrial furniture. In this session, he’ll talk about the challenges of starting his own business, how he found new customers and suppliers, selling online and how the business has evolved.
The sessions are free, but booking is essential. There will be time for Q&A after the session, and refreshments will be served
As if establishing a strong brand identity both on and offline wasn’t challenge enough! Today’s businesses now need to ensure that their trademarks and logos are protected across all the platforms, and in all the channels.Successful brands see marketing as an investment, not a cost! But what does it take to create a great brand? Ever more widely used, especially in the social media, the hashtag, for example, has become a cost effective digital marketing tool and and a great way to promote a brand. But, can you register a hashtag? Do they automatically turn an idea or a slogan into a trademark? Learn how you can protect your brand in the social media. Discover more about just where the boundaries of Intellectual Property now lie from Bill Jones, IP21.
Alex Tosh, Creative Sponge will take you through 7 key steps to creating a killer brand that will transform your business and the way clients see you.
Alex Tosh, Creative Sponge Alex graduated with an honours degree in Marketing from De Montfort University. Since that time, he has worked in various brand and marketing management roles with Nestlé, Johnson&Johnson and Campbell Soup Company both in the UK and abroad. Alex set up Creative Sponge in 2004, a strategic thinker, Alex has worked on a huge variety of projects.
Bill Jones, ip21 Bill founded ip21 with John Williams in 2000 after successfully starting and running his own practice. With over 35 years’ experience in the patent and trademark profession, he has lectured in Intellectual Property Law and is chairman of the CIPA textbook and publications committee. He is also a Fellow of the International Institute of Licensing Practitioners.
#ChamberNetworking @norfolkchamber Thursday 10 September 2015 Venue: Great Yarmouth Masonic Lodge,The Royal Assembly Rooms, Albert Square, GreatYarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3JH Time: 7.30am-09.30am Price: £18.00 + VAT If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 orlook here A delegate list and agenda will be emailed to you two days prior to this event, please ensure you register early to feature on the published delegate list. Bookings for this event have now closed. For availability please email details to[email protected]or call 01603 625977. Thank you.
This qualification is designed to get managers and supervi-sors, from any sector, up to speed on the practical actions needed to make health and safety “happen” in their teams. IOSH is the professional association for safety and health practitioners, with a global name to back up their courses.
Subjects covered 1. Introducing Managing Safely 2. Identifying hazards and Assessing risks 3. Risk Control Strategies and Techniques 4. Understanding responsibilities at all levels 5. Measuring performance 6. Investigating accidents and incidents
What will staff get out of it?
What they need to know in a refreshing, informal, interac-tive and entertaining way. Managing Safely will give dele-gates the knowledge and tools they need to tackle the health and safety issues they’re responsible for. This course brings home the reasons why health and safety is such an essential part of their jobs.
Why Choose Us? “We’re highly experienced, former H&S inspectors, averaging over 30 years’ experience each, as Chartered practitioners with several bodies. We’ve inspected 1000’s of workplaces in this time, and provided consultancy to 100’s more. This depth of experience makes our training unique, and second to none”
Minimum Teaching Time: Minimum face-to-face contact time of 22 hours, usually over 3 days (2 days, break, final day) plus time to complete the workplace based assignment
Assessment Format: Delegates will need to complete two types of assessment at the end of the course. The first assessment is a 25-question, multiple choice examination of the course syllabus. The second test is a short project on conducting a risk assessment.
Designed for: owners, managers, supervisors and those responsible for initiating health and safety management. Also for: Trainers and those who monitor and audit health and safety systems
Prior knowledge; this is a challenging course, and prior completion of a level 2 course or equivalent would be a benefit. Candidates will require a moderate level of functional skills/academic ability, and access to a computer, for assignment work, email, etc.
Course cost; £450.00 +VAT. This includes all training materials, course notes, etc. and refreshments including a light lunch
Course Tutors: Richard Mills is a Chartered Practitioner of 30 years’ experience in the profession; John Claxton is a former HSE Principal Inspector with over 36 years’ experi-ence in the field. The RedCat Partnership has been providing training & consultancy in Norfolk, East Anglia and Nationally for over 18 years, as well as providing the best health and safety training facilities in Norfolk, at No8 Thorpe Road.
For more information please call 01603 473732 or email [email protected]
Join us for the next Norfolk Networking event at Middleton Hall Golf Club, hosted by the dynamic duo of Mark Juniper from Ascot Lloyd and James Fowler from Uptech Ltd! 🤝 Get ready for an evening of great food, engaging conversations, and the stunning backdrop of Middleton Hall Golf Club.
This quarter, we’re rallying support for a fantastic cause – the Big C cancer charity. 🎗️ We’re proud to stand with James Fowler as he gears up for his sponsored cycle event. Picture James in his Lycra, powering through on a Turbo Trainer, racing those brave enough to take on the simulated Driving Range for over 30 minutes! 🚴♂️💨 It’s sure to be a close contest, and James will have to really put in some effort!
Don’t miss this opportunity to network, have fun, and contribute to a meaningful cause. Let’s pedal towards a world without cancer together! ⛳🍽️
This course is designed to help those who are charged with the important task of creating and leading teams. As leader you have many responsibilities and obligations and these are essentially the same regardless of whether you lead a small or large team. It’s important that team leaders, managers or supervisors recognize their role in building and managing the performance of their team. This workshop will enable you to understand what is involved in leading a successful team and will help you identify which methods are most effective to get you the best results.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: For full day training courses a lunch with sandwich or salad, crisps and cake or fruit will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course.
Course Content The focus of attention when leading a team. Stages of team development. Building the team by agreeing team identity, mission statement and shared values. Team goals and priorities – how to ensure they are well formed and achievable. Motivational models that highlight what managers can practically do to motivate staff Who plays what roles – achieving the right balance Communication styles Managing different people differently. Overcoming the barriers to team performance. Dealing with challenging individuals. True diversity and inclusion and how to make it work for you Managing Performance
Course price: From £74.00 – £96.00
For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email [email protected]
Over the last 50 years, our region has developed into one of the world’s most productive energy industries. However, the falling price of oil has triggered a dramatic shift in the state of the global energy industry.
What opportunities are available to help local businesses? Can we broaden our global market, rather than just focussing on the Southern North Sea?
Join us on 12th November to hear from experts in this industry about what trends we can learn from to help our energy sector remain strong.Plus network with a wide range of local businesses, make new contacts from across Norfolk, and start your day with a delicious breakfast!
Discover how our area has the potential to play a significant role in helping the UK transition to a low-carbon economy and deliver on the government’s energy priorities.
According to Nautilus Associates, in the east of England offshore oil and gas will be worth £3.3bn towards 2020, with offshore wind contributing £5bn and oil and gas decommissioning providing £3.7bn.
Johnathan is both a business leader and key influencer to government in the energy sector. He is Director of energy business consultants, Nautilus Associates. He is also the Business Development Lead for Suffolk’s flagship offshore renewable energy innovation centre, OrbisEnergy based in Lowestoft.
Johnathan’s presentation will focus on the challenges and opportunities for the region’s energy supply chain, and outline some of the most recent forecasts on new business opportunities across oil & gas, offshore renewables and the wider energy industry.
Don’t miss out on his expert advice on how to explore these new opportunities for your business, and the support that’s available to help.
Joanna is the Stakeholder Manager for Scottish Power Renewables. Her role spans the development and implementation of all the ScottishPower Renewables’ projects in the region. She works with the development team in Glasgow and the project team in London. Joanna has seen the EA1 Offshore Wind Farm Project through from the early planning phases.
During her presentation, she’ll discuss the EA1 project andthemajor packages of work being awarded, such as the 700MW project commencing in 2017. Shewill also provide an update on the progress of the project and how it is presentingsignificantopportunities withinthe region.
Charity: Petans #ChamberNetworking @norfolkchamber Thursday 12 November 2015 Venue: Great Yarmouth Town Hall,Hall Quay,Great Yarmouth,NR30 2PX Time: 7.30am-09.30am Price: £18.00 + VAT If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 orlook hereView photographs from the event.
Let the Norfolk Chamber andHost Ian Hacon, Yellow Brick Road Solutions guide you through how to network successfullywith expert led tips and tricks, networking activities and plenty of opportunities to show off your skills or learn from the best!
Ian is the Founder and ‘Chief Happiness Officer’ at Yellow Brick Road, who’s Vision is “Creating Future History”. Theirfirst two programmes,Creating Leadership VitalityandCreating Purpose aregroundbreaking in both content and approach.
Withkey skills in strategic leadership, Ianfocuses on creating a shared vision that all stakeholders can unite behind and then ensuresthat strategies, business plans, structures, systems, reporting and communications support that vision at every juncture. He is described as a big thinker, visionary and engaging.
Book now for a morning of business networking, making new contacts and catching up with existingover a delicious breakfast. #ChamberNetworking @norfolkchamber Thursday 21 January 2016 Venue: Great Yarmouth Racecourse,Jellicoe Road,Great Yarmouth,NR30 4AU. Time: 07.30am-09.30am Price: £18.00 + VAT If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 orclickhereGet the most out of your networking and sign up to our networking app!If you’ve already booked to attend this event, check your registered emailfor instructions.Bookings for this event are now closed. For availability please email[email protected]