We are excited to be bridging the gap from military service to civilian workplace. 🤝
This event aims to introduce ex-service veterans to employers who can provide them with exciting opportunities for their future careers. 💼
It is a great pleasure to work with the Department of Work and Pensions in partnership to run this event and also have the full support of RAF Marham and Swanton Morley who are looking to release and introduce personnel who are in the process of leaving.
Let’s work together to create a future of endless possibilities for our ex-veterans in the civilian workforce.
If you are interested in attending on the 25th July, please contact us:
01603 881689 [email protected]
The course is designed to ensure a detailed understanding of Legionnaire’s Disease, and how risk management makes sure the disease doesn’t arise in your work place.
Objectives;
* Understand the history, significance and symptoms of Legionnaire’s Disease
* To understand the basics of how hot and cold water systems work
* To understand how the bacterium gets into water systems, how it multiplies in the systems, and how it goes on to infect people
* Understand how management systems ensure the prevention of illness
* Understand the basics of legal requirements, and sources of guidance
* To help assist you with the compliance of the ACOP L8 (Approved Code of Practice L8 relates to the maintenance of clean water systems).
Organisation
Duration; 1/2 day blended learning programme. (This is a blended learning course, once you are booked on to the course we’ll send you some learning materials to complete before coming to the ½ session. Delegates need to be prepared to complete 2 or 3 hours of work before attending the half day course.)
Exam/Assessment; There are 2 short multiple choice exam. The pass marks are 10/15 for the first and 8/12 for the second. This qualification is Ofqual accredited
Cost; £125 + VAT includes notes, refreshments and the assessment & certification fees
Awarding Body; Highfield Awarding Body of Compliance (HABC)
Tutor; Richard Mills
Differentiation; Basic literacy, enthusiasm, a willingness to learn and participate
Audience; Anyone who is dealing with hot or cold water systems in their work place.
We are hosting our first ever Corporate Exhibition!
Our corporate partners have the opportunity to exhibit and showcase their business in our beautiful building. We would love you to join us for the day. Exhibition stands are complimentary for corporate partners and we encourage you to invite guests to attend as well. The event will be publicised to our audience.
Norwich Theatre’s Corporate Exhibition is a brand new event for 2023, designed as an opportunity for our corporate partners to promote their goods and services under the roof of Norwich Theatre.
With over 20 businesses exhibiting, this is a great opportunity for you to come and meet some of the incredible companies we work in partnership with from a multitude of sectors, all coming together under one roof.
You will also have the opportunity to network and grab a coffee at our on-site Cafe Royal and meet the commercial team here at Norwich Theatre, who would be more than happy to talk to you about the work we do here at Norwich Theatre.
The day is free to attend, and you are welcome to come and go as you please throughout the day.
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. 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 half-day workshop is for you. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 12:30pm approximately) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available. Lunch provided: Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this half-day course. Course Content You’ll learn how to make your words work harder – where to get your ideas – and how to develop your writing style. 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. You should attend this session if you have to write brochures, press releases, newsletters, articles or blogs. It will also help you to manage external writers. You’ll even get a FREE copy of the Business Writer’s guide: ‘Discover the 19 secrets of successful business writing.’ Course price: £37.00 – £48.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email [email protected]
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. This workshop is for complete beginners who want to learn how to stand up and speak in public, but feel anxious and apprehensive. It is also for people who want to improve their current public speaking and presenting skills. Public speaking is most people’s greatest fear, way ahead of spiders, heights, snakes and flying. Whatever your level of experience this stimulating and enjoyable course will make a huge difference to your performance. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available. Lunch provided: On full day training courses a sandwich lunch with crisps, cakes and fruit will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course. Course Content: Controlling and manage fear and anxiety Overcoming nervousness Delivering a professional speech with real impact Improving your self esteem and build your confidence Presenting to any size of audience and command their attention Using visual aids where necessary and keeping the audience’s attention Course price: Between £74.00 – £96.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email [email protected]
On Friday 9 May over 80 Norfolk & Cambridgeshire Chamber Members attended our standing room only business breakfast to get the unique opportunity to network with neighbouring chamber members. Delegates heard from the two Local Enterprise Partnership’s that border West Norfolk and King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council.
The breakfast took place in the Great Barn at Knights Hill Hotel with our host for the morning, Norfolk Chamber President, Ian Hacon taking the delegates through the agenda. Ian introduced our event featured charity, King’s Lynn Festival, who told us about how the festival helps King’s Lynn and how support of their events is crucial.
The breakfast was buzzing with conversation as the cross-county networking started with one or our trademark ice breaker activities, guess my CV. Networking continued over breakfast and our safari networking got the delegates to take a seat at a new table and meet new people, making even more connections.
It was then time to hear from our panel of three keynote speakers; Chris Starkie, New Anglia LEP, Graham Nix, Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP& Cllr Nick Daubney, Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk about the progress they have made locally in the past year and their aims for the next 12 months.
Chris Starkie said “New Anglia LEP are aiming to have 95,000 more jobs by 2026”
Grahame Nix highlighted GCGP’s “Growing Places fund £500k in 12 £30k grants to charity – employment that are available to West Norfolk.”
Watch out for the Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk “local investment board” that will be with us soon.
A Q&A session then took place with various questions from delegates to better understand the opportunities and funding that are open to them as a business and how they can influence their LEPs plans for the coming year.
Delegates had a lot of positive things to talk about on twitter;
Chaplin Farrant
“Great morning @norfolkchamber breakfast in Kings Lynn this morning – many thanks. #wellconnected”
Independence Matters
“At kings lynn @norfolkchamber#wellconnected event – first time and getting connected with some great future contacts!”
Please arrive 15 minutes before the session starts.Venue:Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 9 Norwich Business Park, Whiting Road, Norwich, NR4 6DJ In this session (Be Better at LinkedIn) John Davy, Dojo Media Consulting will be your host.You will learn: Marketing strategies for your business are wide and varied. Every year something new comes along for you to get your head around and fit in with your current marketing effort. Nobody is great at everything. Social media is expanding all the time and getting the message through the noise can be hard. That’s where LinkedIn can cut through and offer some real gains, learn how in this session. About John: John Davy is a life long business networker, both in the real business world and more recently in online communities. John is a leading expert in the business social media platform, LinkedIn. He has a consultancy business in the UK that is specifically targeted to optimise companies approach to this most powerful of business tools. Connect with Dojo Media Consulting:Twitter: @biznetworkguyFacebook:The Linkedin ProLinkedIn:Dojo Media ConsultingGoogle Plus:Dojo Media Consulting Limited This session forms part of The Chamber Sessions. The Chamber Sessions are open to Chamber Members only. They are free to attend but booking is required and places limited to one per company persession. Please note this event is fully booked, to be added to the waiting list please email:[email protected]
On 5 June, over 60 members enjoyed an evening of informal networking with a competitive twist in our Pub Quiz. The 11 teams created a vibrant atmosphere at the King’s Centre in our latest After Hours Event.
We started out event of with a hallmark icebreaker of ‘Fine Someone Who..’ which got the delegates mixing around the room and networking with each other., with the prize being 3 extra bonus points for their team score.
Our guest host Nicky Price, BBC Radio Norfolk then got the quiz off to a great start by testing our delegate’s general knowledge. This then lead to some Norfolk based questions which included both local knowledge and Norfolk company logo’s. The final round was deciphering over 80 slogans from companies all over the UK. Scores came very close together with them all fighting to win the sought after 1st place medals.
After adding all the scores together, host Nicky Price declared the winning team to be none other than the sponsor The King’s Centre.
Below are some of the tweets from last night’s event.
James Elvin, Price Bailey
Enjoyable quiz night and networking with a local theme by @norfolkchamber and a great venue @KCNorwich #ChamberNetworking #AfterHours
Joanna Keane, Lovewell Blake
Go team Lovewell Blake @LovewellBlake @norfolkchamber #ChamberNetwork #AfterHours
Leathes Prior
We had lots of fun at the quiz last night and can’t believe we didn’t come last! Thanks @norfolkchamber #ChamberNetworking #AfterHours
Dan Bradfield, Naked Marketing
Pleased with 2nd place for the Naked Angels @FionaTemple @RedCatSarah @norfolkchamber #ChamberNetworking #wellconnected
To view more photo’s from this event visit our Facebook or Google+ page.
Our next After Hours event is Look the Business on 21 August. Join us for the ultimate business fashion event where you can update your contacts and your wardrobe in one night. To book your place or for more details click here.
This HR Forum will focus on some of the key factors that should be taken into account, in order to ensure your recruitment process is watertight. With talk of an economic upturn, many employers are now turning their attention to recruitment. This valuable HR Forum will look at the recruitment process itself, and how to avoid the risk of discrimination during recruitment. It will also review the best approach to employment documentation, including contractual issues to address at the outset of the employment relationship and also consider the use of probationary periods, and how to deal with a new recruit who is not performing to the required standard.
Elizabeth Stevens -Professional Support Lawyer, Steeles Law
Elizabeth’s role includes keeping track of employment law developments, designing seminars and training programmes for clients, and ensuring continuous improvement. Elizabeth enjoys getting to grips with new areas of law, and is particularly adept at communicating new legislation and judgments in a clear and practical way that is meaningful for the audience.
Robert Hickford -Solicitor, Steeles Law
Robert advises on all aspects ofemployment law, including defending employment tribunal claims on behalf on employers. He also assists employers with immigration matters, including the process for sponsoring migrants to work in the UK.
Sponsored and delivered by Steeles Law.
“A very good opportunity to gain further insight into non-industry specific HR factors.”-Alistair Betts,East Anglia Care Homes Ltd.
“Highly recommended to keep your HR procedures up to date.”-Ermine Amies, Sandler Training.
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. Bookings are now closed. For the opportunity to book, please phone 01603 625977 and dial through to events.
The Health and Safety Masterclass is aimed at anyone who is working within Health and Safety on a day to day basis, any senior members of staff who deal with Health and Safety or anyone who is looking for an update on their current Health and Safety training.
Our one day masterclass will see ex Health and Safety Executive (HSE) principle inspector, John Claxton, deliver a short session on current topical areas.
In essence the course will enable delegates to:
– Take a fresh look at what systems and procedures that are in place
– Review & revise Health and Safety Management
– Hear what’s current with H & S Enforcers – what are they focusing on?
– Dispel the Myths about Health and Safety – do not believe all that you read in the papers!
The subjects covered are:
1. Mapping the maze of Health & Safety Legislation – including topics such as Manual Handling, COSHH, Ergonomics and work equipment – and how it relates to your business
2. How to ensure that your Health and Safety Policy is Effective including communicating it
3.Are your Risk Assessments ‘Suitable & Sufficient’
4. Ex Principle Inspector for the Health and Safety Executive, John Claxton will also lead a talk on the current hot Topics For more information on this course contact us on 01603 473732 or visit our website
Let loose your competitive side. Join like-minded Chamber members for an evening of networking and bowling, followed by a buffet. Whether as a team or as an individual, this is a great way to have fun and do business.
There was a great atmosphere and competitive air at last years 2014 Super Bowl Challenge as delegates finished work and headed to Hollywood Bowl. A hard fought contest with 21 teams, delegates took advantage of the informal networking and team building. Price Bailey regained this year’s winning trophy in 2014 after losing it to Lovewell Blake in 2013. Join our competitive members in 2015 for another highly unique competition on the Chamber calendar.
“A massive thank you to the Norfolk Chamber for a great evening at the Super Bowl Challenge. We’re already talking tactics for next year!” -Leathes Prior
#ChamberNetworking @norfolkchamber
Thursday 29 January 2015 Venue: Hollywood Bowl, Wherry Road, Riverside Leisure Complex, Norwich NR1 1WZ Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm, Doors open at 5.30pm Price: £18.00 + VAT This is a members only event, but exclusive to the After Hours series – bring a guest who isn’t a member. The more the merrier! Please email us to book a guest place. If you are a non-member and are interested in joining the Chamber or finding out more information please call 01603 625977 or look 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.
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. The course is designed for users familiar with Microsoft Word. It will provide trainees with the confidence to use more of Word’s features, and speed up their use of the application. It will give delegates the knowledge and practical experience to use Word to create, format and print professional-looking documents. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) 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 Recap A recap of general Word principles Font formatting Paragraph formatting Navigating around the document Selecting text More Bullets and Numbering Creating a customised list Changing bullet points for each paragraph Formatting numbers Adjusting the position on the page Distributing the text and bullet/number An Introduction to Styles Using styles Applying styles to an existing document Creating a table of contents Introduction to Tables Bringing a table into a document Entering text, tabs and line-breaks Selecting rows, columns and cells within a table Formatting in a table An Explanation of different versions Good Working Practice How to find familiar commands in the 2003 & 2007/10 interface AutoCorrect How AutoCorrect works Adding AutoCorrect entries Removing AutoCorrect entriesCopy and Paste Using the Windows clipboard to move or duplicate text and pictures Sharing text/pictures with other documents Bringing in pictures from other applications Getting pictures from the internet Document Layout Page breaks Line breaks Headers and Footers Using headers and footers Page numbering Inserting fields The Drawing Tools Auto shapes Clip Art Word Art Adjusting fills & lines The drawing canvas Course price: From £74.00 – £96.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email [email protected]
