Norfolk is full of talented business men and women and we’re delighted to have some of them giving up their time to provide mentoring sessions for young professionals (under 35s) across Norfolk. Free mentor session with Chris Cliffe.
Date: 9th October 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 3pm
Venue: The Stables, Royal Norwich, The Weston Estate, Weston Hall Road, Weston Longville, Norwich, NR9 5JE
Topics
Professionally:
Procurement & Supply Chain
Buyer / Supplier Relationship Management
Spend Categorisation and Supplier Preferencing
Personally:
Networking skills and tactics
Career development and personal brand
About Chris
Chartered Procurement & Supply Professional
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (FCIPS)
Member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD)and IoD Procurement Ambassador and Norfolk Branch Committee member
What percentage of UK small businesses fail within the first year?
In the UK, according to research by Fundsquire, a global start up funding network, 20% of small businesses fail in their first year. Around 60% of small businesses fail within the first three years.
Learning from your start-ups wins and losses is crucial for improving your business performance, adapting to changing markets, and growing your business. But how do you do it effectively and consistently?
Join us at Norwich GRIDSERVE on Wednesday 13th September and hear from Jason Carlton, Managing Director at Uptech, from his own experiences of losing and winning during his business life and gain valuable insights and actions. Informal open forum to listen, ask and learn while connecting with likeminded individuals.
The team from Norfolk Chambers will give a brief introduction followed by a talk from Jason then open for Q&A’s.
Tea and Coffee included.
Opportunity to network and connect with other under 35’s in Norfolk while gaining insightful knowledge.
Guest Speaker
Jason Carlton – Jason Carlton, left education with a degree in electrical engineering, and spent working on the high street working as a repair person. He then set up on his own and started Uptech. with Over 30 years of being self employed and running the business there is not much he has not seen. From sales, to Business development, to HR and Finance, Jason has done it all.
Uptech
Uptech is the leading IT support company in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk. Recognised as a multi award winning regional, national and global company. They are passionate about the support they offer businesses like yours. Offering Enterprise-level tools, Cyber Security Solutions, and IT hardware to businesses just like yours.
Established in 1994, Uptech offers High-end IT Services to Businesses with 5-200 staff, with multiple locations (including WFH), keeping them all Connected. They have helped clients grow and improve their IT, becoming more profitable and productive.
Aims to provide delegates with the required level of training, skills and knowledge in First Aid, and comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Suitable For
Successful delegates will be awarded a certificate of competence accredited by Qualsafe Awards who are recognised by Ofqual. It is valid for three years.
Course Venue
Open courses are held regularly at our training venues in Norwich, Norfolk and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Alternatively, courses can be arranged at your own site anywhere in the UK (subject to suitability).
Syllabus
Introduction to first aid
Incident management and safety
The unconscious patient
Major illness: diabetes, heart attack, stroke
Fractures and dislocations
Head Injuries
Eye Injuries
Simple record keeping & first aid equipment
The legal framework for first and in the workplace
Basic life support
Use of AED
Control of bleeding and shock
Major Illness: epilepsy, allergic reactions
Burns and scolds
Poisons and harmful substances
Basic casualty handling
Knowledge and skills assessments
“Good course with refreshing content. Great value for money.”
“The use of video clips really helped. The course was a good pace and the content was made interesting. It’s the most enjoyable First Aid course I have attended in 20 years.”
This course has been designed to ensure that supervisors, owners, team leaders and managers are aware of their health and safety responsibilities in improving health and safety culture or that of their organisations. It provides an opportunity to look more deeply into general health and safety from a supervisory perspective.
At the end of this course, delegates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the main concepts of health and safety, show awareness of the benefits of a positive health and safety culture, explain the roles and responsibilities of individuals, supervisors and management in health and safety and demonstrate an understanding of health and safety control and improvement strategies available to supervisors.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the course.
Course Content
legislation (UK only)
concept of health and safety
accidents in the workplace
ill health in the workplace
health and safety organisation and management
supervising health and safety
There will be a gap between days two and three of the course for delegates to revise from the book given during the course. Subject to passing a multiple choice exam paper delegates will be awarded the Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance Level 3 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Course costs range from £299 – £335 per person. For more details please contact us at [email protected] or on 01603 788950.
Norfolk is full of talented business men and women and we’re delighted to have some of them giving up their time to provide free mentoring sessions for young professionals (under 35s) across Norfolk.
Date: 16th October 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 3pm
Meet in person at Centrum Building on Norwich Research Park.
Topics
Matt can provide advice, guidance, hints and tips on:
Understanding your ICP (ideal Customer Profile) so that your lead-gen strategy is attracting the clients you want to work with.
Building a sales process to attract your ICP.
How to take a SQL (Sales Qualified Lead) and convert it into a sale.
Creating proposals that close
Effective follow up to reduce deal time
How to get referrals
About Matt
Matt Sykes is founder of Sales Training company Salescadence. Which centres helping individuals and the organisations they represent to sell more effectively by eliminating the behaviours that make selling difficult. He does this via team sales training and 121 coaching sessions.
He has clocked up over twenty-five years of sales experience across a variety of industries and roles, ranging from global corporate B2B relationship management through to owner/startup lead generation and worked across various sectors including media, recruitment, technology and packaging.
He hosts The Salescadence Podcast and has written two sales books; ‘Sales Glue’ (2nd edition) links the world of Sales and Psychology and ‘Converted’, shares the exact sales process steps that helped me increase sales by 350% in just 24 months for an outsourced service business. A true Sales Guru.
Norfolk is full of talented business men and women and we’re delighted to have some of them giving up their time to provide mentoring sessions for young professionals (under 35s) across Norfolk. Free mentor session with Nicolle Matthews.
Date: 6th November 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 1pm.
Virtual Call – Video Link shall be emailed beforehand.
Topics
Career Planning
Personal Development / Growth Mindset
Studying whilst Working
Women in STEM
Women in Business
About Nicolle
Currently General Manager at Ordtek, a specialist Unexploded Ordnance Risk Management consultancy, Nicolle has worked in a wide variety of industries and career paths.
Beginning her career in Oil & Gas and Renewables, before moving into owning her own Business & Marketing consultancy, Nicolle found her passion for developing and growing businesses and individuals. She fulfilled a lifelong dream of working for a well-known sportscar manufacturer in 2019, where she worked in Corporate Strategy, led the Women’s Community driving inclusion, and undertook her Executive MBA with the UEA.
Now a Chartered Manager overseeing day-to-day operations of an SME, Nicolle is passionate about Equity, Sustainability, Organisational Design, High-Performance Teams, and Personal Development.
Free informal networking with drinks and mince pies on arrival, what more could you want as a business in West or North Norfolk?
Whether established or growing from scratch, we invite all businesses based in West Norfolk, North Norfolk and as far East as Fakenham to join us for an afternoon of what we do best, networking!
Sponsored by Uptech and TaxAssist Accountant, King’s Lynn
Who is it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Make sure you book your place now to make those all-important connections local to you.
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Norfolk is full of talented business men and women and we’re delighted to have some of them giving up their time to provide free mentoring sessions for young professionals (under 35s) across Norfolk.
Date: 13th November 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 1pm
Meet in person at Bread Source, 22 Bridewell Alley, Norwich, NR2 1AQ
Topics
Stephen can provide advice, guidance, hints and tips any topic that fits in with you, theme relating to business, culture and emotional intelligence.
About Stephen
Stephen is a mentor, coach, business consultant, and entrepreneur with a passion for team-building and cultivating progressive cultures. Known as one of life’s great motivators, he is the founder and director of AskStephen.
With over 35 years of experience, Stephen utilises his wealth of knowledge and expertise to advise a diverse range of businesses and individuals, empowering them to become better versions of themselves tomorrow than they are today. Throughout his career, he has successfully collaborated on a global scale, working with individuals, independent SMEs, and blue-chip companies across various sectors.
Additionally, Stephen serves as a trustee for the Mentornect charity, a board director at the Nest—a hub for Norwich City Football Club’s community sports foundation—and a business development mentor for Hansells solicitors.
We are delighted to bring you a business networking experience at The Nook where you’ll get the chance to hear all about EACH’s new initiative The Business Circle and have a tour of The Nook facilities.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices – Business Circle Launch
• Arrival, Tea, Coffee, Pastries and Fruit Platter: 8.30 – 9am
• Welcome presentation: 9 – 9.15am
• Talk by a member of the Care Team: 9.15 – 9.30am
• Hospice Tours and Networking: 9.30 – 10.30am
A bit of information from EACH about this new exciting offering
We are incredibly excited to have launched the Business Circle this year and are inviting you to join us. This is a unique opportunity to build valuable connections with businesses across East Anglia, whilst at the same time support children and young people with life-threatening conditions.
Join us at our launch event at The Nook on 13th October for coffee and pastries, a tour of the hospice a chance to ask questions on the Business Circle and network with others.
Do you often wonder what you have achieved? Do you find yourself juggling between tasks? Do you view time as your enemy? This workshop is for anyone who wishes to make the maximum use of their time. The principles and practices of effective time management are covered and helps participants evaluate and improve their own personal effectiveness.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the course.
Course Content
Identifying Working Styles
Activity Logs/To Do Lists
Urgent v Important
Managing Your Diary
Motivation
Managing Daily Tasks
Time Stealers
Delegation
Filing
Setting Goals & Objectives
Course costs range from £77 – £99 per person. For more details please contact us at [email protected] or on 01603 788950.
Join us for a backstage tour of Delta Fire and find out how they are making the future of fire safety equipment. You’ll have the chance to see behind the scenes at the Factory and try out some of their award winning equipment. Learn about the logistics of offshore working, as well as how they are working on their green credentials.
There is limited capacity on this event so book quickly to avoid disappointment!
Agenda
4pm – Meet at Delta Fire, tea/coffee and cake on arrival.
4.15pm – Welcome by Jordan King, Head of Business Development at Delta Fire.
4.30pm – Tour of Delta Fire Factory and opportunity to try out the equipment they produce.
5.45pm – After the tour NR Medical Training shall provide a quick workshop on Emergency First Aid dealing with Fire.
Opportunity to network and the event shall close.
Delta Fire
Delta Fire manufacture and supply Fire Fighting Equipment to over 50 countries around the world with many prestigious global customers such as Shell, BP, Conoco Phillips, Total, AMEC, Chevron, Bectel, Reliance Industries, ADNOC(Abu Dhabi National Oil Company), Maersk, UK Ministry Of Defence and BAA to name a few.
Delta Fire are a key supplier to UK Fire & Rescue Services, Major Airports, Petro chemical Installations, On-Shore & Off-Shore Marine Industries, Major Water / Utility Companies and many more Major Industrial Sectors.
NR Medical Training
NR Medical Training began as a first aid training company serving Norfolk, Suffolk and the East of England. They are committed to providing the very highest quality training.
Join us for an interactive Co.next workshop and discover more about the 4 colours of leadership and how these impact the workplace.
We will be joined by Harry Harris, Commercial Director at Swarm Training who will give an overview and introduction of the 4 colours to leadership before taking questions from the audience.
Our panel, four of our Co.next board/advisory board members will then answer these questions while the audience try to work out what colour leadership the panel are.
Discover what leadership style you are during this interactive and engaging workshop.