The Apprenticeship Levy came into effect from April 2017. As an employer you will have to pay this levy if you have an annual pay bill in excess of £3 million, or are connected with other organisations which in total have a pay bill in excess of £3 million. As a consequence, there are many questions that employers are asking themselves: How is the levy calculated and how do I know if two organisations are connected? We don’t currently employ apprentices so how can I make use of the levy we are paying? What are our legal obligations with respect to taking on an apprentice? Along with Easton&Otley College, we would be delighted if you could join us as we bring together an expert group of speakers from Lovewell Blake and Easton+Otley College, along with a round table Q&A discussion led by Norfolk County Council, to help to explain the various issues around this subject, from a variety of perspectives. Timings: 5.30 pm Registration 5.45 pm Presentations 6.45 pm Round table Q&A discussion followed by a buffet supper Book your place here
Come and learn techniques to make your own festive wreath. You will cover a wire frame with moss and foliage and decorate it with traditional materials such as pine, fir cones, dried oranges, cinnamon sticks and seed heads. You could keep your design very compact and formal, or you could go for a very loose and natural design. No two wreaths ever come out of the workshop looking the same. Time: 6:15pm arrival for a 6.30pm start and approximately 8.45pm finish. Cost: £30.00 per person Refreshments: Light Refreshments available throughout. Materials: All materials are provided for you. For more information, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email [email protected]
‘Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all local businesses. No membership, no pressure, just great networking over coffee.
Programme: · 9:30 am – help yourself to coffees and teas, meet with other businesses · 10.00 am – a welcome from Genix · 10.05am – time for more conversation · 10.30 am – short presentations from local businesses · 10.40am – who will you meet? · 11:30 am – time to go…
Bring plenty of business cards!
“The most cost-effective networking I have ever done”.
For more details call us on 0800 096 3013 or email [email protected].
BUSINESSES will have access to a wealth of advice and opportunities at a free business surgery at Beacon Park on Tuesday, September 19. The event is open to all businesses in the Great Yarmouth borough and those interested in moving to the area.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Economic Development Unit has organised the drop-in event, at the successful Enterprise Zone, as part of its commitment to working closely with partners to support economic growth and job-creation.
Taking place between 11am and 2pm, at Unit 3, Malory Road, one of the highlights will be the opportunity to find out more about exporting from the Department of International Trade’s Export Hub, an impressive exhibition truck which is touring the region.
Alongside this, the advisors from New Anglia Growth Hub will be on hand to provide details of grants of up to £500,000. Groundwork will be on hand to offer guidance about BEE Anglia Business Energy Efficiency Grants of up to £20,000, in addition to providing free guidance on business resilience, with a particular focus on flooding.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council will be showcasing the brand new office and industrial units at Beacon Park, which offers business rates discount of up to £55,000 each year for five years for eligible businesses that can move in by March 31, 2018. Visitors will be able to view the available units.
Healthy workplace provider, Thriving Workplaces, will offer free support for employee health and wellbeing. Businesses can find out more from Norfolk County Council about Great Yarmouth’s proposed Third River Crossing and have their say in the public consultation.
In addition, the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses will be on hand to offer advice and promote local business networking events.
enterpriseGY, the borough council’s business support service, will be available to help businesses with their applications for the Spirit of Enterprise Awards, which are now in their 10th year and offer the opportunity for businesses to raise their profile in the borough.
Cllr Paul Hammond, vice chairman of the economic development committee, said: “There is a significant amount of support available in the borough for businesses, including grants and expert guidance, offered through various different organisations.
“This free drop-in surgery is really useful because it enables businesses to meet all these organisations under one roof, discuss the full range of advice and opportunities available, and really reap the benefits.
“This is all part of the borough council’s important work to support and encourage businesses to invest in, grow within and relocate to the borough. It is also fitting that we are staging the surgery at Beacon Park, an energy hub and top Enterprise Zone site.”
The surgery is a drop-in event, but businesses are encouraged to register in advance by emailing [email protected]
Understand the key elements of security related risks and practical steps required for implementing an effective security strategy.
About this course
Almost half of all organisations in the UK fall victim to cyber security breaches every year, often leading to personal data breaches, interruption to business, financial loss and reputational damage.
Many businesses still mistakenly consider Cyber Security a technical IT problem, but more and more are realising that Cyber Attacks such as Ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) represent a key business risk requiring visibility and focus at the executive level.
This non-technical, workshop based course is designed to help business owners and senior leadership teams to understand the key elements of Cyber and Information Security related risks, and the practical steps required for a comprehensive Cyber Security strategy appropriate to their business.
This course will include both presentation and group exercises and focuses on:
Understanding Cyber Security from a business perspective
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: 7th August 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 1pm
Virtual Call – Video Link shall be emailed beforehand.
Topics
Jonathan can provide advice, guidance, hints and tips on:
– Individual and business obligations to health and safety law
– Advice and guidance to those businesses wanting to take the leap into accredited management systems such as ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 as part of their growth plans to access markets that they may not have previously been able to break into.
– People interested in a career in health, safety and risk management.
– My own personal experiences with starting a business and defining what I wanted Serene Safety to be so others can do the same.
About Jonathan
Jonathan is a results driven, self-motivated and resourceful HSEQ and risk professional of fifteen years with a proven ability, in the UK and Europe to develop and strengthen management systems in order to assure that “things are going right”.
This drive is derived from Jonathan’s desire for businesses’ and the people within them being the best they can be through sustainable practices fostered through a positive safety culture. Safeguarding stakeholders, company profitability, evolving efficiencies and standardising and improving systems and processes to achieve ‘best-in-class’ results for organisations and business leaders.
Experienced in high-hazard sectors including offshore oil and gas, power generation, logistics, construction, demolition, manufacturing and the waste and recycling industry. Jonathan has enjoyed a career from blue collar roles to senior management appointments across a range of businesses including FTSE 250 organisations.
Jonathan established Serene Safety when the opportunity arose to start his own business, something he always set out to do, early in his career.
Serene Safety provide health, safety and risk management advice, consultancy and training to a range of businesses and industries across the UK.
This year we are also running more open courses in first aid initial, requalification and refresher training than ever before. We hope that this will make it easier for you to successfully book onto your chosen course date following our near sell-out sessions last year – Early booking is still advised of course. https://www.norvictraining/course-dates/
If you agree that your business needs to be seen across the platforms your audience are, you will understand that social media is a key marketing tool for your business aims.
Often people will wrongly assume that they need to be across all platforms and have a presence on every social media platform, this is a mistake often made and leaves your brand diluted and lacking social media punch.
With help from Genix, we can assist you by identifying the platforms best suited to your business message and being realistic as to your time constraints, understanding brand consistency and the importance of content, is another way we can help and guide with this course.
Do you look at the variety of photographic prints and negatives in your archive or at home and wonder where to start? Do you wonder what to do with the paper prints, glass negatives, photographs on metal and plastic bases? Feeling confused by the storage materials on offer? This one-day practical course will provide the answers. The course will outline the requirements for storage enclosures for photographic materials. It will demonstrate what storage enclosures are required for each type of photographic material. Participants will be able to make at least one type of storage enclosure.
Join us for this free networking event with a complementary wine reception.
Speakers on the evening include:
Dr Graham Manville lead editor of Management Consultancy Insights and Real Consultancy Projects and Senior Lecturer and Director of Employability and Innovation for Norwich Business School
Julian Campbell, co-editor and Executive MBA Programme Director at Norwich Business School
Dr Olga Matthias, co-editor and Senior Lecturer in Operations Management, School of Management, University of Bradford
Chand Chudasama, Senior Manager within Price Bailey Accountants and co-author of chapter Applying Research methods in Strategy Consulting
‘A well-timed contribution to the body of knowledge on Management Consulting. The book includes contributions from both consultants and academics from around the world, showcasing challenges faced by management consultants and, importantly, how they help companies address them by deploying theory-driven yet practical insights and solutions that make a difference. It’s a very solution-driven text that sheds important light on the value consulting that adds to the process of management. It will be of interest to anyone wanting to find out more about the role of the consulting profession, as well as what it is like to work in.’
– Professor Ian Clarke, Dean of the Business School and Chair in Strategy at the University of Edinburgh.
‘A refreshing blend of rigorous academic engagement and global relevance through case studies is brought together to produce an interesting, intellectually stimulating and readable book. It is both thought provoking and grounded in the reality of disparate challenges facing management consultants which provides readers with a rich tapestry of ideas and theories that will be of benefit to anyone considering consultancy as a career or wishing to know more about it.’
– Professor Martin Broad, Head of Southampton Business School, University of Southampton.
Further Information
For further information regarding this event please contact [email protected] or call 01603 591934
This open evening will provide you with the chance to learn how employers can support the professional development of their staff, with regard to recent changes to UK apprenticeship levy legislation, Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeships (SLMA) and our offering of the UEA MBA as an SLMA*
Further course information course information will be available from Julian Campbell, Executive Part-time MBA Course Leader or Andy Vassallo, Full-time MBA Course Leader on the evening, alongside the opportunity to network with current students, tutors and alumni.
For more information regarding our MBA programme or open evening event, please email [email protected] or telephone 01603 591753