Employing an apprentice adds value to your organisation and there’s no better time than now. In this free Spotlight session, find out about recruiting, training and supporting an apprentice, plus the financial support available.
The one-hour session will cover:
Benefits to your business of taking on an apprentice
How to get started – picking the right apprenticeship standard and training provider and recruiting an apprentice
Useful guidance and information
Funding, national and local incentives and levy share
Next steps
It takes place online with staff from the Apprenticeships Norfolk team, and there will be time for questions.
For further information about any of our events, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 01603 774708.
Aim; This qualification provides basic food safety and hygiene, why these are necessary and how to put these basic precautions in to place. This is the benchmark, entry level qualification for all food handlers.
Objectives;
*Understand the main Food safety hazards (what can harm the consumer?)
*How to safely store and handle food, to prevent contamination
*Understand the different chill temperature controls
*Understand the basic concepts of cooking, hot holding and reheating
*Define cleaning and disinfection, why it is such an important issue and how it is achieved.
*How to identify, prevent and control pests
*Understand the basic principles of the design and construction of food premises and equipment
*State key legal requirements
Organisation
Duration; This course is delivered over 1 day. It is a classroom session.
Exam/Assessment; 30 mark multiple choice exam: This is an Ofqual Accredited course.
Cost; £88+ VAT includes, notes, refreshments, lunch and the assessment & certification fees.
Awarding Body; Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) or Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC)
Tutor; Mitchell Vale
Differentiation; None-just enthusiasm
Audience; Anyone working in a catering, manufacturing or retail setting where food is prepared cooked or handled.
Customer Feedback; “Many thanks for presenting the Food Hygiene course on Tuesday. It was well received by all my staff; you put us all at ease & made it a really pleasant informative day. As predicted a few of us sang when washing hands & all were checking for things we had discussed.” Phil Bush, Catering Manager
Microsoft Azure is at the forefront of cloud innovation, proviing an broad set of services that enable you to innovate, create, test and run applications on an open and flexible cloud platform. The workshop aims to provide participants with solid knowledge, which includes: an overview of the Azure services, the goals and objectives behind each service and how Azure can help to improve your web and mobile development solution. Subject to be covered on the day:
Azure overview
Azure WebApps
Azure Web Apps – Hosting options
Azure Web Apps – Development recommended practices
Azure Web Apps – Easy Auth and Azure AD Authentication
Azure StorageAzure Web Jobs
Azure Serverless – LogicApps and Functions
Prerequisites: participants should have an Azure Subscription (Visual Studio Dev Essentials offers £25 free per month) and Visual Studio 2017 (Preview, 15.3 at the time of writing this)
About Christos:
Christos Matskas has been working as a software developer for the last 12 years. He is an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of SoftwareLounge, a software consultancy firm. His portfolio includes collaborations with some great companies such as MarkIT, Lockheed Martin and Barclays. Over the years he has worked on numerous exciting projects from mobile applications to data crunching back-end solutions. He writes about his adventures in software development on his blog https://cmatskas.com. Christos is an advocate of Open Source Software and a regular contributor to numerous projects. He’s passionate about public speaking and he regularly speaks at conferences and user groups about .NET, the Cloud, mobile applications and software development in general (.NETFringe, DevWeek, MDevCon, SwanseaCon, Software Architect)
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: Monday 10th July 2023
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am-1pm
Virtual Call – Video Link shall be emailed beforehand.
Topic’s
Identifying Goals : Leadership : Breaking Old Habits : Communication Skills : Motivational Skills : Work Life Balance : Deciding what’s the best way forward!
About Julie
After gaining a Certificate in Sales & Marketing Management, Julie spent over 25 years working with a diverse range of business, helping them to develop and grow. This gave her an excellent understanding of the problems business face and the problems individuals struggle with. Business and people have changed greatly over that time.
Julie then went on to do a Diploma in Counselling. Julie is fascinated by people! When good communication and behaviour is a way of life, and used in business, barriers come down, stress is reduced, sickness and absence is reduced. Its a win, win for everyone. When people thrive, businesses thrive! Her mission is to help people and businesses achieve this.
This is an information session and there is no obligation to then take part in the programme. We will be explaining the programme to you in a seminar style online event.
We understand recruitment plans may have changed due to Covid, but even if you only have a vague plan for future personnel, do come along to our online Graduate Job Programme launch on Thursday 21 January. The session will introduce you to our free recruitment service – matching you with suitable graduates for you to interview in the Spring – with temporary or permanent employment to commence in summer 2021, after student graduation.
This is open to all businesses, of any size, particularly those who may be able to offer a position, with on-the-job development, in any of the Norwich Business School disciplines including (but not limited to):
accounting
brand management
business organisation
digital
export and international marketing
financial management
HR
management
marketing
project management and more….
Flexible Recruitment – You can also benefit from the flexibility of recruiting on a one year contract, should the virus situation be impacting your business forecasting, this can be a good option for business continuity. With our new ‘year in industry’ programme, we have students seeking one year contracts as well as those seeking more permanent roles.
Recruiting a graduate can give your organisation an injection of new thinking from a research-led university. The matching service is free and there is no obligation to recruit following interviews, if the match just isn’t right.
You will also be introduced to companies and students who have previously taken part. You may also arrange a one-to-one with Norwich Business School to find more more by emailing [email protected].
This is open to all businesses, of any size, particularly those who may be able to offer a position, with on-the-job development, in any of the Norwich Business School disciplines above.
Cost
This is a FREE online event.
Further information
Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions about this event.
Please reserve a place to receive the session joining instructions
Many businesses are facing a great deal of uncertainty following the end of the transition period. It’s important that all businesses adapt for the year ahead to mitigate any risks as a result of the new trading agreement with the EU, even if you think these changes won’t affect you.
Digital Surgery are excited to be offering their next webinar focusing on Search Engine Insights and Customer Empathy. The presentation will be held by Jon Falgate, SEO Manager at WEX and Aaron Barefoot, SEO Consultant at Refinitiv. Each presentation will last approx 15 minutes, with a short Q&A after.
Our first Platform to Share of 2021 is taking place on Thursday 11th February, 9-10am! Join us virtually as we explore handy tips and tricks on the Office Suite of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Outlook alone has an estimated 400 million users. But there is a range of simple commands and functions that most are unaware of. This won’t be your basic ‘how-to’, but a look at how you can save time and get creative using the application’s best tools.
You may have a great idea for your new business but there’s a lot more to a good business than just a concept. Putting together a business plan helps you think things through to maximise your chances of success. You’ll also need one if you want to obtain funding.
This Spotlight event takes you through the important elements of a business plan. We’ll show you how to use well-proven formats to write a professional looking document and give you the opportunity to discuss your own particular ideas with tips on establishing and growing your business.
The session is run by members of Norfolk Knowledge, an organisation hosted by Norwich Business School at UEA. Formed in 2009, Norfolk Knowledge are a team of business people who volunteer thier time in order to assist people in the local area who want to develop their organisation. They have chosen to use their time to volunteer and share thier experience, enabling you and your organisation to grow and prosper, by contributing our expertise in whatever way you feel is helpful. You can benefit from the knowledge that we have gained from our successes, and be guided to avoid mistakes thet may have made made.
Our members come from a wide range of business backgrounds such as sales, finance and business planning, with many of us having worked at a senior level in large organisations and small businesses.
This one hour session is free, but booking is essential.
With the Government’s plan to make all tax digital, Cloud Accounting is disrupting the industry and is here to stay!
Our experts David Talbot, Lily Pomfret and Gary Brown give an overview of Cloud Accounting platforms, including an introduction to three of the most popular: Receipt Bank, QuickBooks Online and Xero.
They will demonstrate how Cloud systems can save you time and transform your bookkeeping.
Whether you are an inventor, innovator, entrepreneur, first-time or veteran, working in public, private or education sectors, we can help you understand the journey from a bright idea to a real and successful business.
Based on the LEAN start-up model, the 4 sessions will help you to: 1) Develop a great product; 2) Understand what drives your business; 3) Build and test your business model; 4) Know how to start a company