The EDP EADT Norfolk & Suffolk Tourism Awards 2020 are now open for entries, and we’re on the hunt for the best marketing campaigns our region has to offer.
Show off your marketers! It’s quite often the case that excellent marketers produce some fantastic work behind the scenes. Customers might love their campaigns, but they’re not often recognised for all their hard work. That’s why we’re on the lookout for the best marketing campaigns within the region’s tourism industry. This award provides an opportunity for businesses, attractions and organisations to gain recognition for their efforts in adopting a proactive approach to marketing – be that through print, online, outdoor, press activity or a mix of all these.
Do you have what it takes? Think you can wow our judges with your creative campaigns? Enter the awards today! It takes just a couple of minutes, and is completely free. Entries close 29 September
In September, millions of people from around the world will strike to demand that governments take radical action to address the climate crisis. This started exactly a year ago with young Greta Thunberg protesting by herself outside the Swedish parliament. Since then it has led to multiple school strikes earlier in the year and a massive strike is now planned with working people around the world joining the youth strikers. You can find out more here: globalclimatestrike.net
Employees of Hudson Architects will be joining them by striking in Norwich on Friday 20th September. Our team care passionately about this topic and believe this is the moment to turn that passion into action. So for one day, the practice will be supporting employees to down tools and add their voices to those across the country and beyond. The practice will be contributing by hosting a public climate change exhibition event in our ground floor gallery space on St Andrews Street, whilst some employees will be joining the school strikes protest outside City Hall.
We will not be alone. Many companies, including other architectural practices, are signing up to allow their employees to take part. In the UK, the strike has the backing of the RIBA and the UK Green Building Council. Further afield, Germany’s service sector union, Verdi, has called on its 2 million members to join. A global movement is building.
We would like to invite you to join us by striking in any way you can. The more individuals and businesses that sign up the more likely world leaders are to heed our call. You could organise your own strike event, however small. The important thing is that our voices are heard so please do publicise your actions through whatever channels you can.
We believe it goes without saying that the climate crisis is real and poses an enormous threat to our environment and society, not to mention our businesses. This is the issue of our lifetimes and the time to act is now. We cannot continue with business as usual.
Top 7 Agile Tips I learnt as a Product Manager Benjamin Mitchell (@benjaminm)
Many people have experienced using Agile approaches within teams to deliver more working software, but what can be learnt from combing these approaches with Product Development? This talk will cover the top seven hard-earned tips I learnt from several years spent as a Senior Product Manger for BBC Worldwide. Ever wondered how you could influence the product you were building? How can you use Agile approaches to learn about what the right product to build is? How do you overcome defensiveness? How can you design experiments that challenge assumptions and encourage change? This talk will provide some answers, combining ideas from organisational learning, psychology and negotiation.
Benjamin Mitchell
Benjamin has over 20 years’ experience delivering online applications, in diverse sectors – including media (BBC.com), investment banking, insurance and software products. A highly-rated international speaker, he is passionate about helping software product development teams and leaders build the right products in the right ways. Benjamin is proud to be a Partner with Equal Experts. You can see a recent talk of his athttps://www.equalexperts.com/common-communication-failures-solve/
And then when we’re all done, we’d quite like to have a nice cold beer at the local pub, most likely to be Brew Dog near Tombland.
Norwich Airport and KLM UK Engineering agree £7m hangar deal
Norwich Airport and KLM UK Engineering have agreed a deal where Norwich Airport will invest £7 million in a new hangar and workshop facilities for KLM UK Engineering at the airport to meet increased industry demand for aircraft maintenance.
The project will be managed by Rigby Real Estate (RRE), the property division of airport owners, Rigby Group. It will see the construction of a 54,000 sq ft hangar and 15,500 sq ft workshop that will be completed by August 2020.
The deal provides KLM UK Engineering with significant additional new capacity providing high quality aircraft maintenance and repair services to customers worldwide. KLM UK Engineering employs 390 staff at Norwich and also delivers aircraft engineering apprenticeships and training through its technical training college located in the neighbouring International Aviation Academy Norwich.
Norwich Airport managing director Richard Pace said: “KLM UK Engineering is a major employer in Norwich with hundreds of skilled staff. This deal underlines its long-term commitment to the region and is another significant milestone in the airport’s strategy of creating a global aviation centre of excellence.”
Peter van der Horst, managing director at KLM UK Engineering, said: “We are delighted to have agreed this expansion project with Norwich Airport. This will enable us to provide a more efficient service to our customers, allow us to maintain the larger next generation aircraft and provide extra capacity with a sixth bay. Our team in Norwich are excited with this development and look forward to revealing the new hangar in 2020.”
KLM UK Engineering is headquartered at Norwich where it has operated for more than 40 years. It currently has five fully equipped heavy maintenance bays across three hangars at the airport and has extensive experience on many aircraft types including Embraer170/190, Boeing 737 (all series), Airbus A320 family, BAe 146 and Avro RJ, and Fokker 70/100 types.
The build of a new hangar for KLM UK Engineering at the airport gives Satys Air Livery UK Ltd the opportunity to take on the hangar vacated by KLM UK Engineering. This will consolidate Norwich as the head office of Aftermarket and VIP Painting Division of the Satys Group and the largest place in Europe for repainting narrow body aircrafts (4 hangars).
Thierry Melet, managing director of Satys Air Livery UK Ltd, said: “We are looking forward to consolidating our position in Norwich. The additional hangar will provide both additional capacity for growth and potential synergies to satisfy our current customers in a very competitive market.”
The Satys Group is a large, growing group with its head office in Toulouse and purchased Satys Air Livery UK Ltd (formerly Air Livery Ltd) in October 2018. The new hangar will increase the number of employees from approximately 80 to 100 in Norwich, providing local recruitment opportunities in the aircraft repainting sector.
Satys Air Livery UK Ltd purchased Sprayavia in November 2008 and have been operating at Norwich Airport ever since.
Norwich Airport is part of Regional & City Airports (RCA), the airports management division of Rigby Group, which also owns and operates Exeter Airport and Bournemouth Airport.
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Left to right: James Shipley – Finance Director – KLM UK Engineering; Peter van der Horst – Managing Director – KLM UK Engineering; Richard Pace – Managing Director – Norwich Airport; Mark Thomas – Finance Director – Satys Air Livery UK Ltd; Paul Woods – Sales Director – Satys Air Livery UK Ltd
WIN 80 Prizes in 80 Days with Premier Travel this summer
To celebrate our 80th birthday, we’re giving away 80 prizes in 80 days in a scratch card competition.
Still left to win:
Weekend break to Washington DC for two from Premier Holidays
With United Airlines flights and staying at the Loews Madison hotel
Holiday to Crete for two with Classic Collection
Staying for a week at the Aldemar Resort
20 x boxes of chocolates
14 x£80 off your holiday vouchers
18 x Afternoon tea for two at Harriet’s Tea Rooms
13 x bottle of wine
1 x £100 hotel voucher
To enter, all you need to do is book your holiday with Premier Travel before 21 September. You’ll be given a scratch card – simply scratch it off to see if you’ve won!
Trading since 1936, the independent, privately-owned Premier Travel first began operating bus services between local market towns, expanding over time to include express coach services and offering holidays to coastal resorts around the country.Most of the coach booking agencies were then converted to travel agency branches during the 1960’s, and in the early days, Premier Travel operated holidays from Cambridge Airport to the Channel Islands out of its first branch in Cambridge.
Long-haul holidays came next, when core destinations such as the USA and Asia were introduced to the portfolio, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa – all of which are still sold across the company today.
Premier Travel now offers holidays worldwide and has 17 travel agency branches around East Anglia, the most recent of which were added in May this year (St Neots) and in September 2015 (Bury St Edmunds).
Safepoint, a new web and mobile software platform designed to safeguard lone workers and allow businesses to ensure the safety of their employees has now launched to the public.
By signing up for a 14-day free trial, businesses can now protect their lone workers, whatever their role or location, all from their existing browser and mobile devices.
Safepoint was born in November 2017 at Norwich hackathon Sync the City after winning first prize. Safepoint were inspired by the heart-breaking story of Robert Geach – an engineer at a water treatment plant who died whilst servicing a filtration system. Geach sadly slipped and knocked himself unconscious before drowning in a shallow pool of water. It was over four hours before his colleagues realised he was missing. Had Robert been found sooner, he could still be alive today.
There are millions of lone workers like Robert in the UK that are at risk of violence, ill-health, and accidents as a result of working alone.
The team at Safepoint decided to harness the power of the cloud and modern mobile technology to create a product that could save the lives of lone workers like Robert.
Callum Coombes, CEO and co-founder at Safepoint said: “We’ve come a long way since the first prototype was developed at Sync the City in 2017. I remember we stayed up until 3 am each day during the 54-hour competition! In Spring this year the University of East Anglia invested in Safepoint to help us scale, which has allowed part of the team to go full-time and for us to really invest in the growth of the platform.”
The Safepoint lone working platform makes it easier than ever for employers to stay compliant with government regulations and to protect their lone working employees.
Safepoint is built on two pillars: a mobile application available on both Android and iOS devices, and a web portal that can be accessed through any modern web browser. Lone workers use the mobile app to log tasks, signal for help in emergencies and share their safety information, such as their GPS location. The web portal can then be used to monitor lone workers, respond to emergencies and make informed safety decisions with real-time data.
James Rogers, engineer and co-founder said, “We’re committed to helping protect lone workers and to building the most powerful and easy-to-use safety platform in the market. We’re already adding new features and there are many more to come!”
Safepoint is already being used by businesses across East Anglia, protecting everyone from engineers to accountants and their 14-day free trial is now open to all organisations, big or small. If you are interested in trying Safepoint’s lone working safety solution or want to chat to Callum and the team about how Safepoint can help your business visit safepointapp.com or email [email protected].
New Anglia Growth Hub has launched an online membership portal to help businesses scale up faster with specialist support. This follows the start of the Scale Up New Anglia Programme by New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership delivered through the Growth Hub in February this year.
The programme will run over three years with a stated aim to help ‘Silver’ companies in the two counties – companies with a propensity to grow. They occupy a sweet spot between ‘Bronze’ (Start Ups) and ‘Gold’ (Scale Ups), defined as growing in terms of turnover or FTEs at 20% per annum or more, over a three-year period.
The website has been launched to engage with and provide ongoing support to potential high growth businesses and to create a community of like-minded peers, and industry and topic experts.
Programme members will gain exclusive access to expert business analysis, a resource packed knowledge bank, information on special workshops and courses, as well as real world insights and knowledge through peer-to-peer learning.
Dr Morgan Potter, High Growth Manager at New Anglia Growth Hub, said: “Our new members’ portal and website will provide a focus for scale up information. It will include videos and presentations, company success stories and useful interventions from key growth support organisations such as Invest East, Goldman Sachs, Innovate 2 Succeed and Tech Nation. Our support is fully funded and independent expert advisers are on hand to visit and guide you; all we ask is to register on the portal provided.
Dr Morgan Potter, presenting at a recent Scale Up event
“As part of the programme, we will provide training and focus groups, helping to create a community across both Norfolk and Suffolk, which will support all potential high growth companies and help them to achieve the next level in terms of performance. We can really help tip the scales for businesses to reach high growth.”
Criteria to join:
• Operating for a minimum of three years • 5-150 employees • Turnover £250,000 or more in last financial year • Primary owner/ primary decision-maker in the business.
Chris Pont, one of the founders and CEO of IJYI, said: “I’m excited at the prospect of being accepted onto these programmes as they have both shown massive benefits to their alumni’s organisations and has provided them with a greater level of rigour and understanding whilst scaling up.”
Advocate for the Scale Up Programme, Justin Nevison-Grainger, Director at Conatus Financing Solutions Ltd, said: “It’s been a privilege to be a speaker and contributor at the superb Scale Up New Anglia High Growth programme events. The entrepreneurs involved are often the unsung heroes of business; the economies and employees of Suffolk, Norfolk and beyond. If I can help in some small way; all the better. Also, everyone involved picks up learning and inspiration and for that, I am grateful too.”
To register for the Scale Up Programme, visit www.scaleupnewanglia.co.uk or for more information, please call the New Anglia Growth Hub on 0300 333 6536.
Norwich based energy consultancy Indigo Swan are rewarding individuals for any business referrals they make to them. From now until the 31st October 2019 each time you refer a business to them, using the form on their website, you will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 M&S voucher.
As an additional bonus, if the business you refer agrees to let Indigo Swan investigate their energy requirements and sends them a letter of authority (LOA), they too will be entered into a separate prize draw for a chance to win a £50 M&S voucher.
The simple referral scheme is their way of showing their appreciation for the kind words and trust others put in them. You can find out more on their website.
Experienced accountant Jeremy Gilks has launched a new accountancy practice on Ber Street in Norwich specifically aimed at small businesses and individual tax-payer clients.
Norwich is set to benefit from the addition of a new walk-in TaxAssist Accountants shop when Jeremy Gilks FCCA opens his practice on 113-119 Ber Street on 27th August.
“Since joining the TaxAssist Accountants network in November 2018, I’ve been on the look out for the ideal location to open a shop, which will provide a warm, welcoming environment for me to meet with new and existing clients to discuss their tax and accountancy requirements,” said Jeremy.
“The shop on Ber Street ticks all the boxes as there is a high volume of passing traffic and a vibrant local traders association.
There is also plenty of on-street parking for clients to use when popping in, as we want to be convenient to the city centre, to make it easy for clients to come and visit us while doing their shopping.
“We do not consider ourselves to be typical accountants, which is clear from the look and feel of our modern shop. We are passionate about offering a bespoke, tailored service to every kind of small business client and we have adopted the latest software on offer, which allows us to be more responsive to clients’ needs and provides greater efficiencies. But, we have a best of both worlds approach for those who enjoy using tech and those who prefer just to come in and talk to us. I would like to encourage anyone interested in finding out more about our services to pop in for a free initial consultation.”
As well as providing all the regular services you would expect from a local accountant, Jeremy, who has over 30 years’ accountancy experience across a range of sectors, is looking for his shop to become a destination for new start-ups by providing a business hub. This will offer a flexible working environment with space to hire by the hour, half day, day, week or month.
“I’m keen to offer help, to nurture and support new start-ups” said Jeremy. “In addition to hiring out desk space, we will be looking to offer lock up offices with provision for a board room with large screens for presentations, which will run independently of the accountancy practice.”
Karl Sandall, Chief Executive Director of The TaxAssist Group said: “I’m very excited to see another fantastic looking addition to the TaxAssist Accountants network of shops and would like to congratulate Jeremy on the look and feel of the shop after it has undergone an extensive refit.”
Jeremy’s shop on Ber Street joins an established network of over 210 TaxAssist Accountants shops nationwide, including shops in Norfolk on Aylsham Road in Norwich, Attleborough and King’s Lynn.
Kings Lynn’s Captain Fawcett, purveyor & manufacturer of simply ‘First Class Gentleman’s Grooming Requisites’ has been flying the flag for West Norfolk by taking part in an epic five-day motorcycle journey the length and breadth of England raising funds for a most marvellous national children’s charity.
On the 11th August a fine fellowship of mad-cap adventurers, united by their passion for bikes and barbering, set off on a mission to support Make-A-Wish which turns the dreams of seriously ill children into extraordinary real-life magic.
Completing a hat trick, the third BarbersRide was an absolute triumph, with funds racing past the target to reach over £15,000 – and more donations are still coming in. Huzzah! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/barbersride-2019
Owner of Captain Fawcett Richie Finney, who was elected King’s Lynn Business Person of the Year in 2019 and is a West Norfolk Champion, is one of the founding members and a key sponsor of BarbersRide. An annual road trip adventure bringing industry leaders, barbers and bikers together on a journey of camaraderie and merry mayhem. By day taking to the highway in all manner of wild and wonderful British weather, each evening features an intimate seminar hosted by some of the most prestigious names in the barbering world, followed by legendary after parties with live music, auctions for superb sporting memorabilia and food and drinks to revive spirits.
Past rides have raised over £20,000 for The Lion’s Barber Collective along with London’s Great Ormond Street and Liverpool’s Alder Hey children’s hospitals.
In 2019 BarbersRide said: “Make-A-Wish grants special wishes for sick children when they are most in need and bring positivity and happiness in times of distress. We really wanted to work with a national children’s charity this year so that children from each region could benefit – Make-A-Wish were the perfect organisation to partner with and we’ve had incredible support from our sponsors, riders, barbers and the barbershops who hosted seminars and of course the guests who attended each event.”
Our first commercial clients to join our digital signage networks were Leathes Prior, a Norwich based solicitors located in the heart of Cathedral Close.
Leathes Prior has had a healthy and well-established reputation in the city since 1876, so the intention was to increase brand awareness further to our captivated audiences to whom they have or haven’t yet reached. BBA Digital Media’s screens offer both bright, crisp imagery and HD video so Leathes Prior’s message caught the eye of 10,000+ people! Each of our screens is situated in high footfall locations that have been hand picked for both the quality & quantity of consumers.
The advert was displayed at two different locations: one being at Carrefour Health & Fitness and the other at 24/7 Fitness at the Riverside complex. The advertisement was of static content featuring some personal messaging and website details, displayed on our eye-catching digital screens in one of our twelve advertising slots for a duration of 10 seconds every 2 minutes.