OPEN Norwich invites all Norfolk Chambers members along to its BIG Reveal party on Thursday 25th April, showcasing the creative ways OPEN can be used as a City Centre Venue. Tickets are restricted to you plus 1 guest only and, as numbers are capped, please RSVP to reserve your place as soon as possible to Angela Brett, Development Manager on [email protected] T: 01603 252117 M: 07919 371624
Food & Drink: 18:30, The Big Reveal 19:00, After party: 21:30 till late
We are holding an open evening for anyone interested in finding out more about private hire or just interested in having a tour around the former Barclays Bank Regional Headquarters.
Everyone who attends this open evening will be able to try our menus and receive a complimentary drink. You will also have the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw with a chance to win a place on an adult climbing wall session, one day free room hire in The Florin or a free massage by in-house sports massage therapist Jude Durrant.
To attend this event, just call us on 01603 763111 to book your place at the free event.
We are pleased to invite you to join us at our next ‘Working Together Employment Seminar’ for HR professionals, managers and business owners, which will be conducted by Nicola Butterworth and Harriet Howes.
This seminar will focus on the forthcoming reforms to family friendly rights for working parents, including the new concept of shared parental leave that allows childcare responsibilities during maternity leave to be shared between the parents, and changes in the right to take time off to attend antenatal appointments.
We will provide delegates with an overview of the legal position together with practical guidance to assist employers and HR professionals in preparing for and dealing with changes in this area. The session will also include an update on other changes to employment law, as well as a review of recent significant employment tribunal decisions.
Howes Percival’s employment law update seminars are presented in a jargon-free way, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
Date : 10 July 2014 Venue : Norwich City College Skills Academy Address : St Andrew’s House, St Andrew’s Street, Norwich, NR2 4TP Time : 7.45 am – 10.00 am RSVP : 4 July 2014
Agenda 07.45 am Registration and refreshments 08.00am A round up of case law and employment law changes 09.10 am Family-Friendly Rights 09.45 am Q&A Session – an opportunity to raise and discuss employment law issues currently facing your business 10.00 am Seminar ends
This seminar is FREE to attend, and refreshments will be provided.
The Legal 500 says that the Howes Percival employment team “works very efficiently, and provides excellent value for money”. It also describes us as “second to none for customer service” and “technically very strong, proactive and efficient”.
Running a business in the legal sector is no different to running any other business – they all have customers or clients. What has changed is customer expectations and this, combined with consumer choice, is the challenge.
The one-day conference at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford on Wednesday 8th May 2019 will focus on the practical challenges, opportunities and issues facing regional law firms. Delegates will be helped to understand what today’s clients expect and need. They will be given the know-how, skills and confidence to put in place a winning client experience programme in their law firm.
Keynote speaker is Faran Johnson who will be sharing her experiences in transforming employee engagement in the Justice system. Her recent role as the HR Director with Her Majesty’s Courts Tribunals Service saw her playing the lead people role in one of the single largest digital transformation programmes currently being implemented in the public sector. And she’s got quite a story to tell!
Faran Johnson “I’m thrilled to be invited to share my experiences in transforming employee engagement in the justice system”.
I’ll also be speaking as Director of Customer Experience for Norfolk and Suffolk.
The series of conferences are the brainchild of insight6 and Find Get Grow, Jonathan Winchester, founder and CEO of insight6 said; “Those that get ‘Client Experience’ right will benefit financially as a result of winning more clients and converting more business from existing clients.”
Clare Fanner from Find Get Grow said; “Resources are more limited in the regions than the large City firms, but their skill sets and expertise levels are equally high”.
Tickets on sale now with an Early Bird Discount – so book your place here : https://www.legalcx.co.uk
Our next Business Growth Club get together in Poringland is on Tuesday 9th April – starting at 8 am and we will finish by 10 (if we finish before 10 we will tackle Brexit, the Middle East question and throw in Venezuela for good measure :)) Brexit may or may not have happened, but all we can and should do is concentrate on what we can directly influence – namely running our businesses as efficiently as we can! We will be looking at sales and marketing ideas, using the key principles behind the Growth Club. https://businessgrowthclub.net/ Loads of practical examples, a chance to network with like minded business owners too, plus free tea/coffee – a great way to kick start your day. No need to book, just turn up. Further details here:
The Bobby Moore Fund’s Football Shirt Friday runs throughout April (Bowel Cancer Awareness Month) and culminates on 26th April, when we ask people to wear their football shirt and donate £5 to help us fund pioneering bowel cancer research. The campaign raises ~£150,000 annually.
We are aware that wearing a football shirt into the office can be an issue for some organisations, so have designed a bespoke fundraising pack for 2019 with simple fundraising ideas as an alternative form of participation. These can either take place on one day in April or throughout Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.
Who can guess whether Brexit has happened by now, but we need to concentrate on what we can influence and national politics probably isn’t one of them!
We will explore key sales and marketing principles that you can immediately use in your business, and these most definitely make a difference.
We will have a focus on pricing, which is so important for all of us, but in fact, is never easy to work out.
Good fun, interactive but with no elevator pitches, and the chance to mingle with your fellow small business owners from the area. Free to attend too, with no need to book, just pop along on the 17th! https://businessgrowthclub.net/up-and-coming-events/
Course Title; Level 3 Award in Training – Principles and Practice
Aim; This is the benchmark trainer skills qualification for all trainers, it is ideal for first-time trainers who need to understand the basics of training skills and practice or those looking to refine their techniques.
Objectives; *Identify training needs and set appropriate aims and objectives.
*Understand and deploy appropriate training and learning approaches
*Be able to comprehensively plan your training
*Understand how to deliver inclusive sessions that engage, motivate and inspire learners
*Understand the use of different assessment methods and the need for record keeping
Organisation
Duration; 3 day programme
Date; 5th, 6th & 13th August
Exam/Assessment; Delegates are required to deliver a 30 minute “micro-teaching” session (which must be part of a wider programme) to the rest of the group, provide feedback to four other delegates and complete a self evaluation.
Cost; £435 plus VAT includes notes, refreshments, lunch, the assessment & certification fees
Awarding Body; Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Tutor; Richard Mills and Sarah Daniels
Differentiation; At least level 2 or equivalent in English, ICT skills would be advantageous.
Audience; Anyone who wants to deliver training professionally
Feedback; “I just wanted to say thanks for the course, I’ve spent 37 years trying to overcome my abject fear of standing up in front of people, and I’ve been on countless courses which have helped, but not cured the problem, yet in 3 days you managed to solve it completely!” Rachel Jarman, Hautbois
After the huge success of our Digital Tech and Manufacturing conferences, as part of our Scale Up New Anglia programme, we are pleased to announce our latest Scale Up event, tailored for the Finance community.
What is the Benefit of Attending this event?
This event is sector-specific to the finance community and the overall focus is to provide information on support, guidance, peer experiences and possible tools and techniques to help you continue and develop your businesses growth and scale up your business successfully.
This and subsequent sector events will be supported with workshops, networking, 1-2-1 and one too many events to help assist you and your business to grow and scale up into the future. With support face to face and online. this programme is by invitation or acceptance after application in order to ensure we provide you with the right information and support at this growth level. This means all those within the group will be on, or have been, on the growth and scale up journey too, enabling you to gain great peer support and networking opportunities as well.
What is the Scale Up New Anglia Programme and Who is it For?
The Scale Up New Anglia programme has been launched to support businesses with high growth potential up to 20% in terms of turnover. These companies have been categorised as ‘Silver’. Those achieving growth in excess of 20% in terms of turnover or FTEs are categorised as ‘Gold’.
The mission of the Scale Up New Anglia programme is, therefore, providing the business support to turn ‘Silver’ businesses into ‘Gold’ businesses.
The objective of the programme is to engage with potential high growth businesses throughout the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk and to create an exclusive community of like-minded peers and industry and topic experts. This programme will provide ongoing support and also understand and develop the nature of the high growth ecosystem required to generate growth across the New Anglia region.
Key Benefits to SME to join the High Growth Programme
Access to members only workshops, information tools, meetings and events
All businesses at these events are like-minded and keen to grow and develop their businesses in Suffolk and Norfolk – peer to peer support and discussions
All businesses are in Norfolk and Suffolk
Access to industry experts and information from dedicated growth/scale-up bodies and people
Access to inspirational local and national businesses who have been on the scale-up/growth journey
Three-year programme in place to take them into the next step
Cross organisational support (i.e. Tech East, Invest East, Councils, Chambers)
Business Shaper Group and New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) have announced the launch of 50 major new Business Roadshows, across Norfolk and Suffolk, from April – November, to benefit hundreds of companies, accessing grants and funding to help them grow.
The Roadshow takes place in Sudbury at a venue which is to be confirmed at 4pm until 7pm, and will help to highlight the wealth of grants, funding opportunities, free business support and training available to business owners as they prepare their organisations for the future.
“For a young business like AT Power, finding the right advice, support and funding to grow is difficult. Attending the Business Roadshow in December last year, we were able to understand all the different types of funding options, grants and support available to small businesses. We accessed a £3000 grant from the Manufacturing Advisory Service, which has helped us increase turnover by over by £75,000 in two months. We also have pipeline of business in excess of £600,000, all with the help and guidance of Business Shaper Group. I would strongly advise any business looking to grow in 2014, to attend the Business Roadshow”, said Andy Clifton managing director of AT Power.
Maximise the Value of your Business Tuesday 18th June 2013, 09:15 to 12:30 The Farmers Club, Bury St. Edmunds
Whether you are planning to sell your business or not, maximising the value of the business is a must. This free half day seminar run in conjunction with NatWest and Prism Corporate Broking will take you through 6 essential elements to transform your future by building value – and thereby attractiveness to potential acquirers. You will also hear from a former CEO about what it is really like to go through the sale process.
Who should attend?
This event is aimed at owners/senior managers of private businesses. Whilst the content will be of more immediate interest to those planning to sell, we would like to stress that the underlying theme is about building value in the business and is therefore entirely pertinent to those with longer term plans to exit. The event is also likely to be of interest to those considering acquisitions as it gives insights into what is of value to an acquirer and how valuations are made.
Outline programme:
• Review of the M&A market • Six things you need to know to build value • Selling my business – my perspective • Adding value through the process • Valuation • From a legal perspective • Key stages in the process • Summary, questions and close
What will you gain from it?
• Discover who’s buying who and what’s hot • Find out the six things you need to know to build the value of your business • Find out what it is really like going through the acquisition process from a CEO • Understand how valuations are made in practice
Additional information:
There will be an opportunity to arrange a short one-to-one meeting with a member of Prism’s Corporate Broking team immediately following this seminar. Bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis, subject to availability.
Due to the nature of this event, we respect the fact that some attendees may wish to maintain a degree of anonymity. We will not therefore be issuing name badges nor will we be publishing or otherwise circulating attendee lists. Whilst there will inevitably be some opportunities to network for those who wish so to do, the programme is not structured with this intent.
Our open days offer you the chance to find out more about the innovative MBA Programme, look around our contemporary teaching facilities and meet current students, the MBA Programme Director and Course Leaders who will be there to answer your questions.We offer both Full-time and Executive Part-time MBA courses that fit around your career plan, starting in January 2015.
In addition to the core MBA modules our MBA students have the opportunity to study one of three subject areas where the University has established a world-class reputation: Brand Leadership, Strategic Carbon Management and Economics and Finance. Included within the elective choices, you can choose to explore how climate change and energy management are now at the core of building sustainable business in the 21st Century, or how brands are shaping our perceptions of what modern businesses represent – both as consumers and in an economic sense.
In partnership with the Institute of Food Research we are launching a Food Industry stream for the Executive Part-time MBA, starting in January 2015, looking at how issues such global supply chain management and consumer buying behaviour are shaping this critical sector.
“Completing the MBA has been a momentous fulfilling journey for me – it has allowed me to explore further business and management from an academic basis and put into practice my learning and understanding.” Sam Brown, Executive MBA Graduate
Norwich Business School offer a number of competitive scholarships for full and part time students.
If you are interested in attending, please register your interest by emailing [email protected] or call 01603 591753.
Event location: Thomas Paine Study Centre, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ