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MBA Open Evening

Tuesday 15th October

6.00pm – 8.30pm

University of East Anglia, Thomas Paine Study Centre, Floor 2

We are celebrating 25 years of Creative Arts East! This means 25 years of using the transformative power of the arts to fight rural and social isolation; increase enjoyment, skills, health and wellbeing; broaden horizons and ambitions; and make a positive difference to the lives of people living in rural communities. 

To celebrate, we are holding a very special 25th Anniversary Quiz & Chips night on Friday 12th July at Wymondham Central Hall!

We would absolutely love you to bring a team and celebrate with us. As well as the quiz itself, there’ll be a donation bar, raffle, on-the-night games and a fish and chip supper – all proceeds will go towards helping Creative Arts East bring the very best arts and cultural activities to rural and/or under-engaged audiences across Norfolk, Suffolk and the wider eastern region. All funds raised will be doubled £1 for £1 through our special Arts Council England funding. This funding ends at the end of July, so there’s never been a better time to support CAE.

When: Friday 12th July 2019, 7pm

Where: Wymondham Central Hall, Back Lane, Wymondham, NR18 0QB

Parking: Plenty of parking at venue, free after 6pm

Teams: 4-6 people per team.

Included: Fish & chip supper! (Please let us know of dietary requirements when booking)

Plus: Raffle, bar and more! There is no ticket price, but donations upon entry would be greatly appreciated.

Suggested donation: £40 per team (at least £7 per person would help us cover our costs)

Please RSVP soon by emailing [email protected] with your team so we can reserve your place. 

We will also be running a raffle at this event, and would love to have some really fantastic high-quality prizes for our guests to win, and help support local businesses in the process. If you’d like to contribute a raffle prize then do get in touch. Any businesses that contribute will have their logo present at the event, we will have slides as people seat themselves before the event displaying photos, logos and thanks to any contributors. We will also announce their support on social media and at the event in person – turn out for which we expect to be over 100 people.

Free meeting for small business owners – 12th July in Hellesdon, Norwich. Great chance to meet fellow small business owners, all supporting each other and sharing best practise, in a relaxed meeting with no sales pitches. Free to attend with no need to book, just turn up – we start at 8am and will finish by 10. This month we’re looking at best practice for quotations and bidding for work, plus our usual packed agenda focusing on both good and bad real life examples. Carrowbreck House, Carrowbreck Road, Norwich NR6 5FA https://businessgrowthclub.net/up-and-coming-events/

Quiz some of Britain’s top business brains about the issuesthat really matter to you. Learn how these entrepreneurs have grown their businessesinto some of the best-known brands in the UK today:

Sir Charles Dunstone, founder of Carphone Warehouse and Chairman of TalkTalk

Anya Hindmarch, founder of Anya Hindmarch

Tom Pellereau, Series 7 The Apprentice winner and inventor of Stylfile and the Nipper Clipper

Kanya King MBE, founder of the MOBO awards

Ali Clabburn, founder of liftshare.com.

Norfolk Business Library and The Forum will be screening this event live for free in The Curve. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity fornetworking, and light refreshments will be served.

Details and booking:https://norwichmillennium library.eventbrite.co.uk 01603 774740[email protected]

Join us for lunchtime networking at The Beechwood Hotel on Wednesday 17th July from 12.30 – 2.00pm. The North Walsham Business Lunch is a successful dining club for local businesses, bringing local business professionals together to network at one of the leading country house hotels in North Norfolk.                  New price! Reduced price of £15.00 for 2 courses                                          To book your place or for more information, please contact Andrea Smith on: 01603 693575 | [email protected]                              Booking is essential. Please make payment to Beechwood Hotel on the day (Cheques should be made payable to Starwarz Ltd)

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Norfolk suffers from low rates of business start-ups, with just 9.24% of active businesses in the region resulting from an enterprising new-born (2009), in contrast to 9.9% for the East of England, and even more significantly, 10.1% for England as a whole. It is believed that this not only comes from the rural nature of Norfolk, but from a lack of business culture and understanding to follow up innovative new ideas.

With this in mind, Hethel Innovation is working in partnership with the Norwich Research Park to find ways to support and nurture local start-up enterprises in an effort to revive the flow of new business ideas and developments in the hope of creating companies which will benefit the county and the region as a whole. This venture in also involving the institutions of the Norfolk Network, with the UEA, John Innes Centre, New Anglia Capital and Norfolk County Council all on-board.

Created by a strong partnership of experts in business start-up support, incubation and entrepreneurship and delivered through expert business professionals, Activ8 offers a unique learning experience for anyone potentially wishing to start up a business through to those who have been trading for up to 5 years. With a mixture of real life experience, theoretical learning and individual mentoring support, delegates will be able to navigate a unique route through the programme and benefit from right support to match their circumstances.

With sessions delivered by business professionals who have ‘walked the walk’, delegates will be able to associate their current situations with the learning of session leaders, combined with inspirational stories, networking opportunities and mentoring support.

Activ8 will be running as a series of 8 business start-up master classes, running once a month, targeting and addressing the processes and difficulties involved with new born companies, from tales from the coalface of those who have been there, to finances and business networks. The program will run with a very hands on approach, with speakers from the business world supplemented by mentoring support, pitching opportunities and network development to really give those involved a chance to get their teeth in and tear off a piece of what their ideas need to be a success.

Activ8 will actively seek feedback from participants so that the whole program can develop to ensure it is really engaging the most important topics, and so that further support can be offered outside of the events.

Sessions covered are as follows: • So you want to start up a business? Tales from the coalface. • Starting-up – The what, when, where, who and how! • Your Business Offering – From idea generation to market ready products/services. • Make some noise through Branding & Marketing … on a budget • Fun with numbers-or everything you need to know from start-up finance to investment Pt 1 • Fun with numbers Pt 2. Raising finance & pitching for investment • The human factor – building your team. • Building lasting relationships – the joys of networking and collaborative working. • Your Start-up Toolkit

The programme begins with a Launch in September 2013 and runs once monthly on a Wednesday evening from 6.30 – 9pm. Most sessions will be held at the Chris Lamb Training Suite, John Innes Centre. Book your place via https://activ8.eventbrite.com

To find out more and become part of this exciting new opportunity to expand your start-up’s knowledge visit https://www.hethelcentre.com/events/info.php?refnum=101

Join our HR Consultants as they address the difficult topic of disciplinary and grievance investigation.   Timings: 7.45 am   Registration and buffet breakfast 8.00 am   Presentations 9.00 am  Questions and answers 9.15 am  Close

Another chance to get together with like-minded small business owners and share ideas and knowledge, looking at best practice and mutual co-operation.  We will cover specific sales and marketing topics, in a friendly supportive environment. I can promise a packed agenda which will stimulate!  Free tea and coffee, with no need to book, just turn up. If you want to know more drop me a line or give me a call on 01603 443355

Up-and-coming events

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

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

For more information on this course click here

The invite-only occasion will allow you to view this unique heritage facility in a conference setting, to network with other companies, and to enjoy a complimentary glass of bubbly and a few canapes with us.

To be considered for an invite please email us at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you.