Some East Anglian businesses don’t want to grow as recruiting staff is too much hassle according to local HR expert
Some East Anglian businesses maybe inhibiting growth as they are reluctant to recruit staff, while for others, adding to the workforce headcount and skills is essential for survival.
Small business are sometimes fearful of taking on staff, as they don’t want the hassle of looking after and managing employees, but often these fears are unfounded says Peter Lawrence, Director of Human Resources Consultancy, Human Capital Department.
Mr Lawrence says:
“We see many one-man and one-woman band businesses in East Anglia who are busy with a full order book, turning work away, but they don’t want to take on people as they are fearful of the consequences and so have limited capacity to grow their business”.
However, there are exceptions: Anglia IT Solutions, have successfully grown each year, recruiting new staff to deliver solutions to clients. Founded in 2003 by Directors, Jason Crown and Terry Windsor with a goal to deliver professional and affordable IT Support to organisations across Norfolk and Suffolk. Their reputation quickly grew as they worked with a variety of clients including the Sandringham Estate, achieving a Royal Warrant five years later, something they proudly retain today.
Finding the right staff and managing their performance can be challenging says Peter. That’s where we come in as the local HR experts, providing “Outsourced HR” or a “One Stop Shop” for Human Resources Management & Development, to organisations that either don’t have an HR Department, or need support and expertise to implement an HR Project.
To help businesses in meeting the challenge of expansion, Peter has organised a series of breakfast seminars in association with local enterprise agency – NWES – in which he explores the the stages of the “employee life cycle” including recruitment and on-boarding, and provides tips to guide businesses in getting the people management and development piece right.
The sessions, which are free, are running at the following locations and dates [from 07:30 – 09:00]:
13/10 – Beacon Centre, Gt. Yarmouth
27/10 – Riverside Business Centre, Lowerstoft 17/11 – Kings Lynn Innovation Centre 24/11 – Rowen House, Norwich.
To book a place contact Peter Lawrence or Rod Lee at Human Capital Department Tel. 01553 609968 Email [email protected] Or contact the local NWES office.
Join us at Beccles Airfield in Ellough on Saturday 4th May 2019 for a once-in-a-lifetime adrenaline rush as you hurtle through the air from 2 miles high! Securely harnessed to your tandem skydiving instructor, you will be in free-fall for 50 seconds doing speeds in excess of 120mph. This is a fantastic opportunity to face your fears and raise money for children and young people with life threatening conditions across East Anglia. Sign up now! When you sign up you will be asked to pay a £50 deposit, we then have 2 options:
Option A: Self-funded – £50 deposit and £165 to be paid before the day, then raise as much sponsorship as you can! Suggested sponsorship – £150
Option B: Sponsorship – £50 deposit and then raise sponsorship of £315, this will cover the £165 fee for the skydive. (Learn More)
To book your place click here or call UK Parachuting on 01502 476131. If you have any questions or would like a fundraising pack please contact fundraising on 01953 666767 or email [email protected].
No booking required – just turn up and get involved
Your opportunity for a dedicated 1-2-1 session with the experts to review, re-evaluate and refine your business practices.
Free independent expert advice
Dedicated support in reducing business costs
Support on contract renewals and managing disputes
Guidance on best practices
Free Support and Advice for King’s Lynn Businesses
Business savings and support experts Place support Partnerships (PSP) have been appointed by King’s Lynn BID to help King’s Lynn businesses save money.
We work with you to identify savings when considering new contracts and choosing suppliers. We also help you navigate the current energy crisis and achieve the best value on services such as electricity, gas, water, telecoms, merchant services, and much more. This opportunity is in association with Norfolk BID’s Onwards Norfolk training programme, part-funded by Norwich BID, King’s Lynn BID and Great Yarmouth Town Centre Partnership, and part-funded through the government’s Community Renewal Fund.
Disruptive innovation is the underlying strategy behind Netflix, Aldi and a host of other hugely successful businesses. Understanding what is meant by disruptive innovation and how it differs from sustaining innovation is essential knowledge for all business owners. We’re delighted to be joined by the Norwich Business School’s strategy gurus Dr. Kevan Williams and Dr. Fahri Karakas for what promises to be a lively, thought provoking and engaging session.
Delivered by New Anglia Growth Hub and fully funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). A Process Masterclass is a virtual workshop to help businesses transform their processes to create a better working environment.
Attendees will receive a LEAN Six Sigma Yellow Belt qualification.
The course will be delivered by Andy Skinner, Director, AMS Business Consultants.
Please note, this workshop is for businesses based in East Anglia.
Course Content:
• Introduction to Process Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma techniques
• Define a continuous improvement operating system and what it means to you, your customers and your business
• Identify and classify 8 wastes
• Understand the key principles of 5S
• How do customers measure a business? Voice of the Customer translation
• Understand Standard Work and flow
• Understand Process Improvement Dialogues’ (PID’s), Key Performance Indicator boards, and the Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA) process are and how they will be used
The knowledge and understanding of each of the topics covered will be reviewed during the course:
Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma:
• Understand the differences between Lean and Six Sigma and their origins
• Understand the objective of systematic problem solving.
• Apply data driven approaches for decision making and Understand Pre work analysis for a business case.
• Recognise the various Six Sigma roles
8 Wastes:
• Be able to Identify, define and eliminate waste within your business
• Unused capabilities
• Over production
• Delays
• Defects
• Inventory
• Waiting
• Excess Motion
• Transportation
5S
• Understand how making problems visible leads to improved quality
• Be able to apply 5s in your business/working environment
• Apply visual management effectively
• People, Quality, Delivery and Cost measures
• Voice of the Customer and Standard flow
• Understand how to identify business processes
• Identify Inputs and Outputs of your business processes and undertake high level process mapping
• Understand how customers view your business processes
• Gather Voice of the customer and translate into customer needs.
• Prioritise customer needs
Meet Andy Skinner, your mentor for the session;
Andy specialises in business transformation, problem solving and increasing productivity or efficiencies within businesses. He is one of very few certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts in the UK.
He is skilled in identifying improvement opportunities, root cause analysis and risk in business processes.
This may be through process improvement, process management or the design of new processes across all areas of your business from Sales through to HR.
Clients will realise cost savings, productivity gains, waste reduction and identify development opportunities for both business processes and staff development.
Do you want to drive growth? Discuss, brainstorm and be held accountable for your plans with your peers and coach within Mastermind.
About this event
Scale Up Mastermind – Business Success through Personal Growth
Are you looking to scale up your business? Do you want to drive growth and develop the future of your business? Would you love to discuss and brainstorm how to do this with like-minded business owners and an experienced and impartial, unbiased, supportive business coaching facilitator? Would you like all this for free? If so this is for you.
Who is it for?
It may be a cliché but it is lonely at the top and can be hard to find people who understand your role. This series of events can offer you your very own board of advisers who truly understand.
As part of the Mastermind series, you will be seated with other like-minded CEO’s, founders, owners and successful business leaders from a variety of non-competing industries who understand the challenges you face and how the skills to strategize with you and improve your business.
To be part of this programme you will be nominated to attend by an adviser from the New Anglia Growth Hub. This event is exclusive to the New Anglia Growth Hub and only offered free to those who the advisers feel this would be a real benefit too.
How does Mastermind work?
This programme offers an alternative but objective thought process, resulting in those attending feeling supported, motivated and allowing them to continue to grow in confidence and personal development. It encourages a growth mindset whilst building a supportive network at their level.
The success of the group is due to the commitment and support of its members, who are dedicated to improving their businesses, their leadership, their community and each other. The group requires commitment, confidentiality and a willingness to both give and receive advice and ideas. Members support each other with total honesty, respect and compassion. It demands accountability, increases your focus and confidence resulting in improved performance for both yourself and your company.
Within each session the group members will discuss challenges and issues affecting their own businesses through spotlight sessions, and then discuss with the group, to enable feedback, experiences and advice from the group and the coach where necessary. Peer to peer support and discussion is core to the success of the Mastermind sessions. You will be held accountable by the group to the plans and actions you put in place for your growth.
The Mastermind sessions will be facilitated by Sam Lindley, a highly experienced business coach and with a proven record in business and talent development and deliver similar paid programmes outside of these sessions outside of the Suffolk and Norfolk areas and has done for many years.
What happens and who is suitable for the Mastermind programme?
A group of up to 15 business owners will be nominated to attend this series of Mastermind events by a New Anglia Growth Hub Adviser, or support organisation.
These business owners can be from any business sector but must have the desire to want to develop and grow their business. These will be a range of non-competing organisations.
You will commit to 8 fortnightly meetings 6 via Zoom and 2 in person. This will start on the 6th September. Sessions online will be on a Tuesday between 10am and Midday and the in person events will be longer as detailed below.
You will be part of lively, authentic discussions based on current business and development challenges.
Members are the key to this programme, challenging each other to set clear goals.
We encourage creative thinking and brave decision-making.
Members share success stories and challenges with each other openly and confidentially.
Problems are solved through members brainstorming and collective creative thinking.
As a coach, Sam believes in planning. We will define high level 12 month goals and agree on strategies for ownership, accountability, focus, ambition and responsibility to achieve your growth plan. During the Mastermind programme will cover the following topics throughout the sessions:
Business Strategy
Talent Management/Development
Barriers To Growth
Marketing for Growth
Sales for Growth
Personal Growth – In the last session of the programme, we delve into the future, what is next for you?
What does the facilitator do?
The Mastermind series facilitators will introduce ideas and insights on topics that matter to you, manage the expectations of the group and help you gain insights into your future development needs. They will help to channel and focus discuss and draw out the key information, strategies and shared learning from the group.
They will ensure your events achieve the growth and development you are all looking for. They will help you create and develop strategies that will enable you to reach the goals you desire.
What you will need to do?
You will need to be:
committed to attending the events regularly
be open-minded to new ideas and creative thinking.
be open to the opinions of others.
listen to and share your own experiences and knowledge with the group.
be compassionate and respectful of other members
passionate about developing yourself and your business for growth.
This event is 2 hours in duration and will provide 2hrs of Information, Diagnostic and Brokerage (IBD*). This is equivalent to £100 worth of State Aid. We are able to deliver this is free of charge to you with thanks to funding from the European Regional Development Fund.
What are the dates for these sessions?
Webinar sessions are on Tuesdays, between 10am and Midday with a combination of in person and zoom meetings on the following dates:
• Session 1 – 06/09/22 Introduction/Goal Sharing/Vision/Why (in person)
• Session 2 – 20/09/22 Barriers to Growth, Emotional Health and the Imposter Within
• Session 3 – 04/10/22 Cultivating Connections, Building a Support Network and Inviting in Vulnerability
• Session 4 – 18/10/22 Self Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
• Session 5 –01/11/22 High Performance. What does it look like?
• Session 6 – 15/11/22 Leadership and the Revolving Door
• Session 7 –29/11/22 Craft a Culture and Find Your Non Negotiables
• Session 8 – 13/12/22 Celebration and the Future (in person)
About the Training Organisation Sam Lindley – Cloud 9 Business Coaching
Married in 2003, a mother of 2 boys Ted, Finn and 1 bouncy cockapoo puppy Buzz! My other child and passion is my business of 9 years, Cloud9 Business Coaching.
How it all started…by Sam Lindley…
From a young age, my greatest goal was to work at Barclays Bank, no other financial institution would do it had to be Barclays! You could say I was a driven character even then, and there my career was born. As an Associate MD for a Mortgage Packaging company which spanned 10 years I worked by motivating business owners of small to medium-sized business, here I developed a real understanding and love of small businesses and their challenge. So it seems obvious now as I sit in my office within my business coaching practice that this would be my destiny.
Cloud9 Business Coaching works with the owner of the business rather than the business itself, we believe that a motivated business can only grow as far as its owner’s knowledge and skills.
Like all business owners, 10 years ago I had a vision, I had dreams and the last 9 years have shown me that I am capable of making other people’s dreams come true.
I have facilitated Mastermind groups for 8 years. I recognise the benefits, I appreciate the power of the monthly meetings and how quickly the members become like family, trusting and supporting each other with so much support and openness, sharing ideas knowledge and connections to solve the challenges of other members, how accountable you feel and the focus it drives. Mastermind is mighty.
Innovate UK EDGE East of England team are offering a 5-session workshop ending with a pitch to an IUK edge panel with feedback
About this event
About Innovate UK EDGE
Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. It complements Innovate UK project funding with intensive, bespoke, specialist-led support for ambitious high growth businesses.
High-growth, innovative businesses benefit from the skills and experience of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist to identify the most effective ways to accelerate its growth.
Innovate UK EDGE brings a range of services to help ambitious, high growth, innovative SMEs scale and grow. We help businesses:
• Exploiting Business Innovation
• Sourcing Funding and Finance
• Opening up new markets
IUK EDGE specialists can draw on resources such as our programmes, events, innovation & international networks and their domain expert colleagues.
Who is this suitable for?
Companies with disruptive Innovation with Scalable High growth potential
Programme Details
13.09.22 Product Launch – Go to Market Planning Charles Ward, Senior Innovation & Growth Specialist and Scaleup Director
27.09.22 Exploring Internationalisation –Global Business Opportunities and a Focus on the U.S.A Updates on Global Innovation Programmes and International opportunities by Heather Benham with shared knowledge on entering the USA market by Eric Thompson, Innovation & Growth Specialist
11.10.22 Exploration of R&D & Private Funding for R&D / Product Development Arun Muthirulan, Lead Innovation & Growth Specialist
25.10.22 Innovation Project Canvas Simon Atack, Lead Innovation & Growth Specialist
08.11.22 In Person Event: Pitches and Feedback Panel: Simon Atack / Stephanie Aldridge, Arun Muthirulan / Lorraine Smith, Chris Woodward all Innovate UK EDGE Innovation Growth specialists
What to bring with to the sessions:
An open mind, a willingness to listen and share. Please also bring any issues and problems you are happy to talk about.
FAQs
I want to book for more than one person from my company? We are looking for 15 companies
As this is an invitation only event, if you would like more than one person from your business to attend, please email [email protected]. Within reason this should not be an issue, but this is a small group event.
Will this be recorded?
Yes this event will be recorded to enable you to revisit the event post-event for a short while through a passworded link. This will be sent out to attendees only after the event. The video will also be stored for evidence for auditing purposes as per the requirements of our funding regulations. This will not be made public to others.
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or queries.
What will be done with the information I supply?
Your information will be stored on Eventbrite according to Eventbrite’s terms and conditions. Upon arrival you will be required to sign in on our attendance sheet, this is to provide evidence of your attendance and will be kept on the server as evidence for our ERDF funding. After your attendance will be stored on the secure Growth Hub CRM system. This is required in order to provide evidence of your attendance and eligibility for the course. This will be kept to the statutory dates any only accessible to Growth Programme and authorised personnel. If you request further contact from an adviser post this event they will use this information to contact you and log any future interactions, again to evidence for ERDF funding.
State Aid Declaration
This event is delivered, free of charge, to SMEs (SME is defined as an Enterprise with fewer than 250 employees and has either an annual balance sheet not exceeding 43m Euro or Annual Turnover not exceeding £50m) other restrictions may apply. This support is being provided as de minimis aid under EC Regulation 1407/2013 (De Minimis Aid Regulation). The value of this support has been calculated as £62.50.
Please note: This is not a request for payment; we are merely required to notify you of the value, which will be relevant if you wish to apply or have applied for any other de minimis State Aid in the future. There is a ceiling of €200,000 for all de minimis aid provided to anyone organisation over a three fiscal year period (i.e. your current fiscal year and previous two fiscal years).
This event, as with all the New Anglia Growth Hub events, is suited and intended for businesses already running and established. Please refer to courses by NWES and MENTA for courses more suited for those businesses who are pre-start or have been trading for less than 12 months
With hundreds of successful website designs under our belt, we like to think we know a thing or to about what makes a great website. In this presentation, Mark Ellaway from Bigfork will take you through the top website design tactics that will increase leads, sales and brand awareness.
You’ll also have the opportunity to network with other business people over tea and coffee, or lunch depending on which day you book.
Attend our first TV, film and screen networking event, a great place to build and create connections with the industry.
About this event
Join us for Norfolk County Council’s first Norfolk Screen Sector Networking Event at EPIC Studios on Magdalen Street. Light refreshments and drinks will be available from the bar.
AGENDA
3pm for 3.30pm start with a welcome from Cllr Graham Plant and a stunning Norfolk show reel screening from Creative Unlimited highlighting many of the reasons why companies should choose Norfolk & Suffolk as a filming location.
Quick reminder about last year’s screen sector survey and the outcomes by Chris Starkie
Reporting back: NUA will share the results of their Studio East Research and Feasibility work with international screen professionals.
Briefing: Artemis Films will give an overview on their plans for Anglia Film Studios
Briefing: Norfolk Screen will talk about what they’re doing to help and promote the sector
Light refreshments and the opportunity to network with film sector colleagues from 4.30pm to 6pm plus the chance to go on a tour behind the scenes at EPIC a take a look at the infinity room, kit room, gallery and production areas as well as the dressing rooms, green room and hair and make-up facilities.
Please feel free to share this event and invitation with any screen sector colleagues.
This is a true endurance trek which will test you both physically and mentally. Participants should have the necessary fitness and be prepared to do without sleep! We aim to complete the event in 24 hours – To do this we need to complete Ben Nevis in 5 hours, Scafell Pike in 4 hours and Snowdon in 4 hours, however, this will depend on upon the speed of the group. We will walk as a group with the slowest member so please bear this in mind when applying. Each mountain is fully guided by an experienced guide and our dedicated drivers will be with you all the way!
Thursday Drive from Norwich to Glen Nevis, Scotland – 490 miles approx. 12 hours Overnight accommodation provided at Glen Nevis Youth Hostel Friday Climb Ben Nevis (1344m) – Approx. 5 hours Drive from Ben Nevis to Scafell Pike in The Lake District – 260 miles approx. 6 hours Climb Scafell Pike (978m) – Approx. 4 hours Drive from Scafell Pike to Snowdon, Wales – 209 miles approx. 5 hours Saturday Climb Snowdon (1085m) – Approx. 4 hours Drive from Snowdon to Norwich – 275 miles approx. 6 hours
Key Points: Distance: 22 miles Duration: 3 days, 28+ hours of driving, 13+ hours walking Accommodation Type: Bunkhouse and bus! Read the FAQs here Find out the Kit List here Costs: £100 registration fee paid by the participant and suggested sponsorship is £400. Application process closes on: 21st January 2019 Participants will be selected by: 31st January 2019 This event is kindly sponsored by Johnston Logistics
If you have any questions please contact Emma Benstead on:
With hundreds of successful website designs under our belt, we like to think we know a thing or to about what makes a great website.
In this presentation, Mark Ellaway from Bigfork will take you through the top website design tactics that will increase leads, sales and brand awareness from your website.
You’ll also have the opportunity to network with other business people over lunch.
Andy Gray is pleased to welcome Michael Cameron to answer your questions about the Government’s upcoming Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme, starting in April 2019. Michael Cameron is a stakeholder from HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for Business team and will be our expert speaker on the day.
Michael will provide an overview of the MTD programme together with specific technical information such as how to navigate the sign up process for the new Agent Services Account, which can be a little complex. There will also be time allocation for Q&A to enable everyone to receive clarity around their specific issues.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from Andy King at Freeagent who are one of the small number of HMRC approved accounting software providers for MTD tax returns.