We would like to invite you to join us at our Backing Your Ambition in Norfolk event which is being held on Tuesday 6th October between 7.30 & 9.30am at the Holiday Inn, Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR4 6EP.
Hosted by Suzie Stubbing, Senior Manager Norfolk, you’ll hear how Lloyds are dedicated in supporting the growth of SMEs and you will have the opportunity to network with other local business leaders and professionals.
Helping Britain Prosper – Learn how the Bank is supporting UK businesses and communities – Learn what support is available to expand your business overseas
This event is free of charge and you do not need to be an existing customer of Lloyds Bank to attend.
Join us at the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce for a evening of celebration and excitement. Come and experience the unveiling of Norfolk’s newest LGBTQ+ business. Are you ready to be active allies to your community and learn something new? This is your chance to be part of something special, so mark your calendars and get ready to join us. Don’t miss out on this exclusive event!
Aswell as finding out about the joy that in Rainbow Assured and meeting our tiny but powerful team, peruse the fantastic new Hub working space at the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce and network with other companies.
We will be following this rough timetable:
6 – 6.30pm – mingling
6.30 – 7pm – Rainbow Assured launch and learn
7 – 7.30pm – find out how RA can help and support your business
7.30 – 8pm – networking
All we ask is that you come with a smile and an open mind!
If you’d like to learn more about us before you come, you can find more details at:
If you fancy an humorous storytelling and music, then please join Norfolk National Award-Winning Performance Storyteller, Andrew Brammer, for an evening of stories, songs and scribblings from the extraordinary HB pencil, guitar and mind of Stumpy Sanderson – the mischievous leader of a gang of working-class boys in the 1970s.
Previous attendees of Andrew’s many one-man shows have said:
“Lost in Andrew’s surreal and funny world, I blissfully forgot reality.”
“No one else is doing what Andrew is doing.”
“A hilarious and engaging cross between a punky Jackanory and Tiswas.”
A fantastic opportunity for businesses in the region to find out how they can work with the School of Computer Sciences to support their growth and innovation ambitions. There’s opportunity to find out more about our expertise in areas such as AI, Data Science, Computer Vision, Cyber Security and more. Whether it’s understanding the feasibility of introducing AI to your processes, the development of new products or services, we can help with the challenges businesses are facing. From research projects to connecting with student and graduate talent, we’ll discuss what funding is available for businesses and the many different ways in which you can collaborate with us. There will be great networking opportunities over drinks and nibbles too.
It is not always clear or straightforward how best to manage cash flow and in times of uncertainty, strong cash flow management becomes even more important.
Join us at our next seminar, where we will explain the benefits and necessity for robust cash flow management, how to resolve and recover disputed debts, and how to fund your business when experiencing a liquidity squeeze.
With insights from our Price Bailey in-house experts, Matt Howard and Tim Smith, Tom Bailey from Ashtons Legal and Howard Miller from ArchOver, you will:
1. Discover tools for effective cash flow management, and how to identify and resolve common issues 2. Hear how dispute resolution and debt recovery can be effective without being time consuming, high risk or having to pay upfront costs 3. Learn how to fund your cash flow and be given an overview of the debt markets.
If you are approaching retirement you may be aware that there is a vast array of options available to you, as a result of the government’s pension freedom legislation. These financial decisions, coupled with making the transition from employment to retirement, may be quite daunting. Lovewell Blake Financial Planning is committed to helping you plan for the financial and emotional impact of retirement on yourself and your family. We are running a series of informal workshops at our Norwich office, which will cover a range of topics to provide useful and informative guidance on how to effectively manage the impact of retirement. Timings:7.45 am arrival and light refreshments 8.00 am start 9.30 am finish We do hope you can join us.
Kick it off and throw it in at a very special game to celebrate the Norwich City Hall of Fame legend Terry (The Count) Allcock.
Legends from local rivals Dereham Town and Fakenham Town will be competing to win the prestigious Cozens Cup at the special Terry Allcock Celebration Game at Aldiss Park, home of Dereham Town FC on Sunday 27 October – 10:30 kick off.
The game has an added edge as the club rivalry that goes back decades and is being repeated this year as both play in the same league.
Before his career ended Terry went on to play 389 games for Norwich. His 127 goals for the club place him second on City’s all-time goalscoring list.
After he finished in the professional game Terry was a much-loved figure in local football, as manager of Dereham Town and Norfolk County FA’s youth teams. It’s fair to say that his legacy means that he is still remembered fondly through Norfolk.
A real all round sportsman Terry also found time to play 45 times for Norfolk County Cricket Club, scoring 1470 runs and being involved in 93 dismissals from his position as wicket keeper – his appearances were restricted by his football duties.
Football Against Dementia, are a not-for-profit Community Interest Company that aims to raise awareness and provide practical support around dementia.
They are proud to have been entrusted by the Allcock family, led by Terry’s eldest son Mark (also an ex Dereham Town and Norfolk County player) to stage this game, and welcome the opportunity to use the game to highlight the cruel illness that dementia is.
After the match their will be the unveiling of a plaque in Terry’s memory and a display of ‘The Count’s’ memorabilia, kindly supplied by the Allcock family and others.
Teas/coffees, soft drinks and other refreshments will be available in the clubhouse and to coincide with the event Wolf Brewery will launching their very own Allcock Ale at the game.
The main auction prize will be an authenticated signed shirt by CR7 himself, world soccer superstar Christiano Ronaldo. There will be raffle prizes donated by local businesses and a tombola for younger people.
Match tickets are available every day from the Railway Tavern in Dereham and Dereham Town and Fakenham Town on First Team Match Days.
Protecting your organisation from the ever-increasing sophistication and variation of cyber-attacks is now not only considered important practice but is recognised as a precondition of operational success.
This is why Breakwater IT are hosting the Cyber Security Conference, giving you the chance to hear from industry experts as to how you can overcome security challenges. The aim is to educate – you don’t need to be an IT specialist, this is about giving you the tools to identify cyber threats, enabling you to protect against them.
Join us on December 12 The Forum 8.30am-12noon Refreshments available, including teas, coffees and bacon rolls.
Keynote Speaker: Lisa Forte, Social Engineering and Cyber Security Expert
In 2018 Lisa won the ‘Top 100 Women in Tech’ Awards, recognising her achievements and contributions to the cyber security industry.
Forte began her career in counterterrorism intelligence for a UK Government agency before moving into one of the UK Police CyberCrime Units dealing with serious cybercrime cases both in the UK and abroad.
Lisa will share her experiences of dealing with real-life cybercrime cases, helping you to understand the threats and aftermath of an attack better than statistics ever could.
Microsoft Jonathan Lyon, Senior Cloud Solution Architect
Learn how Microsoft products and services, powered by Intelligent Security Graph, have rapid threat detection and response based on insights from Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and behavioural analytics.
Datto
Discover how you can prevent data loss and minimise downtime with Datto’s business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur with an exciting idea and want to understand how you can create a thriving business?
Have you got a passion that you want to turn into your ‘side hustle’?
Or are you an early-stage startup and want to see if you’re doing things the right way and identify ways to improve your business?
Activate follows the Lean Startup process, creating and developing our idea in short cycles allowing us to gather feedback to influence changes in the business. Taking place one session a week for four weeks, Activate allows you to work through a plan of action in a more interactive and structured way, giving you the time to reflect. The Activate programme has been designed to allow you to work with peers in a similar situation to yourself, allowing you to build your own support network and champion one another.
The Four Week Programme:
Week 1 – 27th April – Ideas & Assumptions
In session one we take a closer look at your idea and understand what value it brings to your customers. Creating a Customer and Product Canvas we can then begin to look at implementing ways that the product and the process of purchase can be more effective; giving you a greater chance of creating an attractive product or service.
Week 2 – 4th May – Customers & Marketing
In session two we begin to examine your targeted customers in more detail. Who are they? Why do they buy from you? How can we best access them? During this session, we will create our own Customer Profiles highlighting who our targeted groups are, and then we will go about creating a Marketing Strategy to best access at the earliest opportunity.
Week 3 – 11th May – Your Operations
In session three we focus more on you, and your ability to create the product or service you are providing. Through the creation of an Operations Map, we will be able to understand what a typical process from start to finish will be for the creation of goods, allowing you to remove clunky actions and streamline the process. Here we also begin to plan how you can remove risks from your operations and accentuate the potential rewards!
Week 4 – 18th May – Business Model & Vision
And finally, in session four, we bring together everything from the previous three sessions and create your Business Model Canvas. Here you will be able to see everything that you will be doing externally (attracting, engaging and communicating with customers) and internally (activities, partners and resources). Once the business model has been created we will then begin to create a Vision and the actions you need to perform to get there.
All of this combines into creating a more visual and accessible business plan, rather than the traditional approach of creating document after document trying to define your business! The team of Innovation Advisors from Hethel Innovation will be there to help guide you through this process, and for continued support following the course. We are committed to building business in East Anglia and are here to help!
Previous Activate Attendees:
“The Activate course helps you to take your idea, refine it, focus it, and move forward”
“It was great, very galvanizing & useful. Thanks!””Really good course, very engaging + helped me focus my efforts””Great sessions, the trainers were involved and helped each of us with our journeys. Great helping others, helps to broaden & strengthen perspectives”
Hethel Innovation is an EU-funded business support organisation, providing support to Norfolk and Suffolk’s business environment to innovate and become more productive and competitive as a result. Hethel Innovation also provides incubation services through Hethel Engineering Centre and Scottow Enterprise Park.