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Age UK Norwich is taking steps to ensure the continued
success of its valued clubs. Starting in February 2025, a modest £5 club fee
will be introduced for clubs.

This decision comes as a result of rising operational costs,
including venue hire, utilities, staffing, and essential resources. “The
impact of these increasing costs, coupled with the end of previous funding, is
significant,” explained Jamie Price, Head of Operations at Age UK
Norwich. “We are committed to preserving our vital services, and this
small fee will help us achieve that goal. However, even with the fees,
it is highly unlikely we will recover full costs for any of the clubs we run.”

To maintain the quality and accessibility of its programs,
Age UK Norwich is actively seeking support from the local community. “We
rely heavily on donations and grants to fund our work,” said Price.
“We invite local businesses and organisations to consider sponsoring
us. By partnering with us, you can directly contribute to the well-being of
older people in Norwich.”

How to Sponsor Age UK Norwich:

• Financial
  Donations: Direct financial contributions can support specific
  programs or general operations.
• In-Kind
  Donations: Donations of goods or services, such as office supplies, IT
  equipment, or volunteer time, are greatly appreciated.
• Corporate
  Partnerships: Collaborate on specific projects or events, such as
  fundraising initiatives or awareness campaigns.

By sponsoring Age UK Norwich, businesses and organisations
can demonstrate their commitment to social responsibility and make a positive
impact on the community.

Contact Our Fundraising Team Today!

Want to make a difference? Contact our fundraising team to
discuss sponsorship opportunities, donation options, or volunteer roles.

01603 496333

Age
UK Norwich| Corporate partnerships

Let’s work together to ensure a brighter future for older
people in Norwich.

We’re thrilled to announce that Back to the Garden has officially joined the Jarrolds family – and is now proudly known as Jarrolds Letheringsett.

This much-loved destination in Letheringsett, near Holt, is now part of our growing lifestyle and retail offering, bringing the unique Jarrolds experience to North Norfolk. We’re excited to continue its tradition of serving the community with fresh, local produce and warm, vibrant service. Values that align perfectly with our own.

John Adams, retail managing director of the Jarrold Group, says: “Jarrolds has built a well-earned reputation for delivering fantastic food, hospitality and shopping experiences, with our range of cafés, restaurants and the outstanding food hall and delicatessen within our Norwich store. This is something we are extremely proud of.

“With Jarrolds Letheringsett we are extending our brand in new areas, allowing more people to enjoy the very special Jarrolds’ experience. This will be a unique retail and hospitality destination that embodies our values as a business and encapsulates our vision to be an inspirational lifestyle brand that is synonymous with Norfolk.”

With this new chapter, we’re also launching our first-ever Jarrolds own-brand butchery range, supplied by the Astley Estate, right where Jarrolds Letheringsett is located. The beloved Aish Bakery continues to provide its delicious breads and pastries, and the original team remains at the heart of the experience – now joined by new faces as we grow.

We’ve refreshed the restaurant menu to spotlight even more seasonal and local ingredients, and this summer, we’re excited to host evening events in our stunning outdoor space.

Jarrolds Letheringsett is more than a name change – it’s an exciting evolution.

We look forward to welcoming you and sharing more of what makes Jarrolds special, right here in North Norfolk.

Find out more about Jarrolds Letheringsett.

Global-leading energy services company Proserv has secured a major contract win worth in excess of $20 million, underpinning the company’s fast-evolving international footprint and market-leading status in the subsea arena.

This latest award by Hess Corporation is for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment for the deepwater Stampede development, situated in the Gulf of Mexico.

Work for the project will be carried out in various Proserv subsea service centres and technology hubs around the world, reinforcing the company’s strong inter-regional capability. The design and manufacture of the subsea electronics modules (SEMs) and subsea control modules (SCMs) will be carried out by Proserv’s team of subsea experts in Great Yarmouth, UK, with Proserv’s Trondheim facility in Norway providing technical support. Final testing, servicing and the integration of equipment will be carried out at Proserv’s new dedicated controls facility in Houston, USA.

The systems will be delivered to the client in a phased approach throughout 2015 and 2016 in line with key project milestones.

Proserv, which is headquartered in Westhill, has a long-standing relationship with Hess Corporation and over the past three years has secured work with the operator which, including this latest award, is estimated to be worth around $35 million. These activities included providing subsea controls equipment and services for Hess Corporation’s Tubular Bells field, a fast-track project that has just announced first production, and Hess GoM brownfield projects.

David Lamont, Proserv CEO, said: “This is a significant win for the company that highlights the strength of our technical and engineering expertise as well as our market-leading status in the subsea controls and communications field.

“Proserv has already worked with Hess Corporation on several projects and the award of this contract is testament to the strength of our relationship and their trust in our ability to deliver robust technology solutions and services on time and to the highest standards. We look forward to working with Hess Corporation in the successful delivery of this project and would also like to congratulate them on the expeditious production of first oil from the Tubular Bells development.”

Proserv, which operates worldwide across several regions, has a 40-year track record in delivering bespoke solutions for the energy industry, particularly in the drilling, production, subsea and marine market sectors.

The latest contract award builds on Proserv’s high-profile portfolio of clients and projects, and mirrors the company’s global success through contracts with major operators in other international provinces.

It also comes just weeks after Proserv was acquired by Riverstone Holdings LLC, a major US private equity investor with an impressive track record of backing independent operators and energy service companies.

The Department of Art History and World Art Studies at UEA is offering four Internships in partnership with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA) as part of the MA Museum Studies degree.

This course combines the cutting-edge research and curatorial experience of academic staff in the School with the professional resources and experience of the SCVA. It brings together in-depth historical and theoretical approaches to museums with practice-based modules addressing the public role of the museum, collections management and interpretation, with an emphasis on topical issues and responsive engagement.

The Internships provide students with £10,000 towards fees and expenses and those who are successful will undertake a programme of workplace-based training as part of a team at the SCVA, alongside their MA studies.

Other awards are also available to those studying within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, including AHRC and MA-specific Scholarships, with deadlines falling between 1 March and 31 March 2015. Those who are interested can find details regarding eligibility and the application process on the University’s website.

South Cambridgeshire District Council has announced that planning permission has been approved for LSI’s new Arthur Rank Hospice. The hospice will replace the existing hospice on the Brookfield site, Mill Road, Cambridge and will have 24 beds, double the number of beds currently available with 16 single rooms plus en-suite facilities and two, four bedded bays. Plans include a commercial kitchen which will be able to provide freshly cooked food for patients, staff and visitors – this will be a significant improvement on the current cook/chill facilities and super new educational facilities to enable the hospice to train other healthcare professionals in good end of life care.

The setting at Shelford Bottom is green, leafy and tranquil and the building has been designed to fit sympathetically into the landscape. Dr Lynn Morgan, CEO of the charity said “the new hospice is light, airy and modern. We were hoping to get a hospice which would raise people’s spirits and I believe LSI has definitely achieved this. The lead architect, Louise Knights, has worked closely with all of our staff to ensure that the hospice really meets our needs and will function very well”.

Louise Knights, Associate at LSI, said “Receiving planning permission is a significant milestone towards providing Arthur Rank Hospice with the building that their fantastic hard work deserves. The new Hospice will provide every patient and visitor with a direct connection to the outside, with the external space being treated as equally as important as the internal environment.”

The hospice is designed to cater for the increasing population of Cambridge and the surrounding area and also the rise in the number of people who will live longer but at the end of their life have multiple medical conditions which will make their care more complex.

The building work will begin in January 2015 and will be completed in summer 2016. The build will cost in the region of £10 million, £5.5 million has already been raised.

The charity stressed that they are very keen for people to donate to this very worthy cause and hope that when people see the new hospice going up they will be encouraged to contribute. Cambridgeshire County Council has agreed an interim loan to enable the charity to start building. More detail of what the hospice will look like can be seen on https://www.arhc.org.uk .

OWS are delighted to announce that we are now a distributors of the German manufactured modern, stylish, reliable, sleek WMF Coffee Machines.

https://www.wmf-coffeemachines.com/

With its in-built technology we are able to programme the machines to fit your own design, such as various colour display panels, company logo on design panel and renamed drinks, great for marketing.

Machines are purposily built for small, medium or large users.

For more information please call 01953 451753.

Our Founder, Simon Wingfield, has recently been made a Fellow of the Institute
of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (FIOEE).

Fellow FIOEE:

‘Fellow status recognises a group
of experienced entrepreneurs, enterprise support professionals and academics
who deliver sustained long-term entrepreneurial performance by leading and
developing enterprise strategy. As a Fellow you will be committed to promoting
and sharing the highest standards, developing others and improving yourself’.

https://ioee.org.uk/membership/

Staff and students at Springwood High School are getting involved in Erasmu+ a European initiative for education, training, youth and sport. Visiting teachers from France, Germany and Iceland were at Springwood for a preparatory meeting last week preparing for an international cross-curriculum project. The aim is for students and staff to visit each country during the academic years 2015-17, taking part in a week’s organised activity in each venue. There will be a common theme “Healthy Living” with each country organising projects relating to a particular aspect and tradition of their country.

Keep an eye out in our Visits Abroad & Internationalism Pages for more news on this story.

Wingfield
Consultants is
now officially accredited with the Good Business Charter.

Good
Business Charter:

The Good
Business Charter is the UK’s responsible business benchmark. Founded by Julian
Richer and developed with the CBI, TUC and FSB, it brings together the
interests of people, business and society to define what a truly good business
looks like.

It sets a
high bar. Accredited organisations must meet all ten components — from paying
the real Living Wage and supporting employee voice, to ethical sourcing,
environmental responsibility and paying fair tax. These are what matter most to
people and the foundation on which businesses build loyalty, resilience, and
lasting success. 

By meeting
all ten commitments, GBC-accredited organisations proudly demonstrate
that responsible
business matters — and that they are helping to build a
fairer, more sustainable society for all.

We are looking forward to the summer and the outdoor exhibition season.  One of the highlights for our business is exhibiting at the Royal Norfolk Show in June to meet new contacts, and network with existing clients and friends.  We will be in the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce Business Hub amongst the hive of activity!

We love having the opportunity to just be there to offer our expertise and guidance to the business community of Norfolk.  The Swarm team have a huge level of knowledge and experience in apprenticeships, professional training and well considered recruitment – all working towards helping you build a high performing team for your business. It will all be on offer for you to tap into at the show.

So many business challenges can be easily resolved through upskilling your staff and we can talk you through how, show you training case studies of what has happened for other businesses similar to yours, and can pinpoint the wide ranging benefits and savings.  We can also talk you through the available Government funding which we can tap into for you and how professional training makes tangible savings, operational improvements and impact, especially through this difficult economic time.  There will be free info cards and easy step by step processes to take away with you to help you make simple impactful changes:

What we will have available to offer you on our stand…

·       Free consultancy

·       Take away information on what’s available for your team and business needs

·       Options you may not have considered or know are available

·       Case studies of solutions to your key team/people challenges

·       Business benefits and savings you can make

·       Boosts for Productivity

·       Really easy to understand ‘process cards’

Don’t be nervous… we’re not about selling to you!

Our whole purpose will be to offer free consultancy and support to Norfolk businesses and their teams. If we can help you, we’d love to, if we can’t, then we’ll know and we’ll tell you.
But, maybe just something small from our free info cards will make a difference for you.

Come and find us in the Business Hub tent and we look forward to seeing you there.

As from the 4th of December 2014, the stamp duty for the majority of homebuyers has been given a fair and significant cut.

The old rules attracted wide criticism as being outdated and simply unfair. Until today, stamp duty in the UK would have been charged based purely on the total purchase price of the property. The rules meant that the total price would be placed into a stamp duty tax band and any increase in the price, even a fluctuation as small as a £1 rise, could cross the threshold and cause the stamp duty to automatically jump up significantly, incurring potentially thousands of pounds more in charges because of that £1 rise.

The changes today have made the system more comparable to the familiar income tax structure in that you will now only pay the higher rate of tax on the part of the price that has gone into the next tax band. For example if you were buying a property for £185,000 you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £125,000 and 2% on the remaining £60,000 – a saving of £650. A further example is that someone buying a home as from today for £275,000 would pay £3,750 in stamp duty, rather than £8,250 under the old rules – that’s a saving of £4,500!

Please see the HM Treasury statement which includes a useful link to a reliable online calculator. The statement clearly and simply sets out the new rules and we suggest that you may wish to use the same as a point of reference. Clearly the new rates will give a significant boost to the property market and benefit the majority of people preparing to purchase their homes. If you need any further details please do not hesitate to contact us on 01603 610911.

Leathes Prior’s David Clarke – Partner and Head of The Conveyancing Team comments:

‘The profession has, for many years, been asking for changes to the stamp duty levels to reflect substantial increases in property prices since the previous levels were imposed. The changes are very welcome to make a fairer system, whereby previously the rate was paid at a single rate on the entire property price, now it is paid only on the part of the property price within each tax band – very much like income tax. By way of example, when purchasing a property at just over £250,000, under the previous rules duty rose from 1% to 3% of the whole price leading to stamp duty on a property at say £260,000 of £7,800. Under the new system, duty would now be payable in the sum of £3,000.’

Please note: The content of this article is for general information only and does not constitute legal advice. Specific legal advice should be taken in any specific circumstance.