On Friday 10 February, Norfolk Chamber guests from across the region joined us at Dukes Head Hotel, Kings Lynn for an informative and relaxed networking morning with College of West Anglia.
Delegates arrived bright and early to get started on making new business connections. The event host, Heather Garrod, President of West Norfolk Chamber Council, welcomed guests and introduced our featured charity The Big C. This was followed by an ice breaker to get guests feeling relaxed and to encourage discussion, guest played ‘First or Worst jobs’ in which guest had to guess which first job belonged to which guest at the table. There were some amusing and surprising results!
Following on from this delegates tucked into a delicious breakfast provided by Dukes Head Hotel, continuing to network on their tables. Once finished we proceeded to mix our delegates up with our Safari Move, changing their tables around to enable them to make even more contacts in the room.
Mark Reavell, Executive Director for Partnerships at the College of West Anglia and the senior manager responsible for overseeing all Employer Engagement took the stage next, and gave guests an in-depth overview of what the challenge form the government is and how to achieve it. The question and answer session revealed more about what the College can offer going forwards, and when the best time for SME’s was to get started on hiring an apprentice.
The event drew to a close with all delegates continuing their discussions and making those last minute contacts. Guests commented that they were confident with their apprenticeship needs going forward with the support of College of West Anglia and that the networking over the breakfast event was invaluable.
