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A study undertaken of more than 25,000 people has deemed that drinking more than 5 cups of coffee per day can prevent heart attacks. Read more on the article detailed below issued earlier today by Sky News.

https://news.sky.com/story/1437336/coffee-prevents-heart-attacks-study-says

In the lead-up to the eagerly anticipated art sculpture trail, GoGo Safari, Chantry Place is thrilled to announce the arrival of three mysterious animal crates on Saturday, the 24th of May, and they’re inviting families and visitors to come along, get involved and unleash their inner explorer.

Unveiled with a fun, safari-style spectacle featuring volunteers from Chantry Place, Break – the charity behind the trail – and other sponsors, the animal boxes will appear at Chantry Place and be placed in key locations throughout the Centre. Sponsored by Chantry Place, Keeler Recruitment, and Osiris IT, each box will feature clues and interactive elements to help visitors guess the animal sculpture inside – or at least imagine it!

Visitors can take part in a drawing competition, collecting special sheets on the day to take home and sketch the animal they believe is inside the box. Chantry Place has £150 worth of Langley’s gift vouchers to give away, with each winning young artist receiving a £50 voucher.

Jo Bates, General Manager of Chantry Place, said: “We’re so excited to kick off the countdown to GoGo Safari with this fun and immersive experience for families. The animal boxes are a great way to get the community guessing and engaging before the trail officially launches in June – and we can’t wait to see the wild guesses and even wilder drawings!”

The animal boxes will remain on display at Chantry Place for four weeks, giving families plenty of time to get involved before the full GoGo Safari trail launches on the 23rd of June, transforming Norwich and Norfolk into a vibrant safari landscape of over 50 large-scale animal sculptures which include rhinos, gorillas, lions, elephants and giraffes.

As a proud presenting partner and sponsor of the trail, Chantry Place will feature six large sculptures and 16 mini-giraffes designed by local schools, making it one of the key destinations on the trail.

Delivered by Break in partnership with the Zoological Society of East Anglia, alongside Norwich BID, and Chantry Place, each sculpture has been designed by talented artists and sponsored by local businesses and raises vital funds for Break and their life-changing work for young people in, around and beyond care. The animal boxes were produced by CIM Signs & Graphics, and Chantry Place thanks all sponsors and Break for their support in bringing this epic experience to life.

Don’t miss the adventure – come to Chantry Place on the 24th of May to discover the mystery, make your guess, and let your imagination run wild!

Norwich International Airport has become one of the first in the UK to transition to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) aerodrome regulatory regime, underlying its growing reputation as one of Britain’s most progressive airports. Only the fourth UK site to transfer to the system, which all European airports must adhere to by December 2017, Norwich is among a small group of pioneering aviation hubs setting the pace for the industry.

“Norwich has always worked hard at being one of the country’s most progressive airports, which is why we agreed early this year to become part of a pilot initiative mapping the approach required to transition to the new European wide system,” said Richard Pace, Operations Director at Norwich International Airport.

“While our existing procedures and approach to safety made the process relatively straightforward, taking the initiative not only kept us ahead of the game, but will also enable airports around the UK to learn from our experience and best practice.” EASA is the centrepiece of the European Union’s aviation safety system, working alongside the European Commission and the National Aviation Authorities (NAAs) to improve standards. The Agency develops common safety and environmental rules, monitors the implementation of standards through inspections and provides the necessary technical expertise and training to support the system.

All UK Aerodromes open to public use and which serve commercial air transport and where operations using instrument approach or departure procedures are provided fall within the scope of the EASA regulations, which came into force on 6 March 2014. Norwich participated in a pilot scheme designed to identify best practice for UK airports transferring to the scheme early this year, then became one of the first to formally make the switch a few weeks ago.

Richard Pace added: “I felt it was important for us to play a key role in the process. Despite their importance to local communities and economies regional airports are often drowned out by the noise generated by larger sites, and we wanted to ensure that our voice would be heard.” Norwich owner Regional & City Airports (RCA) – the airports division of Rigby Group PLC – believes that the announcement will also deliver benefits for its operations at Coventry and Exeter.

John Spooner, Director of Airport Management at Rigby Group’s airports division Regional & City Airports (RCA) said: “One of the key benefits RCA offers its airports is shared experience and expertise. With Norwich having so successfully completed its role as an industry pathfinder, the knowledge gained during the exercise will greatly ease the transition process at Coventry and Exeter Airports.”

It’s a pivotal year in the Ideal Home Shows more than 100 year history, with 2015 seeing the show return to Olympia for the first time since 1978. A change of venue brings a whole new set of challenges for an event of any size, not least one the scale of the Ideal Home Show. As a result, the show management team were keen to quickly assess visitor experiences and to do so, chose to partner with Zing for their 2015 spring event insights.

Zing Director, Lisa Holt said “We are thrilled to be working with award winning event organiser Media 10 on such a prestigious event in such a landmark year. Our approach incorporates our unique iPad research pods, which mean we’re able to provide daily visitor experience feedback during the show and we’ll supplement this further with post-show online research.”

Holt continued “We’ve worked with some amazing event brands since our launch in 2011 and are keen to continue to build our events portfolio. We’ve recently re-launched our website (www.zinginsights.com) to help us to demonstrate our expertise and the benefits of working with qualified research professionals.

Our very happy client base has been kind enough to spread the word about working with Zing through referral and recommendation. We know they’re happy because we conduct our own customer research which helps us to make sure that we’re delivering the best product and service possible.”

Ideal Home Show Marketing Manager, Jo Bowry said “We chose to work with Zing because of their multi-layered approach to research, which suits our need for both on site and post show surveys at the show this year. With the show in a new venue, our customer insights will be more valuable than ever before to ensure we are delivering the high level of visitor experience that the show is renowned for and we are pleased that Zing are on board to help us deliver this.’

Local insurance brokers and financial planners Alan Boswell Group (ABG) have announced they will be supporting ‘Break’ as their Charity of the Year for 2015. Break, a Norfolk based charity has been providing a diverse range of specialist residential and community based services for vulnerable children, young people and families across East Anglia for over 45 years.

Alan Boswell Group have committed to sponsoring two dragons in this year’s GoGoDragons! Heritage Trail around Norwich City centre before the dragons are auctioned off for the charity and will also be taking part in Break’s other events including the Hunny Bell Cross Country and the Great Norwich Duck Race in August.

Additionally the Group will be hosting a golf day at Costessey Park for corporate guests and hoping to improve on their own performance in the annual ‘Boswell Cup’, an inter-business football tournament held at Carrow Road in May. Various raffles, cake sales and dress down days will boost the coffers in what, the Group hope, will be another bumper year in terms of charitable giving.

Director of Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers, Heath Alexander-Bew, said: “Raising money for charity is a really simple way of helping our local community whilst building team spirit. It is a classic win-win situation and we’re really pleased to be able to support Break during one of their biggest fund raising years ever.

“GoGoDragons! promises to be an incredible event and we’re really pleased to be a part of it. We’ve chosen to take part in the Heritage trail to help highlight the incredible buildings whilst building stronger links with the community.”

Martin Green, Project Manager at Break, reiterated Heath’s comments “Our charitable events always prove immensely popular, especially the Norwich Duck Race. It’s a great way for people to enjoy a day out whilst helping others at the same time.

“We’re obviously thrilled to have Alan Boswell Group commit to their fund raising events this year on behalf of Break and are looking forward to a successful partnership.”

GoGoDragons! is a Wild in Art event brought to Norwich by Break charity. You can find out more about GoGoDragons! By visiting the dedicated website or searching GoGoDragons! on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter

About Alan Boswell Group

Alan Boswell Group (ABG) is a Chartered Insurance Brokers and regional Independent Financial Planners with over 220 staff based across five locations – Norwich, Attleborough, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough and London. Established in 1982 the company offers a wide range of insurance broking and financial services from landlords’ insurance and self-drive hire to pensions, protection and investment advice. Alan Boswell Group are proud sponsors of NCFC and look after the insurance for the Championship Club.

Visit www.alanboswellgroup.com for more information

Superman joins the Swarm Team

Swarm is really pleased to welcome Chris Reeve (Superman) who has become the newest member of the Operations team here at Swarm HQ here in Wymondham.

Chris has been involved with Swarm unofficially for over a year as he is coming to the end of his enterprise apprenticeship working with Robert Aston, the founder of Swarm. Now due to Swarm’s growth he has officially has moved over in a duel role in supporting the operations team and growing new business opportunities.

Chris Perry, Swarm’s Managing Director, said, “I am happy that Chris has joined us officially as he will be fantastic addition to the team that always go above and beyond in matching the right candidates for our employers positions.

As a Swarm apprentice, Chris Reeve really embodies the enterprising characteristics of Swarm and as such, he has already proven his ability to encourage businesses in taking on young people to support their organisations. There really is no better way to encourage businesses to take on apprentices when the person they’re talking to is an apprentice themselves.

With a name like Chris Reeve, I have very high hopes for him and I am sure that he will be dedicated to the role when he is not donning his red cape and saving the world.”

On joining the company, Chris Reeve commented, “I am delighted to officially join the Swarm Apprenticeships team. Since becoming an apprentice I’ve become extremely passionate about the brand and the direction in which the organisation is moving. I’m thoroughly looking forward to getting stuck into the role and getting to know more people in the local business community.”

Chris Reeve will be out in the business community at events so please look out for him (minus spandex) and hear his apprenticeship story. Who knows, you may just want one yourself.

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For 2 years now our Operations Director Francesca de Lacey has been going on about her love of reusable nappies, and her despair over the lack of information for parents about the options available.

So imagine her delight when JMS was approached by the owner of one of the UK’s biggest reusable brands – Little Lamb Nappies – to create some professional promotional videos.

Being herself a user of cloth nappies and the brand, Francesca was the perfect choice to front the productions – a first for a reusable nappy brand – and show, ‘mum-to-mum’, how they work.Covering the 3 main types (One Size Pocket, Sized Pocket and Nappy & Wrap) the films introduce the numerous benefits, look, absorbency and fit of cloth nappies.

Filming took place in our TV studio in Norwich with one day shooting presenter links and a second day capturing the antics of 6 ‘cloth bum baby’ models for the title sequences.

The short films are a great introduction to this growing market and JMS has loved working with this fantastic brand and shooting with a bunch of funny, crazy and unpredictable youngsters! (oh, and the babies too….!)

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Norwich Research Park has won a prestigious industry award at
the inaugural Commute Zero Hero Awards, hosted by climate tech provider
Mobilityways. The awards honour organisations and individuals driving
innovative commuting solutions that reduce carbon emissions and foster a
culture of sustainability. 

Norwich Research Park has won the Most Innovative Commuting
Solution Award which recognises organisations that develop creative,
forward-thinking solutions to transform the commuting experience.

Norwich Research Park won the award for its creative and
data-driven approach to fostering a cycling culture. Building on a strong green
travel strategy, Anglia Innovation Partnership, the campus management organisation
at Norwich Research Park, launched a successful travel survey and created
engaging in-person events such as Bike Day. With initiatives like the Beryl
bike sharing scheme and free on-site bike repairs, it has made cycling more
accessible, even for students who do not own a bike.

Its commitment is further reflected in the strong engagement
it has established, with over 20% of staff cycling to work regularly. By using
data to drive decisions, Anglia Innovation Partnership has laid the groundwork
for future investments and has built a collaborative, supportive community
across the park campus. In summary, Mobilityways said, “This innovative,
community-focused approach sets Norwich Research Park apart as a leader in
sustainable commuting.”

The Commute Zero Hero Awards, which cover the whole of the
UK, recognise initiatives that have supported more than 53,000 individuals to
make greener journeys over the last twelve months.  Among the other winners
are Heathrow Airport, West Sussex County Council and University Hospitals
Dorset. 

Nick Goodwin, COO of Anglia Innovation
Partnership, the campus management organisation at Norwich Research Park, said,
“We are delighted that our efforts to move towards more sustainable travel across
the park campus have been recognised with this award. When you consider the growth
of our campus and the number of people that are here every day, it is important
to offer solutions that help our community to use more sustainable modes of
transport to and from work.

“The institutions and companies at
Norwich Research Park have a real sense of community and desire to make the
park campus accessible to our local communities. We are on a journey to deliver
on our strategy and continue our collaborative effort to improve the way we
travel. This award is recognition for everyone who has completed surveys,
communicated to staff and chosen to share a car, get the bus, walk, run or
cycle to work – well done!”

Mobilityways Managing Director, Julie Furnell, commented,
“The Commute Zero Hero Awards recognise those leading the charge in making
commuting greener, healthier and more efficient. Our winners have developed
best practices that deliver measurable impacts in the mission to make
zero-carbon commuting a reality. From reducing emissions to improving the
health, wealth and happiness of their teams, these organisations demonstrate
the transformative power of sustainable commuting solutions. We’re delighted to
celebrate their success and inspire others to follow suit.” 

Norwich Sunblinds have been donating a £1.00 for each curtain, blind and roman fold sold to a charity each month.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance was the charity for the month of October 2014 and we managed to raise £1128.00.

Alan Smith received the cheque on behalf of The East Anglian Air Ambulance he gave the staff at Norwich Sunblinds a brief talk about the work the Air Ambulance and crew manage to do and the work that he as a volunteer does to get funding. Very worthwhile cause, we were very proud to be able to contribute to them and their work.

01603 615945www.sunblinds.co.uk

On Tuesday March 4th Investors in People (IIP) accredited Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) with its prestigious Silver Award, calling the firm a “rewarding and positive place to work”.

With offices in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich, Pure is the only recruitment business in the East of England to have been awarded silver accreditation, according to the latest IIP records.

Investors in People is a management framework for high performance through people. This prestigious accreditation is recognised across the world as a mark of excellence. The IIP assessment recognised Pure as an organisation with a strong vision and purpose, operating within a “supportive” and “empowering” culture. Pure’s strengths were identified as: involving staff in planning and strategy; creating a culture of openness and trust; a strong social responsibility ethos; an openness to new ideas and continuous improvement; and the provision of a range of work-life balance solutions. These have all created a proud and committed workforce.

Gill Buchanan, Director of Pure, says: “The national IIP Silver Award means a great deal to us as it demonstrates that the relationships we have with our people enables them to build the long-term, positive relationships with our clients and candidates.

“In recent years, we have been very focused on employee engagement, which has enabled us to grow with our values at the heart of the business,” explains Lynn Walters, also a Director at Pure and a co-founder of the Best Employer initiative. She adds: “We have awarded many local organisations for their excellent engagement strategies, and it feels very rewarding to receive the IIP Silver accreditation, which tells us that our own engagement practices are very successful.”

Pure has been working with an IIP specialist from EMB Excellence Ltd (emb-x), the organisation that delivers the IIP service for central England.

Neil Farish, Head of Marketing for emb-x, says: “Pure is a strong business that is professionally managed by directors who strongly believe in the value of developing people and creating an open, honest and positive working environment.Pure is a good example of an IIP organisation in that they clearly see the business benefits of embedding key values that support future success.”

Pure is succeeding in digital staff engagement too. The firm has just won the first annual Jostle Award for its vibrant and engaging intranet, which celebrates its people, and reflects its knowledge and values. The firm’s intranet receives an enviable 80% or more engagement level each week.

For more information about Pure’s IIP Silver Award and its Jostle Award, contact Gill Buchanan on 01223 209888 or gill@prs.uk.com

Local law firm Steeles Law, which has offices in Norwich and Diss as well as Central London, has announced a senior appointment ahead of a planned office move to refurbished offices in Diss town centre.

Ruth Pyatt is a further recruit to the solicitors’ large and well respected wills, probate and tax team. Ruth, who qualified as a Solicitor in Scotland in 2007, brings to the firm a unique specialism in cross-border matters, as well as advising locally on Wills, Inheritance Tax, estate planning and probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and the creation and administration of trusts.

Stephen Drake, CEO at Steeles Law, commented: “2015 is proving an exciting year for Steeles. Achievement of the Investors in People Silver award – a first for law firms in Norfolk – and the further expansion of our private client teams, together with our move to more high street based premises in Diss, will allow us to present an innovative, modern and accessible face to our clients and business partners”.

Steeles Law will move from 2 Mount Street to St Nicholas House, 3 St Nicholas Street, Diss in the spring. The offices are currently undergoing extensive refurbishment and a date for the move will be announced in the coming months.