Find out more at one of our Social Work Information Sessions:Monday 16 July at 12.30pm – also repeated at 6.30pm Venue: Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA
Social Work training at UEA has long been one of the most highly regarded in the country:BA Social Work – three yearsMA Social Work– two years
Social workers exercise care for vulnerable people, children, teenagers, frail older people, disabled people, and people with mental health problems or addictions. The demands are high but so is the satisfaction of knowing that you are using your knowledge and skills to the full, for the benefit of the community.
September 2012 applicants can apply for a social work bursary via the NHS Business Services Authority.
Benefits for both routes: – Students enabled to attain professional status as qualified social workers. – Emphasis on reflective practice and practical placements. – Excellent employment prospects across the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Captain Fawcett Ltd, the King’s Lynn based gentleman’s grooming company, was delighted to host a delegation of 30 members from the Marijampolės Rotary Club of Lithuania, who were in the UK visiting the Priory Rotary Club King’s Lynn.
Arranged with Gintaras Ginčius of the Marijampolės Rotary Club, the trip to Captain Fawcett HQ reciprocated the Right Hand Man’s visit to the Lithuanian Parliament last year.
The Right Hand Man (as Captain Fawcett company founder Richie Finney is known) visited Lithuania in 2023 during ‘The Great Expedition’, a monumental motorcycle road trip which saw the indefatigable Finney riding solo through 27 countries, covering over 12,500 miles in just 10 weeks.
The ‘Great Expedition’ was undertaken to celebrate and cement real life connection with barbershops and brand distributors on their home territory, including Lithuania.
Richie Finney said “Of all the countries I visited on last year’s somewhat madcap Great Expedition, Lithuania was a particular delight. Not only is it the birthplace of some key Captain Fawcett team members, it is also a hugely welcoming country with Baltic hospitality being simply second to none! It was a privilege for Fawcett HQ to return such warm friendship with a personal tour of Captain Fawcett’s Marvellous Barbershop Museum and copious cups of Rosie Lee!
“It goes without saying that international friendship is intrinsic to the proud outward looking Hanseatic heritage of King’s Lynn, shaping our seaport identity and economy through centuries of maritime commerce. Captain Fawcett is delighted to honour that long tradition and celebrate enduring bonds forged through centuries of global trade and cultural exchange.
“Suffice to say, a great time was had by all! Valio!”
A spokesperson from Marijampolės Rotary Club said “Whilst visiting the United Kingdom, it was a great opportunity to visit Captain Fawcett and learn about the business of creating cosmetic products for men, tour the Museum and see the production company at work. Thanks to the whole team at this unique place for their warm welcome and very interesting excursion.”
“As a specialist in the design and installation of signage, which includes billboards, here’s our #hottake on the latest marketing ploy from the grocery retailer Waitrose.
Residents in the south London borough of Wandsworth expressed concern over a new billboard by the supermarket giant Waitrose which appeared to be falling off its bracket at a rather alarming angle. Of course, those in the advertising industry understood well the tactics played by the retailer. We’ve all heard the old adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Getting the public to talk about your brand is always the end goal. The latest stunt deployed by the Waitrose marketing team reminds us of the hack used by baristas at Starbucks a few years ago, with the supposed deliberate misspelling of customers’ names on cups going viral on social media. Whether real or fake, strategies like these create organic, repeated media coverage and for free.
As signage specialists, what do we think about the latest advertising stunt from Waitrose? Our primary concern is safety. Whilst we understand that the promotional and advertising aspects of our customers’ signage is the most important to them, the safety surrounding installation is paramount to us. Above all else, eliminating the risk of danger or harm to the public must always be taken into account during any signage project. So long as all safety measures are accounted for, then this controversial sign from Waitrose has met the brief. Do we like it? That’s another post for another day.”
And somewhere in there… you’re meant to plan content, post on social, write email campaigns, your website, and track ad performance?
Let’s be real, marketing often gets pushed to “tomorrow.”
But tomorrow turns into weeks… and your visibility (and leads) slip away.
We handle your digital marketing end-to-end so you can focus on running your business.
From SEO and Google Ads to social media, content creation, and email campaigns, we’ll create and manage a strategy that works without adding to your to-do list.
We don’t just “do the marketing.”
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Be in with a chance to win a meal at one of the Raffles Restaurants of your choice( Pinocchios The Library, St Benedicts or Pulse WITH a Magnum of champagne And a Jarrold Pamper Day (Value £200)
By ordering off our special Best of British Dessert menus, delights such as Gooseberry and Elderflower fool,with a shortbread biscuit or Necterine and sherry trifle, summer pudding, or our special Olympic Torch dessert!
Target Audience The course is suitable for anybody wanting an introduction to scientific computing using the Matlab computing environment. No prior knowledge of computer programming is assumed.
Course Objectives At the end of the course, you will have:
An introduction to using Matlab for scientific computation.
Experience of writing simple programs in the Matlab programming language.
Experience of using the visualisation capabilities of Matlab for presenting data.
The course consists of four sessions, with lectures on Matlab topics and practical laboratory classes, where theory learned in the lectures will be implemented.
Course Structure Session 1: Matlab basics
The Matlab environment
Constants, variables and expressions
Arrays
Session 2: Programming in Matlab
Functions and scripts
Arguments and return values
Conditional statements
Repetition statements
Session 3: Graphs, procedures and functions
Formatted console output
Creating simple graphs
Customising graphics with handle graphics
Session 4: GUIs
Constructing graphical user interfaces
Interfaces for input/output
Responding to user actions
Course Leader Dr Barry-John Theobald is a member of the Graphics, Vision and Speech laboratory in the School of Computing Sciences. His research interests concern analysing and synthesising faces, especially during speech. He has been using Matlab for over 16 years. It is the primary language in which he conducts his research, and he has experience of teaching Matlab programming to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Course Delivery Dates: 6-7 September, 2012 Cost: £384 + VAT Venue: UEA Norwich There is a 10% discount for UEA alumni and 30% discount for current UEA staff and postgraduate students.
More Information We can also deliver this course at an employer’s premises and would be happy to discuss details of this and any customisation (for example, adding additional sessions related to specific Matlab toolboxes to extend the functionality beyond basic Matlab).
For more information on the courses and services we can offer please contact us:Sue Johnson Centre for Professional Development Tel: +44 (0) 1603 591578 Email: professionaldevelopment@uea.ac.uk
Target Audience The course is suitable for anybody wanting an introduction to statistical data analysis using SPSS. The course assumes a familiarity with using Windows applications and the elementary statistical concepts.
Course Objectives At the end of the course, you will have:
Knowledge of main types of graphs and their use in statistics
An introduction to exploratory data analysis
Understanding of some common statistical tests and their interpretation
Experience of using SPSS for statistical data analysis
The course consists of two full days, with lectures on statistical topics and practical laboratory classes, using suitable examples to illustrate the techniques introduced in the lectures.
Course Structure
Day 1: Data entry and manipulation
Categorical and continuous data
Variables: definition, labelling, transforming and recoding
Simple plots and descriptive statistics
Exploratory data analysis: box-plots, histograms and normality plots
Cross tabulation and the chi-square test
Day 2: Basic statistical data analysis
Statistical testing and estimation
One sample tests:t-test, sign and signed rank tests
Two-sample tests: t-test, Mann-Whitney test
One-way ANOVA
Correlation and simple regression
Course Leader Prof Elena Kulinskaya currently holds the Aviva Chair in Statistics at UEA. She has extensive experience of research, teaching and consulting in many areas of statistics. Previously she was the Director of Statistical Advisory Service at Imperial College London. This popular course was developed and successfully taught by Elena at Imperial, and now we offer it at UEA.
Course delivery Dates: 10-11 September, 2012 Cost: £384 + VAT Venue: UEA London There is a 10% discount for UEA alumni and 30% discount for current UEA staff and postgraduate students.
More Information We can also deliver this course at an employer’s premises and would be happy to discuss details of this and any customisation.
For more information on the courses and services we can offer please contact:Sue Johnson Centre for Professional Development Telephone: +44 (0) 1603 591578 Email: professionaldevelopment@uea.ac.uk
Some clients who need assistance from either Family Law Solicitors or Criminal Solicitors, may be entitled to legal funding through the Legal Aid Agency. As part of this, at times Process Serving and enquiries are needed to progress the legal case and this is exactly where we come in.
At Taylor Investigations, we are now able to offer Process Serving and Civil and Criminal case enquiries under the Legal Aid Agency rate structure across England and Wales.
Based in Norwich but we have a network of agents throughout the UK
Yes, we are based in Norwich but we have a network of agents throughout the UK to assist with your requirements anywhere in the country.
Process Serving is the personal service of documents in relation to legal proceedings. For Legal Aid matters, this tends to include, but not limited to Non Molestation Orders or Witness Summons.
Legal Aid enquiries tend to include, but not limited to, scene visits to obtain photographs and drawings for Jury bundles, prison visits to obtain photographs or statements and tracing of witnesses.
All Legal Aid instructions are dealt with as a priority
All instructions are dealt with as a priority as we are aware there is usually an urgency to the case and we will invoice as per the rate structure set out. So, if you are family law solicitors or a criminal solicitor, you can rest assured knowing your Legal Aid case can proceed without delay.
With competition for customer’s attention becoming ever fiercer, a new chamber member aims to help local businesses develop a competitive advantage through marketing.
“Marketing is key to growth for lots of Norfolk businesses” says Sarah West, Managing Director of Full Mix Marketing. “However, many are unsure where to begin or disappointed by their current results. Our ambition is to become the fastest growing marketing agency in Norfolk, simply by helping our clients become some of the fastest growing companies.”
A Chartered Marketer and former winner of Young Marketer of the Year, Sarah has most recently been Strategic Marketing Manager for leading UK holiday company, Hoseasons. She’s now established a strategic, digital and offline marketing agency to give local businesses all the marketing they need to grow.
“I’ve hired many marketing agencies but become frustrated by their focus on design rather than results. Whether it’s a website, direct mail campaign or full marketing strategy, it has to produce more business. Whatever our client’s size or needs, we’re focused on ensuring the marketing we deliver creates the best possible return” adds Sarah.
To help businesses get a head start, Full Mix Marketing have created a number of free guides, including advice on how to use marketing to grow, avoid digital marketing mistakes and get better results from advertising. These can be downloaded free by chamber members at fullmixmarketing.co.uk/guides.
“We understand that – large or small – businesses in Norfolk invest in marketing because they want to see a return. It doesn’t make sense to just pay for activity when its results you need. Because we’re confident we can improve results, we even offer our clients a guarantee” states Sarah.
As to why she joined Norfolk Chamber, Sarah says “I’ve previously worked for three businesses who were active members of the chamber. It gave them a voice in the business community and, of course, helped them grow. When I started my own business, I naturally wanted to become an active member.”
Full Mix Marketing’s free guides and details of their guarantee can all be found at www.fullmixmarketing.co.uk
Join wine expert Graham Donaldson as we re-visit one of the most popular regions for a wine tour of Spain’s finest vineyards. Graham will hand-pick his favourite Spanish wines which will be carefully matched to a delectable four-course meal.
There are five glasses of wines to enjoy and each one will complement each course of the Spanish inspired menu. Expect a light-hearted evening, with excellent food, first-rate company and wines to make your mouth water.
Where? In the Top of the City at Norwich City Football Club, from 7.30pm until 11pm How much? £55 per person
With the nation suffering from post-Olympic blues and missing the highs of cheering on the UK’s sporting stars, Norfolk residents are being encouraged to maintain their sporting fever into September and to support the athletes taking part in a challenging and unique event on their doorstep.
The Birketts’ Round Norfolk Relay is an annual demanding team relay race around Norfolk, covering 197 miles in 24 hours. This year’s event starts on Saturday 15 September and will see over one thousand runners race through the night into Sunday morning, passing the baton at each leg of the route which mirrors Norfolk’s county borders.
Pete Goddard, partner at event sponsors Birketts LLP and Round Norfolk Relay participant, said: “The Birketts’ Round Norfolk Relay has become a notorious event in the British Athletics Calendar and it attracts top runners from across the UK. and further afield. The beauty of this event is that for many people in Norfolk the runners will literally race past their doorstep. With a nation inspired by Team GB’s sporting stars we hope that this year we will be able to attract even more supporters.
“I can speak from personal experience when I say that spectators cheering us on can really make a huge difference to each relay runner. It can make or break how fast each leg of the race is completed and impact on the final results and winners.”
The event, which was originally founded in 1987, has itself received backing from Olympic heroes with guests of honour including the likes of Dame Kelly Holmes and former European and Commonwealth marathon champion Ron Hill who was the celebrity guest for last year’s 25th anniversary event.
Explaining more about the event, Race Director Paul Sullivan said: “This event is truly unique as it is the only continuous, long-distance relay in the UK athletics calendar. It is the ultimate runners’ club challenge as it requires a high degree of commitment, endurance, team spirit and hard work. It’s also just as much an organisational challenge as it is run over 24 hours without a break and needs special preparation, planning and support.
“This year we have over 60 teams taking part from clubs including City of Norwich AC, The Stragglers and the Birketts’ Runners Athletics Club made up of team members from our event sponsors Birketts. We would especially encourage spectators along the pretty coastal routes which are run during daylight hours.”
The award-winning Birketts’ Round Norfolk Relay will follow on from the Tour of Britain leg around East Anglia on 9 September, providing plenty of opportunities for people in the county to maintain the sporting enthusiasm.
Starting and finishing in Kings Lynn, each runner in a 17 strong team will run one stage of the race, with each stage varying between 5 to 20 miles. The route will take the participants through Hunstanton along the coastline to Cromer and then back through the roads to Great Yarmouth by which stage night has usually fallen. The runners then race through Breckland and across the Fens to follow the Great Ouse River back into Kings Lynn. Paul Sullivan added: “There is an additional opportunity for runners, teams, supporters and helpers to get involved this year as we have launched a prize-winning photo competition to encourage participants to capture images of this unique event. With the runners racing their way along Norfolk’s vast sandy beaches, open spaces and picturesque towns and villages there will be plenty of opportunities to capture some stunning images of the event. This year the competition categories are ‘Running in the Dark’ and ‘Jubilation & Celebration’ as well as an Open class.”
More information about the photography competition and the event route can be found at www.roundnorfolkrelay.com
The Comm-Tech Technology Day titled ‘Smarter Ways of Working’ is a one-day B2B event focusing on giving an in-depth insight into how the latest communication products can make businesses ‘Work Smarter’.
The Technology Day will be held at Comm-Tech’s headquarters in the prime city centre location of Norwich. Not only will you be able to meet leading manufacturers from the communications industry, you will also be able to attend FREE seminars on how their products can benefit your business.
Seminars topics will focus on the latest business propositions from Nokia, Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry and more. Vodafone will demonstrate how One Net and Microsoft Office 365 can improve your business efficiencies. Crystal Ball will identify how Mobile Monitor and Lone Worker solutions can ensure you are obeying government legislation’s while maximising the use of your workforce.
Our dedicated account management team will be available on the day to offer one-to-one chats about your business communication needs, we can also discuss whether you are currently receiving the best value for money on your current solution.