A series of free business roadshows will offer advice and funding support to SMEs across Norfolk and Suffolk this autumn.
The New Anglia Growth Hub is hosting short sessions to give companies the opportunity to find out about funding and financial support and to speak to the Growth Hub’s business advisers for free and impartial advice.
To book click here, or for further details contact the New Anglia Growth Hub: 0300 333 6536.
The New Anglia Growth Hub is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce on behalf of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
As part of our centenary fundraising activities, we would like to invite you to our fundraising bake sale at our Norwich at 7 The Close, Norwich office on Tuesday, 3 October between 10.00am and 2.00pm.
Building on the huge success of last year’s event, ‘Energise Your Future at the Skills for Energy Conference’, when more than 600 students, parents and teachers connected with energy employers, our next event, Skills for Energy 2017, will take place on 29 November at the International Aviation Academy – Norwich (IAAN).
This event will be designed to feed the increasing appetite among young people to explore the full range of training and career opportunities in the energy industry and how to access them. It will provide a unique opportunity to talk directly to and inspire potential employees and showcase companies’ investment in young people and the future.
We can only achieve this with the support of the region’s employers and their commmitment to take the free-of-charge exhibitor spaces and bring along interactive STEM-based activities, current apprentices and other employees who can talk to young people about their experiences.
Feedback from students and teachers from last year’s event was incredibly positive, so please help us to make this year’s event bigger, better and even more inspirational for our future workforce.
To take part in this exciting event please register your interest with Siofra Driver, Events and Communications Executive, siofra.driver@eeegr.com, 01493 412196.
Work with us to inspire ambition and aspiration in the next generation of energy professionals.
In unpredictable market conditions greater emphasis is placed on the contribution and productivity of each individual employee. From a management perspective it is vitally important to monitor and control circumstances surrounding periods of employee absence.
In Birketts’ Early Bird seminars the team looked at the importance of the medical report and instructing medical advisers. This session will go much further and give delegates the practical knowledge and skills to:-
manage sickness absence procedures and meetings and recognise when specific action is required
identify what constitutes a “disability” for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010
understand when reasonable adjustments are necessary and what such adjustments might entail and
apply a practical step by step process when dealing with both intermittent and long term sickness absence.
This session would be beneficial to HR professionals and anyone with a responsibility for the management of employees.
This is a half day course starting at 9.30am and finishing with a light lunch and opportunity for informal discussion with our lawyers.
Create a stunning autumnal flower arrangement in a pumpkin with seasonal flowers and foraged greenery. This will look fabulous at Halloween either indoors or on your porch. We will be using beautiful oranges, yellows, greens, and reds to create this fabulous arrangement that you will take home to wow friends and neighbours. Times: Arrival from 6.30pm for a 7pm start and approximately 9pm finish. Cost: £30.00 per person Refreshments: Light Refreshments available throughout. Materials: All materials are provided for you. For more information, please contact us on either 01603 788950 or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
Register for the April Programme The highly successful Women’s Leadership Programme is now accepting applications for the April 2018 course. Open to women working in professional roles across the Eastern region, the leadership programme has made a huge difference with 66% of participants over the past three years having achieved a promotion or broadened their responsibilities. The programme was developed with an aim to support leaders to increase their leadership skills, develop their confidence and build a network of like-minded professionals What is the Women’s Leadership Programme? The Programme is designed to support the professional career development of high performing females, whilst working with their organisations to create an inclusive culture and build a strong talent pipeline for the future. The programme includes four days of facilitated learning, broken into two modules and enhanced by two coaching sessions, supported by a strong alumni network based in the Eastern Region continuing after the course finishes. Programme dates:
Module 1: Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th April 2018
Module 2: Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th June 2018
Why take part? In the past three years, we have supported 70 women, 66% of those have moved into senior roles within their organisation, here’s what previous delegates and sponsors have said… “The Pure Women’s Leadership Programme has been of tremendous value. I have been delighted with the way that the Leadership Programme has given my team member the time and opportunity to explore issues around leadership and personal development with other very bright young women. The facilitation on the programme has been first rate and I believe the participants have benefited significantly by being involved”. Lynn Morgan, Chief Executive, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (Sponsor) To find out more about the programme, please contact Lucy Plumb on lucy.plumb@pureexecutive.com or click here for further details.
The University of East Anglia offers the one year, full-time Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) teacher training route leading to Qualified Teacher Status and 60 credits at Masters Level. Find out more about teaching in the Primary school age range (3-11 years) at our Primary Teaching Information Session where representatives from the UEA Primary Teacher Training team will be on hand to answer your queries. All Primary key stages will be covered, including Primary Modern Languages (French, German or Spanish). Generous bursaries apply (subject to eligibility).
The event will be held at the Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA, Norwich.
We will begin the event at 10:00 with the General Information Presentation. Please ensure that you have arrived by this time.
Norwich School Young Chamber will be running a business networking breakfast on the 27th November. It will involve four guest speakers including Michelle Jarrold, from Jarrolds, and Matt Bartram, from Heritage Developments. The theme of the event is Company Creation. This includes topics such as growing sales, selling to new markets and creating business in the new digital age.
It will be a fantastic opportunity to network with local businesses and to learn how you can develop your own business.
LSI Architects has been ranked the best UK Employer for Workplace Wellbeing in Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index 2020-21.
The Practice was ranked top of 114 organisations taking part in Mind’s fifth annual Workplace Wellbeing Index this year. Based on surveys with its employees, the Practice was recognised with a Gold Award, meaning it has successfully embedded mental health into its policies and practices and demonstrated a long-term, in-depth commitment to staff mental health.
Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index is a benchmark of best policy and practice, celebrating the good work employers are doing to promote and support positive mental health, and providing key recommendations on the specific areas where there is room to improve.
This year’s Workplace Wellbeing Index Awards were hosted by Mind’s Chief Executive Paul Farmer, and took place online on 8 June. The event saw around 200 people come together to celebrate and recognise employers of different sizes and sectors who have prioritised and promoted staff wellbeing.
Every employer depends on having healthy and productive employees – valued and supported staff are far more likely to perform better and achieve peak performance. Mental health problems are common among employees, and research suggests that the past year has been particularly challenging for staff. Mind surveyed more than 42,000 employees across the 114 employers participating in the Index and included an additional section on the impact of Covid-19. The mental health charity found that two in five (41 per cent) of Index employees whose employers were taking in part said their mental health had worsened during the pandemic.
Ben Goode, Director at LSI Architects said:
“We’re incredibly proud to have been accredited Gold in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index again this year, and to have placed top of the Workplace Wellbeing Index in 2020/2021 because the achievement is largely based on what our teams have said.
“This has been such a challenging year and I don’t know anyone whose mental health and wellbeing hasn’t been affected.
“Mental health education is conspicuous by its absence in most people’s lives. As businesses, what we can do is help people to access more information around mental health and wellbeing to understand it, recognise triggers and provide strategies to keep people well and resilient.
By capturing things early we can signpost people to suitably qualified people earlier, often before they become a bigger issue. Employees who are less likely to experience poor mental health are simply more likely to be able to do their jobs effectively.”
Emma Mamo, Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind, said:
“Many congratulations to LSI Architects for being recognised as our top employer in this year’s Workplace Wellbeing Index. It has been amazing to see their journey over the last five years, going from strength to strength. Despite the challenging times we have all had recently, staff at LSI Architects told us they feel valued and that there is an open culture around mental health. I look forward to seeing how their approach to workplace wellbeing will continue to evolve.”
This event aims to help businesses across North Norfolk better focus and strengthen their marketing strategy.
A recent survey by Larking Gowen showed that 45% of retail and tourism based businesses thought there was a need for more advertising and PR and 20% thought promotion was poor in their local area.
The Business Marketing Conference will cover simple and cost-effective ways to increase awareness and sales of your business and brand.
We’ll look specifically at digital and online marketing as in the survey only 19% of the businesses who responded thought there was a significant benefit to their business, 31% some benefit and 21% little benefit.
The conference is designed to help small and micro businesses and our speakers and talk titles are listed below.
We have two experts to help guide your business message, covering how you can capitalize on FREE marketing through social media.
Nick Pandolfi works with businesses across the UK. enabling them to reach new markets, showing best practise on content creation. You will learn how best to use social media to reach new markets and engage them with them. Which platform works best? What to post and how to be sure your business is noticed are just two of the the answers you will take away.
Paul Britten holds remarkable insight to business internet presence with its mesh of websites, apps and social media, Paul brings together a lifetime of learning photography, art, computer programming, music and combine this with all the stunning new techniques of 360, 3D, virtual and moving reality with different perspectives given by aerial drone techniques. Content being the king of websites, social media and a general presence online he has developed the tools to bring any website, blog or app alive.
Supported by North Norfolk District Council and Sponsored by Hugh J Boswell.