City College Norwich will soon be delivering NEW Apprenticeship programmes in Plumbing, Civil Engineering & Property Maintenance.
To make Construction Apprenticeships a success in Norfolk, we would like your input to help us develop training which works best for your business; have your say and ensure your future workforce has the skills needed to succeed.
With significant government funding available, there has never been a better time to upskill your staff or recruit new members to your team.
Refreshments will be provided along with the opportunity to network with other industry employers, meet our Apprenticeship Delivery staff and ask any questions about Apprenticeships that you may have.
Looking for more staff? North Norfolk District Council has organised a free event for businesses to find out about employing apprentices, including funding, qualifications, pay and training. All local training providers will be available to explain their services and to provide advice about how apprentices can help you to develop your business. Light refreshments will be provided. To find out more telephone 01263 516331.
Of value to both professional advisers and private clients, our seminars aim to give you a good introductory understanding of issues underpinning some of our more important financial decisions. The tone is relaxed but professional and discussion among the group is encouraged.
Richard is a skilled communicator whose interest and enthusiasm enlivens apparently mundane subjects, making for engaging, thought provoking and informative sessions.
In the first half of the year more than 100 professionals and business people came to at least one of our sessions and the feedback was very positive.
We finish the year with three seminars that have proved particularly popular:
Pensions can be complicated but retirement shouldn’t be a mystery
Thursday, November 21st
We run two sessions on each date – at 8.30am and 12.30pm. With questions each lasts around two hours and qualifies for 1.5 hours of SRA acreditted CPD . A light breakfast or lunch will be served. There is ample free parking.
Thereis no charge for the seminars but numbers are limited, please visit www.chadwicks.co.uk for more information or to register your place.
Kings Lynn – Yours Business Networks, Tuesday Market, Kings Lynn.
In this change to our normal monthly HR Forum Meeting, we will be looking at GDPR, with several speakers considering the challenges for businesses as we move closer to the implementation deadline.
Each speaker will have ten minutes to outline implications, actions needed and how they can help including;
Alison Pena – Human Captial Department
Bethan Roles – Breathe-HR
Thomas Olsen – My-Local
Guy Pyle – Uptech IT
Dean Stannard – Swinton Business Insurance.
This event is immediately after the Chamber meeting at the Town Hall and includes free snacks but places are limited, [15 booked in already] so please reserve you place
Return to Learn – Art and Humanities Undergraduate Open Evening
23 May 2018, 6.00-8.30pm
Thinking of returning to education after some time away? Come along to our open evening on 23 May to find out about studying for an undergraduate degree in the Arts and Humanities. You’ll have the opportunity to find out about the courses we offer, student life at UEA, and the funding options available to help you achieve your goals.
All welcome – whether you’re making a tentative initial enquiry or have already made your decision and are on the verge of making your application.
Employers have the chance to showcase their career opportunities to local young people at the inaugural North Norfolk Skills & Careers Festival at Paston College on Tuesday 10th July 2018, 9:30am-3.30pm.
The Festival, organised by Paston College with North Norfolk District Council, builds on the success of the North East Norfolk ‘Futures’ events which have been held at the college in recent years.
School and college students attending the Festival will be able to find out about the huge range of career and study opportunities available and the different pathways they can take – from Apprenticeships, to Further Education and Higher Education options.
A Science and Technology Zone will highlight the many outstanding career opportunities available with local business keen to attract recruits with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
The Science and Technology Zone will also provide the focal point for a schools’ STEM competition which is being run for pupils in Year 8.
The Festival will have a strong focus on locally available Higher Education options. Representatives from the the Network for East Anglian Collaborative Outreach (NEACO), which aims to help young people with little or no experience of university to explore the world of Higher Education, will be running activities and offering advice and guidance.
On 29th September 2013 we will be entering a team into the East Anglian Air Ambulance Runway Run for the third consecutive year. After two very successful previous years we are aiming even higher this year. We want to enter a team of 100 runners comprising of businesses and community partners as well our own staff, with the target to raise at least £10,000 for the charity. The event encourages runners of all abilities and offers either a 5km or a 10Km option.
You are warmly invited to this inaugural lecture by Prof Mark Zeitoun:
Prof Mark Zeitoun will give his lecture: Water and War, and so much more on Tuesday 13 February, at 6.30pm in the Julian Study Centre lecture theatre, UEA
“Clashes over water are as frequent and predictable as they are devastating. This talk explores how water resources contribute to slow-burn conflicts, and suffer from violent ones. Focusing on the Middle East, Prof Zeitoun will also review the limits and merits of international law, and make a pitch for more engaged research.”
Free and no need to book – please feel free to share with interested colleagues and friends
This one day course is a must have qualification for all employees in the Food and Hospitality sector and will enable delegates to: *Take personal responsibility for food safety procedures *Keep themselves clean and hygienic *Receive and store food safely * Prepare, cook and hold food safely *Assessing and evaluating the learning The subjects covered are: 1. Food safety hazards; what can harm the consumer? 2. Safe food storage; food handling & cross contamination 3. Temperature control; refrigeration and chilling 4. Cooking, hot holding and reheating 5. Cleaning and disinfection 6. Pest control 7. Food premises and equipment 8. Legislation Prerequisites: None-just enthusiasm (but basic spoken English/ literacy does help) Duration: One day training programme (09:00-16:30) Cost: £88+VAT includes examination fees and lunch Course Tutor: Mitchell Vale is a registered Food Safety and Health & Safety Trainer with Highfield Awarding Body of Compliance. Mitchell is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. The RedCat Partnership have been providing food safety training and consultancy in Norfolk, East Anglia and nationally for over 19 years. For more information about this course please contact Mitchell on 01603 473732 or mitchell@redcatpartnership.co.uk
FREE WORKSHOP – Norfolk Consumer Goods and China Export Workshop – 27th March 3pm – 7pm at HSBC, Meridian Park, Broadland Business Park, in Norwich.
Norfolk County Council is working closely with Suffolk and Essex County Councils, supported by UK Trade and Investment and the China-Britain Business Council, to improve trade links between the east of England and China.
The Norfolk Consumer Goods and China Export Workshop is a free, half day seminar for companies wanting to sell consumer goods in China. With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, an increase in middle earner spending and high demand for consumer goods, there has never been a better time to enter the Chinese market.
The seminar will be led by a number of industry specialists and traders with extensive experience of retail trade with China. The programme will cover consumer trends and behaviours, market research techniques, agent and distributor selection, intellectual property rights and protection, market strategy, developing consumer goods brands for the Chinese market and consumer goods distribution laws.
In addition to the workshop, Norfolk County Council is working with partners to host a trade mission to Jiangsu Province in China, during May 2013 (13th – 18th). We are building the mission around China’s largest International Import Expo, which will take place in Kunshan, near Shanghai.
The mission will represent businesses which operate in the offshore wind, energy management, and green buildings sectors, and will also provide a platform for companies that produce consumer goods. The programme will include one-to-one visits with potential partners and customers in China as well as a series of events at, and around one of China’s largest international trade fairs.
If you are interested in attending the 2013 trade mission to the China Import Expo in Jiangsu, China; or simply want to learn about exporting goods to China, you are welcome to join us on the 27th March.
Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.
To book a place at the workshop or for further information, please contact Roberta.willner@norfolk.gov.uk or 01603 222710