Hear from Jemma Curtis, Regeneration Programmes Manager and Ostap Paparega – Regeneration & Economic Development Manager at West Norfolk Borough Council about current and planned investment in the town, growth potential and key projects that will help bring the planned growth to fruition, including latest progress on the Nelson Quay riverfront development, Heritage Action Zone initiatives and Nar Ouse Enterprise Zone.
This presentation will be followed by 30 minutes of Q&A
Thursday December the 5th is the date! do book early as every previous event has sold out!
The Mill Breakfast meets every First Thursday of the Month and is proving to be a great way of Networking in Norfolk
A great way to Network – no formal membership tie ins- you can come and go as you please!
No starchy forced referrals- just a focus on sharing knowledge and building relationships
We meet at the Mill Cafe Bar and Restaurant at 8- there will be a warm welcome and unlimited Teas/ Coffees & juice
After a period of informal networking we begin the meeting- we have a knowledge sharing speaker, we have a fun into question and we hear peoples news/ offers
Breakfast is a buffet- and the Mill can cater for all dietary needs
We are on Twitter @MillBreakfast and have a Linked in Group for conversations inbetween meetings as required!
The meeting closes at 10- but you are welcome to stay and network, and many arrange meetings at the Mill afterwards! the Coffee is rather splendid!
The knowledge sharing speaker in December is Caroline Wignall- who will be sharing her top tips on How are thoughts affect our business success
Making Tax Digital is the biggest change in UK VAT legislation in recent history and means that from April 2019 businesses above the VAT threshold (£85,000) will need to submit their VAT return through commercial software.
Making Tax Digital is a significant change to tax legislation by HM Revenue & Customs and will impact you. This session will talk through your options for how you can get ready for this big change with the help of Sage. Sage already offers compliant software through its Sage Business Cloud, including the latest version of Sage 50 – Sage 50cloud v24.2, and Sage Business Cloud Accounting.
The Seminar will offer the following:
Full Making Tax Digital Overview – how it affects you
HM Revenue & Customs Making Tax Digital Full Requirements
Sage Software Solutions
Questions & Answers
This session is hosted and sponsored by Mapus, Smith & Lemmon
Work place pensions law has changed affecting all employers, from the largest firms to those with just one employee. Insight Financial Associates Limited and Howes Percival LLP have joined forces to co-host a free seminar providing an overview of the pension reforms and the new responsibilities facing local businesses.
Our experts will provide a practical insight on how to comply with the new auto-enrolment obligations, as well as providing top tips on avoiding the pitfalls and how to formulate an action plan. Key topics will include:
What do the auto enrolment changes mean for businesses?
Which workers will this affect?
What type of pension scheme has to be offered?
Do employment contracts have to be re-written?
How should the responsibilities be managed?
What happens if businesses ignore it?
What support is available?
Delegates will also have an opportunity to participate in a group question and answer session with our expert panel and to share their views and personal experiences.
Date: Thursday, 23 January 2014 Venue: Norwich City College Skills Academy Address: St Andrews House, St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4TP Time: 7.45 am – 10.00 am RSVP: by 17 January 2014
This is a 3-in-1 exclusive opportunity for BID Levy payers to;
1. pitch their services to other businesses in the BID,
2. gain new customers from King’s Lynn and the surrounding area
3. gather valuable information and advice for their business from organisations like the Dept. for Work and Pensions / Job Centre, The Borough & County Councils, New Anglia Local Enterprise Company and the College of West Anglia apprenticeship team just to name a few.
What’s provided
You will get a 6ft table (no table cloth / cover) set up by 4pm on Monday 15th
Access to a power socket depends on layout so if you need one, please let me know by 12/10
1 free hot drink plus a free reusable cup for said hot drink (you can’t take china cups into the auditorium & we’re keen to promote zero-waste)
Publicity – we have emailed, flyer-ed, sent out press releases and will be doing radio ads, anything else you can do to promote is most welcome.
To The End will be giving a talk along with their sister company Fluential on how businesses can make the most out of LinkedIn.
In this informative free session Damien Cross and Harry Seaton will cover beating the algorithm, engaging with your audience and techniques to achieve this.
They will also go over how to make the most of video content on LinkedIn.
Get into the Christmas spirit by joining us on a one mile route along Great Yarmouth Seafront dressed as Santa. It’s not a race so you can walk jog or run and there are no prizes for finishing first just a medal for everyone who takes part.
The route is suitable for all ages as well as pushchairs, wheelchair users and dogs are welcome as long as their well behaved owners are attached to the other end of their lead! So bring the whole family along or get a group together from your workplace.
Adult Entry is £10 which includes a Santa Suit (or £8 without) and it’s £5 for children under 13 which includes a Santa Hat. The entry fee covers the costs ofrunning the event so sponsorship is encouraged. Every £5 raised could pay for art supplies for a session of specialist play or £37 could pay for an hour of music therapy. Every little bit really does help and there are prizes on offer for the adult and child securing the most sponsorship.
Considering postgraduate study in Science? Come and find out about courses offered, scholarships available and why our students are some of the most satisfied in the UK.
Our Postgraduate Open Day on Saturday 22 February 2014 is your chance to find out more about the courses offered in the Faculty of Science. Staff and students will answer your questions about our courses, how to make an application, and life as a postgraduate student at UEA. You will also have the chance to take a tour of the award winning campus and see why UEA has been named as the best place in the UK to be a student by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2013.
A wide range of postgraduate courses are available across the disciplines, offered on a full-time and part-time basis, with scholarships available for many courses.
If you are interested in study with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, or Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, we also have a Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 15 January 2014 which offers similar opportunities for finding out more about postgraduate study at the University.
For entry in September 2014, many of the Schools have scholarships available for their postgraduate courses. For further information on the scholarships available please see the University’s website and the individual School pages.
More information about the events and how to register your interest can be found on UEA’s Postgraduate Open Days page.
M+A Partners will be hosting two FREE sessions (morning or afternoon) for clients to learn about Sage accounting software and the latest updates. Whether you are a newcomer to Sage or simply would like to hone your skills, all standards are welcome.
Following a very successful launch in Colchester, Blue Sky Professional Development and the Colchester Institute will be delivering the HR Support Apprenticeship (level 3) and the HR Consultant/Partner Apprenticeship (level 5) in Norwich with start dates in December and February. Both apprenticeships include a CIPD qualification and can be funded by the employer’s levy or with government support for non-levy employers.
Join us to hear more about the Apprenticeships.
We are running briefing sessions for employers and employees to discover more about the apprenticeships.
Henderson Business Centre, Norwich – Thursday 1 November 2018, 10.00 – 12.00
Email Beth at beth.russell@blueskypd.co.uk or call 01603 251558 for more info or to request an alternative date.
The Foundation are hosting a Ski Lodge themed party at The Nest on Friday 14th December 2018.
Our new facility will be transformed into a winter wonderland for the evening, complete with live music from the Joe Ringer Band, a three-course meal and drinks reception on arrival.
On the night, there’ll also be a luxury auction and a raffle.
The perfect way to celebrate the festive period, with your colleagues, business partners or even teammates, the evening is priced at £60 per guest with tables available in 4s, 8s or 10s.
All proceeds will support our Build The Nest campaign. Thanks to Morgan Sindall for kindly supporting the evening.
We are holding a WEEE recycling FREE workshop on the 16th of January. The aim of the workshop is to give businesses more of an understanding on WEEE (Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment) recycling and the effect it can have on businesses. Breakfast Morning Agenda: 8.30 Registration and networking with refreshments and bacon rolls 9.00 Event start talk by David Palmer on WEEE and the effect on your business with a tour round our facilities. 9.30 A talk on sustainability with Mark Ereira-Guyer from e.g.: consulting (also our only Green County Councillor) 10.00 Finish networking
If you would like to book a place please call Abbie Millard or David Palmer on 01284 700 015