Join us to find out about Digital Apprenticeships and how they can support business growth.
The region’s digital sector is growing rapidly with Norwich identified as an emerging tech cluster in the UK.
At the breakfast, we want to hear your views on how digital apprenticeships can support business growth, address skills gaps and help nurture tech talent in Norfolk.
What’s happening
07.30 – 08.00 Breakfast and networking
08.00 – 08.15 Introduction
08.15 – 08.30 Tim Robinson (TechEast)
08.30 – 08.45 What Apprenticeships offer today
08.45 – 09.00 A real-life scenario of apprenticeships in action
100 Year 12 students from schools across Norwich will be selected to take part in a Dragons Den event to solve a real business problem. Teams will take part in various challenges to create and present their solution.
We are looking for business volunteers to attend for the day to mentor a team, observe the students, provide individual feedback, and judge their final presentations.
An event to showcase some of the projects funded to date by the LIFT funding programme, and to offer advice and information to potential new applicants. Join us for afternoon tea and cake
LIFT can contribute up to 50% funding for projects in rural Norfolk and north Suffolk.
Projects eligible for LIFT will support rural businesses or third sector organisations to upskill their employees OR support them to offer work trials, internships or work experience OR support rural residents into employment or self employment
Can you get involved on Monday 13th January in industry sector assemblies to support a form time poster project?
Volunteers needed from 9 LEP Growth sectors to deliver a short assembly on their sector to help students design a poster on the local labour market in Norfolk.
Energy
Digital Creative and ICT
Life Sciences
Advanced Manufacturing
Construction and Development
Ports and Logistics
Financial Services and Insurance
Visitor Economy
Agriculture, Food, and Drink
City Academy need you to talk to their students Year 8 students in an assembly to support an ongoing poster project. Please contact Madeleine Matthews – madeleine.matthews@newanglia.co.uk for more information
Starting this Autumn, 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). 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 – Monday 15 October 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.
Oursuccessful Women’s Leadership Programme has opened its application for thefirst programme of 2017 and will be taking place inJanuary and March 2017.
Developed by Pure and People and Performance, the programme has been designed to develop talented aspiring female leaders, equipping them with the tools needed to evolve organisational culture at the same time as removing workplace barriers, the programme will be in two modules held in January and March: Module one taking place on Wednesday25 and Thursday26 January and Module two taking place on Wednesday 22 andThursday 23March 2017.
Held over two modules, the programme is beneficial for organisations and delegates alike.
For organisations, the programme sets to challenge how your culture defines gender equality strategy; helps identify and sponsor talent; be aware of unconscious bias and how to remove it from your organisation as well as support women to be authentic and effective leaders
For delegates, this course will: provide a support network with peers facing similar issues; help define your ambition and provide tools and practical examples to realise this; empower, support and guide – through mentoring and strategic modelling – the future leaders. Why women only? Historically women have tended to be the primary carer in the household, making their experience and opportunities very different to mail counterparts. This environment encourages women to share and explore their experiences within a supportive setting, without being judged, whilst stretching them to step fully into their authentic leadership style.
Lynn Walters, Co-founder and Director of Pure, comments: “The programme’s generous sponsors could help two aspiring women fulfil their career ambitions, while helping to make positive change and setting standards and expectations for other women. Diversity is widely understood to be fundamental to the sustained growth of any business and therefore, having a talent pipeline of future executives including both male and females will lead to increased future profits and help boost the bottom line.”
To find out how to apply and check their eligibility for the places, candidates should emailLucy.plumb@prs.uk.comorcall Pure on 01473 250990.
Pure runs the Women’s Leadership Programme in partnership with People & Performance, a strategic HR consultancy.
The care sector has faced multiple hurdles in recent years when it comes to making sure employment law is followed correctly. Join Lovewell Blake’s HR consultants Vicky Webber and Claire Moore for a practical guide through topics affecting the sector including:
calculating National Minimum Wage
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigations
the Social Care Compliance Scheme
contracts and accompanying documents
Timings:7.45 am Registration and buffet breakfast 8.00 am Presentations 9.00 am Questions and answers 9.15 am Close We look forward to seeing you there.
Commenting on the package of business rate and local support measures announced today (Wednesday) by the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy and External Affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce, said:
“While the rate reliefs will help many smaller companies, anything less than a fundamental reform of Britain’s broken business rate system is just a sticking plaster.
“Westminster and the media seem to think that business rates are only a problem for retailers. Yet they are a huge, and rising, fixed cost for all businesses – and hurt firms on industrial estates and in offices just as much or more than the high street.
“The Prime Minister has recently committed to looking again at the business rates system. He and the Chancellor must set a clear timetable for this – and ensure that their own ministers, and Whitehall civil servants, do not yet again hide behind the excuse that fundamental reform of business rates is ‘too difficult’ to achieve.”
Persons who have a forklift certificate which needs to be updated.
Course Objectives
To have an understanding of Forklift Truck safety.
To be able to operate a Forklift Truck safely.
During the course, the following elements will be covered:
Have an understanding of their responsibilities under the rules and regulations. Forklift stability. Pre-operational checks. Handling loads, legal obligations. Practical training and practical test. Theory test paper.
Duration of Course – 1 Day
Up to 3 delegates.
This course can be carried out at your site or at Milne Safety.
Tuesday 3rd February, All Day, Sewell Park Academy
Sewell Park Academy would like to invite media and journalism professionals to their Enterprise Morning BBC Schools Report.
Year 7 students will be working in small teams in the ‘newsroom’ writing a news article, blog, or recording a radio news report. Teams will then attend a press meeting where staff will have a debate on the subjects raised by the students.
We are looking for businesses that are connected to media and journalism to support the event and provide ‘real’ world experience.
To get involved contact Natalie Davies – n.davies@sewellpark.org
The British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) is used by the Bank of England and the Chancellor to plan the future of the UK economy and over 7,000 businesses across the UK take part.
Q4 2013 showed a fantastic start to 2014 with a very positive quarterly survey. Business confidence was high and Chamber members were resolute in their determination to take the recovery from being good to being truly great.
Firms from all sectors across Norfolk believe they can create jobs, invest, and export. It was especially pleasing that the spurt in the manufacturing was proven not to be a fluke, which demonstrated the dynamism of our small, high value, manufacturing sector.
The last QES results showed that Norfolk businesses are ready to push on. Exports continue to increase and the domestic balances were also strengthening. Are you more confident about your business? Have you employed more staff or are looking to invest in plant, machinery and training? Let us know by taking part in this important economic survey.
The survey takes less than 3 minutes to complete, so please take the time to input into this survey to ensure Norfolk has a voice. The survey needs to be completed online by Monday 17 March 2014.
The New Anglia Growth Hub, which provides free face-to-face business support, will co-host an event with King’s Lynn Library for business owners seeking advice and resources to help their businesses grow.
The event is free and takes place in the library on the 3rd March 2015 from 10:00am – 12pm, with teas and coffees provided. Business owners are invited to hear about free support from the Growth Hub’s Chris Sharman, Business Growth Adviser covering West Norfolk and Dr Morgan Potter who will give an overview of the digital support available, including access to faster broadband. Linda Tree from Norfolk Libraries will give a demonstration of COBRA – an online business encyclopedia and reference resource.