Our open days offer you the chance to find out more about the innovative MBA Programme, look around our contemporary teaching facilities and meet current students, the MBA Programme Director and Course Leaders who will be there to answer your questions. We offer both Full-time and Executive Part-time MBA courses that fit around your career plan, starting in January 2016.
In addition to the core MBA modules our MBA students have the opportunity to study one of three subject areas where the University has established a world-class reputation: Brand Leadership, Strategic Carbon Management and Economics and Finance. Included within the elective choices, you can choose to explore how climate change and energy management are now at the core of building sustainable business in the 21st Century, or how brands are shaping our perceptions of what modern businesses represent – both as consumers and in an economic sense.
In partnership with the Institute of Food Research we are launching a Food Industry stream for the Executive Part-time MBA, starting in January 2016, looking at how issues such global supply chain management and consumer buying behaviour are shaping this critical sector.
“Completing the MBA has been a momentous fulfilling journey for me – it has allowed me to explore further business and management from an academic basis and put into practice my learning and understanding.” Sam Brown, Executive MBA Graduate
Norwich Business School offer a number of competitive scholarships for full and part time students.
If you are interested in attending, please register your interest by emailing mbateam@uea.ac.uk or call 01603 591753.
Event location: Thomas Paine Study Centre, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ
In light of the increased restrictions the UK government is introducing additional economic and business support measures:
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, also known as the furlough scheme, has been extended to December 2020. Check to find:
Which employees you can put on furlough to use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
For information on claiming for wages through the scheme click here.
The Job Support Scheme will not be introduced until after Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends.
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Extension: The grant is being extended from 1 November 2020. The grant will be increased from the previously announced level of 40% of trading profits to 80% for November 2020. Find out if you are eligible and how much you can get.
Business Grants: Business premises forced to close in England due to local or national restrictions will be eligible for the following:
For properties with a rateable value of £15k or under, grants to be £1,334 per month, or £667 per two weeks;
For properties with a rateable value of between £15k-£51k grants to be £2,000 per month, or £1,000 per two weeks;
For properties with a rateable value of £51k or over grants to be £3,000 per month, or £1,500 per two weeks.
Business grant policy is fully devolved. Devolved Administrations will receive Barnett consequentials which they could use to establish similar schemes.
The Bloodshake Chorus are a rumbustious band of the undead, unearthing the classics of the fifties and sixties with a horrific twist, in a way you’ve never heard them played before. Performers with heart and soul (not all of them originally theirs) their relentless advance has seen them spread terror throughout the country and even infect the international airwaves. Be afraid, they may be dressed for the abattoir, but they’re coming to a venue near you soon, so keep the lights on. It won’t help, as they like to see what they’re eating.
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing are from London, formed in 2008. Their name is a reference to the chalked graffiti discovered above a section of blood-stained apron thought to have been discarded by Jack the Ripper as he fled the scene of Catherine Eddowes’s murder. Tmtwnbbfn are fronted by ex Creaming Jesus singer Andy Heinz.
The SEISS grant was extended from 1 November 2020. Yesterday, the Chancellor announced that support for millions more workers through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will be increased, with the third grant covering November to January calculated at 80% of average trading profits, up to a maximum of £7,500.
Find out if you are eligible and how much you can get
New Coronavirus restrictions come into effect on 05 November, so businesses could be forgiven for taking their eyes off the ‘Brexit ball’. However, the number of days left to prepare for Brexit are rapidly dwindling and business needs to take action now.
At present businesses have free movement of their goods into/out of Europe, however on 01 January 2021, you will need to produce international trade documentation for all your products both imported and exported to/from the EU.
Whether you are an importer or an exporter, deal or no deal, you will need to do things differently from 01 January 2021 and that means you need to step up your Brexit preparations now, to ensure you are fully ready to meet the coming changes.
To ensure that your business is ready to meet the new UK import/export regulations on 01 January 2021, you need to have considered the following ten key areas:
Do you have an EORI number starting with GB?
Who is currently moving your freight and who do you currently use to process your customs declarations?
Who’s currently holding the liability for your declarations? (direct/indirect representation)
Do you have an international team? What is the level of expertise in that team?
When did you last review or check your commodity/tariff codes?
What is the likely volume of your imports/exports from the EU?
Which ports/airports do you use?
Do you have your own deferment account with HMRC?
Are your imported goods liable for excise duty?
Do your import/export goods require licences, health certificates or dangerous goods notifications?
Norfolk Chambers has also been gearing up to meet the expected demand from these changes. We now have trained expert Chamber Customs staff to provide both support and advice, as well as the processing of customs declarations for both import and exports.
It is expected that in early 2021, there is likely to be considerable constraints on the capacity for processing customs documentation across the whole of the UK. As such, we are encouraging you now to make sure you are prepared to meet the challenge of Brexit.
Depending on your preparations, we may be able to offer you the opportunity to secure some of Norfolk Chambers’ processing capacity for your customs declarations.
To secure your capacity, we will need some detailed information about your importing and exporting needs and we will need to ‘on-board’ you into the Chamber Customs system.
To find out more about securing Customs Declaration capacity for your business, please contact:
LIMEHOUSE LIZZY – Europe’s biggest tribute to Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy
‘…Limehouse Lizzy Top PRS For Music’s Hardest Working UK Bands List’ Billboard Magazine 2011
“Limehouse Lizzy’s Wayne Ellis, an uncanny ringer for Phil Lynott…” The Guardian
“entertainment for more than a decade…fantastic live music” Arena BBC2
“if you’re sceptical about tribute acts, you won’t be after seeing Limehouse Lizzy” Radio Times
Limehouse Lizzy are officially one of the hardest working bands in the UK. They were accredited for their live shows by the Performing Rights Society in December 2011 and received their certificate from PRS Chairman (and respected songwriter) Guy Fletcher OBE. Renowned for an action-packed pyrothechnic-fuelled explosion of a show, Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world renowned solo artist) Gary Moore who sadly passed away.
Attention to detail, playful audience interaction and that all important X-factor that leaves you with the feeling of witnessing the real thing have led to their performance being described as “beyond tribute”, by both audience and critics alike. Following the enormous success of their ˜Live & Dangerous” & ˜Dedication” tours, the band embarked upon their “Into the Limelight” 2008 tour to tie in with their appearance on an episode of BBC2’s ‘Arena’ documentary series of the same name. The tour travelled as far as a headline slot at a Rock festival in Greece, and the Virgin Atlantic Music festival in Barbados. The band appeared alongside diverse world music acts, and played a Thin Lizzy set representing the Celtic rock genre. In 2012 the band’s European tour continues to explore and celebrate the artistic and musical legacy of the hard-living, hard-rocking, yet at times surprisingly tender and romantic artist that was Philip Lynott. This year they will be appearing in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Holland and Belgium.
Expect more of the Celtic influenced tracks like “Whisky in the Jar” and “Black Rose”, amongst the usual razzamatazz and classic tracks “The Boys are Back in Town”, “Sarah” and many others we’ve come to expect from one of the most highly rated acts on the circuit.
Revealing Warren’s new brand identity and website, Will Bridgman, Managing Director, says: “After 33 years growing the business, we wanted our corporate identity to convey Warren’s evolution into a modern, full-service. advanced manufacturing partner with a focus on engineered innovation. Warren’s purpose is to help our clients succeed by bringing their projects, such as high-value architectural engineering and electro-mechanical machines, to market, with speed and precision.” The logo is bold and distinctive, in composition and colours, reflecting Warren’s creative strength and dynamism, including its employees’ energy and enthusiasm. The new website is also clean and easy to navigate, reflecting Warren’s commitment to strong design thinking. The new brand recognises that clients now simply call the firm ‘Warren’ (although the legal entity remains Warren Services Limited). New brand designed, developed and deployed by creative agencies in Norfolk and Suffolk Will Bridgman says: “Our old brand identity served us well but no longer conveyed the strength of our brand reputation, technical promise and progressive personality. We wanted a new brand identity that our employees could take pride in and that our clients would recognise as distinctively Warren. We are delighted to have worked with creative agencies from Norfolk and Suffolk on this branding project.”
Over the last 33 years, Warren has become an integral part of the regional business community. Clients, suppliers and partners see it as a local employer of choice and a passionate champion for
apprenticeships, skills and East Anglia’s economy. Will Bridgman says: “We are ambitious to continue offering local people interesting and fulfilling careers, working with amazing, innovative clients from across the UK and overseas.”
Warren was pleased to work with three local creative agencies on this project: brand design by Starfish Ltd, Norwich; copywriting by Business Writers Ltd, Norfolk; website build by Bellüber Ltd, Suffolk. Will Bridgman says: “Thank you to Nick, Huw and Steph for all their work bringing our ideas to life.” Notes to editors: Developing skills for the future Richard and Sharon Bridgman founded Warren in 1990 and initially employed three people in part of the old school in Feltwell. Within 15 years, Warren had moved into the first of its two factories on the Fison Way industrial estate in Thetford. It now has 80,000sq ft of advanced manufacturing and engineering facilities and employs 80 people, including apprentices. In 2018, Richard Bridgman received an OBE for ‘Services to Training Young People’ in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours list. In 2021, Warren won Make UK’s Midlands & East of England Developing Future Talent Award for its response to the lockdown education crisis and longstanding commitment to apprenticeships. Will Bridgman, Managing Director, says: “Warren is committed to building an engineering and manufacturing workforce of the future. We work with education providers across East Anglia to inspire people to pursue careers in the industry. We have apprenticed more than 60 people and up-skilled many others through in-work programmes, many now hold key positions in Warren, and 50% of our directors started as apprentices with Warren or elsewhere.”
Sustainability in business
Warren is also committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050. To that end, it has installed 827kW of solar generating capacity on its factory roofs and converted its entire fleet, including forklift trucks, to electric vehicles. This has put it on target to be Carbon Neutral by the end of 2023.
For further information, please contact:
Will Bridgman, Managing Director, will@warrenservices.co.uk Mobile 07798 666281
Richard Bridgman, Founder Owner, richard@rawner.co.uk Mobile 07798 666280
Remember the Barclays Christmas Carol concerts, then come along and join the business community of Norwich for a Community Christmas Carol Concert with Norwich Cathedral Choir in the Banking Hall at OPEN.
Carol concert with Norwich Cathedral Choir at 1.00pm with mince pies and mulled wine on sale. Plus a chance to browse the various Christmas gift stalls – you may just find that something unusual that you can’t get on the high street. This event is in aid of the OPEN Youth Trust and Norwich Cathedral Choir and has been kindly sponsored by Leathes Prior
This was the theme for our Great Yarmouth breakfast on Thursday 3rd April where 55 businesses attended, they heard from Brand Manager at Visit Norfolk, Pete Waters and Great Yarmouth Business Grosvenor Casino who gave delegates an insight into the presence tourism has in Norfolk and specifically, Great Yarmouth.
The breakfast started in the usual way with plenty of networking opportunities both before delegates sat down and once they were at their tables, with icebreakers and new or previous connections being made. Plus a Safari move later on for them to meet a whole new table of potential contacts.
Event sponsors, Norse Commercial Services, started us off by giving delegates a brief history of the company and also what they are currently doing to help boost tourism and keep the area of Great Yarmouth tidy and enticing.
After Breakfast it was then onto the main part of the event which started off with a talk from Pete Waters about all that Norfolk has to offer and some of the challenges they and the county are facing and the ways in which we can work together to overcome them. The main aim of Pete’s talk was to address the fact that we need to boost tourism all year round not just in the summer and boast about what we have on offer as a county in the winter.
Trevor Saunders then gave a business case to how businesses in Great Yarmouth are working together to increase visitors to the area but also what can be done even better in the future. He explained how for them they only tend to get visitors in the evening and they need to work out ways to get people through the door all day, again emphasising the whole theme of Norfolk is open 24/7 all year round.
They event ended with a short Q&A and more networking, with delegates leaving with a very positive attitude.
OPEN Youth Trust invite you to join them at their annual celebration which promises to be a night of glamour with first-class entertainment straight from the silver screen and a 3-course dinner, followed by charity raffle & auction featuring fantastic prizes and some of the finest young performers for a one night only blockbuster experience.
With a moving performance of how OPEN makes a positive impact on thousands of young lives, our largest event in the social calendar is a night not to be missed and your chance to support our work with young people.
Three hours of knowledge, marketing concepts, sales promotions and profit building strategies. Move from chaos to iron grip control. Stop wasting money on ads that don’t work and design ads that pull in business consistently. Attract, retain and motivate a winning team while increasing productivity and commitment.
With Coronavirus restrictions come in place, many businesses could be forgiven for taking their eyes off the ‘Brexit ball’. However, the number of days left to prepare for Brexit are rapidly dwindling and business needs to take action now.
At present businesses have free movement of their goods into/out of Europe, however on 01 January 2021, you will need to produce international trade documentation for all your products both imported and exported to/from the EU.
Whether you are an importer or an exporter, deal or no deal, you will need to do things differently from 01 January 2021 and that means you need to step up your Brexit preparations now, to ensure you are fully ready to meet the coming changes.
To ensure that your business is ready to meet the new UK import/export regulations on 01 January 2021, you need to have considered the following ten key areas:
Do you have an EORI number starting with GB?
Who is currently moving your freight and who do you currently use to process your customs declarations?
Who’s currently holding the liability for your declarations? (direct/indirect representation)
Do you have an international team? What is the level of expertise in that team?
When did you last review or check your commodity/tariff codes?
What is the likely volume of your imports/exports from the EU?
Which ports/airports do you use?
Do you have your own deferment account with HMRC?
Are your imported goods liable for excise duty?
Do your import/export goods require licences, health certificates or dangerous goods notifications?
Norfolk Chambers has also been gearing up to meet the expected demand from these changes. We now have trained expert Chamber Customs staff to provide both support and advice, as well as the processing of customs declarations for both import and exports.
It is expected that in early 2021, there is likely to be considerable constraints on the capacity for processing customs documentation across the whole of the UK. As such, we are encouraging you now to make sure you are prepared to meet the challenge of Brexit.
Depending on your preparations, we may be able to offer you the opportunity to secure some of Norfolk Chambers’ processing capacity for your customs declarations.
To secure your capacity, we will need some detailed information about your importing and exporting needs and we will need to ‘on-board’ you into the Chamber Customs system.
To find out more about securing Customs Declaration capacity for your business, please contact: