Find out about studying at UcWA and our degrees, higher apprenticeships and HNC qualifications.
You will be able to:
Explore – our state-of-the-art campus, with University Centre and industry standard facilities.
Meet – our lecturers and students and get detailed course information.
Chat – with our Careers Team – get careers information, advice and guidance to help you decide which course is right for you.
Discover – everything you need to know from our Student Services Team about how to apply, additional learning support and financial support available.
Pre-booking an arrival time is essential for all of our open events. (The slots are times for you to arrive and you will be able to take as long as you need to ensure you find out all you want to know, before the close of the event.)
With ‘Super Saturday’ almost upon us, we’re looking forward to seeing more of our wonderful Norfolk business community return to work.
Whatever your premises, sector or business, our Covid Management Range is manufactured right here in Norfolk, ready to support your Covid-Secure return to work.
Hand Sanitiser Station with Custom Graphics – From £149.00 Custom designed freestanding unit,1550mm high x 300mm wide. Individually branded with your company logo with editable message, choice of finish – (beech, wenge & white). Provided with option of refillable sanitiser dispenser, holder & sanitiser supply.
Three varieties of protective screen designed for use at receptions, cash desks and counters, offering a choice of full screening or part openings for interaction. Easy assemble modular aluminium post system with window panel & choice of bases. Linkable to create larger/custom shaped screens.
Ideal for partitioning offices, hospitality venues, restaurants or retail spaces while preserving light, visibility & style. Our screens are supplied with graphics and optional window section. All use a sturdy easy assembly modular aluminium post system. Graphics can be fully customised with a choice of branding, patterns or imagery to ensure style as well as increased safety. All screens are fully linkable to suit a variety of layouts & needs.
Clearly share safety messaging with visitors, colleagues and clients Floor, Wall & Desk Stickers – From £12.00 A-Frame Displays inc. Graphics – From £87.00 Banner Stands inc. Graphics – From £75.00
Join us for the East Anglia Clean & Green Awards – the premier celebration of excellence
An unmissable opportunity to celebrate the incredible commitment and achievements across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex, on 26th March at Kesgrave Hall Ipswich. The best in the sector will be in attendance, making it the perfect occasion to network, build new relationships, and strengthen existing ones.
Recognise excellence, and honour the outstanding contributions that are shaping the future of our industry. Connect with Leaders, engage with top professionals and innovators from across the region.
Celebrate together, share in a night of inspiration, collaboration, and community.
Start the evening in style, at the drinks reception with live music.
Enjoy a sumptuous three-course meal, paired with a selection of fine alcoholic beverages.
Following this, the Awards ceremony, hosted by our special guest, David Whiteley.
After, continue the celebrations with an after Party, and exclusive networking.
This is more than an awards night – it’s a unique experience to celebrate, connect, and elevate the sector together. Don’t miss out on what promises to be a night to remember.
Rex Ekaireb started his career as a chartered accountant in the 1970s after qualifying in London. Gaining his qualification and some initial experience in London ley Rex to ply his trade for a number of years. By 1982, he made the move into the diamond district of London, Hatton Garden. It was there that Ekaireb, with his brothers in law set up a jewellery business which after just a few years and by 1986, was sold to a large public company.
The larger company kept Rex on their board, such was his experience and knowledge in the area as well as the value he could bring to the company. As part of the larger company, Rex became one of the go to retail jewellers in the area, no small feat. Rex wisely advised large company to purchase other jewellers in the area who would form an otherwise very captive audience for the company.
Rex Ekaireb learned all of the initial governance he needed in the industry and left the public company to go into manufacturing of jewellery and by 1989 he had become one of the largest suppliers of wedding rings to the UK retail giant, Argos. Around 1992, Rex left the company and helped his own family build up their business, whose profits were then invested in London’s then fledgling buy to let market. They purchased properties throughout the Capital including in Hatton Garden, Knightsbridge and other sought after locations.
By 2006, Rex Ekaireb had fully left the jewellery industry and was wholly focused on the family property business which he worked tirelessly to strengthen and build up further.
Rex Ekaireb – Business to Charity
Having seen good success in jewellery and the property market, Ekaireb left business in the 2000s and then switched focuses to one of his passions in life; charity and helping those most in need.
He has spent many years and countless hours working with children and those most vulnerable throughout the UK, Europe and the world. He has worked with the likes of the British Red Cross and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, for whom he donated hundreds of soft toys at a time of crisis for the hospital. Rex Ekaireb has also worked with the United Nations (UN), specifically helping political prisoners throughout Eastern Europe.
Rex’s strong view is that children with one or both parents missing from their lives, do not have the same opportunities in life as those that do. Therefore, by working to help secure the release of the parents, it is the children that will thrive and continue to succeed throughout their lives.
Rex Ekaireb is particularly proud of having not just having set up and then nurtured a very successful business and property portfolio, but having also been able to use his wealth and success over the years to help those less fortunate. Charity is something particularly close to Ekaireb’s heart and something that to this day, he continues to devote huge amounts of time and effort into.
We are conscious that many people will be concerned about attending face-to-face events in a ‘pre-pandemic’ way. We have therefore introduced our COVID Co.nfidence policy which will be adhered to for each event we host.
Cancellation – If you have to cancel your ticket at short notice due to testing positive for Covid, having Covid symptoms, or having to self-isolate we will swap your ticket to a future event of your choice with no cancellation fees
We do not require you to wear a mask, however, if you feel more comfortable wearing a mask then we totally understand
We ask that you refrain from shaking hands as not everyone feels comfortable with doing so
We highly recommend that you take a Lateral Flow Test prior to attending any of our events, and if you do test positive or show any Covid symptoms, please do not attend.
In order for us to deliver events safely, we ask that you book with confidence and book early – due to the nature of the pandemic we are having to put orders in for catering much earlier than normal to adhere to attendee numbers. This may result in ticket sales ending early
If you feel uncomfortable attending face-to-face networking events, we are still running our Chamber Co.nnect Virtual networking event once a month for members only, along with webinars and other virtual events for the whole business community
Every month we look closely at the key principles we should be adopting if we want to grow our businesses. We will share practical tips and advice, focused on sales and marketing that we can all apply – none cost any money either. Plus the chance to support and share ideas with your local business community. Free to attend, with no need to book – just come and see for yourself.
If you want to know more, call Neil on 01603 443355 https://businessgrowthclub.net/up-and-coming-events/
Goodery. Organic goodness, delivered. Welcome to a new local home delivery service celebrating and supporting your favourite independent businesses in Norfolk and Norwich. In response to the impacts of Covid-19, our team came together to help deliver good stuff from good people, that’s good for the planet. That’s Goodery.
We’re starting with what people need right now: local fruit and veg boxes, plus everyday essentials, but we’ll look to extend this as we understand more about your needs. And we’ll be delivering direct to your door (whilst of course, using the latest recommended health and safety advice) – all with a focus on having a net-zero carbon footprint.
Our shared vision We want to create a new way of doing good business where people and the planet live together in harmony. We see a path to this future by deepening the connections between conscious consumers, local businesses, and clean energy. If everyone is supported, then everyone wins.
Our deliveries are powered by wind and solar energy, and rooted in a desire to help others. Everything we do is done with care for people and the planet.
We’d love you to have you onboard and get conversations going about how we can support you as customers, local independent businesses and individuals seeking meaningful work.
Take care and stay safe, whilst staying home. Let’s build something good together.
With love from the Goodery team x
Find out more at goodery.co.uk | Get in touch on social media, search @goodery_uk
Please arrive 15 minutes before the session starts at 08.30am.
Venue: Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 9 Norwich Business Park, Whiting Road, Norwich, NR4 6DJ
In this session (Be Better at Leadership Development) Steve Gilbert,Casuga Consulting Limited will be your host.
You will learn:
Understanding how leadership in an organisation is practiced today and how best to develop managers and potential leaders to be more agile, adaptable, aligned and engaging is critical. This session will provide a comprehensive model that identifies how these skills need to be integrated across the strategic, operational and interpersonal domains of development leadership practice to be successful.Steve Gilbert of Casuga Consulting will show you how to gain abetter insight into yourself and how to more effectively develop potential managers and leaders through an integrated approach using a proven, validated and successful model.The model will enable organisations to better recruit, coach and develop more effective leaders and for individuals to provide greater awareness of the integrated nature of the skill requirement for a 21st leader.
About Steve:
Steve is the founding director of Casuga Consulting which he set up after gaining a BSc(Hons) Psychology and an MSc Occupational Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London. Since then he has added RQTU and EFPA in psychometrics as well as through CPD other elements of psychology and consulting. His key focus is on Leadership and Organisation Development that also includes developing teams especially in management, sales and across virtual teams. Steve sees Casuga as an enabling consulting practice bringing industry, management and psychology experience together to help develop knowledge, skills and abilities of individuals, better alignment and outcomes for organisations and to deliver more effective leadership as practiced.
This session forms part of The Chamber Sessions. The Chamber Sessions are open to Chamber Members only. They are free to attend but booking is required and places limited to one per company per session.
This session is now fully booked. To be placed on a waiting list please email details to events@norfolkchamber.co.uk. Thank you.
Norfolk is considered the “breadbasket” of the UK with its favourable climate and fertile soils and here farming is a major industry.
Family farms, however, are complex beasts when it comes to separating the matrimonial property and finances on divorce because of their size and multiple different parts; buildings which might be owned or occupied by different family members; the existence of family trusts; and the business of the farm itself which, depending on its structure, could also be owned by a number of different people.
There could, therefore, be questions about the extent to which the farm or parts of it are matrimonial or non-matrimonial.
The buildings, land, business and stock (livestock and deadstock) will all need to be professionally valued. Consideration must also be given to the tax implications of transferring or selling the business, farm or any part of it.
Being positioned in the heart of Norfolk, Hatch Brenner is regularly consulted by farmers or the spouse or civil partner of the farmer in the context of a separation or divorce.
We work closely with accountants, valuers and our own trust experts to help you to untangle the complexities of the family farm in order to achieve a fair settlement in your divorce.
Branding is no longer about defining a slogan, name, design, symbol or image or combination of any or all of these elements; it is far more complex. Branding isn’t just about being selected by your target market over the competition. In the digital age, branding is more involved with subtly suggesting your business is a problem solver even though your potential client doesn’t consider he or she has a problem to be solved. There are many sub-headings and elements which, when meshed together, will enable you to form a clearly defined strategy to successfully deliver your brand to a waiting world.
Know Yourself
If you don’t know yourself, how can you project your identity through your brand? Creating a brand from the ground up, your personality and the way you interact with others will be part of the defining elements of the brand. Leadership, combined with a sense of purpose and an understanding of what your target market is searching for are powerful tools at your command.
You will be the central foundation of the business. Leading your business, invoking purpose in your team and crafting a vision for the future are the first steps to success.
Define Values
Branding really isn’t about your logo; it is about the message you promote. For example, if your business is female fashion for example, you’ll want to promote your clothing brand as one which cares for the environment. Showing transparency of supply lines, showing your products are not produced in sweatshops populated by exploited women and children is a positive image. Likewise, if you’re setting up a new casino slots in the UK business, emphasising that your business values clients’ security and protects their personal data. You may also want to project real concern for their welfare; gaming and gambling can become addictive, fun can turn to misery if left unchecked. Supporting clients and valuing them if they need your help is an essential, positive element of your particular branding strategy.
Create a High-Profile Event
If you want to help yourself to better your brand overall, then you need to try and create a high-profile event. Invite CEOs from other companies to join you and try and put something together. When you do, you will soon find that you are able to get way more visibility and that you can appeal to a much wider audience too. Regular events for brand promotion should be an integral element of your business strategy.
Use Great Images
A lot of businesses really are personal brands. This means that you are ultimately the face of your entire brand. The days of a boring headshot are long gone. If you want to really boost your business, then you need to use graphics and images which reflect your personality and that of the business. You will also need to style your online presence so that it stands out from the crowd. A picture paints a thousand words, but what use is a picture if the words do not mean anything?
Focus on Products and Services
Focus on delivering quality products and service; don’t compromise. Consumers do look at the price of what the goods or services for which they are searching. However, most people are savvy enough to know that a low price often means lower quality. Do not allow your brand to be associated with poor quality. You brand has to stand for all that is best. Lay these foundations and you’ll not only win over your target market, you’ll also win their loyalty. Loyalty is a valuable commodity in marketing and branding, but it is a two way street between customer and supplier. This may lead to trust issues. If you want to stop this then make sure that you do everything you can to monitor things across your physical products as well as your digital presence.
An active half-day workshop delivered by Matt Brown, One Visionto show businesses how to maximise the return on their advertising spend on Google AdWords and how to stop wasted budget.This is a non-technical course intended for people with limited experience of Google AdWords, who wish to understand how to create and run their own successful online advertising campaigns and/or improve the performance of their existing Google AdWords advertising campaigns.
Who Should Attend? This is a practicalworkshop aimed at people who areresponsible for ensuring that their Google AdWords advertising is targeted and achieving its objectives for the business. Delivered in an easy-to-grasp andnon-technicalformat,delegates will be given a briefing before the day, to ensure that they receive maximum benefit from the workshop.
What will you learn
How Google Search Advertising Works
The Foundation;Setting goals – why and how,Budgets – setting and controlling,Return-on-Investment (ROI) and measurement
Google Account Set-up -Account structure best practice andAccount options for razor sharp targeting
Keywords -Types of keywords,Keyword choice andQuality score
Adverts -Anatomy of an advert,Top tips for writing compelling adverts andSupercharge your ads with ‘ad extensions’
Landing Pages -Relevance and targeting,Navigation andCall-to-actions
Campaign Optimisation – Testing and what to focus on,Frequency of optimisation,Remarketing strategies,Resources and further help
Finally your next steps to getting the results that you need from your online advertising campaigns.
About Matt Brown The workshop is led by MattBrown, certified Google Partnerwho has been creating and managing successful Google AdWords campaigns for 15 years. The focus is on keeping the workshop as jargon-free as possible and providing practical help, tips and advice that will allow you to get the maximum out of your Google advertising.
Here’s what delegates have to say about our Google Adwords Training…
“I learnt great tips regarding keywords and Click-Through-Rates.”
“I learnt a lot of actions of Google Adwords. This has been very good!”
“Lots of useful stats about campaigns performing well and badly. Negative search term tool and Google Ad extensions. Excellent!”
Age UK Norwich has launched a new, cloud-based telephone and mobile system in partnership with Dupliq, bringing smarter, more flexible communications to our charity. This major upgrade is already improving how we stay connected with our staff, volunteers, clients, and the wider community.
Every month, Age UK Norwich handles over 1,500 phone calls from older people, their families, and professionals seeking advice, support, and connection. These conversations are at the heart of what we do, so it is vital that we can respond quickly and securely.
As a proud local brand partner of Age UK, one of the UK’s leading charities for older people, clear and reliable communication underpins all our services, from advice lines and wellbeing checks to home visits and social clubs.
Dupliq’s modern system helps us meet these demands. A Dupliq representative shared “We’re proud to support Age UK Norwich with a communications system that’s cost-effective, secure, and built for the future. It enables staff to work smarter and stay connected – wherever they are.”
What’s New?
Cloud-Based Phone System: Staff can now make and receive calls from any location – using desk phones, laptops, or mobiles. This flexibility ensures that client calls are answered more quickly, even when teams are working remotely or out in the community.
Business Mobiles for Key Staff: Our outreach teams remain in touch while on the move, ensuring we can check in with clients, respond to urgent needs, and stay connected across Norwich.
Cost Savings: These savings are being redirected into frontline services allowing us to support more people, more often.
Increased Flexibility: Staff can transfer calls, join virtual meetings, and access voicemail and call data from anywhere. This helps us avoid missed connections and improves continuity of care for clients.
Secure and GDPR-Compliant: The system is fully compliant with data protection standards, keeping sensitive information safe and giving clients confidence in our service.
This upgrade is more than a technical change. It is a meaningful step forward in how we support people. With faster response times, fewer missed calls, and improved collaboration across teams, we are making it easier for older people to get the help they need, when they need it.
The new system is being introduced gradually throughout July, with Dupliq working hand-in-hand with our IT and operations teams to ensure a smooth transition with no disruption to our vital services.
At a time when charities are under increasing pressure to do more with less, this investment in smarter communications helps us stay effective, agile, and focused on what matters most -supporting older people in Norwich to live well, age well, and enjoy a better quality of later life.
If you would like to speak with one of our advisors or find out about the services we offer, please contact our customer service team on 01603 496 333. Or email on enquiries@ageuknorwich.org.uk