Electric Technology is changing how our cities and towns will look
In the UK, the Climate Change Act placed a duty onto the country to ensure that net carbon account for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the 1990 baseline. The Act aims to improve carbon management and help the UK’s transition towards a low carbon economy. Whilst the country’s total Greenhouse Gas emissions were 29% lower in 2013 compared to 1990 levels, the emissions from the transport sector remained nearly constant in 2013 compared to 1990 levels.
58% of the Greenhouse Gas emissions from the transport sector are attributed to cars and taxis, 12% to light vans and 21% to other road vehicles such as buses and Heavy Good Vehicles
It is evident that emission reductions from the transport sector are required to meet the overall reduction targets and since a large share of the emissions are coming from cars and light vans, climate change mitigation strategies are promoting the uptake of ultra-low carbon vehicles for road transport
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This UEA and Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) online event will include talks and discussion groups on issues around assessing workplace wellbeing.
The event is aimed at practitioners with an interest in the strategic positioning of wellbeing in their organisations.
The event will be hosted by a team of researchers from UEA’s Norwich Business School, specialising in wellbeing and productivity in cooperation with the Society of Occupational Medicine.
We are pleased to be joined by Nick Pahl, Chief Executive at the Society of Occupational Medicine and guest speakers Johnathan Gawthrop and Hayley Farrell from EMCOR UK who will discuss EMCOR UK’s wellbeing journey.
To tailor your experience, we plan to offer breakout rooms facilitated by members of the panel (you will be able to select your preferred breakout option when booking your place).
The breakout rooms on offer are:
Measuring the unmeasurable – from definition to measures.
First steps – understanding risks and indicators.
When assessment gets tricky – cost-effectiveness, engagement in measurement and complex operational environments.
From evidence to action – interpreting and acting on what you find.
Tell us what is most pertinent for your organisation.
To find out more about this event and book your place visit the Eventbrite page.
A creative student is using his artistic flair to raise funds for the hospice that cared for him during childhood.
Ben Everett, 20, has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) – a genetic disorder characterised by progressive muscle degeneration – and was supported by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Now an art student at City College Norwich, he plans to raise funds for EACH by selling artwork at the popular Café Bar Marzano, within The Forum.
He has pieces on display and is donating 50% of sales to the charity, which supports families and cares for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Norfolk and the rest of East Anglia.
“EACH helped and gave me an opportunity to meet other people with different conditions,” said Ben, who lives with his mum in Costessey.
“I’ve been a student at City College Norwich for five years and am currently working on a Creative Short Courses (Level Three) course.
“I’ve been focusing on print and photography and using photography as a way to cope with my condition.
“I have an exhibition at Café Bar Marzano, where my artwork has been on display since 5th March, and want to donate 50% of sales to EACH.”
Ben’s artwork will be on show until 9th April.
It features both acrylic and foil transfer prints, including one combined with a screen print, and is based on a photo he took at Norwich Cathedral.
Thomas Hill, a Sessional Lecturer and Learning Support Assistant at City College Norwich, said: “The college has been amazing at supporting Ben.
“I’ve been his tutor for nearly two years and he’s such an inspiration.
“Despite being limited because of his condition, he’s persisted in wanting to create artwork and he’s always so happy, regardless of what he may be going through.”
Anyone unable to get to the exhibition but keen to buy a piece of artwork can email Thomas via Thomas.Hill@ccn.ac.uk
When Wensum Print were approached by Nelson’s Journey to become part of their NJ25 group – raising awareness and much needed funds for the charity; whilst celebrating their 25th year, we went away & had a brainstorm session. Creating a football tournament seemed the ultimate solution; with many of our staff being big football fans, playing at grassroot level, our existing partnership with The Norfolk County FA and numerous local clubs and associates and our work, which brings us together with businesses in every business sector.
We are now proud to present a corporate football tournament which will be a celebration of the amazing work Nelson’s Journey produce and raise much needed funds to help them to continue doing so.
We will also ensure that the event is a fun and enjoyable experience for all participants, professional with a trophy for the winning team.
The event will be held at The FDC (Football Development Centre) in Norwich on Tuesday 8th August 2023. The venue offers high quality pitches and facilities, food and drink options and the event will also have fun games and competitions throughout – ideal for team building and networking.
Spaces are limited, so if you would like to get involved please follow the instructions here.
ABOUT THE CHARITY
Bringing Back Smiles
Since 1997, Nelson’s Journey has been supporting children and young people in Norfolk with their bereavement needs, helping to them to understand and cope with their feelings. The charity also supports professionals in the county who work with children, such as teachers and health workers, to help raise awareness of issues affecting bereaved children.
Nelson’s Journey’s vision is that every bereaved child in Norfolk will look forward to a positive future, empowered to reach their full potential.
Celebrating 25 Years
In November 2022, Nelson’s Journey turned 25 years old and are celebrating in style.
A group of 20 businesses are collectively raising £25,000 by October 2023 to fund a professionally trained Child Bereavement Support Worker. This post will support over 100 bereaved children in a year. Being part of this campaign will create a transformational impact for these children’s lives.
This 3 part course running 14th, 21st and 28th May is designed for new and aspiring managers and also comes with an option to take a Level 3 CMI Qualification. With a combination of live online delivery (3 x 1/2 day sessions) and 1 to 1 coaching this course offers a fantastic introduction into being a highly successful front-line manager.
With some additional self-study, supported by 1 to 1 coaching and professionally created learning content from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), you can obtain the highly prestigious Level 3 Award in Principles of Management and Leadership. This is a Nationally recognised qualification and is also part of the Apprenticeship Standard. This will not only improve your management ability, but it will also enhance your CV, improve your career prospects and your future earning potential. CMI Membership and a formal Certificate is included.
SESSION 1
Aim: How organisations work, the role and responsibilities of a manager to successfully support the strategic aims of the organisation. In this session you will learn:
Company Vison, Mission, Values, Behaviour & Culture
Company Strategy & Tactics
The Roles & Responsibilities of a Manager
R.A.C.I. What it means and how it works
SESSION 2
Aim: What great leadership looks like, and how you can become the best leader you can possibly be.
Attributes of Great Leaders
Leadership Vs Management
TASK-PEOPLE-DETAIL
Situational Leadership
SESSION 3
Aim: What excellent managers need to know, what skills they should develop and how to use them to positively effect in the organisation.
Howes Percival’s corporate, commercial, and banking (CCB) team completed over 150 deals with a combined value of£700 millionin 2022.
The rapidly growing team advises clients on significant and transformational acquisitions and disposals and the full range of contractual matters. It also provides a dedicated banking and finance service to banks, financial institutions, funds, and other lenders.
The number of completed transactions in 2022 was a further increase on the firm’s record deal volumes in 2021 with levels of M&A,financing and restructuringactivity remaining high.
The growth was also driven by the ongoing investment in the Howes Percival CCB team, over the last three years. The team is now 60% larger than in 2019, as a result of a series of quality lateral hires including Chris White, Chloe Bristow and Deb Hay Davison (all formerly at Dentons), James Stephen (BDB Pitmans) Will Taylor (EMW) and Bradley Johnson (Machins) all joining in 2022. Tom Maksymiw also qualified into the team during the year.
Andy Harris, partner, and head of Howes Percival’s CCB team, commented, “2022 was a record-breaking year again for Howes Percival’s CCB team and I’m incredibly proud of what we have delivered, both in terms of the volume of deals and the quality of the service the team has provided to clients. We hope we are increasingly seen as one of the go-to firms for corporate transactions in our key regions and we are getting more and more referrals across a wide range of sectors, as word spreads.
“We have seen a really good flow of instructions from some of our key sectors such as Automotive (particularly motor dealer M&A), Development, Food and Beverage, Healthcare, Leisure & Tourism and Technology & Innovation with significant transactions in each of these areas. We think these clients come to us not only because we are capable corporate, commercial and banking professionals, but also because of our relationship-driven approach, as well as our deep sector knowledge.
“In addition to the lateral hires we are proud to have attracted, we continue to place great emphasis on recognising and promoting home-grown talent within the team, and offering a complete career path, from developing great trainees through to creating new partners. We’ve also expandedthe firm’s services to clients. Paula Dumbill, who joined us from Browne Jacobson, established and has grown our dedicated Commercial team, while we also now have a dedicated Company Secretarial and Governance team headed by Chloe Bristow.”
Andy Harris continued, “Of course, the ongoing situation in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis and the potential for recession in the UK are still major concerns this year, and we will all be keeping a close eye on things. As a general observation, transactions are taking longer to deliver, but the situation does vary by sector and we are still seeing plenty of activity and new opportunities.”
Wingfield Consultants has been named a finalist for the StartUp Awards 2023.
The StartUp Awards has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene across the UK which has accelerated since the 2019 pandemic. Over 800,000 new businesses were founded in the UK since 2021, a 4.3% increase from the year before.
A record number of businesses applied to this year’s StartUp Awards, with 1,100 firms shortlisted across ten UK nations and regions. The contribution of these firms – all of which were started in the last three years – is significant, having created over 5,000 new jobs since they were established and generating annual sales of £584 million.
Greater Anglia is installing LED lighting at six stations to help tackle its carbon footprint and reduce the impact on the environment.
The new lighting, which has been installed on platforms, on concourses and in car parks, is more energy efficient and will make stations look and feel brighter and more pleasant.
Old wiring has been replaced and new LED lighting installed at Trimley, Great Bentley and Brimsdown stations and at Brampton, Attleborough and Mistley station car parks.
Since 2018, Greater Anglia has replaced lighting with LED lights at 110 stations across its network.
Simone Bailey, Greater Anglia Asset Management Director, said: “We do all we can do reduce our impact on the environment and this is the latest scheme to tackle our carbon footprint.
“We aim to install LED lighting at all of the stations we manage. This will help save energy, create a more pleasant atmosphere for our customers and improve safety and security.”
Greater Anglia has been working to reduce its impact on the environment, reducing carbon emissions by over 25,000 tonnes over the last two years with a series of energy and carbon reduction measures.
Other green initiatives include introducing new more energy-efficient trains, cutting waste, increasing recycling, working with partners and communities on projects to improve sustainability and biodiversity at stations, offering free water refill points at stations, installing electric car charging points, increasing recycling and creating more cycle parking spaces.
The company has also installed wireless energy management systems at selected rail stations to ensure heating and lighting are used efficiently, and taken steps to reduce water consumption.
Our Reset. Restart programme is here to help you transform, future-proof or grow your business through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
About this Event
We know this is a difficult time for small businesses and business owners. That’s why we’ve developed a free dedicated programme of business support that can be accessed remotely, wherever you are. Reset. Restart is open to all business owners, especially those in the first years of trading.
Alongside the national Reset. Restart programme run by the British Library Business & IP Centre, we are offering a series of free local 1-to-1 support sessions, workshops and networking events – all delivered by MENTA
Generating new business ideas
Whether you are thinking of a completely new business idea, diversifying your existing business or simply taking things in a new direction this workshop will help you generate ideas, key considerations, risk factors and next steps.
This is one of a series of five workshops – you’ll find details of the others on our main Eventbrite page.
For further information about any of our events, please contact us at bipcnorfolk@norfolk.gov.uk or telephone 01603 774708
A children’s hospice is giving the public an opportunity to explore its stunning grounds during a day of Easter fun.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is welcoming visitors to The Nook, in Framingham Earl, on Saturday, 1st April.
There will be arts and crafts and an egg hunt, plus a tombola, raffle and refreshments.
The fun day, taking place between 10am and 2pm, is the first community event to be held at The Nook since it was opened by EACH Patron The Princess of Wales – then The Duchess of Cambridge – in November 2019.
“It’s very exciting and we can’t wait to welcome the public to our beautiful hospice,” said EACH Community Fundraiser Ellie Miller, who has jointly organised the event with colleague Megan Kemp.
“It hasn’t been possible until now, because of the pandemic, but is going to be a fun-filled day for the whole family.
“Although the public won’t have access to the care floor, they’ll be able to see and enjoy our grounds and I’m sure they’ll be impressed.
“The Nook is a stunning place and this is an opportunity to showcase it, as well as raising awareness and perhaps changing perceptions.
“People may hear the word ‘hospice’ and conjure up images of a scary, depressing, hospital-like environment.
“In reality, nothing could be further from the truth and this is a perfect way to highlight that, while having lots of Easter fun.”
The public can come and go as they please and do not need to book tickets, although they can register their interest via a special Facebook page.
The Easter arts and crafts will be free but the egg hunt, which will be taking place in the gardens and courtyard, costs £3.
There will also be live music from Norwich-based steel pan band Spangle.
The majority of the eggs have been kindly donated by NIQ Brandbank, Tesco, the Cambridge office of Ensors chartered accountants, Wolseley Plumbing and Heating and Nationwide Building Society, in St Stephens Street, Norwich.
Join us as we explore the Business Builder tools on the Norfolk Knowledge Hub
About this Event
What is Business Builder?
Business Builder is a digital tool designed to give you the right support, at the right time for you and your business.
Whether you are looking to validate an idea, find new customers, or explore the funding options available to you, there is support available online 24/7, including;
Digital modules
Taking you through the essential building blocks to help you and your business move forward, completing exercises, templates and questions to implement the learning into your business.
Online community
We understand the power of a collaborative community so from day one we will connect you with a Facebook community of 100’s of peers to support you through your entrepreneurial journey.
Wrap around events
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know -well, we think it’s a bit of both!
Through a series of digital events, we’ll aim to surround you with the right people and knowledge that could take your business from good to great.
What is Norfolk Knowledge Hub?
The Norfolk Knowledge Hub, crafted in collaboration with Norfolk County Council, is your free to view 24/7 virtual business support and learning portal.
Why?
Get the support and inspiration you need to succeed by accessing online learning, knowledge sharing events, peer to peer learning, thought leadership, information and ideas all designed to help support you and your business.
Who?
Whether you are a sole trader, part of a larger organisation, or are an individual wanting to get ahead in business – you can access information on key issues, from learning how to adapt and successfully recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, to understanding and navigating Brexit and other key challenges. Updating you and your organisation’s skills and discovering new opportunities.
