This course develops many of the features of Microsoft Excel. We will look at the most useful elements, including formulas and functions, using Excel as a database and sharing text and data with other applications. Everything will be explained in straightforward terms. It is also an opportunity to iron out any bad habits that you may have picked up.
Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available.
Lunch provided: For full day training courses a sandwich lunch with crisps and cakes will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course.
Review Brief review of general Excel principles: Arithmetic formulas Looking at +, -, * & / Brackets BODMAS Advanced AutoSum Unusual ranges Auto-Average/Max/Min/Count AutoFill Building Functions Using the Paste Function dialog Basic functions Functions with one argument: Statistical functions Absolutes When/how to use absolute references Formulas and Functions between Sheets and Workbooks Summarising data from multiple sheets Linking workbooks Advanced Functions Functions with more than one argument e.g. the IF Function
Course price: From £74.00 – £96.00pp
For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
Are you struggling to attract talent to your company? Are you spending out on costly adverts and recruitment agents but receiving poor results? Itʼs time to discover Social Recruiting NOW! Take a second to think about your candidate, if theyʼre good they won’t be actively looking for a job. Your “ideal candidate” is most probably working for your competitor, your “ideal candidate” is not an active job seeker.
Lunch provided: On full day training courses a sandwich lunch with crisps, cakes and fruit will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course.
This course covers the following: Introduction to social recruiting Setting your strategy Candidate attraction Candidate sourcing Building a community of top talent Showcasing your employer brand Company culture Employer brand ambassadors X-Ray search Mobile Social recruiting best practice Raising your employer profile The recruiting/marketing mix Useful tools Case studies Driving traffic to your careers page Establishing a routine
Course price: From £74.00 – £96.00
For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
Wingfield Consultants have won another global awards this year with a ‘Stevies’ Silver at The International Business Awards. This time an Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility award.
The name ‘Stevie’ is taken from the name Stephen, which is derived from the Greek for ‘crowned’!
Simon Wingfield, Founder of Wingfield Consultants, said: ‘This is our second global award recognition in 2024. We are so proud that the work we do for local communities, charities, and social enterprises in our home county of Norfolk has been rewarded with this silver award by the international judges.’
This is the ELEVENTH award win, finalist, shortlist or nominee recognition for Wingfield Consultants in 2024. It follows the CorporateLiveWire Global Awards 2023-24 win for Business Consultancy of the Year – UK win, The National Mentoring Awards – Excellence in Mentoring Award win (for Simon Wingfield), the SME News Business Elite Awards win for Best Business Growth Solutions Consultancy (East of England), the StartUp Awards finalist for Business Consulting & Management StartUp of the Year (East of England), the British Business Awards finalist for Small Business of the Year, the Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards finalist for Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year (East of England), a previous shortlist position for the Business Awards UK awards, the Business Awards UK Newcomer Business Consultancy of the Year win (Norfolk), the Business Awards UK CEO/Director of the Year win (Norfolk – Simon Wingfield), and a South Norfolk Community Awards nominee for Business in the Community.
To reduce social contact, the Government has ordered certain businesses and venues, including non-essential retailers, to close or restrict how they provide goods and services during the national lockdown.
Non-essential retail includes clothing and homeware stores, betting shops, tailors, tobacco and vape shops, electronic goods and mobile phone shops, and market stalls selling non-essential goods.
Non-essential retailers can only continue to operate for pre-ordered click-and-collect, mail order/phone order and delivery services. Council officers are visiting premises to provide advice and check regulations are being followed. If you wish to trade in this way, please remember:
Customers must pre-order goods, either online, by phone or by post, and must be given a future timeslot for socially-distanced collection or delivery.
Goods must be collected or delivered off the shop premises and social distancing must be maintained.
Customers are not allowed to enter the shop at any time.
Shop doors or market stall shutters must be kept locked except to allow the temporary passage of goods for pre-ordered socially-distanced collection or delivery.
Signage should be placed on the shopfront to say it is closed and only operating for pre-ordered click-and-collect, mail order/phone order and delivery services. Feel free to download this signage and put inside your window.
Researching the REAL effects of staffing and GDPR is not optional It’s about safeguarding the future of your business!
That is why Swarm Hive Business Network has collaborated with industry experts, to bring you an invaluable day of essential information to take the stress out of two of businesses hottest topics.
The training day is ideal for Senior executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants or business coaches; anyone looking for hands-on tools to apply to their business and safeguard it
The Training Day
Morning- The Staffing Journey (Alison Dalby)
Alison will take you through the key areas of safeguarding to consider when staffing your organisation from recruitment to succession planning.
Afternoon- GDPR and Your business (Phillip Brown)
Phillip will go through the upcoming changes in GDPR and what you need to consider to safeguard your business.
Both trainiers will be working with attendees to get hands on to identify gaps in their current knowledge and structure. You will learn how identify the challenges facing your business and create robust solutions to those challenges for your business. This hands-on, limited-availability workshop, is sure to be an invaluable learning experience.
When: Thursday, Nov. 23rd, 2017, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm (Registration opens at 9:00 am)
Where: Yours Business Networks, Tuesday Marketplace, Kings Lynn
In this week’s episode James and Mark talk about ways businesses can increase sales performance during lockdown and extended furlough. As usual they end up with 3 top tips, and along the way they make reference to Toy Story 4, Kurt Cobain and, yet again, the film The Matrix!
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Don’t forget, if you have missed the special interview episode with Sue Liburd MBE, and Andy Nicol, on diversity in the workplace, this unmissable episode is still available to listen to Listen here
Haswell Training are passionate about supporting mental health and well-being in the workplace and have been working in the background to develop and deliver a service that is responsive to the needs of our clients. Research has shown that employers see a return of £5.30 on average for every £1 invested in staff mental health. But above all else, support for employees shows that they are valued and recognised (Deloitte, 2022).
We are delighted to announce the official launch of the wellbeing element of Haswell Training Limited. Our Head of Well-being, Charmaine, is a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council bringing 14 years’ experience to the team.
She will be available to support the training needs of your team through the delivery of the following Qualsafe accredited (and Ofqual regulated) qualifications:
Level 1 – Introduction to Mental Health in the Workplace (Half day) – regulated and nationally recognised qualification for people who wish to raise their awareness of mental health and improve their mindfulness in work and everyday life.
Level 2 – Understanding Mental Health in the Workplace (1 day) – regulated and nationally recognised qualification that has been specifically designed to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of common mental health conditions in the workplace and how best to offer support and guidance to colleagues.
Level 3 – Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace (2 days) – regulated and nationally recognised qualification that has been specifically designed for those who would like to become a Mental Health First Aider in their workplace.
In addition to this, Charmaine will be available to work in partnership with you to create a bespoke package – responsive to the needs of your workforce. This could include:
Continuing Professional Development Sessions – upskill your workforce and help increase their confidence and confidence to identify, talk about and promote their own well-being and that of others. Sessions could include topics around – sleep, alcohol/drugs misuse, anxiety, depression, stress, etc.
Mental health and well-being sessions – moving away from the education side to focus on team well-being and strategies to support this. Sessions based around the NHS 5 Ways to Well-being. Perfect for a short session within the working day.
Support and/or supervision for mental health/well-being champions in the workplace
Drop ins – a dedicated time and place for people to feel listened to and supported and offering signposting to additional services.
Consultancy – to support businesses to identify and address the bespoke well-being needs of their workforce and use this to underpin a responsive mental health policy.
Cyber insurance is becoming a key component of a cyber security strategy designed to avoid the mountain of costs involved with restoring ‘business as usual’ if a cyber attack or data breach occurs.
Join our Principal Consultant, Darren Chapman and Sirelark’s Tom Jolly on Thursday 21st January 2021 at 10:00 am GMT to learn more about how cyber insurance is a funamental part of a successful Cyber Security Strategy.
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA Having an online presence for your organisation is a necessity as social media continues to grow, but how do you enhance your reputation & not ruin it? With statistics showing more than 53 percent of consumers say that they have decided against making a purchase after reading online recommendations, it’s important that you get it right. This course will improve your skills for using social media as a business communication tool, how to protect your reputation & what to do in a crisis. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available. Lunch provided: For full day training courses a lunch with sandwich or salad, crisps and cake or fruit will be provided. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course. Course Content Effective use of Social Media for your business Summary of popular social media sites What not to do to keep your customers happy What to do and keep one step ahead of your competitors Case studies of Good/Bad social media Social media policies for employees Management tools for Social Media critical for effective time management Marketing plans Course price: £74.00 – £96.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
At the annual awards event last Thursday night, Greater Anglia (GA) also won the Fleet Achievement of the Year award for its successful transition to a complete fleet of new trains (in one of the biggest fleet replacement projects delivered in the UK over the last 30 – 40 years, completed successfully despite added complications caused by the pandemic), while Cambridge won the Large Station of the Year award.
In addition, GA was highly commended in the Customer Service Excellence award for both its We’re All Ears customer feedback programme and for the customer-focused design and delivery of its Stadler-built intercity, Stansted Express, and regional train fleets. Meanwhile Bures and Norwich were finalists in the Small and Large Station of the Year awards, respectively.
Jamie Burles, Managing Director, Greater Anglia said:
“Everyone at Greater Anglia is very proud to have won the Passenger Operator of the Year award for the second time in three years. Right across our company, colleagues are passionate about doing their best for the customers and communities we serve. With excellent performance, a commitment to customer service, high quality new trains, and effective partnerships with other rail industry organisations and wider stakeholders, we’re fully focused on maintaining our high standards.
“It was also pleasing to see further recognition with our Fleet Achievement award, our Large Station award for Cambridge and commendations in Customer Excellence for our We’re All Ears customer feedback programme and, with Stadler, for the customer-focused features of our intercity, Stansted Express, and regional trains. They illustrate again our efforts and achievements in providing the best possible service for passengers across our network, day in, day out.
“We’re also grateful to key partners, such as Network Rail, the Department for Transport, Stadler, Alstom, community rail partnerships, station adopters, other rail industry organisations and regional stakeholders who all play a key role in helping us provide a high-quality service. We will continue to work to keep up our high standards and keep on improving – always focused on delivering the best train service we can for customers, communities, and wider stakeholders across our region.”
Judges’ citations for GA’s other award wins were as follows:
Fleet Achievement of the Year: “A ‘hands down winner’, owing to the strong focus on passenger benefits and close coordination between operations and engineering teams during the operator’s fleet replacement programme.”
Large Station of the Year – Cambridge: “This city station has improved even further since it last won the category back in 2017, adding a multi-storey cycle hub, more ticket gates and bigger ticket office. The judges felt it provided a modern welcome to the famous university city without compromising the historic atmosphere.”
The clock is ticking for local businesses to grab one of the final safari animal sculptures that are set to take over Norwich and Norfolk next summer!
With limited opportunities available, time is running out for businesses and organisations to be part of the latest GoGo trail, GoGoSafari – an inclusive public art sculpture trail that will see Norwich and Norfolk overtaken by rhinos, elephants, giraffes, gorillas and lions for ten weeks from June 2025.
Delivered by local charity Break, in partnership with Wild in Art, Zoological Society of East Angila, Norwich BID and Chantry Place, the trail is a unique opportunity to be part of something spectacular with all funds raised going towards Break and their work supporting young people living in care.
The trail follows on from the stomping success of GoGoDiscover in 2022 with T.rex and Steppe Mammoth sculptures, which saw estimated 350,000 people take on the trail. And over half of visitors said it encouraged them to stay longer in the city to shop, eat and take in other attractions such as the cinema with some discovering new places they’d never been to before.
Pete Marron, Senior Partnerships and Projects Manager at Break, says: “We have so many great businesses already involved, but there is still room for more! It’s such a creative way for businesses to reach a wide and varied audience. We welcome any sized business and can offer bespoke and flexible packages. We work closely with all our sponsors to ensure that they achieve what they want from being involved in the trail. This could be to engage a new audience, boost their brand, assist with employee engagement, or build new relationships and we can help facilitate that.”
Nearly forty businesses have already sponsored a sculpture including Alan Boswell Group, Birketts LLP, Castle Quarter, Royal Arcade, First Buses and Norwich City Football Club.
Commenting on their involvement, Lee Boswell from Alan Boswell Group says: “We’re pleased to continue our support of Break through their GoGoSafari trail. Having sponsored previous trails, we recognise the value they bring to the city and the wider community, and, of course, in contributing to the vital charity work Break does in the region.”
With only a handful of sculptures left to sponsor, now is the perfect time to take that journey and secure your spot! Each sculpture is decorated by professional artists, chosen by the sculpture sponsors at an exclusive Art Selection Event. Once the trail has finished, all animals will be going to auction to raise vital funds for Break and the work they do for young people living in and moving from care.
An opportunity to re-examine your sales techniques and refresh your approach through on the main principles of selling. With products and services becoming more and more similar to each other, it is essential to adapt your approach and strategy. The increased use of the internet and other forms of social media has made it easier for buyers to access the alternative products and services.Changes in the business climate has introduced to the customers the concept of ‘doing a deal’. How do you think you should react to these changes? Key learning points: Seeking alternative ways of selling via different channels or practices How to establish the real buying motives and the ‘decision-maker’ How to handle the competition Ensure customer retention and recommendation Know when and how to close a sale
