This qualification- The Level 3 Award in Training Skills & Practice – is ideal for people who are serious about delivering effective presentations & training
The course takes place over 3 days- 22nd, 23rd and 28th May; the learning outcomes for delegates are to
Understand their own role and responsibilities in relation to training
Understand appropriate training and learning approaches in a specialist area
Demonstrate theirs session planning skills
Understand how to deliver inclusive sessions that motivate learners
Understand the use of different assessment methods and the need for effective record keeping
The course is assessed by delivering a 20-30 minute micro teach session- but also undertaking self evaluation & peer assessment- not for the faint hearted – but a great course which ensure excellent training/ presentation skills
The course can at a later date be converted to PTLLS
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The recent fall in the value of Sterling is squeezing domestic sales margins, and increasing the cost base of UK businesses, according to the results of the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) latest International Trade Survey. The findings, released today (Monday), also indicate that the weak pound is expected to push up the prices of products and services.
The results of the survey, run in partnership with moneycorp and based on the responses of nearly 1,500 surveyed businesses, indicate that the recent devaluation of Sterling is having a negative impact on the domestic sales margins of nearly half of businesses (44%). The effect is more diverse on export margins, with roughly equal levels of businesses reporting a positive (25%) and negative (22%) impact, suggesting that while the fall in value of the pound may be helping some UK exporters, it’s also hurting others.
The survey also found that 68% of businesses expect the fall in the value of Sterling to increase their cost base in the coming year. In turn, over half (54%) of companies expect to have to increase the prices of their products and services over the next 12 months.
Away from prices, the findings also show that nearly half of businesses (45%) do not currently manage currency risk. For those that do, invoicing in Sterling instead of their customer’s local foreign currency (32%) was the most popular means, followed by opening a foreign currency bank account to deal with sales and purchases in the same currency (16%), and waiting for an advantageous rate and buying using the spot market (14%). The same number of businesses (46%) don’t expect to manage their currency risk in the next six months.
Julie Austin, International Trade Manager for Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said:
“The depreciation of Sterling in recent months has been the main tangible impact that Norfolk firms have had to grapple with since the EU referendum vote.
“Our Chamber research shows that the falling pound has been a double-edged sword for many Norfolk businesses. Nearly as many exporters say the low pound is damaging them as benefiting them. For firms that import, it’s now more expensive, and companies may find themselves locked into contracts with suppliers and unable to be responsive to currency fluctuations.”
Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:
“Our survey shows that inflation is going to be an important concern for businesses over the coming year. While inflation rates aren’t high by historical standards, they are still putting increasing pressure on companies. Rising costs are squeezing margins, and forcing many firms to increase the prices of their goods and services.
“Currency fluctuations aren’t something in the UK government’s direct control, and they are likely to continue as the Brexit transition unfolds. Ministers must do everything in their power, meantime, to help businesses keep costs down and stay competitive. Alleviating many of the up-front costs facing companies should be a priority for the Budget in March – starting with the sledgehammer of business rates.”
Lee McDarby, Managing Director of UK Corporate International Payments at moneycorp, said:
“The post referendum fall in sterling has clearly had an impact on many UK businesses and, as hedging begins to expire, importers and exporters will have to adapt to the new landscape. For exporters, the move potentially allows for greater competitiveness on an international level; however, importers may now have to think of new ways of protecting their businesses from further volatility.
“The timeframe for stepping away from the European Union is long, with at least two years of negotiation as and when Article 50 is triggered; this means that companies will have to be nimble and proactive when it comes to managing foreign exchange exposure.
“The key events of 2016 have certainly caused market uncertainty and there are no signs that this will subside in 2017. On that basis we are definitely engaging more with new and existing clients who are turning to FX specialists such as moneycorp for support and assistance when it comes to managing their currency risk.”
Get competitive this summer and join us in an evening filled with networking.
A new event to ourcalendar this year;wewill be hosting a competitive evening of what we do best -networking!Enjoy a summer BBQ out on the terrace of Oaklands Hotel,whilst indulging in a range of networking games designed to get you making contacts.
Unwind after a days work and enjoy some of the most loved networking games, designed to get you making those all-important connections in a relaxed, informal setting.
Book as an individual, or bring your staff along to build your teams and contacts.
The contract to supply the design, editing, printing and distribution of the Norfolk Chamber’s bi-monthly magazine, the ‘Norfolk Voice’ is coming up for renewal for May 2017. The contract is now out to tender amongst the Chamber membership.
For more information and to receive a copy of the tender documents, please contact Jack Edwards on Tel: 01603 729 710 or Email: jack.edwards@norfolkchamber.co.uk . Please note you will need to be a member to be considered.
The closing date for receipt of completed bid proposals is Friday 10 March 2017.
All delegates will be awarded a Norvic certificate of attendance accredited by Qualsafe Awards who are recognised by Ofqual. It is valid for three years.
Open courses are held regularly at our training venues in Norwich, Norfolk and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Alternatively, courses can be arranged at your own site anywhere in the UK (subject to suitability).
Syllabus
Role and responsibility of first aider
Introduction to first aid
The recovery position
Heart attack
Choking
Burns and scalds
Incident management and safety
Basic life support
Adult and paediatric resuscitation
Use of AED
Control of bleeding and shock
Simple record keeping and first aid equipment
“Information presented in a clear and concise way at a good pace. Enjoyable course, very informative”.
“Lots of hands on role play, was a very good way to learn.”
On Friday 3 February over 150 Norfolk businesses arrived at Holiday Inn Norwich North for an afternoon of debate and discussion with five of Norfolk’s MPs.
Sponsored by Norse, Greater Anglia and Holiday Inn, the event returned for its seventh year with MPs Sir Henry Bellingham – MP for South West Norfolk, Richard Bacon – MP for South Norfolk, George Freeman – MP for Mid Norfolk, Keith Simpson – MP for Broadland and Norman Lamb – MP for North Norfolk. This year’s event host was Carole Walker, BBC Political Correspondent and ‘Norfolk gal’.
The afternoon was split into two sections, covering a range of key topics affecting Norfolk’s business community. The first section saw Norman Lamb, Richard Bacon, George Freeman and Keith Simpson covering revolution in technology. The discussion saw cyber-crime, broadband, mobile and of course Brexit covered by a mixture of interview style with audience questions.
Following this, our agenda lead to a tea break for delegates and MPs to get refreshed and enjoy platters of afternoon tea provided by the venue.
As the event resumed, members had the chance to hear from Brandon Lewis – MP for Great Yarmouth, in a pre-recorded video message. Brandon highlighted key growth in his constituency with the Great Yarmouth River Crossing development, and spoke of how Brexit must now become an opportunity for the UK.
Both Richard Bacon and George Freeman returned to the stage along with Sir Henry Bellingham and Jamie Burles, Managing Director of Greater Anglia for part two of the event. Infrastructure was the main topic of questions as we heard about the A47, rail, air travel and once again the implications of Brexit.
Norfolk Chamber’s Chief Executive, Caroline Williams said: “Recently, Norfolk has become more visible to Westminster. The Norfolk Chamber has been influential in securing audiences with key politicians, at national level, and giving the region the opportunity to have its business voice heard. This was a great opportunity to hear from and be heard by some of Norfolk’s most influential people.”
The afternoon provided both members and MPs with plenty of thought.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the session starts at 8.30am. Venue:Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 9 Norwich Business Park, Whiting Road, Norwich, NR4 6DJ
In this session (Be Better at Closing the Deal) Elliot Symonds, Jarrold Training will be your host.
You will learn:
In this chamber session, Elliot will be exploring the top 7 closing techniques and by the end of the session you will be able to demonstrate a clinical understanding of them, as well as state clearly what your favoured techniques would be. You will find this not only useful to ‘use’ but to ‘recognise’ if people are attempting to use them on you.
“Elliot is a very good presenter and I thought doing the role playing is a great way to learn the techniques he talked about.” –Kate Duffield, Pink Lizard Promotions.
“Really useful and fun session, getting the message across in an easy to understand manner.” –Rob Woods, Empresa Limited.
“Even if you knew this stuff, this was a wholly stimulating way to be reminded and enthused.” -Pete Goodrum, Freelance Marketeer.
About Elliot:
Elliot Symonds, Jarrold Training. A Masters degree in Jacobean and Caroline Drama set Elliot up perfectly for a career in Global Drinks. Elliot held various roles nationally and internationally with brands like Boddingtons, Stella Artois, Old Speckled Hen and Pepsi. Always attracted to learning and self-development he holds post graduate qualifications from Ashridge Business School and the UEA and now is happy to be back in his home county of Norfolk working for another great brand in Jarrold.
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. Places limited to one per company per session and each company will have an opportunity to book on to three sessions per series.
Bookings are now closed. For the opportunity to into this Session, please call 01603 729708.
Volunteers have won funding to install swift and bat boxes at Thetford station in a bid to protect them from habitat loss.
Greater Anglia’s station adopter group – who have developed a wildlife garden along the platforms – received a grant and planning permission from Breckland Council to fund six specially-designed boxes, and worked with Network Rail to install them at the top of the Victorian station building.
Swift and bat populations have severely declined in numbers over the last 25 years, due to habitat loss and swifts are now considered highly vulnerable.
The group has installed six ‘day and night’ boxes which are designed to house swifts during the summer months and bats all year round. Each box has a nesting chamber for a pair of swifts and a recess in the rear panel where bats can roost.
Alongside the boxes they have also installed a solar-powered swift call emitting device to improve the chances of the boxes being found and used. As swifts are loyal to their nesting sites, the group’s long-term goal is to establish a swift colony.
Lead volunteer, Fiona Rhind, said, “We recently became a Wildlife Friendly accredited station for the work we have done on the platforms, and we want to continually do more to show just what can be achieved in terms of greater biodiversity in an urban environment.
“At Thetford station we’ve planted native hedges, established a wildflower area and installed 15 bird boxes – which we were delighted to see become home to blackbird and robin chicks this year.
“It’s wonderful that we can now provide a refuge for swifts and bats as well – as our native species need all the help they can get. We’re really grateful to Breckland Council, Greater Anglia and Network Rail for supporting us in our aims to do everything we can to support our local wildlife.”
Thetford station recently received a ‘Wildlife Friendly’ accreditation from Greater Anglia and Norfolk Wildlife Trust to formally recognise the achievements of its team of volunteer ‘station adopters’ to create a wildlife haven at the station.
James Hogg, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Corporate and Membership Development Officer, said: “The alarming decline in the abundance of wildlife and the plight of species under threat means that just protecting the nature we have left is not enough; we need to put nature into recovery, and to do so at scale and with urgency. We are working to create a nature recovery network across Norfolk – and with fellow wildlife trusts across the UK – to create more space for wildlife.
“This project with Greater Anglia is a fantastic example of how people can transform nature-poor areas into new nature-rich places – and change the way we think about land, seizing opportunities to help nature outside traditional nature reserves.”
Greater Anglia’s Customer and Community Engagement Manager, Alan Neville, said, “I’d like to thank the volunteers at Thetford for the incredible work they are doing to support biodiversity locally. The railway in increasingly recognised as an important corridor for wildlife and thanks to initiatives like this, stations are becoming a vital part of that corridor which helps wildlife to move around the landscape and become more resilient to the effects of climate change and habitat loss.”
Rail stations across East Anglia are increasingly becoming havens for local wildlife thanks to the efforts of volunteers who last year transformed over 6,800 square metres of railway land into thriving wildlife gardens.
In a recent survey, Greater Anglia station adopters reported a wide range of creatures visiting their stations including many different types of butterflies as well as bees, slow worms, bats, foxes, deer and many varieties of birds, recording more than 200 different species.
Greater Anglia has pledged this land to WildEast, a nature recovery movement which aims to restore 20% of East Anglia back to nature by 2050 and has joined the rest of the rail industry in pledging to make stations across Britain more sustainable.
Above: Thetford station adopters receiving their Wildlife Friendly Station Accreditation last month. Credit: Greater Anglia.
Captain Fawcett Ltd, the King’s Lynn based gentleman’s grooming company, was delighted to host a delegation of 30 members from the Marijampolės Rotary Club of Lithuania, who were in the UK visiting the Priory Rotary Club King’s Lynn.
Arranged with Gintaras Ginčius of the Marijampolės Rotary Club, the trip to Captain Fawcett HQ reciprocated the Right Hand Man’s visit to the Lithuanian Parliament last year.
The Right Hand Man (as Captain Fawcett company founder Richie Finney is known) visited Lithuania in 2023 during ‘The Great Expedition’, a monumental motorcycle road trip which saw the indefatigable Finney riding solo through 27 countries, covering over 12,500 miles in just 10 weeks.
The ‘Great Expedition’ was undertaken to celebrate and cement real life connection with barbershops and brand distributors on their home territory, including Lithuania.
Richie Finney said “Of all the countries I visited on last year’s somewhat madcap Great Expedition, Lithuania was a particular delight. Not only is it the birthplace of some key Captain Fawcett team members, it is also a hugely welcoming country with Baltic hospitality being simply second to none! It was a privilege for Fawcett HQ to return such warm friendship with a personal tour of Captain Fawcett’s Marvellous Barbershop Museum and copious cups of Rosie Lee!
“It goes without saying that international friendship is intrinsic to the proud outward looking Hanseatic heritage of King’s Lynn, shaping our seaport identity and economy through centuries of maritime commerce. Captain Fawcett is delighted to honour that long tradition and celebrate enduring bonds forged through centuries of global trade and cultural exchange.
“Suffice to say, a great time was had by all! Valio!”
A spokesperson from Marijampolės Rotary Club said “Whilst visiting the United Kingdom, it was a great opportunity to visit Captain Fawcett and learn about the business of creating cosmetic products for men, tour the Museum and see the production company at work. Thanks to the whole team at this unique place for their warm welcome and very interesting excursion.”
Join Norfolk Chamber for our Business Breakfast in Great Yarmouth. Make new connections and catch up with existing ones as you network over a delicious breakfast.
Agenda
07:30 – Event Start
08:15 – Breakfast and Networking
08:45 – Update from Chamber
09:00 – Speaker – Stephen Ferrey – East Coast College ‘Business and the next generation’
09:30 – Event Close
Who is it for?
Anyone is welcome at this event, and it is open to both members and non-members.
Cancellation policy
If you have booked tickets for this event and can no longer attend, please notify us at hello@norfolkchambers.co.uk.
