Member News

Norwich and London based Architectural PracticeLSI Architects has once again been named a Building’sTop 150 Consultants,Building Magazine’sannual league table of the biggest UK consultants which includes surveyors, architects, engineers and project managers.

The Practice rose to 101st from 113th in the top 150 firmsand from 46thto 42nd in the top 50 Architects.

Partner Rupert Kitchencommented”Building Magazine is one of the construction industry’s most respected namesand so to receive this recognition is something we are rightfully proud of.Despite uncertainties around Brexit the practice’s forward look remains as strong as it has ever been.Our presence in London and the South East continues to grow, with a range of projects across a number of sectors and some exciting design opportunities. We’ve recently been able to offer permanent positions to a number of people in both London and Norwich, and it is our intention that we will continue to recruit in the coming months based on our positive outlook.”

According to this year’s top 150, consultants grew their UK staff by 5% overall during the past year.

This week we have been celebrating the triumph of our inauguralSG Wealth Management Gala Concert, Vivaldi The Four Seasons, performed byNorwich Baroque.

We are delighted to have the privilege to sponsor and support such a wonderfully dynamic orchestra who have internationally renowned countertenor Michael Chance CBE as their Patron.

Saturday 10September saw us welcome over 500 people to the stunning surroundings of Norwich Cathedral. Guests were treated to enchanting performances by our guest soloists, violinist Adrian Chandler and cellist Kate Bennett Wadsworth.

Stephen Girling, SG Wealth’s Managing Director commented “Many congratulations to Norwich Baroque who are this year celebrating their 10th anniversary of bringing such musical pleasure to so many of us. Business of course is about many things, but being part of a community and providing support and opportunity for people in the community is vital; not for self interest, but for the good of the whole. A vibrant community is a thriving community”

“To fill the Cathedral, as Norwich Baroque did on Saturday evening, is surely a mark of how this ensemble has become an integral part of the city’s vibrant musical culture”Frank Cliff, EDP

Thank you to The Very Reverend Jane Hedges for being our honored guest, and to everybody who supported us by joining us for the evening, we hope to see you at future Norwich Baroque Concert’s across Norfolk soon.

You can see Norwich Baroque’s concertdiary here.

Press enquiries: Simone NicholsonSimone@sgwealthmanagement.co.uk

Norwich Airport opens new engine testing centre

Norwich Airport has officially opened its purpose-built engine testing centre to reduce aircraft noise for neighbouring communities and support aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities at the airport.

The new facility represents a £1.4 million investment by airport owners Rigby Group plc and is another significant milestone in the airport’s ongoing strategy of upgrade and improvement.

The testing centre is a bespoke high tech facility only usually found at larger airports like Stansted or Heathrow. It features a 10m-high, three-sided aluminium acoustic barrier designed to minimise aircraft noise during engine runs.

Engine testing is vital to the work of the Norwich Airport-based aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul businesses and their airline customers.

Norwich Airport managing director Richard Pace said: “This investment will make a significant contribution to improving the local environment by using the latest noise reduction technology. We are committed to making Norwich Airport one of the best in its class and to being a good neighbour, and are delighted to be celebrating the official launch of this important project.”

Alan Waters, leader of Norwich City Council, said: “Norwich has long been the economic and cultural heart of East Anglia so we welcome the opening of this significant facility.

“The engine testing centre is helping to deliver some really positive outcomes for the city by contributing to the employment offer of the airport, adding high value engineering jobs and improving the environment for the benefit of nearby residents. These three elements link back to two of the council’s corporate priorities for the city and its residents – having a safe and clean city which is also prosperous and vibrant.”

Designed by industry leaders APS of Germany, who have more than 30 years of noise protection experience, the engine testing project was managed by Norwich-based Canham Consulting and built by Cromer-based MacKinnon Construction. The new centre came into service in April this year.

Richard Pace added: “This is a world class engineering facility made possible by the airport management team working closing with our local authorities to bring it to fruition.”

Copy ends

Notes to Editors

About Norwich Airport

Norwich International Airport is part of Regional & City Airports, the airport management division of Rigby Group plc having been acquired in June 2014. The airport employs 250 people.

The Airport offers direct scheduled flights to Amsterdam (with connections to over 600 destinations worldwide), Aberdeen, Alicante, Edinburgh, Exeter, Guernsey, Jersey, Malaga and Manchester. Connections through Manchester enable passengers to reach Belfast, Glasgow, Isle of Man, Inverness and many more.

Holiday flights operate to the Balearic and Canary Islands, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Italy.

The scheduled airlines and charter operators currently active from the Airport are:

KLM, Eastern Airways, bmi regional, Flybe and Loganair Thomson, Thomas Cook, Balkan Holidays, Newmarket Holidays and Omega Holidays

The airport is a key hub for the southern North Sea offshore oil and gas industry. Four major offshore helicopter operators are based at the airport. These are Bristow, Bond, CHC and NHV. Last year 100,000 passengers travelled offshore from the Airport.

About Rigby Group plc

Rigby Group plc is the parent company for a portfolio of family-owned and highly successful businesses operating across Europe and the Middle East. Diversifying from its origins as a principally technology-led business, Rigby Group plc has evolved over four decades- through smart, strategic acquisitions – into a £2bn British success story employing over 7,500 people.

Rigby Group comprises six key divisions: Technology (SCC – Europe’s largest independent IT services business), Airports (Regional & City Airports, Norwich Airport, Exeter Airport and Coventry Airport), Hotels (the Eden Hotel Collection), Real Estate (Rigby & Rigby superprime property development, Rigby Group Real Estate including Imperial Park, Coventry), Aviation (British International Helicopters and Capital Air Ambulance), and Finance (Rigby Private Equity, Rigby Investments and Rigby Capital).

About Regional & City Airports (RCA)

Regional & City Airports (RCA) is Rigby Group’s highly-innovative airport management company. RCA owns and operates Norwich Airport, Exeter Airport and Coventry Airport, holds management contracts for Blackpool International Airport, City of Derry Airport and Lee on Solent airfield, and is actively building its portfolio of owned or managed airport assets across the next five years.

Regional airports are vitally important to the economic development of regions, not just in the UK but across the world. To survive and prosper, smaller regional airports need to cooperate and collaborate – enabling them to benefit from the economies of scale and sharing of best practice traditionally enjoyed by larger hub airports. This is the vision behind RCA.

RCA has built a reputation as an efficient, safe and commercially-savvy airport operator, driving improvements to route development, commercial revenues, operating costs and capital investment in order to deliver a consistently sound commercial return. As RCA grows it is increasingly able to leverage significant buying power and shared expertise. Already employing more than 650 people, RCA is on its way to becoming a leading player in the regional airport sector and is taking advantage of the lack of capacity at major hub airports in the UK to demonstrate how regional airports can ease the strain.

For more information contact:

Judy Groves, Marketing Director, Rigby Group Plc, judy@rigbygroupplc.com, 07850 622488

OR

Jason Clark, DCA Public Relations, jason.clark@dca-pr.co.uk, 01208-77900, 07980-834368

Aston Shaw, the fastest growing accountancy firm in East Anglia, are proud to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for three awards in the British Accountancy Awards 2016.

The British Accountancy Awards (BAA) are now in their sixth year, and in this time the BAA awards have become the most prestigious and widely entered national awards of their kind. The awards seek to recognise the top accounting firms across the UK, and Aston Shaw is extremely proud to be shortlisted for both the ‘Independent Firm of the Year – East, England’, ‘Most Socially Responsible Practice’, ‘Most Innovative Practice (Independent Firm’).

Mark Noakes, Director, commented: “It’s great to see to see the firm shortlisted for all three of the awards we applied for. The British Accountancy Awards are widely regarded as the industry’s most prestigious accolades – and to see our achievements recognised at this level is truly fantastic.”

In order to be shortlisted for these awards, Aston Shaw had to provide real evidence of excellence within the industry. The firm had to produce evidence of its profitability, growth, measurable success, professionalism, innovation, as well as showcasing its commitment to the welfare and support of employees and the wider community.

The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony, which will take place on 29 November at The Brewery in central London. For more information on the ceremony, please visithttps://www.britishaccountancyawards.co.uk/

The Best Employers Eastern Region 2016 Awards conference will take place on Thursday 6 October at Hengrave Hall in Bury St Edmunds, celebrating the region’s best places to work and featuring guest speakers from high profile organisations discussing leadership, culture and its impact on business performance.

The Best Employer Eastern Region Awards will be presented as part of the ongoing business support initiative which was launched in 2012 by professional recruitment specialists Pure and people development and psychometrics experts eras ltd. This year, the award for the region’s Best Overall Large Employer will be sponsored by leading East of England law firm Birketts. Further awards will also be presented to the region’s Best Overall Small Employer (organisations with less than 50 employees) and organisations that excel in Customer Focus, Employee Engagement and Innovation.

The event will bring together business leaders from across the region and employers from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire will share ideas and gain inspiration and tips to increase engagement. The guest speakers have been confirmed as Chantal Misquitta from AstraZenca, Daemmon Reeve from Treatt plc, Norman Pickavance and James Brown from Grant Thornton and business transformation consultant Steve Turpie speaking about his work with Accenture, as well as Bright Stars, one of the nominated charities benefiting from the ticket sales of the event.

Lynn Walters, co-founder and director at Pure, said: “The conference will celebrate the breadth of employers we have in our region and will also be a fantastic opportunity to hear from leaders at some of the region’s most high-performing organisations. Each of one of these businesses is very different with varying people, culture and engagement challenges. The aim of these events is to create a forum to share new ideas, problem solve challenges and to bring together leading employers to share their experiences and best practice. We are also delighted to have Birketts, our 2012 sponsors, continuing to support us again this year. We partner with Birketts on several events and initiatives, including employment law seminars and regional diversity events, and we are proud to work with them on this important initiative as well.”

Representatives from Birketts will attend the event to present the Best Overall Large Employer Award and to also take part in the discussions which aim to strengthen the region’s economy by supporting local businesses to attract and develop talented employees.

Jeanette Wheeler, Partner and Head of Employment Law, Birketts, said: “We’ve always been great advocates of the correlation between employee engagement and business success. We know that our own reputation relies on the qualities of our people and we believe that workplaces should be challenging and rewarding, but above all, enjoyable. Our region is a great place to work and to do business, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to help celebrate our fantastic employers and to share best practice.”

The award winning organisations will be selected based on the results from participants in the 2016 Best Employers Eastern Region Survey. The employee survey, provided free of charge as part of the initiative, is tailored for each business and uncovers the true perception of an organisation by asking its employees. It also captures the data employers need to monitor how engaged their employees are and to gain a better understanding of the perceived workplace culture.

Margaret Burnside, Director of People Development at eras ltd, said: “The survey allows us to bring a little science to what might seem a subjective judgement. The Best Employer Eastern Region Awards are presented to the organisations which have the highest overall scores. Each participating organisation will also have received a free tailored report, an action plan for guidance and access to regional trends. The event is a great opportunity to discuss the overall findings and results and to see how our region compares on a national and global scale.”

The event will also help to raise money for two local charities, with £15 per ticket being donated to Brightstars and Upbeat Heart in West Suffolk. Upbeat Heart is a support group set up by ex-cardiac patients to help those who have had heart attacks or other heart-related problems. Brightstars, founded by guest speaker Steve Turpie, supports disabled children and young people in Bury St Edmunds. Delegates will have the chance to hear the inspiring story of how Brightstars was founded, its first year to date, and how previous donations from Best Employers Eastern Region events have helped to support the charity’s work.

For more information, or to book a place at the Best Employers Eastern Region Awards and Conference, visitwww.best-employers.co.ukor email bestemployers@prs.uk.com.

CatchBMA Estateson our full circuit of digital advertising screens across Norfolk for the next two months.

It’s so rewarding for us at BBA to have our customers come back and take out new campaigns, having received great customer feedback.

If you are looking for new ways to expand our audience, tell people about a sale or change, or just spread your advertising message why not drop us a message or call and find out how digital out of home advertising could be the perfect addition to your marketing portfolio!

The beautiful Indian Summer only means one thing – more time outdoors!

We know that we at the BBA offices aren’t the only ones taking every opportunity to be outside in the last of the summer rays.

More time outdoors means even more views of out outdoor digital advertising screens!

Horning Ferry Marinareacted to the unseasonable weather took out an additional months advertising with us and want to offer you 10% off. Just another example of the endless possibilities and easily adaptable advertising opportunities opened up by DOOH.

If you still haven’t tried digital advertising for your business, give us a call or message and speak to one of the team about how we could benefit you.

We recently were appointed to work with Plastic Surgery Associates to create a website with a modern design that would position them better in their marketplace. We also overhauled their content plan to make the website easier to navigate and introduced a SilverStripe content management system so they can keep the website up to date with ease.Take a look at the new website here.

As a new business, it can be hard to make your brand known, get your name out there and start seeing that initial growth in customer base.Rush Removalsoffer a fast and reliable service on jobs big or small starting from as little as £40. Taking full advantage of our design team and taking out a long term campaign Rush Removals will soon be a widely recognised company across our Norfolk screens.

BBA are excited to be showcasing an exciting new Norfolk removals company, who share our passion and enthusiasm for providing the county with A*** quality services.

Welcome on board Rush Removals!

Broadland Business Park enjoys a parkland site on the edge of the city and now with Outspoken Delivery’s new daily route to and from Norwich city centre businesses can benefit from rapid same daydeliveries.

Whether it’s an urgent document, important printed materials hot off the press or simply cake for a lunch Outspoken Delivery can collect and deliverwithinhours. What’s more, because we offer a daily route to and from Broadland Business Park the cost will be lower than a dedicated collection by a courier.

Outspoken exclusively useselectric-assist freight bicycles that are clean and green.

Leathes Prior are celebrating their history, their growth and their customer focus in their brand new campaign with BBA Digital Media.

With a focus on their expansion from local firm to one of the leading and largest law firms in East Anglia, their new campaign showcases Leathes Prior’s new marketing video to our audience of 750,00 people per week.

Using the same brand message,Video or imagery over several platforms really increases brand awareness!

Wymondham College returnto our network of screens this month, the prestigious school are launching a brand new campaign. Details of Wymondham college’s open day’s and boarding taster evening for new students is now being detailed on all of our city centre screens.

Just another example of how our screens make it quick and easy to change your advertising message on our digital screens!