Join this upcoming British Chambers of Commerce webinar, organised in partnership with Quest, it will help you to gain more in-depth knowledge about furloughing.
Drawing on the latest government guidance and years of HR experience, our experts will explain how furlough interacts with existing employment law and the steps employers need to take to benefit from the scheme.
Moderated by Jane Gratton, Head of People Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce in conversation with Van Chavda, Senior HR Business Partner at Quest Business Services.
A broad range of issues will be covered, including:
Join this fascinating webinar discussion between colleagues from the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany and our Director General, Adam Marshall.
Adam will be joined by members of the Board of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany including:
Andreas Glunz, Member of the Advisory Board of the BCCG (and Managing Partner, KPMG)
Tuesday Porter, Member of the Supervisory Board of TüV Nord AG
Gerd Stürz, Vice President of the BCCG
Germany is the UK’s 2nd largest trading partner after the US, beyond the EU as a whole. The UK and German governments work together on trade/ investment, economic, political, cultural, defence and security matters and benefit from a close relationship that is based on mutual respect and trust. The UK’s recent withdrawal from the EU has led to concern about how future bilateral relations will be impacted. Both countries have pledged to ensure that these economic, political and cultural ties are not severed, but if anything, intensified. However, the recent global pandemic crisis is inevitably placing strain on all economies across the world and the negative effects of Coronavirus on both economies will clearly add to those already existing due to Brexit challenges.
It is predicted that many negative effects will occur especially in industry, and particularly in respect of supply chains. It is expected that trade will resume fully only once Coronavirus restrictions are lifted and, depending on Brexit negotiations, be further hindered from the uncertainty brought about by the UK’s insistence that, irrespective of the effects of the pandemic, it does not plan to extend the Brexit transition period, which could again raise the question around whether the UK will exit the EU on WTO terms.
Engaging your team in the future decisions of your business is more important than ever – and harder than ever to do. Time isn’t on our side if we are to re-emerge successfully and with healthy teams after lockdown.
This informative webinar is presented by Rebecca White, Your Own Place CIC. Using Zoom and a bespoke Strategy Tool, we will deliver a 45-minute interactive group workshop that covers the following:
ways of involving your team in the big ideas – virtually
starts the team/managers thinking about your business and how it ‘restarts after Covid19
helps you to think about the skills you need in your team
starts the planning for your next steps All the time keeping your people, great values, fun and staff engagement at its heart.
About the presenter Rebecca White is the CEO and Founder of Your Own Place CIC. As a qualified secondary school teacher with years of experience working with people from all backgrounds as well as commissioners, politicians, business people and leaders, Rebecca exemplifies the successful combination of operational, strategic and business experience. What really drives Rebecca is social inequality. By the roll of a dice a person’s life chances are dramatically altered. Homelessness is just one manifestation of this and until people have equality of opportunity Rebecca will work tirelessly to champion disadvantaged people. Rebecca volunteers as a mentor for HMP Warren Hill and as Enterprise Adviser at The Locksley School.
This interactive workshop is limited to 10 people and will be on a first come, first served basis. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Whatever the size of your business and wherever you are in the life cycle of your business, understanding the value of (and the drivers of value) is key to effective decision making. In this volatile economy, it is even more important to understand the drivers of value when considering short term decisions and longer-term strategy.
The webinar will consider:
business valuation methodology with particular focus on how the pandemic may impact assessments of valuation
strategic reviews
preparation of business projections
recent transaction data and the relevance to the future
what are investors looking for
opportunities for realising value
About the presenter: Fiona Hotston Moore BSc (Hons) FCA CTA MAE ACFS, is a Director at JDC Corporate Finance and Walton Dodge Forensic in Norwich. Fiona is a Chartered Accountant with over 26 years’ experience providing strategic, accounting and taxation advice to business owners in a variety of sectors including technology, retail, property, professional services and financial services. Fiona’s clients have included successful entrepreneurs, start-ups, international groups and household names. As a forensic accountant, Fiona has acted as the named expert giving evidence in Court in a variety of cases over a decade including a number of matters involving business valuations and commercial disputes.
This popular monthly networking event ‘ will now take place online to allow businesses to network and create connections in a digital space.
Join Norfolk Chambers of Commerce for an online networking session to replace this the physical event of ‘Coastal Connect’ in Great Yarmouth. We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
What’s the format? We will be using Zoom to facilitate this virtual meeting of businesses. It will be introduced by Haze Carver from Norfolk Chambers of Commerce. We will then ‘Go Round The Screen’ allowing a one minute for each business to highlight anything of importance.
Who’s it for? Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Great Yarmouth area. Newbies are always welcome, whether it’s to our group or to networking in general.
Can I find out more? If you’d like to talk at one of our events, please get in touch with here as we are always looking for new speakers.
Tech East and Norfolk County Council are delighted to announce the rescheduled Tourism + Tech, a virtual ½ day conference aimed at helping tourism businesses recover and grow, in partnership with the New Anglia LEP and Norfolk Chambers of Commerce – how can digital help grow and transform your visitor economy businesses?
The East of England has a huge tourism industry, one of the biggest economic sectors but one of the hardest hit by COVID-19. With many small and micro-businesses reeling from the economic shock of lockdown, now is the time to discover the potential of doing more with digital.
Learn from some amazing tourism businesses adopting the latest tech to help with: • Marketing your business • Sales, bookings and refunds • Footfall and social distancing • improve your visitor experience.
Whether you are a hotelier, B&B owner, restaurant, cafe, tour operator, visitor attraction or just interested in learning more about where digital meets business get it in your diary and join us on Thursday 18 June 10:00 to 13:00.
For more info and to book a free place now please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tourism-tech-virtual-conference-tickets-106212947786
Ranking in search engines has always been important for businesses – but even more so now as we see many businesses going through radical transformation and consumers shifting the behaviour online at a speed we have not seen before.
But what does it take to get traffic from Google and how do you go about it? Join us in this 1 hour webinar with SEO expert, Mark Williams-Cook from Candour for a non-technical introduction to SEO that is aimed at business owners, no questions are off the table!
The webinar will cover:
1. What is involved in SEO in 2020
2. How to estimate the value of SEO traffic
3. What you need to know about Google’s algorithms
4. What the SEO process looks like
5. Tools and resources you can use today
6. Any of your questions!
You will go away being able to:
1. Understand what questions you need to be asking to succeed at SEO
2. Your own “litmus” test to know if your strategy is right
3. Some actionable tools you can explore your own site with
4. How to spy on your competitors
About the Presenter
Mark Williams-Cook is Director at Candour, a full-service digital agency based in Norwich that works with clients globally to help them become the first choice for their customers. Mark has specialised for over 15 years in SEO and his expertise has been sought after by clients such as Expedia, CheapFlights, Hitachi, FatFace and SEMrush to compete in some of the most competitive sectors online.
Chamber Co.nnects are network meetings for its members to network and chat with other businesses in a digital space.
We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Each network meeting will have a guest speaker and will be focusing on a current topic.
Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
Who’s it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Topic
Preserving Company Culture During COVID-19
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and with many of us working from home, company culture for many organisations is being tested. Although we are starting to adapt to new ways of working and communicating remotely it doesn’t mean company culture needs fall by the wayside. Concentrate on building a culture which embraces change, recognises the new challenges facing employees and encourages them to do things differently to support the current shifts and drive productivity. The culture they have at Indigo Swan is one of individuality and positivity – something they are very proud of. Since the start of the lockdown, Indigo Swan knew how important it was to make sure they found new methods to support, encourage and motivate each other. During this session, James Groves, Managing Director of Indigo Swan, will cover some of the ways they have been preserving their company culture, a few of the challenges they have faced and what it might look like on the other side.
Guest Speaker
James Groves, Indigo Swan
James Groves has been at Indigo Swan for 10 years and is an original member of the team. From sales to new business and now Managing Director, James has played in key role in the growth of the business, the creation of the vision, values and culture and was proud to be a finalist for Director of the Year at the EDP Business Awards in 2019. James always looks to care for the Swans on a personal level whilst looking to challenge them, to be the very best versions of themselves. James lives the happiness first value of Indigo Swan and gave a TEDx Talk in 2019 about how James and Indigo Swan have an unflinching commitment to finding a better way, by learning from their mistakes and living and breathing their culture daily (at home or in the office!). James is passionate about good business and wants to continue to help shine a light on business in Norfolk, through the Energy Sector and beyond.
Indigo Swan are an award-winning, independent energy consultancy based in the heart of Norwich who place integrity over profit. Their tailored service fuses relentless efficiencies with a colourful personality, and an unflinching commitment to finding a better way. They help businesses make quick, easy and well-informed decisions about their energy. From finding the right supplier, to checking and negotiating contracts they can help businesses make better decisions about their energy.
Agenda
09:30 – Welcome from Chamber. Go through format and any updates. Introduce topic and speaker (5 mins) 09:35 – Guest speaker (15 mins) 09:50 – Q&A for speaker (10 mins) 10:00 – Discussion topics and networking (1 hour) 11:00 – Close
When you register for your place, you will be sent a calendar invitation as confirmation of your place. The invite will include a unique link from Zoom for you to join the video call.
Join this fascinating British Chambers of Commerce webinar with Anne-Marie Martin, Director of Global Business Networks, in conversation with Dame Stephanie Shirley.
Gain insight into the personal and business life of Dame Stephanie Shirley who has been recognised as one of the 100 most powerful women in Britain and a pioneering workplace revolutionary. Join us for lessons in life, business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley CH, age 86, is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist.
Her life story begins with her 1939 arrival in Britain as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee. In 1962, she started a software house, Freelance Programmers, that pioneered new work practices and changed the position of professional women, especially in hi-tech. She went on to create a global business and a personal fortune shared with her colleagues; she made 70 of her staff millionaires at no cost to anyone, but herself.
Since retiring in 1993, her focus has been increasingly on philanthropy based on her strong belief in giving back to society. In 2009/10 she served as the UK’s first ever national Ambassador for Philanthropy. Her charitable Shirley Foundation has initiated and funded a number of projects that are pioneering by nature and strategic in impact, totally £67m todate. The focus is on IT and her late son’s disorder of autism.
Her memoir Let It Go was published in 2012. It has sold 40,000 copies and Penguin re-published in April 2019 with a view to distributing it worldwide – the first translated version is launch in Germany in July 2020. A big screen film is also in the makingby The Artists Partnership, with Producer Damian Jones and Director Haifaa al-Mansour. The shortlist for an actress to play Dame Stephanie includes Claire Foy and Emily Blunt. Filming should start in the next two years.
Dame Stephanie has been much honoured. In 2013, she was named by Woman’s Hour as one of the 100 most powerful women in Britain. In 2014, the Science Council listed her as one of the Top 100 practising scientists in the UK. In 2015, Dame Stephanie was given the Women of the Year Special Award. Her TED Talk in 2015 was to a standing ovation from more than a thousand of the world’s most recognised technical entrepreneurs, thinkers, creators and doers. It has received 2.1m views. In 2017, Dame Stephanie received a Companion of Honour, one of only 65 people worldwide to receive such a recognition.
Join British Chambers of Commerce moderated discussion with HMTC Natalie Black, on the impact of Coronavirus on sectors in the Asia Pacific region including:
technology;
financial services;
infrastructure;
renewable energy;
healthcare; and
education.
The webinar will also explore how, economies in South East Asia are focussed on infrastructure development to re-boost their recovery and how British businesses can explore these and other sector opportunities across the region.
The event will be moderated by James Ramsbotham, CEO of the North East England Chamber of Commerce in discussion with Natalie Black HM Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific (incorporating North East Asia, South East Asia & Australasia).
British Chambers of Commerce’s Anne-Marie Martin is joined by Kevin McCole and Rohit Singh from the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) for an outline and discussion about some of the policies the Indian government has set out during the Coronavirus outbreak including:
the common issues businesses face in India;
the new business support service UKIBC has launched to help mitigate risk; and
the impact on continued business and trade with the UK.
Our speakers include:
Kevin McCole – Managing Director, UKIBC
Rohit Singh – Director, UKIBC
Anne-Marie Martin – Director Global Business Network, BCC
About Kevin McCole
Kevin joined the UK India Business Council in December 2008 and has a range of responsibilities as Managing Director of the company: coordinating the work of the team across the UK and Indian offices; directly leading the Membership, Consultancy, and Policy and Research teams.He also manages relationships with the Department for International Trade and directs the UKIBC’s engagement with Government bodies across the UK and India, including the UK’s Devolved Administrations, English cities, and the Indian States. Kevin has directed major projects, including developing strategies to generate more trade and investment between India and Greater Manchester, the Leeds City Region, and the Sheffield City Region.Kevin joined the UK India Business Council after 19 years in the UK’s Diplomatic Service, where he served in The Netherlands, Malta, Romania, India, and various London postings. In India, Kevin spent three years at the British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata helping UK businesses win contracts and find partners in Eastern India and assisting Indian companies expand into the UK.
About Rohit Singh
Rohit is working as Director at the UK India Business Council, and lead on strategic business consultancy and implementation engagements. He has practical knowledge and experience in consulting sales and advising senior management of mid to large size organisations in India market entry strategies, business planning and implementation. Before UKIBC, Rohit was working as an Associate Vice President at a Management Consulting firm Tecnova, primarily focused on advising the companies of the US and European origin in developing their India entry strategy, expansion planning, business setup and implementation. Earlier he has also served in automobile majors Maruti Suzuki and Hero Honda Motors in their Supply Chain and Global Sourcing department. Rohit holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Columbia Business School, New York.
As lockdown eases many companies are planning how to bring their staff back into the workplace. However it is imperative that employers ensure the workplace is safe and appropriate measures are in place to protect staff. Our webinar will look at what companies must consider in response to the new world we now live and work in.
About the presenter
Andy Hooke (Tech IOSH) is the Health, Safety & Training business partner at Quest. Andy comes from a manufacturing H&S background and has undertaken NEBOSH and NCRQ qualifications, as well as continuous professional development. He provides consultancy services from Quest in a wide range of environments and industries supporting organisations with auditing & development and implementation of their safety management system to help them meet current UK requirements. Andy is also a trainer and delivers relevant and engaging H&S training to businesses across the country.
About Quest
For over two decades Quest has been providing human resources and health and safety solutions for individual businesses and membership organisations throughout the UK. Their reputation for quality of service has enabled them to establish long lasting relationships with many prestigious organisations. By integrating the latest technology and innovative insurance; with a highly experienced team of business partners; Quest has become a market leading provider.