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.
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. Are you struggling with Linkedin? Not quite sure what the fuss is about? Wondering whether you should spend even more time on yet another networking platform? It’s ok, you’re one of many, you may even be one of the many who set up an account but then didn’t go back to it. Linkedin is a business tool which helps you to do even more business. Having just hit 200million users, 1 million groups, 40 million visits a week and a total of 5.3billion searches during 2012, you can’t ignore it. Did you know that half of the users on Linkedin are the main decision makers? Did you know that Linkedin drives the most customers for B2B organisations – even more than Blogs? Tapping properly into Linkedin will enable you to drive valuable customers to your website. Tapping properly into Linkedin will position yourself as a leader in your niche and gain you new clients. Stop missing out on opportunities now! This course is for you if you are a SME, Business Development Manager, Sales manager, Marketing Manager, whichever industry you’re in, and you are keen to utilise LinkedIn for your business to drive traffic and get results. Duration: Half-day course (9.30am – 12.30pm) Equipment: No equipment is necessary for you to bring to the course. Pens and note paper will be available. Lunch provided: Light refreshments will be provided. Lunch only provided on full-day courses. Course Content: How to achieve maximum exposure and connect with main decision makers The power of groups and company pages How LinkedIn works with or without a budget How LinkedIn is the perfect marketing tool & discover the ways to use it in your business Course price: From £37.00 – £48.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
Building a Brand and Marketing Your Business the Starbucks Way
Ever wondered how the big brands made their name stick out above the rest? Wondered how they made their brand successful and created their huge successes? And do you want to know how to make the same successful decisions for your company? If so, then this workshop is for you.
Ashley Riley, of Ashley Communications, has created this excellent opportunity to understand how one global supergiant brand ‘Starbucks’ created their brand and marketed their way to world domination. Unpicking their successful strategies, Ashley will highlight the key aspects that led two teachers and a writer from Seattle, Washington, develop 1 coffee shop into a chain of 28,218 locations worldwide in less than half a decade.
He will highlight how these same successful strategies can be applied to an array of different businesses and no matter the size, and send you away planning your own businesses brand and marketing revolution.
Who is this For?
This is an ideal workshop for owners, directors or those involved with developing and managing the marketing strategies of their organisation. It is for those with some understanding of marketing and brand, but would like to understand how successful brands have made their mark and turned this into successful business strategies and how this can be applied in smaller businesses.
Agenda for the Day:
9:15 – 9:30 Registration, Tea & Coffee
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome, H&S & Growth Hub ‘Who are we and how can we help’*
9:45 – 9:55 Building a Brand and Marketing Your Business – what we’ll achieve together today*
9:55 – 10:15 Starbucks – building success one cup of coffee at a time*
10:15 – 10:45 Why your brand is so important in 2018*
10:45 – 11:05 Tea, Coffee and Snacks
11:05 – 11:30 How to define your brand in 3 easy steps*
11:30 – 11:55 communicating your message – key skills*
11:55 – 12:25 Social Media – turning your business around*
12:25 – 12.45 How to build and sustain real trust in your business*
12:45 – 13:00 – Q & A*
Total hours: 3hr 45mins – *IDB = 3hrs 20mins
The workshop will start at 9:15am for registration and start promptly at 9:30am. The day will conclude at 1pm. This will provide you with 3hours 20mins of information, diagnostic and brokerage delivery and support.
Funded by the European Regional Development (ERDF) Fund, this rare opportunity is free to attend!
Ashley Riley is the Managing Director of a national award winning strategic communications agency. Ashley has worked in the NHS as a Children’s Nurse, was an Adviser to an Member of Parliament in the Blair Years, co-authored a book that changed the landscape for school meals, led international campaigns for a global charity in Europe, Africa, Asia and the US and Directed the Communications at London Stansted Airport which was home to over 10,000 staff and saw 23 million passengers a year pass through their gates. His business works with clients across the UK and his weekly video blog #LifeofRiley was viewed over 50,000 times on Facebook in 2017. He lives in the Midlands with his wife Sharon and children Flossy 6 and Teddy 3.
Aims to update and requalify existing first aiders to the required level of skill and knowledge in first aid, in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Successful delegates will be awarded a certificate of competence accredited by Qualsafe Awards who are recognised by Ofqual. It is valid for three years.
Course Venue
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
Introduction to first aid
Incident management and safety
The unconscious patient
Major illness: diabetes, heart attack, stroke
Fractures and dislocations
Head Injuries
Eye Injuries
Simple record keeping & first aid equipment
The legal framework for first and in the workplace
Basic life support
Use of AED
Control of bleeding and shock
Major Illness: epilepsy, allergic reactions
Burns and scolds
Poisons and harmful substances
Basic casualty handling
Knowledge and skills assessments
“2nd course with Norvic and still very good training – excellent”
“Would definitely recommend Norvic Training”
“I have been doing First Aid for 33 years and it was the best course I have been on.”
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
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA. What is the difference between supervising and managing a team? The role of the supervisor is changing and what this role is (or what people think it is) can be unclear at times. This workshop is for anyone who already supervisors a team or a team leader who wants to freshen up their skills. Aimed at supervisors and team leaders, this module aims to set you up for success and encourage you to take the actions you need to get better results. Duration: One-day course (9:30am – 4:00pm approximately) Equipment: None, pen and note paper are provided. 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. Course Content Starting as you mean to go on – first steps on the success ladder Heroes and villains – making a good supervisor ‘great’ The shape of your role and the focus of your attention Developing teams – what to look out for Achieving a balance between nurturing vs. challenging Delegation as a means of developing staff When I insist – you resist – communication which works! The four supervisory styles – which one to use and when Mastering the art of delegation Forwarding the action – personal action planning Course price: Between £74.00 – £96.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
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.
Aims to provide delegates with the required level of training, skills and knowledge in First Aid, and comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Suitable For
Successful delegates will be awarded a certificate of competence accredited by Qualsafe Awards who are recognised by Ofqual. It is valid for three years.
Course Venue
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
Introduction to first aid
Incident management and safety
The unconscious patient
Major illness: diabetes, heart attack, stroke
Fractures and dislocations
Head Injuries
Eye Injuries
Simple record keeping & first aid equipment
The legal framework for first and in the workplace
Basic life support
Use of AED
Control of bleeding and shock
Major Illness: epilepsy, allergic reactions
Burns and scolds
Poisons and harmful substances
Basic casualty handling
Knowledge and skills assessments
“Good course with refreshing content. Great value for money.”
“The use of video clips really helped. The course was a good pace and the content was made interesting. It’s the most enjoyable First Aid course I have attended in 20 years.”
Location: Carrowbreck House, 7 Carrowbreck Road, Norwich, NR6 5FA Now the fastest growing social media platform, with a user base of hundreds of millions. Growth per month has been estimated to be in excess of 1,000% so it would be pointless to give you exact user figures as they will change dramatically by the time you read this. Twitter is a phenomenon and a powerful way to connect with potential clients, a bit like you would at a network event x 1000 A huge B2C platform and easily one of the fastest ways to give and get a #recommendation (more about #hashtags in the course) Using Twitter can connect you to new customers quickly, get you connected to the right people, promote your position as a thought leader in your industry and drive traffic to your website. This course is for you if you are a SME, Business Development Manager, Sales manager, Marketing Manager, whichever industry you’re in, and you are keen to utilise Twitter for your business to drive traffic and get results. Duration: Half-day course (9.30am – 12.30pm) Equipment: Pens and note paper will be available. Please bring any Twitter login details you may have. Lunch provided: Light Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of this course. If you book on the afternoon WordPress session as well, a lunch of either a sandwich or salad with crisps and cake or fruit will be provided. Course Content How to build a Twitter Tribe Customer service on Twitter Thought leadership on Twitter #Hashtags why and what for Driving traffic via Twitter Photos and video on Twitter How to use Twitter trends Getting PR via Twitter Course price: From £37.00 to £48.00 For more details or any enquiries, please do contact us on 01603 788950, or email carrowbreck@broadland.gov.uk
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).