Join us for “LSIP – The Next Chapter,” an interactive roundtable networking event where local businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk can discover how the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is changing the skills landscape.
Dive into Phase 2 of the initiative, where your insights will help shape the future of workforce development in our region.
Join us at Heacham Manor for a Mini English Breakfast where we’ll be hearing from LSIP Project Manager Dean Pierpoint.
Why come to an LSIP event?
Speak up about your business’s skill needs.
Influence the curriculum to fill skill shortages.
Network and share strategies for workforce upskilling.
Get a front-row seat in designing a workforce that’s future-ready.
By participating, you’ll not only help your business grow but also keep and attract talented individuals equipped with the skills that matter.
Let’s build a more dynamic, skilled workforce together!
Your accounts are a valuable tool that not only tell you how well your business has performed but also why it performed as it did and, most importantly, what you can do to improve performance. This will not only enable you to increase profits but will also assist in your relationship with your Accountant and Bank.
However, understanding accounts is not a skill that comes naturally to everyone. It does need to be acquired.Thereforethis workshop has been designed to plug that all important gap and send you back to the office fully armed with the skills and tools you need to make better financial decisions and drive your business forwards.
All businesses are required to keep financial records under the rules of Self-Assessment. The easiest method is by a simple cash book system showing income and expenditure. This can be done manually or by computerised systems.
You need to understand where income is coming from and where expenses are going. A business is about producing profit and generating cash. How do you know when this happening or not? If there is no control mechanism the chances are, you will not know until it is too late.
The workshop will explain how to structure and use financial records, develop a monitoring system and be aware of actions that should be taken.
The session will also give you a gentle introduction to tax (including vat and national insurance), and alert you to some issues that you will need to know for your new business.
Discover what you need to know before starting a business.
If you’re about to start a new business, you’ll find this full day seminar invaluable. It will give you the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world.
You’ll get expert advice, help and encouragement in areas such as:
Writing a good business plan Sourcing finance Managing cashflow Meeting your legal obligations Taxation and VAT Marketing
You’ll also get the chance to network with others planning to start a business.
Teas & coffees will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.
3 hour high impact sales tips for instant implementation and fast results.
Has your sales system gone off the boil, and you’re wondering what to do?
If your markets have changed then you need to adapt. These days your customers can be savvier than you are. What should you do when everyone is looking for a deal?
This workshop is lively and interactive – if you have sales challenges feel free to bring them with you.
Key Learning points
Simple methods to sharpen up your prospecting How to improve lead conversion (including www selling) How to sell to different personality types to build instant rapport – enlightening! Buying trigger patterns Preparing and presenting winning proposals Repeat business and customer retention methods The sales closing techniques of allsuccessfulsales people
Increase your ROI Come and learn how to ‘speak your customer’s language’ for guaranteed success. Don’t waste time doing what’s not working, come and learn what does!
At Tml they are passionate about quality precision engineering. They are constantly investing in the very best state-of-the-art plant and computer aided engineering equipment. While striving to employ only the very best talented, enthusiastic engineers and apprentices, in a time where short lead times, cost effectiveness and high-quality products are essential.
Tml are opening their doors to the local businesses in the community, for you to come and see first-hand the work their talented team generate.
Agenda
10am Arrival to tea and coffee and pastries opportunity to network.
10.30am Welcome from Tml and Norfolk Chambers
Topics of talks include:
The history and development of Tml
Capabilities and accreditation
Industry placements
Q&A
11am Factory Tour and Networking
12pm Event Close
Who is it for?
Anyone is welcome at this event, and it is open to both members and non-members.
Refreshments
We will be providing a selection of coffee/tea/water and pastries. Please inform us of any dietary requirements upon booking.
West Norfolk Nites returns for 2017 following it’s popularity throughout the Summer, Autumn and Winter of 2016.
Join like-minded businesses from across West and North Norfolk for an evenning of free networking complimented with refreshments provided by hosts at the Bank House Hotel.
Book now and kick-start your networkings this New Year.
Can’t make this date? We have dates in February and March!
This event is for businesses located in West Norfolk and North Norfolk. If your business is located out of these areas, please contact the events team before booking.
A breakfast seminar for HR professionals and business owners covering essential recent and forthcoming developments in employment law, to be heldat The Targetfollow Room, Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL
Registration and coffee will be at 7.45am; a selection of bacon, sausage and vegetarian sausage baps will be served promptly at 8.00am. The briefing will start at 8.30am and will finish no later than 10.00am.
Cost: £30 + VAT per person (second place available for £15 + VAT).
Please RSVP to Georgina Harris, Marketing Apprentice by Monday 7 March (01603 598000 or gharris@steeleslaw.co.uk), advising of any dietary or other special requirements at time of booking.
Join us for our North Norfolk Co.nnect Networking Event and spend some time connecting with others while on a Nature Ramble at Kelling Heath Holiday Park, guided by Carl.
Carl has a lifelong passion for nature and has worked for various wildlife and conservation charities and has appeared on both BBC and ITV news programmes. He has just retired from his role as a Countryside Ranger responsible for a large slice of the North Norfolk coast and England’s largest Grey Seal Pupping colony.
Always keen to share his knowledge of the environment, Carl welcomes questions during the walks on all aspects of the Natural World.
Nature Rambles look at seasonal wildlife found in the many and varied habitats of the park. Carl’s aim for all the walks is to enhance people’s knowledge of the UK’s incredible and diverse wildlife. Topics covered can include the bizarre life cycle of the dragonfly, the amazing different types of trees that grow on the park and how our special Silver Studded Blue butterfly, part of a UK wildlife re-introduction success story, is protected by an army of ants!
This is an outside event so please wear appropriate footwear and clothes to suit the environment and weather.
Car parking is FREE for this event.
Agenda
• Nature Ramble guided by Carl
• Finish Tour
• Networking over tea, coffee & bacon sandwiches
Who is it for?
Anyone is welcome at this event, and it is open to both members and non-members.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and bacon sandwiches.
Cancellation policy
If you have booked tickets for this event and can no longer attend, please notify us at hello@norfolkchambers.co.uk.
hope you’re all recovering from NorDevCon and that you enjoyed the conference. Despite a packed conference, it’s Norfolk Developers as usual in March with our regular evening event on the 16th, a hands on JavaScript full day workshop also on the 16th and the fourth NorDev breakfast on the 23rd. Details below.
JavaScript Starter Kit – Beginners Full Day Workshop
When: Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 9:00am to 4:45pm
Where: The King’s Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH
Prerequisites: Laptop with wifi, modern browser, text editor
This day-long workshop aims to cover enough ground to give you a broad base from which to start your quest. We’ll use plenty of practical exercises to explore the language. We’ll cover some of the tricky parts which often mystify people – especially handling asynchronous code, which is one of the language’s great strengths. We’ll spend most of our time in the browser, but we’ll also play around with node.js, JavaScript’s foremost server-side environment. There’ll be time to survey some of the different tools and frameworks which are popular with JavaScripters at the moment. As well as all this we’ll explore JavaScript’s history, its culture and community, and the factors behind its explosive growth. Perhaps most importantly we’ll introduce a set of resources which’ll help you continue your learning independently.
How email works… and why you should care – A brief history of some of the aged protocols that underpin the internet and email in particular, a look at the security implications of the way email works, and some steps you can take to improve your safety.
Which cloud is best for the enterprise? – As public cloud adoption continues to gather pace, MigSolv Norwich has a Cloud platform to rival both Amazon and Microsoft Azure. In the session we’ll cover the different available cloud environments, how to set up your portal, manage your servers and billing system and look at the help and support options.
Aspirations of the current and future generations of school students in rural areas is at an alarming low. Norfolk is no exception to this phenomena. The presentations objective is to outline these challenges and how we all, jointly, can strategically change the East of England region’s Employment, Skills, Education and Aspirations landscape by creating a world renowned Centre for Knowledge Engineering i.e. AI and Deep Learning, Data Analytics, Bio-Informatics and Cyber Security. The East of England has now 3 world leading regional research hubs creating major breakthroughs in search engine technologies, Bio Med and food research but still not seen as a ‘powerhouse’. The objective is for the East of England to become the UK’s powerhouse of the Knowledge Engineering sector.
Frustrated by not enough hours in your day? Annoyed that you don’t get everything done on time? Over committed? Drowning in email? Procrastinating when you don’t want to? Not making progress on the really important projects at home or at work?
Ermine has stepped in to replace the speaker who cancelled. This hands on session will help you work out how to take control of your time management hell. If you were at Ermine’s sold out session at NorDevCon, come for a top up and be ready to make a plan to succeed this spring.
If you didn’t go to NorDevCon, then you may have heard Ermine got rave reviews. You’ll be provoked into thinking about where time goes and some practical steps to take to get back into control and improve your results.
Ermine’s no nonsense approach makes this session suitable for everyone – from founders and CEOs to new hires. Her good humour and deep understanding of how the human psyche plays games means you’ll have fun too.