The Norfolk Skills and Careers Festival (8&9 March 2017) is a new interactive event for all young people aged between 14-24 to help inspire them for their future career and to demonstrate the various options available. It will be the only major skills and careers event to take place in Norfolk in 2017.
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With over 50 exhibitors and workshops to discover, the Norfolk Skills and Careers Festival has a fantastic range of opportunities to help you shape your future.
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This Festival offers you a unique opportunity to build your brand in the region and with the people that matter to your business.
Our next CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety course will be taking place at No.8 Thorpe Road in Norwich on Tuesday 19th July.
Aim; This qualification provides basic food safety and hygiene, why these are necessary and how to put these basic precautions in to place. This is the benchmark, entry level qualification for all food handlers.
Objectives;
*Understand the main Food safety hazards (what can harm the consumer?)
*How to safely store and handle food, to prevent contamination
*Understand the different chill temperature controls
*Understand the basic concepts of cooking, hot holding and reheating
*Define cleaning and disinfection, why it is such an important issue and how it is achieved.
*How to identify, prevent and control pests
*Understand the basic principles of the design and construction of food premises and equipment
*State key legal requirements
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Duration; This course is delivered over 1 day. It is a classroom session.
Exam/Assessment; 30 mark multiple choice exam: This is an Ofqual Accredited course.
Cost; £88+ VAT includes, notes, refreshments, lunch and the assessment & certification fees.
Awarding Body; Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) or Highfield Awarding Body for Compliance (HABC)
Tutor; Mitchell Vale
Differentiation; None-just enthusiasm
Audience; Anyone working in a catering, manufacturing or retail setting where food is prepared cooked or handled.
Customer Feedback; “Many thanks for presenting the Food Hygiene course on Tuesday. It was well received by all my staff; you put us all at ease & made it a really pleasant informative day. As predicted a few of us sang when washing hands & all were checking for things we had discussed.” Phil Bush, Catering Manager
Our engagement groups represent local businesses in the community, to connect, support, and give voice to every business in Norfolk.
Our engagement groups represent local businesses in the community, to connect, support, and give voice to every business in Norfolk.
As well as having the opportunity to discuss key topics, you’ll also be able to network with fellow businesses.
Our aim is to have groups in many cities, towns, market towns, and villages across Norfolk, to connect, support, and give voice to every business in Norfolk. These groups are accessible to all businesses, whether you are a Chambers member or a non-member.
These groups will provide you with a platform to debate issues that are most important to you, and your business and the Chamber network will lobby and influence on your behalf, using our dedicated team, our website, social media channels, and our digital platform.
Your feedback will be used by our team and the Chamber’s Board to help shape the strategic direction of Norfolk Chambers to ensure we can truly be the voice of Norfolk businesses.
Whether the local challenge is skills, road, rail, digital infrastructure, recruitment, or the rising costs of doing business, we want to hear from you.
Join us for some networking over coffee and a cooked breakfast with fellow local businesses and employers where we’ll give a short update on how the LSIP aims to tackle skills shortages in the region.
Agenda
7.30am: Networking
8.00am: Breakfast is served
8.30am: Welcome from Dean Pierpoint, LSIP project manager and an overview on Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), there will also be an opportunity for a short Q&A
8.50am: Presentation from East Norfolk Sixth Form and Strategic Partner, Sara Docwra of This is Effective will be talking about skills challenges in the area
9.15am: Networking
10am: Event Close
Dietary Requirements
Please let us know if you have an allergies, or any other specific dietary requirements.
Cancellation policy
If you have booked tickets for this event and can no longer attend, please notify us at hello@norfolkchambers.co.uk.
Anyone approaching retirement will be forgiven for feeling a little uncertain – the last few years have seen a breathtaking number of changes.
The session will be of interest to people nearing retirement or recently retired.
We will be looking at:
How much capital is needed
Generating secure income in a low inflation/low return environment
Managing portfolios in volatile markets
The effects of changes to pension legislation on tax planning
EIS/SEIS & VCTs and their place in the retirement income mix
We will be looking at the nature of the new risks (and the old ones!) and discussing how these can be managed tax-efficiently in a manner that delivers the returns we need to support us during our retirement.
The Masterclass will last around two hours with questions and discussion.
Wednesday 15th June 2016
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ
8.15 for 8.30 & 12.15 for 12.30
Refreshments will be available. There is no charge for the Masterclass but you may like to consider a donation of £20 to Action for Children
Everyone loves a quiz don’t they? Now there is a brand new live online quiz, with a prize for the winning team and all the proceeds go to charity!
Would you like your organisation to gain the kudos of being the first and best virtual business quiz team in the county of Norfolk?
An exciting collaboration between Zaks restaurants, the Nelsons Journey charity and TIPS for Good Management a management & leadership training company, is about to launch just such an initiative on July 15th at 3pm from your office computers.
Julian Hammond Director of TIPS for Good Management explains:
“We have been looking for a way to engage more with businesses with our online training platform which we run live from our office in Dereham. So we thought of using it to host a quiz and people could experience this fantastic method of learning whilst having fun! Since this is an exercise in awareness of what we can do we didn’t want to make money from it, and we have taken the opportunity to help out a worthwhile charity.”
Zaks have kindly offered to sponsor the prize of a meal for each of the 3 members of the winning team and a partner. Additionally the entry fee of £50 per team will go straight to the children’s charity Nelsons Journey. They are a charity dedicated to supporting bereaved children and young people throughout Norfolk. Based in Norwich, Nelsons Journey were founded in 1997, since which time they have helped hundreds of children between the age of 0 to 17, who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life e.g. parent or sibling.
6.30pm – Free Beer 7.00pm – Introduction 7.10pm – My last ever null check 7.55pm – More free beer 8.10pm – Security: It’s A Cloud Thing 8.55pm – Finish
As the JuneNorfolk Developersevent is being held in Lowestoft we’ve arranged for a free minibus to leave the Kings Centre at 6pm on Wednesday 8th June to take you to the venue and for another to bring you back. Places for the taxi must be booked in advance. Please emailnordev@nakedelement.co.ukto reserve your place.
Security: It’s A Cloud Thing Steve Love
Cloud Computing brings a multitude of benefits to businesses of all kinds, whether in the tech sector or otherwise. It is not without risk, however. Some of the risk is new, and some of it all too familiar. In this talk, Steve Love looks at why cyber security still matters in The Cloud.
Steve Love -Steve Love is an eclectic programmer who is fascinated by the applications of technology and its consequences. He is the founder of PerfectCobalt Cyber Security and can be contacted at steve.love@perfectcobalt.com
My last ever null check Anthony Ragu
Modern software development projects are littered with cross-cutting concerns (think logging or verification). Aspect oriented programming enables increased modularity through the implementation of interceptors and code weaving.
Not only does this simplify your code base but also ensures that, as a developer, you can focus on the actual task at hand.
Here, we will explore how to use AOP and Unity IOC Interceptors in a .NET Project to check for nulls between method calls.
Based on psychology and including interactive examples, this introductory masterclass offers thesort of insights designed to help investors avoid impulsive mistakes andcompanies understand the mechanisms behind individual choices.
During this livelysession we will look athow social and psychological factorscan dramatically affect our day-to-day decision-making and financial choices.
We will cover:-
the difference between classical economics and behavioral economics
instinctual behavior patterns
social pressure
mental framing
fast and Slow thinking
We will be holding sessions at 8.15am and 12.15pm. Each session will last approximately 1 1/2 – 2 hours.
Refreshments and a light breakfast or lunch will be provided -There is no charge for the Masterclass but you may like to consider a donation of £20 to Action for Children.
For more information on Action for Children and why we support them please visit our Virgin Giving page
During a time where businesses are increasingly mindful of their environmental impact, join the Chambers and Norwich Audi as we explore the benefits of electric cars for businesses.
Norwich Audi will be showcasing the latest electic cars, including the Q8, Q6, Q4 and A3 Hybrid.
Agenda
9am: Arrival with tea, coffee and pastries
9.30am: Welcome from Chamber and an introduction by Guy from Audi UK on the cars
10.00am: A short session on the benefits of electric cars to businesses
10.10am: Network and cars tour with the opportunity to book test drives
11:00am: Event close
Dietary Requirements
Please let us know if you have an allergies, or any other specific dietary requirements.
Cancellation policy
If you have booked tickets for this event and can no longer attend, please notify us at hello@norfolkchambers.co.uk.
With a wave of over 1 million employers set to implement automatic enrolment solutions over the next 2 years it is more important than ever to start planning early.
This masterclass will set out the fundamentals of automatic enrolment to keep you one step ahead of game. We will aim to answer the following questions and much more:
Why has Automatic Enrolment been introduced?
How will Automatic Enrolment impact us?
How much will Automatic Enrolment cost us?
Is our existing pension scheme compliant?
What happens if we don’t comply?
What options do we have?
When should we start preparing?
What should we do now?
The masterclass will be of use to employers and anyone working closely with businesses in a professional capacity. Each Masterclass will last around 1 and 1/2 hourswith questions.
Norfolk is full of talented business men and women and we’re delighted to have some of them giving up their time to provide free mentoring sessions for young professionals (under 35s) across Norfolk.
Date: 23rd September 2024.
Time: Hourly slots available between 10am – 2pm
Virtual Mentor Session – A video link will be given to you the week leading up to your session directly from the mentor.
Topics
With Creative agency experience across film & video, experiential, client liaison, HR and operations I can help people with various challenges they may be facing at all levels of their career.
Space tech, start-up experience – understanding the landscape of tech, investment, recruitment, growing at pace.
Board responsibilities – understanding the importance of establishing good governance and finding the right skills to compliment your board
Coaching – supporting all levels of people in achieving their life and business goals – career progression, career change, returning to work – post maternity/after longer term childcare, managing working and menopause.
Leadership training – helping people learn new skills that can become good habits personally and throughout a business
About Denise
Denise is a life and business coach with over 25 years experience working within creative agencies. She has worked on some ground breaking corporate film & video and experiential events for British Airways, BMW, Aston Martin, The Macallan and many others.
Denise offers coaching to groups and individuals ranging from SME leaders and managers through to sole traders across all business sectors and also delivers online leadership training courses.
As a strategic hybrid with a range of skills, she offers her services to businesses who may need an experienced pair of hands to support in a mixture of tasks – helping business leaders drive projects through that they may be finding a challenge to deliver alone.
