Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all Norfolk businesses.
Meet over 20 business and network over coffee and biscuits.
Our invited speakers will share their stories and top tips for business success.
Bring your business cards for the free raffle.
Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all local businesses. Meet over 20 business people – no pressure, no membership fees, just great networking over coffee and biscuits. Hear from our invited guest speaker who will share their thoughts and top tips for business success. Free business card raffle.
Using Facebook To Grow Your Business
Prerequisites for the course: you must have a Facebook profile and be familiar with the main features of Facebook. Please bring with you a laptop (course is designed around the setting on a laptop)
This hands-on practical half day workshop will introduce you to Facebook and its business pages. We will cover:
Creating a discoverable business page
Enhancing your Facebook page
Posting, scheduling and managing your page
Changing identities
Tips to encourage ‘following’ and ‘liking’ your page
Running marketing campaigns
Best practices for page engagement
Your Tutor
Nick Pandolfi runs his own business, helping brands with their social media and ensuring their business message hits the targeted audience.
Nick has more than thirty years experience in audience engagement, communication and has worked for some of the largest media organisations across socila media and braodcast
His hands on approach to social media, means that his courses are informal, fun and targeted to the delegates needs.
His courses are often scored with 5* rated reviews.
“I picked up so much useful info,Nick offered clear answers and the course was fun and so handy to my business, I was able to change my business page while on the course and Nick gave loads of tips” Rosie July 2017
Norfolk County Councilinvites youto attend a consultation event on the Rural Development Strategy for Norfolk 2013-2020.
With new EU funding programmes starting in 2014, constraints on public spending and rapid changes in the rural economy and communities, the strategy will be used to focus growth programmes so they benefit rural businesses and communities whilst delivering a healthy environment. As part of the strategy development process, threeevents are planned to consult businesses, community groups and other stakeholders on the priorities for rural development and how funding programmes could be used to deliver positive change for rural areas.
Each event includes:
You will also be told how you can feed into the development of the strategy after the event.
The three events will be held on:
Each event will be structured as follows:
8.00-8.15 Arrival, coffee and light breakfast
8.15-10.30 Consultation on the Norfolk Rural Development Strategy
10.30-11.00 Coffee and networking
11.00-12.30 OPTIONAL – opportunity to stay to discuss the proposed boundaries for Local Action Groups for the 2014-2020 period with County Council staff
To reserve a place at one of the events please contact: eds@norfolk.gov.uk confirming which event you would like to attend.
You will be sent a copy of the draft strategy and questions to be discussed in advance of the event to allow you to consult colleagues and think about the issues you wish to discuss.
Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. If demand exceeds the spaces available the Council reserves the right to limit organisations to one place at each event.
*No need to book, pay £5 on arrival*
‘Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all local businesses. No membership, no pressure, just great networking over coffee.
Join us for our Annual Pure Norwich Charity Quiz 2018, for an evening of playful rivalry and great prizes, all in support of Alzheimer’s Society.
The Pure Norwich Annual Charity Quiz brings together local businesses and colleagues, providing you with the opportunity to compete for the coveted prize of ‘Quiz Champion 2018″.
You can enter a team of 4 players and up to 3 teams per organisation. The cost is £40 per team which includes a jacket potato with a choice of toppings. A fully licensed bar is also available. The doors will open at 6.00pm with the quiz starting at 6.30pm
Proceeds from the quiz including the annual raffle will go to Alzheimers Society
This year we are supporting Alzheimers Society, a dementia charity. Alzheimers Society offers a range of services and money raised from the quiz will go towards providing dementia cafes, research and side by side volunteers. On the night, we will have volunteers available to discuss the many ways in which funds raised can help the local community.
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Matthew Downing, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial Team, is hosting a presentation on the new General Data Protection Regulations coming into force on 25th May 2018. This is the chance for businesses to find out what the regulations actually mean to your business and what steps you should be taking to be compliant. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and to book a free 1 hour follow up slot with Matthew to discuss the area in more detail.
Date: 28/03/2018 Time: 08:00 – 10:00 Location: Spire Solicitors LLP, Norwich
About the presenter:
Matthew Downing is a Partner in our Company and Commercial Team and advises clients (across a range of sectors) on their contractual arrangements, including in relation to how clients collect, use and protect personal data. Matthew also acts for clients buying and selling businesses where issues around personal data transfers and previous data protection compliance is becoming more of a concern.
Spaces are limited and if you’re interested in attending, please follow this link to confirm your place.
Steeles Law and Jo Rayner, a relationship and business coach, have teamed up to run a full day drop in clinic for those that may have questions abou their relationship. Can you relate to any of the following?
The clinic sets out to deliver a full service to those with relationship issues whether they would like to discuss the more formal legal and financial elements or they would like to talk about their worries about managing the emotional and day to day parts of the process.
It will run from 10am on 23rd February with the chance to book a FREE 30 minute appointment with either Jo or Amanda or to drop in between 12-2pm.
Thinking of going it alone?… FIND OUT MORE & REGISTER
Join our FREE seminar to find out some invaluable information to help you get started.
The Business Shaper Group is offering free seminars in Norfolk, to individuals that are thinking of setting up a consultancy business. Perhaps you have thought about it for sometime – waiting for the right moment or perhaps just been made redundant and feel that the time is right to set up a business.
Today’s UK consulting industry is worth around £8.5 billion and employs more than 80,000 consultants and is growing year on year.
The industry itself spans a wide array from individuals to large international firms, but all have the same goal to help get key activities right to help companies grow. Management consulting firms provide a broad range of services, we have found in Norfolk, that the main areas of interest to companies are in HR, Marketing, PR, Project Management and Business Consultancy.
If you are looking to enter this lucrative market then this seminar is for you.
The seminar will cover
The first of the seminars is on Thursday 20th June, 2013
Registration 5.00pm Start 5.15pm Close 7.00pm Location: Henderson Centre, 51 Ivy Road , Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8BF
Most successful businesses, large or small, are built on well managed intangible assets like intellectual property (IP). Businesses create and use IP all the time, perhaps without realising it. Whether it is the name of your company, branded products, website or even marketing materials, the value of IP can far outweigh the value of your physical assets.This interactive session, facilitated by Gary Townley of the Intellectual Property Office, is designed to support small business owners, their marketing staff, business advisers, accountantsand a variety of professional bodies.
In this third masterclass in our series for business owners and managers looking to develop their skills we will turn our attention to the importance and value of your brand with Mark Harvey from MH Consulting. Your brand is your most valuable business asset. Find out why brand is not your ‘logo’ and how modern businesses grow by using their brands. This is not a creative presentation, but a commercial session for businesses looking to maximise their growth potential. We’ll explore what brand is, how modern brands work and what practical things you can do to ensure your brands health and help you to drive growth in your business.
Mark Harvey Mark Harvey is a marketing turnaround specialist who operates as board adviser, mentor and presenter. Mark is a career marketer. He spent 16 years in Plc marketing culminating in the role of Head of Brand and Communication for Norwich Union’s first ever eCommerce business at the height of the dot com boom. This lit an entrepreneurial fire and he moved into the world of agency where he acquired and grew his own business. The agency enjoyed a stellar client list, multi award wins and was successfully sold at the end of 2015. Mark now works with businesses in an advisory capacity leveraging his experience in both marketing and developing a successful business.
BUSINESS SUMMIT Friday 2nd March, Diss Golf Club 9am-midday Chaired by Richard Bacon, MP
Seven parishes are working together to lead development of a Neighbourhood Plan for Diss and the surrounding Area ;
Your opportunity to influence the future growth of the Diss & District Area for the next 15+ years.
We need to take a strategic approach by promoting business and the local economy as the key economic driver in the Plan, alongside an appropriately skilled workforce and housing, services and infrastructure.
This Business Summit is part of a wider public consultation running until 16th March, where every address in the seven parishes – home or business – should receive an explanatory brochure and questionnaire.
‘YOUR OPPORTUNITY – YOUR VOICE – YOUR PLAN’ BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE SO MUCH MORE
For more information, visit our website www.dndneighbourhoodplan.co.uk
Places at the Business Summit are limited. To book please e-mail info@dndneighbourhoodplan.co.uk with your details by Friday 23rd February, putting ‘Business Summit’ in the subject line.