Looking back on your experience of 2020, what did you miss the most in the pandemic – and what did it make you reassess? Have your plans changed? Has the time saved by not having to travel to work given you more leisure or has working from home seen your work/life balance deteriorate.
What about your plans for retirement? The shift to a new phase of life can be a difficult transition at the best of times let alone during a pandemic, but lockdowns have given us a unique opportunity to experience what life after work may feel like.
Shortly before the pandemic hit, we had started to look at what we called Life 2.0 – the way conventional retirement was evolving to become a far more flexible and active Next Act. The coronavirus has given us time to reflect on what really matters, it has shown both the importance of a good work/life balance and how a more flexible approach to work can help us achieve this.
We’ll start with a short presentation looking at some of the emerging trends before breaking into small groups to share thoughts before returning to the main ‘room’ for feedback and wider discussion. The Masterclass will last an hour with the opportunity to continue the conversation.
We hope you’ll leave the session with a clearer view of your Life 2.0
Have you ever quoted for a job or met a potential customer and been sure you had ‘nailed it’ yet inexplicably didn’t get the business? This 2021 training session will arm you with a great understanding of client requirements and how you can adapt your communication & sales skills to what the clients need, expect and prefer. Very often these things don’t just boil down to price or material factors….it is often said that ‘people buy people first’..
Built on 100 years of research, this hugely insightful and very practical 3 hour session will give you the secret ingredient needed, yet often overlooked, when dealing with people in business.
We show you how you can flex your approach and your style of communication to your customer’s needs and preferences, not yours, giving you an edge that so many don’t have.
This is an exciting, but also fun, workshop that will give you a raised awareness of yourself and others, and we will share some very simple and practical tools to ensure you are ‘pressing the right buttons’ with your customers, potential customers, staff, suppliers and other key stakeholders in those most important interactions.
This 3 hour digital event will update you on the law relating to workplace absence and provide you with practical management techniques to help improve attendance in your workplace.
Business need
Employee absenteeism can put significant strain on a business in terms of costs. It can also place an additional burden on colleagues, resulting in low morale and loss of productivity. Having an attendance policy will help employees understand the standards that are expected of them. It will help managers deal with absence issues in a fair and consistent way and tackle underlying problems such a work life balance, conflict at work or lack of adequate training. A fair and robust policy which balances workplace standards with employee health and wellbeing can help to reduce absence, increase productivity and improve employee retention. Delivered by Zoom, this event will provide you with best practice skills and techniques to confidently and effectively manage absence in your workplace.
All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.
Suitable For
Delegates from all sectors of industry including: managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, business owners, Trade Union representatives, employee representatives and individuals who wish to enhance their CPD.
Programme
Our expert-led training sessions are designed to facilitate discussion and interaction. This event will cover:
Absenteeism – what is it and what causes it?
Identifying patterns of short-term absence
Benefits of an attendance policy
Line manager skills
Fit notes
The legal landscape
Return to work interviews
Setting absence triggers
Managing long-term absence
Identifying potential stress and mental health issues
Disability discrimination
Employee turnover
Have a large group of staff to train? To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training for your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form e-learning We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions. Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form Venue Delivered digitally via Zoom Date 04/03/2021 Time 10:00 – 13:00 Price £110.00 per person Please note our training events are VAT exempt Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email events@acas.org.uk
This digital event will introduce you to the fundamentals of employing people. It maps the employment relationship from recruitment, issuing contracts, managing holidays, absence and disciplinary matters, through to ending the employment relationship. You will also receive a helpful tool kit of sample policies and letters to use in your workplace. The event will be delivered via Zoom, in two sessions, over two consecutive days. The duration of each session will be 3 hours. The dates are:
Day 1 – 24th of February 2021, 10:00 – 13:00
Day 2 – 25th of February 2021, 10:00 – 13:00
Business need
You’ve been successful in running your business so far, but maybe now you need help hiring and managing people. Or perhaps your manager has given you the job of dealing with all things HR in your company, you are new to it and don’t know where to start. To help, we have put together all the essentials of HR and employment relations into a convenient, digital training event. Delivered via Zoom, the event focuses on the key elements a HR role and assumes no prior knowledge. There will be informal discussion opportunities and practical exercises throughout to encourage active delegate participation. Day one will cover equality, recruitment and contracts of employment. Day two will cover discipline matters, absence and ending an employment relationship. You will also receive a digital toolkit of sample policies and letters to use in your workplace.
All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.
Suitable For
Delegates from all sectors of industry including: managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, business owners, Trade Union representatives, employee representatives and individuals who wish to enhance their CPD.
Programme
Day one Equal opportunities
Types of discrimination and the areas which are covered by discrimination law
Recruitment
How to draft a job description and a person specification
How to prepare, structure and run effective interviews
How to assess evidence and make decisions
Contracts of employment
How to put the main terms and conditions in writing
Rules on pay, hours of work and holidays
How to make changes to terms and conditions Day two
Managing discipline
Dealing effectively with problems areas by following the Acas code of practice on discipline and grievance
Taking informal action, holding formal disciplinary meetings and dealing with employee grievances
Managing absence
How to deal fairly and effectively with unauthorised absence, short term illness and long-term sickness through an absence policy
Ending the employment relationship
When is a dismissal fair and when might it be unfair
Different ways to end a contract and rules on notice and notice pay
Have a large group of staff to train? To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training at your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry forme-learning We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions. Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form
Venue Delivered digitally via Zoom Date 24/02/2021 Time 10:00 – 13:00 Price £175.00 per person Please note our training events are VAT exempt . Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email events@acas.org.uk
The University of East Anglia (UEA) are sponsoring and taking part in the upcoming AI Festival organised by BT and Orbital Media. Spread out over two days, the festival will explore the implications of AI for the future of business, skills and employment.
Prof Gerard Parr (School of Computing Sciences) will be giving a keynote on 25 February (1-1:30) looking at ‘lifting the smog surrounding AI exemplar challenges and opportunities.’
Also, on 25 February (2:10-2:55), UEA’s Prof Anne-Marie Minihane (Norwich Medical School), Dr Beatriz de la Iglesia (School of Computing Sciences) and Dr Saber Sami (Norwich Medical School) will each give a short presentation on their research followed by a panel discussion.
Google, Facebook and BT are some of the many leading technology companies set to share their knowledge and insights. Together they will cover the role of AI in a variety of industries including agriculture, healthcare, energy, and fast moving consumer goods. Speakers include former NASA scientist, Peter Scott, who worked for the space agency’s famed Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who will be talking about the future of AI and technology.
For more information on the Festival, visit their website.
Choosing new digital technologies in a rapidly evolving online world may seem complex and daunting, but making the right decisions can pay dividends in the longrun.
Join Larking Gowen, Lloyds Bank, Mad-HR, and ProcessFlows to find out how online processes can make business efficiencies and help your business grow.
We will be profiling technology to help your business including Cloud accounting, ProcessFlow software, working capital management tool, and HR online services.
Where and when?
Tuesday, 28 November 2017 – 8:00am – 10:30am
Ipswich Town Football Club, Portman Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DA
Businesses growing at pace and looking to become more efficient, right through to larger organisations hitting a road-block, wanting to investigate how they can move forward to become more profitable.
Dr Helen Fitzhugh, (Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia) will be giving a talk at the CIPD applied research conference on 21 January.
The talk (10:10 – 11:35) will look at ‘The benefits and challenges of increased remote working in relation to police wellbeing and performance: A diary study in an English constabulary’. This diary study, and supporting qualitative insight, examines the experiences of police employees working for an English constabulary during the COVID19 crisis. Initial indications from qualitative feedback suggest that remote working was more beneficial for performance than anticipated.
You can find out more about Dr Fitzhugh’s talk, as well as all of the other interesting talks happening throughout the day and purchase tickets on the event website.
This digital event will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to effectively mediate disputes, leading to sustainable solutions to conflict within your workplace. The event will be delivered via Zoom, in two sessions, over two consecutive days. The duration of each session will be 3 hours. The dates are:
Day 1 – 23rd of March 2021, 10:00 – 13:00
Day 2 – 24th of March 2021, 10:00 – 13:00
Business need
Conflict at work can be stressful, time consuming and disruptive for all concerned. Dealing with conflict when it arises and addressing the root causes of conflict at the earliest opportunity, can ultimately save you time and money. Mediation involves working with those in conflict to help them explore the issues and agree their own solutions. Delivered via Zoom this event will provide you with a in depth understanding of the mediation process. You will have the opportunity to practise your mediation skills, enabling you to confidently manage difficult situations in your workplace.
All delegates will receive an electronic certificate of attendance for their participation in the training.
Suitable For
Delegates from all sectors of industry including: managers, supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, business owners, Trade Union representatives, employee representatives and individuals who wish to enhance their CPD.
Programme
Our expert-led training sessions are designed to facilitate discussion and interaction. This event will cover:
Discuss how mediation skills can help you achieve a better outcome from conflict situations
Understand the principles of mediation and how the process works
Identify useful strategies for building solutions
Practise these new skills and approaches
Have a large group of staff to train? To save you time and money, we can deliver bespoke training at your workplace. To find out more contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry forme-learning We also offer free e-learning on a wide range of employment relations topics. It’s a great way to develop, enhance and refresh your knowledge, providing you with the opportunity to work through theory, explore case studies and answer interactive questions. Need more than training? We recognise that every organisation is different. Our specialists can diagnose issues in your workplace and tailor practical solutions to address the challenges faced by you and your staff. To arrange a call or visit or to simply find out more, contact our Customer Services Team on 0300 123 1150 or complete our online enquiry form
Venue Delivered digitally via Zoom Date 23/03/2021 Time 10:00 – 13:00 Price £255.00 per person Please note our training events are VAT exempt Please call Acas on 0300 123 1150 or email events@acas.org.uk
Legal experts from accountancy firm MHA Larking Gowen will discuss the SRA accounts rules, one year on, and give you an update, covering:
What guidance has been issued since the new rules came into force?
What the SRA has said about the impact of the new rules
COVID-19 and expectations of the SRA regarding compliance
Common breaches
The risk of breaches and professional negligence claims in the current climate
Effective systems and controls to mitigate risks
The future of the accounts rules
Our experts will also touch on the impact of COVID-19 on the legal sector and how it has influenced future plans based on findings from our report.
The results from our COVID survey have been compared and analysed and on this webinar our experts will be presenting the findings, covering the following areas:
Fees and profitability
Staffing
Cashflow
Business strategy
This webinar will be recorded, but please register to attend, even if you can’t make it, so you get a copy of the recording.
Digital Surgery are excited to be offering their next webinar focusing on Privacy and Identity in a Cookieless World.
About this Event
Digital Surgery are excited to be offering their next webinar focusing on Privacy and Identity in a Cookieless World.
The presentation will be held by Aj Hill, Head of Paid Digital at Gravity Global.
Second speaker to be announced soon!
Presentations will last approx 15 minutes, with a short Q&A after.
To keep up to date with all our news, events and guest announcements head over to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and give us a follow at Digital Surgery.
The cost of domestic abuse to business is estimated at £14 billion a year ( 2019 Home Office Report), with a National social and economic cost of around £66 billion per year (January 2019).
It is obvious that domestic abuse will have a significant impact on someone’s wellbeing and in turn this will impact on the business.
This awareness session looks at what domestic abuse is, the impact it has and its complexity. We will also look at how embedding a culture of awareness and understanding around domestic abuse not only benefits an organisation itself and individuals but ripples out into the community.
Alpha Vesta CIC was founded in February 2019 by Lucy Whittaker, with a very clear foundation and mission statement of:
‘breaking the cycle of domestic abuse through awareness, prevention and effective and safe early intervention through the workplace’
Lucy has frontline experience in the sector as well as academic study which informs all of Alpha Vesta’s work. Alpha Vesta deliver on their mission by providing businesses and organisations with awareness services, training, consultancy and policy development in domestic abuse.
Alpha Vesta currently receive funding from the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Lottery Community Fund, Essex Community Foundation and Smallwood Trust to deliver awareness training to the business community.
Genix’s Coffee Means Business at Scarborough Hill Country Inn, North Walsham
*No need to book, pay £2 on arrival*
‘Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all local businesses.
No membership, no pressure, just great networking over coffee.
Programme: · 9:30 am – help yourself to coffees and teas, meet with other businesses · 10.00 am – a welcome from Genix · 10.05am – time for more conversation · 10.30 am – short presentations from local businesses · 10.40am – who will you meet? · 11:30 am – time to go…
Bring plenty of business cards!
“The most cost-effective networking I have ever done”.
For more details call us on 0800 096 3013 or email info@genix.org.uk