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Level 3 Award in Effective Auditing and Inspection Skills
This qualification is for supervisors, team leaders and QA staff who are involved in verification of food safety through auditing and inspection. It is also relevant to enforcement agency staff, to whom consistency is vital. Learning outcomes: *Understanding auditing and inspection what is and appreciate the benefits and limitations *Consider the collecting and verifying information *Appreciate the stages in audit and inspection *Improve your ability to analysis and and interpret data *People skills; improve your ability to get the right information *Appreciate the competencies and characteristics of auditors *Consider the implementation of on-site audits and inspections *Consider the preparation of written reports How is the course delivered? *A one day classroom session, based on a series of syndicate exercises, activities and case studies (regular RedCat clients will know we don’t just lecture you!) *Assesment by a 30 question multiple choice exam on the day! Pass mark is 20/30, and 25/30 will earn you a merit. Prerequisites: A recent level 3 certificate in food safety is desireable but not mandatory. More important are good basic literacy and numeracy (to level 2). We can however make special adjustments if needs be. Duration: One day programme (9am-4:30pm) Cost: £185+VAT including lunch and all course materials Course Tutor: Sarah Daniels and Richard Mills are both Chartered Environmental Health Practitioners, having spent over 25 years each in the profession. The RedCat Partnership have been providing food safety training and consultancy in Norfolk, East Anglia and Nationally for over 19 years. RedCat are also members of the society of food hygiene and technology. For more information or to book please contact Mitchell on Mitchell@redcatpartnership.co.uk or 01603 473732.
Cooper Lomaz Norfolk Day Breakfast
On Friday July 27th the County of Norfolk will experience the first ‘Norfolk Day’. This is a great chance to celebrate all the things that the local community love about the county.
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment are long standing and proud members of the Norfolk business community, as such they are looking forward to celebrating all that is great about Norfolk with their clients. Cooper Lomaz Recruitment will be hosting a Business Breakfast for its Norfolk clients to kick the day off in style. The event will take place on Friday 27th July from 8.00am to 10.00am at The Library on Guildhall Hill in central Norwich.
On choosing to host the venue, Jayne Raffles, Director at The Library said ‘We are looking forward to being involved in Norfolk Day celebrations. Beginning the day with a networking business breakfast with Cooper Lomaz Recruitment and celebrating the history, culture, business, innovation and of course the best of Norfolk produce. All of this in our stunning historical building. Above all, we are proud to live and work in this beautiful county, working alongside many Norfolk suppliers’.
Guests will join Cooper Lomaz Recruitment from 8am – 10am where they will sample food sourced from local suppliers from the Norfolk Region. On the menu will be Norfolk favourites, including, Meat sourced from Toombs Butchers, Bread Rolls from TimberHill bakery, Apple juice from Ashill Farm in Thetford and local sparkling wine from Flint Vineyard Winery based in Earsham, Norfolk.
For more information e-mail: contact@cooperlomaz.co.uk
Cyber Security for Business Owners & Leaders
About this course
Almost half of all organisations in the UK fall victim to cyber security breaches every year, often leading to personal data breaches, interruption to business, financial loss and reputational damage.
Many businesses still mistakenly consider Cyber Security a technical IT problem, but more and more are realising that Cyber Attacks such as Ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) represent a key business risk requiring visibility and focus at the executive level.
This non-technical, workshop based course is designed to help business owners and senior leadership teams to understand the key elements of Cyber and Information Security related risks, and the practical steps required for a comprehensive Cyber Security strategy appropriate to their business.
This course will include both presentation and group exercises and focuses on:
- Understanding Cyber Security from a business perspective
- Understanding relevant regulations and laws
- Data Protection
- Key risks and business implications
- Common mistakes
- Planning your Cyber Security Strategy – Key Steps
Hair & Beauty Show
Tickets are £2.00 and can be purchased from our Creations Hair & Beauty Salon 01553 779403 or the School Shop 01553 773393
How to Get the Most From Your Marketing Budget
This session is now fully booked. To be put on the reserve list plese contact events@norfolkchamber.co.uk
Please arrive 15 minutes before the session starts at 08.30am.
In this session (How to Get the Most From Your Marketing Budget) Sarah West, Full Mix Marketing will be your host.
You will learn:
Spending money on marketing but disappointed by results? Looking at your marketing activity & budget and wondering where to start? Either way, you need to get the best return-on-investment to help your business grow through marketing.
This session will show you how to get more from your marketing budget; including understanding what’s achievable, setting your budget for the results you need, understanding the types of marketing that will give the best return and improving your marketing to get more from your budget and customers.
3 top tips you’ll walk away with:
- Setting the right budget and objectives for your business
- Selecting the types of marketing that will provide the quickest and best return
- How to learn from your results and squeeze more from your marketing budget
About Sarah:
Sarah is Managing Director of Full Mix Marketing and The Social Edge. An award winning strategic marketing specialist, Sarah has over 15 years experience developing and delivering high growth marketing strategies for business-to-business and consumer companies, including national brands & small businesses. She is one of the few Chartered Marketers in Norfolk. Full Mix Marketing provides all the strategic, digital and offline marketing businesses need to grow. They specialising in making the results you need from marketing one less thing to worry about.
Cyber Security Staff Awareness Training
About this course
Almost half of all organisations in the UK fall victim to cyber security breaches every year, and over 80% of these involve some form of human error. These incidents often lead to personal data breaches, interruption to business through Ransomware, financial loss through invoice fraud and reputational damage, so ensuring your staff have the awareness to make informed security decisions is key to prevention and detection.
This is not your standard computer based training. It’s highly interactive with attendees working together in group exercises to deeper understand why cyber security breaches happen and how to spot them.
Delivered by our experienced security consultants who have a wealth of real world experience this training will be of value to both your business and your employees personally.
No specific technical knowledge is required; however, an appreciation of how you use technology in your role will ensure maximum benefit is gained from the course.
By participating in this course, you will:
- Learn what cyber security is and why everyone is a target
- Learn how to prevent common forms of human error
- Learn about key types of cyber incidents
- Understand to protect yourself at work and at home
Offshore Wind Week- East Anglia
EEEGR is delighted to be able to announce that it will, once again, be working with RenewableUK, the main offshore wind operators in our region and other stakeholders in celebrating Offshore Wind Week with the bespoke East Anglian event taking place on November 22nd and 23rd at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft.
Whilst the speaker line up is still being confirmed we will have updates on many of the projects under construction, those projects successfully secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) as well as those still in planning. Speakers will include ScottishPower Renewables, Statoil and Vattenfall. We will also here from local MP Peter Aldous on his views of how the sector has impacted upon his constituency in Waveney and his wider views on future development for offshore wind in the wider region.
Skills provision will also be high on the agenda with presentations and case studies from the regions apprentices, schools, colleges and universities as well as commercial skills providers.
Norfolk Higher Aspirations Scheme
Calling all brilliant women currently working in STEMM – we need you to inspire the next generation!
The Norfolk Higher Aspirations Scheme provides activities and events aimed at inspiring Norfolk sixth formers to aim high and reach their potential. So far we’ve run events based around: Veterinary Science, Medicine, Law, Social Work, Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Computing, Chemical and Biological Engineering and Teaching.
We are keen to repeat, and to add to these events this academic year and our first big focus will be on Women in STEMM – an event focusing on inspiring young women to aspire to careers in these fields by allowing them to meet and talk to amazing women.
The evening will combine people from the industry – as many different branches as possible – and University Departments or Apprenticeship representatives. After a quick welcome and introduction, the students to go to pre-selected ‘breakout groups’ where they can meet, hear from and ask questions of, women currently successfully working in these fields.
We are hoping to gather a brilliant group of women representing the following areas for breakout discussion groups:
Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Consultancy, Engineering – Energy production and supply, Civil Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering and Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science
Please do get in touch if you feel you or a member of your team could take part in this event – it won’t take more than an hour of your time, it will take place on-line via Teams and it could make the difference and inspire a young female scientist of the future!
Thank you for taking the time to consider this invitation!
If you’re interested in this or indeed any other event please contact: Phyllis O’Grady, Norfolk Higher Aspirations Scheme, phyllis.ogrady2@norfolk.gov.uk
Cyber Security for Business Owners & Leaders
About this course
Almost half of all organisations in the UK fall victim to cyber security breaches every year, often leading to personal data breaches, interruption to business, financial loss and reputational damage.
Many businesses still mistakenly consider Cyber Security a technical IT problem, but more and more are realising that Cyber Attacks such as Ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) represent a key business risk requiring visibility and focus at the executive level.
This non-technical, workshop based course is designed to help business owners and senior leadership teams to understand the key elements of Cyber and Information Security related risks, and the practical steps required for a comprehensive Cyber Security strategy appropriate to their business.
This course will include both presentation and group exercises and focuses on:
- Understanding Cyber Security from a business perspective
- Understanding relevant regulations and laws
- Data Protection
- Key risks and business implications
- Common mistakes
- Planning your Cyber Security Strategy – Key Steps
Digital Marketing Seminar – Norwich
Join us for Digital Decoded – A FREE, practical and helpful digital marketing seminar designed for local businesses.
Digital Decoded 2018 will focus on Local Search and SEO.
Hear from leading SME digital advisor Jamie Brown.
How do you win at Local Search? How do you realise your website’s true potential? How are search engines changing the way they answer queries and how can this help you get ahead?
Come along to one of our seminars and we’ll help you convert digital marketing tools into customers.
Tuesday 2nd October The Forum, Norwich, NR2 1TF
Wednesday 3rd October Great Yarmouth Racecourse, Gt Yarmouth, NR30 4AU
Thursday 4th October West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3RL
Friday 5th October Wherstead Park, Ipswich, IP9 2BJ
Two Sessions per day 8.15am & 11.30am (Refreshments from 7.45/11.00am) Seminar duration 1 hour
Absence Management in a Covid-19 Era
About this Event
The coronavirus pandemic has created new issues to consider when managing workplace absence: employees who are shielding, reluctant to come back into the workplace or looking after vulnerable relatives. This workshop will give practical tips on how to deal with employee absence management, as well as the legal context. We will also look at how to handle short term and long term sickness absence and how to get the best from Occupational Health advisers.
This workshop is £35 + VAT