As Norfolk businesses ready themselves for Talking Tech 2018, we take a look at the growing technological trends in exhibitions & event marketing.
Once an industry thought killed off by advancing technology we explore some top trends which continue to augment the industry and provide ever more intriguing ways to harness the power of exhibitions.
Do you think technology will remain a servant or become a master in events…and will you & your events evolve in time?
Be a part of something amazing! The GoGoHares may have left the streets but now it’s the time when we need some serious attention from the business community. It’s your chance to secure a permanent reminder of the 2018 sensation which has delighted people all summer by brining fun, education and creativity to Norfolk. Norfolk children’s charity Break organised the GoGoHares sculpture trail in partnership with Wild in Art. As Break move into their 50th year, they are as reliant as ever on an amazing network of people, companies and organisations who support their work though volunteering or fundraising. The money raised by the GoGoHares trail will help fund the vital work carried out by Break’s Moving on Team across East Anglia, supporting vulnerable young people live independently after leaving the care system. The GoGoHares auction will take place at the Forum on Thursday 11 October, doors open at 6pm and will be presented by the charity patron Jake Humphrey.
There are two ticket options to choose from:
Reception Ticket – £30pp
These tickets will grant you access to the downstairs atrium in the Forum where you can have a closer view of the Hares as they go under the hammer, and enjoy drinks and canapes. Buy your tickets here!
Balcony Dining Ticket – £25pp (+ £14.95pp payable to Pizza Express on the night)
These tickets give you a bird’s eye view of the evening from your own table in Pizza Express.
Each person will need to order food from the Pizza Express set menu priced at £14.95pp. This does not include drinks.Buy your tickets here!
Each ticket includes a GoGoHares Auction Guide, and will grant you access to the auction preview on the morning of the auction 10.00 – 14.00. For more information, please visit www.gogohares.co.uk
CITY HARES
We are pleased to announce that the team from TW Gaze will be running our auction at the Forum in the evening of 11th October, where 50 City style hares will be sold under the hammer. We are also pleased to announce that Easy Live Auction will be running the online bidding during this live event.
Auctioneers Mike Sarson and Elizabeth Talbot will be sharing the evening auctioning off the 50 lots. Elizabeth is also known for featuring in Cash in the Attic, Antiques roadshow road trip, Flog it, Bargain Hunt and Celebrity Cash in the attic.
City hares stand 1930mm tall and 1127mm wide.
COUNTY HARES
The following county hares will be part of an online auction separate to the main event on 11th October.
51 Humphrey Hare 53 Chrome Hare 54 Ketts Oak 55 Harleston Hare 57 Lancaster 58 Slalom Sally 59 Sydney Long Ears 64 Kicks 66 GoGo Hareatio
County hares stand 1600 tall and 896mm wide.
BIDDING ON THESE HARES IS LIVE NOW until 2.30pm 11th October.
TimeNorfolk, the pregnancy loss charity, has seen their dreams of helping to refurbish a bereavement room at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital move a step closer after successfully obtaining a £2,500 charitable grant through the Closer to You programme, by Ecclesiastical Insurance Group.
The charity supports women and men who need support following a pregnancy loss, such as miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for abnormality, termination and infertility. Also for those facing an unplanned pregnancy or other pregnancy related issues. The bereavement room will be designed to offer a more appropriate environment for families to spend time following a loss or death.
The grant was awarded to the charity after local independent insurance brokers, Alan Boswell Group, made the application on their behalf.
TimeNorfolk director Lesley Bradfield said “We hadn’t even been aware of the Ecclesiastical programme so we are very grateful to Alan Boswells for bringing it to our attention. This grant will make a huge difference to the project which we hope will be underway soon.”
The Closer to You programme give Ecclesiastical’s insurance broker partners the opportunity to be part of its ambition to give £100million to good causes by 2020. Lee Boswell, Marketing Manager at Alan Boswell Group, explains their reasons for choosing TimeNorfolk: “We really wanted to find a project where this money could make a substantial difference. We’re really hoping that the money will give TimeNorfolk the base required to help towards the refurbishment of a new bereavement room. It would make a real difference to the hospital and, of course, to the families that need to use it.”
TimeNorfolk’s Norwich centre opened in 1999 and quickly grew to cover the whole of Norfolk. They have four part-time staff and approximately 25 volunteers.
If you need support following a pregnancy loss or other pregnancy related issue then you can call TimeNorfolk on 01603 927487 or visit their website www.timenorfolk.org.uk
Not-for-profit small and medium-sized enterprises will soon be invited to apply for grants of between £1,000 and £7,500 to offer innovative employability training courses helping residents in the Great Yarmouth borough.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s new Inclusion Project will assist long-term unemployed and economically inactive residents who face complicated life challenges and who are most disconnected from community support, including from entry-level training, volunteering and work placement opportunities.
As a key part of the initiative, which is funded by the borough council and the European Social Fund, the council will be making available £120,000 over three years to not-for-profit SMEs in order to develop employability services that address gaps in the training currently available and meet residents’ needs.
Eligible applicants can be based anywhere in the UK, but must deliver their proposed new services within Great Yarmouth’s communities and be prepared to match-fund their requested grants, either from other funding sources or in kind.
As the other element of this project, the council will work individually with 242 people of working age, living in the borough’s most challenged wards, who are identified as furthest from the jobs market, including the long-term unemployed. They will be connected to support that meets their specific needs, either the new courses or existing services.
Eligible enterprises interested in finding out more about the grant opportunity are invited to the project launch, which will take place at St George’s Theatre, on Wednesday, September 19, from 11.30am to 1pm. They can also contact Tracey Read, Inclusion Project Coordinator, via tracey.read@great-yarmouth.gov.uk or 07468 764753.
Cllr Andy Grant, chairman of the housing and neighbourhoods committee, said: “We have secured this valuable funding from the European Social Fund, via the Department for Work and Pensions, to complement our wider nationally-acclaimed work with partners to strengthen communities, build connections and improve life chances for all.
“This is a great opportunity for not-for-profit SMEs to be part of this exciting work and to help drive towards inclusive economic growth in the borough by assisting those furthest from the workplace into training, education, volunteering and ultimately jobs. We would like to invite any eligible SMEs interested in finding out more about these exciting grant-funding opportunities to attend the launch or get in touch.”
European Social Fund
The Inclusion Project has received £342,332 of funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions is the Managing Authority for the England ESF programme. Established by the European Union ESF funds help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, skills development, job creation, social inclusion and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding
We are proud to announce that we are working closely with the team at Advice to Buy (https://advicetobuy.com/) to create a new, bespoke website and spread their presence widely online. Advice to Buy are business consultants who specialise in assisting people looking at purchasing a business in the UK and abroad. With more than 35 years of experience in helping people realise their business goals, aims and dreams, Advice to Buy bring a lot to their industry.
Having approached us with virtually no online presence, no brand and no digital marketing, we have been helping Advice to Buy pursue their business goals and dreams of attracting users and clients online.
Issues We Have Tackled
Having no online presence whatsoever meant that the concept of Advice to Buy, as well their reach was non-existent online, beyond their existing connections. Therefore, we worked to implement the following with the team at Advice to Buy:
New Website – Without a website, the offering of Advice to Buy would be severely limited. Therefore, we worked with our design and development teams to design, create an implement a fully responsive and rigorously designed website with a content management system (CMS), made easy to use for the client
Branding and Design – Having a distinctive, professional and clean brand image is always important and we have worked together with both our design team as well as the team at Advice to Buy to create a professional brand for the client
Social Media Profiles – Another important aspect of being present online and promoting a business to potential customers is the use of social media platforms. In the case of Advice to Buy, as a company aimed at professionals, LinkedIn has played (and continues to play) an important role in gauging client interest and attracting new leads
Search Engine Optimisation – A core part of the strategy with Advice to Buy is the use of Search Engine Marketing, also commonly known as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). By working to get Advice to Buy higher up the rankings organically [on Google Search], more users are exposed to their brand, helping propel their business further
We are looking forward to continuing our work and progress with the team at Advice to Buy. With a lot planned moving forward, Advice to Buy are very much on the ascendancy and well on their way to online and digital success.
Do you work within an organisation where you are responsible for creating video content or do you think you should be creating some?
Whether you are a beginner or already have some experience, our workshops are designed to help you to develop your skills. Not only will you leave with the ability to keep on producing engaging video, you will have produced a short promotional film as part of the training that you can use straight away.
“As a scientific research institute, we have a unique set of challenges to communicate very technical, applied science to a broad community. To help us do this more effectively, we enlisted the help of Eye Film to train our Communications and Engagement team in how best to tell complex stories through film. Cameron and Charlie came on-site and delivered 2-days of high quality training including a range of tips and tricks in both filming and editing, that immediately improved the content we were producing. The training was also suitable to allow us to pass on this knowledge to a number of people across the organisation, meaning the skillset of many more people than just those there on the day, have been raised.” Andrew Lawn, Digital Channels Specialist, John Innes Centre
Our next course is running on Tuesday 2nd & 9th October in Norwich. For more information and to book your place go to https://www.eyefilm.co.uk/projects/videotraining/ or call us on 01603 727750, it would be great to talk to you.
The Maids Head Hotel in Norwich, which claims to be the oldest hotel in the UK, with its story dating back to the first Norman Bishop of Norwich, is offering a choice of three or four night Festive breaks.
Christmas at the Maids Head features culinary feasts prepared by award winning Head Chef, ‘Magic’ Marcin Pomierny and his talented brigade, along with the warmest of hospitality and lots of entertainment.
The hotel is perfectly located in the heart of Norwich, with the Cathedral directly opposite. Guests can attend Midnight Eucharist on Christmas Eve and services on Christmas Day.
Walking tours are on offer with experienced City of Norwich Tourist guide, Paul Dickson. Enjoy People and Places, Colegate and Elm Hill on Christmas Eve, exploring an area bursting with the history of Norwich. Then on Christmas morning, it’s a short stroll round Tombland discovering the stories of this ancient part of the city.
There will also be magic, music and a Gala Dinner Dance and casino night, along with the option to watch Aladdin at The Theatre Royalon Boxing Day.
A locally owned family plumbing and heating company have just celebrated their second anniversary and at the same time, have acquired new commercial premises in Norwich and in addition increased their workforce, with the employment of a full-time office administrator and another full time heating engineer to facilitate with the continued growth of the business.
The business success has been built on some strong core values which include reliability, trust and transparency all aligned with delivering a high level of customer service and quality of workmanship.
Having already attained an excellent portfolio of satisfied and returning clients the company aims to build on its success of 2017 which saw them shortlisted for best small business of the year in the EDP business awards and in 2018 following an approach from Lovewell Blake saw the company selected as one of the Norfolk and Suffolk the 2018 Future 50 programme members.
Looking ahead the company is aiming to offer apprenticeships for 2019, to give opportunities to people wanting to carve out a successful career in an industry which needs to do more to advertise itself.
Being able to offer a domestic and commercial service for every aspect of heating which encompasses
v Gas
v Oil
v LPG
v Biomass
v Air Source
v Ground Source
v Passivhaus
means they are able to accommodate projects for both city and rural-based businesses.
In addition, they also offer a design and installation service for wet rooms, supply and installation for the latest range of digital showers, heated shower rails, contemporary and designer radiators with a wide range of sizes and colours to suit all businesses, heated towel rails, water softeners and instant boiling water heaters for the office. For more information contact Tel: 01603 980950 or info@heatlinkservices.co.uk
TMS Media is looking for a WordPress developer and PHP programmer with experience in creating plugins and themes. Contact steve.scott@tms-media.co.uk. No agencies please.
Based in our Great Yarmouth offices, you will work with a team of fellow developers, designers and copywriters on a wide range of web projects. You’ll need a good practical knowledge of the inner workings of WordPress, CSS and jQuery.
Chartered accountants and business advisors Larking Gowen has launched a new market-leading benefits package for its people. The new package is the result of 12 months of research through regular staff surveys and polls, discussions with employee representatives, benchmarking and market research. Benefits include enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay, the introduction of a range of agile working practices, a new career break scheme and full salary exchange options. Other changes include protection from financial hardship in the event of serious illness or accident, improved compassionate leave and travel to work discounts and loans for public transport. The new benefits package supports the comprehensive programme of wellbeing support already in place, demonstrating the firm’s ongoing commitment to the total wellbeing of employees. Jon Woolston, Managing Partner, said: “At Larking Gowen, our core value is ‘Passion for our People’ because we know that our business will only succeed through them. This is why we have developed this comprehensive new benefits package, based very much on employee feedback. “We want to be an employer of choice for our existing and future employees and we believe that our new benefits package is an excellent offer that helps us to achieve this goal.” In addition to the new package, the firm has simplified its Human Resources policies and reduced them in number significantly, instead allowing freedom for managers to make decisions to support their people. Jon added: “We wanted to make it simpler for our managers to manage, and we wanted to give more freedom to the people who are running our teams. This change demonstrates our trust and confidence in our managers and our employees.” To find our more about working at Larking Gowen visit our careers page.
East Coast College currently has a vacancy for a new governor to join the current governing body. Governors make a difference and we are looking for volunteers to work with us who can use their skills and experience to help the College grow and flourish. Finance/Audit experience are needed, including a Chair of Audit.
If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Wendy Stanger on w.stanger@eastcoast.ac.uk or visit: https://tinyurl.com/ECCGovernors
Some of the KLM UK Engineering cyclist that took part in the East Anglian Air Ambulance’s EPIC 50 mile Cylce ride in May got to get up close and personal with the crew and helicopter. This was a great visit for our fund raisers to find out more about how the funds raised are put to use and just what a great job the doctors, paramedics & pilots do. Thank you so much to the crew for taking the time to meet our team and talk through their job. A great charity that helps saves lives!