16
Aug

Open For Business - A Meet the Buyer Event  

Date: 23rd September 2010  
Venue: Marriott Sprowston Manor Hotel and Country Club, Norwich NR7 8RP  
Times: 09.00 – 16.30hrs  
Cost: Free  
 
The opportunity to get in front of a range of local public and private buyers to sell your products and services including a workshop on winning public sector contracts. 
 
Buyers include - Breckland Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, EDF Energy, ESPO, Hertfordshire County Council Business Services, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, Norse Commercial Services, North Norfolk District Council, Norwich City Council, Suffolk County Council and Waveney District Council. 
 
For more information and to book:  
Visit: www.open4biz.org.uk  
Email: open4biz@norfolkchamber.co.uk

 
29
Jul

Work on Supreme Court lands architects with nomination

Norwich-based architects Feilden+Mawson have been shortlisted for the prime minister's Better Public Building Award for their work on the United Kingdom Supreme Court in London. 
 
The firm renovated and converted the buildings, which were opened by the Queen in the autumn.  
 
Hugh Feilden, a partner at Feilden+Mawson, led the design team which transformed the former Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square into a home for the highest court in the land and kept within a £33m budget.  
 
“It is an honour to be nominated and getting on the shortlist is a great recognition for the project and for the F+M team,” said Mr Feilden, who lives at Toft Monks, near Beccles, and divides his time between the firm's Norwich and London offices. 
 
The scheme has also won an award for security features which have been built into a bench in the public area.  
 
As a result of the work on the Supreme Court, the firm had been approached by the government of a country outside Europe to look at its own supreme court, the firm said.

 
26
Jul

Dragon Boat Race - message from Graham Luck -

Many thanks to all paddlers and supporters for your efforts on Sunday. From the feedback I’ve received a fantastic time was had by all. My thanks in particular to Sue for organising the food, Banham-Graham for their loan of a gazebo, Angela for the loan of a BBQ, Bill and Richard for ferrying around provisions and equipment and our official photographer Lucinda. 
 
The combination of Sue, Jamie and James keeping the team well-fed and Claire and Phillipa’s enthusiastic cheerleading, fuelled us to the Semi-Final stage for the first time. At the end of the day, Breakaway’s “Paddling Tigers, Sinking Dragons” finished in a highly respectable 7th place – 5 places up on last year’s result. More importantly, our sponsorship helped the The Anthony Nolan Trust raise over £19,000 on the day. 
 
Next year, the sky is the limit! 
 
 

 
21
Apr

Eastern Daily Press 21st April - "Home Care Firm Going Down Under"

An entrepreneur behind a care company which helps about 250 elderly and disabled people continue to live in their own homes is set to export her expertise to Australia. 
 
Able Community Care, founded by Angela Gifford 30 years ago, today employs about 500 carers offering live-in care to people across the country who require round-the-clock care. 
 
Ms Gifford is now preparing to take her experience from the company headquarters in Trowse, near Norwich, to Australia after joining forces with western Australian consultants Aegis. 
 
The work will involve offering advice in an ongoing consultation about the future of care for disabled people in the country, many of whom are cared for in old people's homes, regardless of their age. 
 
The work with Aegis was secured after two visits to the country, the first in October 2008 and second in November last year. 
 
The trips were supported and part funded by export body UK Trade & Investment 
 
Ms Gifford said: “There is a lot of discussion about how disabled people should be cared for in Australia. If you are disabled and your parents can't look after you the authorities put you in old people's homes. 
 
“There are more than 7,000 young people in old people's homes in Australia. There is a huge consultation process going on.” 
 
She said while the number of elderly customers was growing, the rate had dropped as a result of the economic downturn. 
 
The care the company provides, which costs between £35,000 and £60,000, is funded by clients' savings and investments, the value of which has been hit by the financial crisis. 
 
Ms Gifford added: “It's a growing business, but it is growing slowly, which is down to the recession.”

 
1
Jan

MAP

We look forward to working with MAP - Mancroft Advice Partnership throughout the year.