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Annual Banquet Cheque Presentation
Lincolnshire Chamber’s Lincoln Area President, Hugh Wykes, and Events Coordinator Charlotte Robson presented St Barnabas’ Hospice Fundraising Manager, Kim Frow, with the money raised from the Annual Charity Banquet - £1375! Thank you again to everyone who helped us to raise this money on a fabulous evening.
"St Barnabas are very grateful to the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce for their support, and it is important to stress that we can only continue to provide our current hospice services with organisations like theirs supporting us," says Kim. “I am glad I was able to show representatives from the Chamber of Commerce around our Lincoln Day Hospice so that they could see where the money they raised is being spent - thank you so much, your donation means a lot to us."
Click here for a picture of the presentation, and here for pictures from the Banquet.
Networking Lunch
26th May 2010, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
IBIS, North Hykeham
£12.50 +VAT (Members) £17.50 +VAT (Non-Members)
Sponsored by the Lincoln Visitor Centre
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High Performance Business Workshops
Drill Hall, Lincoln
£95.00 +VAT (Members) £195.00 +VAT (Non-Members)
27th May 2010
Influencing Team Performance; ‘People join companies and leave managers’
Invest in your team by motivating, coaching and developing them to improve performance, retain talent and skills, and allow your business to thrive.
3rd June 2010
The Essential Management Skills
High performance teams need high performance leaders. Learn to manage yourself and your workload by increasing your capacity and personal effectiveness.
Making the Right Impression
Enhance your confidence and effectiveness by developing and honing your communications skills, and learning how to influence others on this practical business presentation skills course.
High Performance Sales
Find out how to win new business and how to make the most of your existing clients.
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Branston Community College Goodie Bags Request
Branston Community College are part of the Young Chamber initiative, and they’d like to get some gifts to put into 100 goodie bags at the school fete they are organising. Ideally they’d like a contact in retail or someone who has access to corporate goodies with branding on so they see it as a form of promotion; for example calculators, small goods, food, pens, games with or without company branding. They are required for late June. If you can help with this, please
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to contact Hannah Young. Thank you.
Planning an email Marketing Campaign - Action Planning Workshop
2nd June 2010, 8.45am - 4.30pm
Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth
Free to attend, lunch included
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Google Analytics - Action Planning Workshop
9th June 2010, 8.45am - 4.30pm
Commerce House, Lincoln
Free to attend, lunch included
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Planning a Successful Website - Action Planning Workshop
11th June 2010, 8.45am - 4.30pm
Commerce House, Lincoln
Free to attend, lunch included
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How can Social Media Help my Business? - Breakfast Briefing
17th June 2010, 8.30am - 10.30am
Gainsborough Golf Club, Gainsborough
Free to attend, breakfast included
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Traditional Music Workshops
5th June 2010, from 10.00am
The Terrace, Lincoln
Join the band - with Roger Watson, from 10.00am - 12.30pm. Play English dance music with other instruments. Roger has many years experience leading workshops and has developed a great approach for getting people of all backgrounds and standards playing together as a band. All instruments and playing levels welcome, a great introduction to playing English folk dance music. Click here to visit Roger's website.The price is just £6.00 per participant, but places are limited so please book in advance.
Melodeon beginners and improvers - with Liam Robinson, from 2.00pm - 3.30pm. This workshop will help beginners and improvers come to grips with the D/G Melodeon, looking at all aspects of the instrument and how get the best out of your music. The price is just £6.00 per participant, but places are limited so please book in advance.
To book a place or for more information contact Liam on 01522 560163, or
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to email him. Alternatively, you can click here to visit the website, or click here to visit the Terrace's website.
Ladies Driving Challenge
6th June 2010
Manby Motorplex, Nr Louth, Lincs
The Ladies Driving Challenge is a fantastic Team Building opportunity raising money for The Fire Fighters Charity as well as fulfilling Corporate Social Responsibility and enabling your team to have the most fun they can with their seatbelt on! No Corporate Team Building Day can compete with our Ladies Driving Challenge! This is also open to members of the public but your group can be put on a specific session together. This is a unique experience where the ladies working for your company can drive a variety of vehicles they would usually not be able to access.
There are now some prizes for the top fundraisers on the day, including a £15 voucher and a Turtle Wax, Wash & Wax kit from Halfords in Louth; a half hour golf lesson from Kenwick Park Golf Club; and 1 family day pass for 2 adults and 2 children at Kenwick Park Fitness Club.
A group discount for Chamber members is available, so for this and more information, please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to email Laura Harden or telephone 07798 725560. Alternatively, please click here to visit the website.
Meet the Buyer
10th June 2010, 2.00pm - 5.30pm
University of Lincoln, Riseholme Campus
The public sector in Lincolnshire buys an amazing variety of services from local businesses, from grass cutting to school meals, plumbing to laundry or property services to IT, but the process of procurement (selling to the public sector) can seem daunting or shrouded in mystery. Events like this are designed to break down barriers and give businesses the ammunition they need to tender successfully for public sector contracts. To book your free place, please
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to email Charlotte Robson, or call 01522 846923
Introduction to LEAN Workshop
15th June 2010, 9.30am - 1.00pm
Commerce House, Lincoln
£35.00 +VAT (Members) £50.00 +VAT (Non-Members) including lunch
Areas covered:
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Introduction of LEAN thinking
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The origins of LEAN
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Five core principles of LEAN
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Understanding Value and Waste
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Understanding Customer Demand
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Introduction to process flow and mapping
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Introduction to business improvement events
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LEAN in Action
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Networking Lunch
17th June 2010, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
The White Hart, Boston
Sponsorship Opportunity Available
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European House of Arts (UK) Cultural Festival
The Lincolnshire Chamber is pleased to bring to our members’ attention that the European House Of Arts (UK) is organising a Cultural Festival in June 18th & 19th this year, which is based around a “Cultural Trail”, visiting Lincoln after several festival dates around Europe. The Trail is made up of around 18 Artists, Musicians from around Europe, Irish dancers, an Author, a Renaissance Musician, Sculptors etc. This is a unique occasion and one which is set to create a sustainable and growing annual festival in the city and county. Something like this has never been done before and Lincoln is the only city in the UK playing host to this remarkable group of people.
The main hub of the Festival is based at the University of Lincoln, LPAC and Engine Shed, also in the city centre, St Swithin’s Church and Castle Square. The festival is attracting a huge response from our local community; artists, musicians, community groups, dancers, poets, authors, food specialists, theatre companies, schools and much more, are all stepping up and joining us for the two days to work together, play, perform, discuss, eat, drink and enjoy. With the publicity so far from the BBC TV and radio and the big publicity push to come we expect large numbers to visit, partake in the activities and enjoy what’s on offer.
This could also be a huge boost to tourism and will benefit the local community and businesses greatly. However, so far, funding targets aren't as expected, and so we are looking to the local business community to help by following in the footsteps of the University, Lincoln BIG, The Lincoln Hotel and others to assist in making this a massive success. The result will be a major coup for Lincoln and will assist local businesses with the increased visitor levels over this period.
Funds still need to be raised to pay expenses, nominal fees and food for all our Trail Participants whilst in the UK and our local participants (bands, musicians, entertainers and so on) as without these people with us there will be no festival! Please click here for the web site for all the festival information, what’s on and more. Please click here for the sponsorship document, if you can help at all. Thank you very much.
New Fathers - New Rights - New Terms of Employment
Fathers of children born on or after the 3rd April 2011 will be entitled to six months Paternity Leave - including three months paid leave. These rights will affect pregnancies commencing July 2009. Employers should be updating their Terms and Conditions now, to avoid confusion and ambiguity when Employees start to ask about these new entitlements.
To enable Chamber members to do this, Personnel Advice and Solutions Ltd have produced a Free Fact Sheet which provides:
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Questions employers should be asking employees and their partners when addressing new Paternity Leave requests.
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Documents, wages slips and other details employers need to check when responding to requests for extended leave.
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How to re-write your company’s Paternity Leave Entitlement details.
This free factsheet can be accessed by clicking here and clicking on Free Fact Sheets.
The Bank of England has issued the monthly summary of business conditions in the United Kingdom, as reported by the Bank's Agents. Click here to see the document.
How to Write a Press Release - Workshop
In partnership with Precursor PR & Creative
22nd June 2010, 9.30am - 1.00pm
Commerce House, Lincoln
£35.00 +VAT (Members) £50.00 +VAT (Non-Members)
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Discover who your media are; identify newspapers, periodicals, radio, TV and so on with access to expensive PR software during the workshop
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Learn how journalists work and grasp media handling protocol
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Understand what is newsworthy, and what isn’t
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Consider damage limitation and handling bad news
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Be offered the chance to email your first release for free appraisal
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Hog Roast
9th July 2010, 6.00pm - 10.00pm
The Old Hall, Gainsborough
Sponsorship Opportunity Available
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Burdens Barometer
The 2010 edition of the British Chambers of Commerce’s ‘Burdens Barometer’ shows that the cumulative cost to businesses in the East Midlands of new regulation since 1998 has risen to £5.9billion. Of the 40 new laws, the most costly include:
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Euro 5 and 6 Light Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards with a recurring cost to business of £1.48 billion.
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Community Infrastructure Levy with a one-off cost to business of £457 million.
Simon Beardsley, Chief Executive of Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, said, “The Burdens Barometer highlights a clear problem for Lincolnshire and UK business. The cost of dealing and complying with new laws and regulations over the last 12 years has been far too high.
“During this critical time for the economy, we need businesses to be driving recovery and creating jobs. But, the government must play its part by putting the brakes on the relentless flow of red tape.
“Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech is the perfect opportunity for the new government to prove its commitment to job creation and a better business environment by repealing regulations where it’s clear the costs outweigh the benefits to the economy and society.
“There needs to be an urgent and sweeping review of all regulations that incur costs for business, and importantly, a moratorium on new employment laws until at least 2014.”
Click here for more information.
Is your Business Aspiring for High Growth?
emda is seeking up to 50 potential high growth businesses from across the East Midlands to take part in a new support programme, called Coaching for High Growth.
Part of Government’s Solutions for Business portfolio, Coaching for High Growth provides participating businesses with an intensive and bespoke package of support over a 12 month period, to help them unlock their high growth potential. The support offered by Coaching for High Growth is client led, with an expert coach working with each business and is a proven formula to get results. Places are limited, and those interested are urged to apply immediately.
To access further information on Coaching for High Growth, please click here or call 0845 644 6963.
Hunt for the Most Enterprising Place in the Region has Started
The search for the East Midlands most enterprising place is now on. The Enterprising Britain 2010 competition rewards those cities, villages, towns and neighbourhoods that have tackled the economic downturn head on and are successfully creating jobs, boosting local business and nurturing entrepreneurial talent as the UK emerges from the recession.
To register interest, please
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to email Hannah Benson. Entries must be submitted by 31st May and the winner will be announced in October 2010. Please click here to download an application form.
£135.00 +VAT (team of 4) £170.00 +VAT (team plus sponsor banner) £40.00 +VAT (banner)
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