Wednesday 24th April 2019
The Breeze, Newport
10.00am – 12.00pm
£15.00 per person

Come along and join us for our FIRST Networking Brunch hosted by The Breeze  who will be providing Hot Drinks + Full English Breakfast plus a fantastic venue for networking with fellow IW Chamber Members.

Your guest speaker on the day will be Leighton Atchison-Warne Founder, Tide Consulting.

Brand values (and how they add value to your business)

In today’s ever-connected world, selling your product, whatever it might be is becoming more and more difficult.It’s no longer good enough ‘just’ to have a great product; consumers want to buy from a great brand. A brand with strong ethics and values. A brand where the consumer feels as if they are buying a tiny part of the brand every time they do business with them.In this short tutorial, we’ll explore what exactly we mean by ‘values’, we’ll look at some examples of brands doing it brilliantly, and you’ll leave with some top tips on how to write your own.

A born and bred Islander, Leighton has spent the past 13 years working for award-winning Island beauty brand, Liz Earle Beauty Co.  During that time, he was fortunate to work with the brand during a period of high growth and significant change. This allowed him to work in several different areas of the business, gaining valuable experience in many aspects of multi-channel retailing, from marketing and sales to learning and development, retail and creative.  Starting as a Team Leader in the Customer experience team, he saw the opportunity to grow and progress and soon moved to a role in the Service & Education function, where he led a team to deliver the exceptional level of service that is now synonymous with the Liz Earle name. From here, he moved to the Marketing team where he led the brand activation team, delivering large scale events, and launching the brand in international markets, before his final role as Head of Creative, where he was responsible for the overall look and feel of the brand across all touchpoints.   Now, after more than a decade, he is embarking on a new venture, Tide Consulting, a brand, marketing and customer experience consultancy.  “We’re called ‘Tide’ because we understand that from time-to-time, we’ll all endure those ‘highs and lows’, explains Leighton. “Our experience is in helping people, and brands keep focused on the horizon, knowing that for every ‘low tide’ there’s the promise of an impending high”.  Bringing together Leighton’s years of experience and his passion and skill for getting the best out of people, Tide offers a unique service to help businesses realise the power of their brand.  Whether it’s help setting your new brand strategy, some advice and direction on creative, a fresh pair of eyes on your customer experience, or simply a bit of help focussing your efforts, Tide Consulting can help.

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We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world. This course is designed for those with a business idea through to those who have been in business for six months.

This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 25 April 2019.

To book a place on the course please click here.

We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people over 50 who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world.

This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 25 April 2019.

To book a place on the course please click here.

Thursday 25th April 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
11am – 12pm
FREE

Friday 26th April 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
60 minute workshops between 9.30am – 12.30pm
FREE

The AED Workshop Day is designed to give your staff a basic overview on how to use their AED. This session is designed for staff and others who may need to use the AED and aims to give attendees the confidence to use an AED when required. The sessions will look at the principles of how to use the AED in an emergency.

There will be three 60 minute workshops running throughout the morning.
09.30am – 10.30am
10.30am – 11.30am
11.30am – 12.30pm

Friday 26th April 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
1.00pm – 4.00pm
£60 per person

This Fire Marshal Course, delivered by Good Skills Training, is a half day course designed specifically for those who have been designated with the responsibilities of the Fire Marshal or Fire Warden. The course will look at the legal responsibilities of both the company and individual. By the end of this course delegates will be able to confidently and competent carry out theirs at-to-day duties as a fire marshal, as well as take charge in the event of a fire. This course also includes practical fire extinguisher training.

What is in the Fire Marshal Course syllabus?

• Legislation
• Causes of fire and how fire spreads
• Classes of fire and methods of extinction
• Fire risk assessment
• Fire prevention methods
• Action to be taken in the event of a fire
• Role and responsibilities of the fire marshal
• Fire drills
• Firefighting equipment
• Practical fire extinguisher session

Wednesday 1st May 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.00am – 10.00am
FREE

Thursday 2nd May 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
10.00am – 5.00pm
£125 per person

Friday 3rd May 2019
Royal Ocean Racing Club, Cowes
7.30am – 09.30am
£15.00 per person

Come along and join us for our Business Breakfast, with our guest speaker Matthew White, director in charge of lettings at Hose Rhodes Dickson.

With the UK Government mounting of layer upon layer of restrictive and complex legislation on the lettings industry, leading to over 170 pieces of legislation to navigate and to comply with, it is imperative that landlords and agents keep fully up to date.

The penalties for non-compliance are considerable and impose fines, imprisonment and others remove provisions for recovering possession of property.

Matthew White, Director in charge of lettings at Hose Rhodes Dickson and a member of ARLA the Association of Residential Letting Agents with 28 years of experience working in the lettings industry will be talking about the requirements and pitfalls the Deregulation Act 2015, The Immigration Act 2016 and what landlords and agents are required to establish before letting a property to a tenant and the impact of the Tenant Fees Bill due to be law from 1 June 2019.

Further, Matthew will advise of how landlords can protect themselves against rent arrears and strengthen their position for winning deposit disputes.

Matthew will also available after the event for a FREE, 15 minute, 1-2-1 lettings consultation.

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Wednesday 8th May 2019
IW Chamber of Commerce, Newport
10.00am – 3.30pm
£30 per person

Thursday 9th May 2019
Caffe Isola, Newport
7.30am – 9.30am
FREE

Meet members for informal networking in a great location. It’s free to attend, with hot drinks and toast for everyone.

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Monday 13th May 2019
Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Offices
10.00am – 13.00pm
FREE

Having a website for your business has become one of the key aspects of any business’ marketing strategy. In this morning session, Matt from Nosy Design will build a basic website in front of you – giving you an idea about the design, content and process. The website will be built on a platform called WordPress – this workshop will focus on the design and user experience, not on the technical aspects. This will then help you to make a decision whether you’d like to build your own website or seek the help of a professional.  

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Wednesday 15th May 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
10.00am – 5.00pm
£125 per person

Friday 17th May 2019
Island Tea & Coffee, Rookley
Time Slots Available Between 8am-2pm
FREE

Experience a live coffee roast and meet Island Tea & Coffee’s Master Roaster at the Island Tea & Coffee co.

After the roast Island Tea & Coffee will provide fresh cake (made by JR ZONE) and freshly roasted coffee of course …. Attendees will also be able to take away a sample of the beans fresh from the roaster.You will also then have the option to have a tour of the Beta Pack Site.

*No entry to the roast room if have suffered from sickness or diarrhoea in the previous 48 hrs*

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Wednesday 22nd May 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.00am – 5.00pm
£114 per person

This Level 2 Award in Health and Safety within the Workplace Course, delivered by Good Skills Training, is a one day course designed to give delegates an understanding in the responsibilities of employers and employees for good health and safety in the workplace, the benefits of good health and safety, the steps to a risk assessment and how they can reduce accidents, near misses and ill-health, along with the importance of robust emergency procedures and reporting accidents, near misses and ill-health.

Course syllabus

• Introduction to health and safety
• Accidents and ill health
• Slips, trips and falls
• Health and safety law
• Risk assessment
• Hazardous substances
• Personal protective equipment
• Workplace health, safety and welfare
• Vehicles at work
• Fire safety
• First aid
• Work equipment
• Electricity
• Occupational health
• Noise and vibration
• Ergonomics and work-station design
• Manual handling
• Working at height

We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. As part of the 50 plus Start Me Up Programme we offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people over 50 who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world.

This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 23 May 2019.

To book a place on the course please click here.

We offer new businesses the opportunity to take their ideas from paper into practice. We offer a free one day business seminar aimed at people who are starting a business. Get the tools you need to take your idea from the drawing board to the real world. This course is designed for those with a business idea through to those who have been in business for six months.

This course is available for non-members and will be held at Mill Court Business Centre, Newport on Thursday 23 May 2019.

To book a place on the course please click here.

Thursday 23rd May 2019
UKSA, Cowes
12.00pm – 14.30pm
£20.00 per person

UKSA welcome you to a Chamber of Commerce Networking Lunch on Thursday 23^rd May at their base in Cowes. We are pleased to announce Founder and internationally recognised Shaun Smith of Smith & Co as our guest speaker. There will also be the opportunity to tour around the newly refurbished and repurposed training centre formally Cowes Youth Centre.  UKSA is a Cowes based charity who use the power of the sea to offer transformational opportunities to young people; by widening access to maritime training, enhancing life skills and employment within the sector. With its commitment to the Isle of Wight community UKSA’s Funded Test the Water programme; which offers every Year 6 child the opportunity to have a taster of sailing, to date has seen over 5,000 Isle of Wight young people get on the water.

Food for thought – Three secrets to growing your business profitably

As an Isle of Wight Business Ambassador, Shaun Smith is keen to promote the Island as a place to do business as well as applying what he has learned in over thirty years of speaking and consulting internationally to help local firms. In this engaging presentation he will offer three key insights that you can apply to your business to help it grow for the long-term, whether it be a start-up or a major brand.

About the speaker

Shaun Smith has been a leader in expanding management attention from the narrow focus on customer service to the wider, more strategic drive towards customer experience. He is the founder of Smith+co the leading UK based customer experience consultancy.  He is co-author of five acclaimed business books, his most recent being, ‘On Purpose, delivering a branded customer experience people love’. Shaun has worked internationally with brands across many sectors and spoken to audiences in 22 countries. He is one of only a few recipients in the UK of the prestigious PSAE (Professional Speaking Award of Excellence). Shaun is also a keen sailor and participated in a round the world yacht race in 2000 when he learned that success in sailing and success in business are very related.

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Tuesday 28th May 2019
IW Chamber Offices, Newport
9.30am – 5.00pm
£45.00 per person

Food safety is an essential consideration for those preparing and serving food to the public. This Level 2 course delivered by Jigsaw Training & Development Services is Ofqual regulated and complies with employers’ statutory requirements. The course will enable you to understand how individuals can take responsibility for food safety, the importance of hygiene and the importance of keeping food safe. Topics covered include:

• Food safety legislation
• Personal hygiene
• Premises
• Pest control
• Food spoilage
• Foodborne illnesses
• Cross-contamination
• Food contamination illness and injury
• Safe food procedures and practices
• Temperature control
• Stock control