When you buy a piece of jewellery, small or large, as a gift or as a treat for yourself, it is a special moment.
And because it is special you want to feel that the shop you are buying from understands and respects that – and understands you, as a valued customer.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Nathan Munt, Lucas Fettes Financial Planning
There are several changes that can occur in the workplace, many of which could put your business at risk.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Oli Smith, Wensum Print
The printing world has been buzzing with the launch of the Xerox Iridesse, which combines the latest digital technology with impressive eco-credentials – and Wensum Print is one of the first in the Eastern region to install one.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

A charity dinner, auction and golf day supported by, and held at Barnham Broom this autumn, is anticipated to be a key driver in funding a much-needed MRI Scanner for the Cardiology Department of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH).
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

When: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Time: 10am – 3:30pm
Where: Wherstead Park, Ipswich, IP9 2BJ

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

Norfolk Director, Essex Director and Suffolk Director’s first event ‘Helping to Run your Business Better’, has been hailed as a huge success by business leaders across the region.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

East Anglia is Britain’s breadbasket and a centre for horticulture, pig and poultry farming. The region’s farmers produced crops and livestock worth £3.9 billion in 2021, across 1.4 million hectares of land.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Alison Sefton, Norwich High School for Girls
Norwich High School for Girls has long been a pioneer in the field of outdoor learning. We are based on Newmarket Road, in an incredible green site boasting 14 acres of grounds, including several areas of mature woodland.
Pubished in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

Local IT provider, Onyx IT, has started a fantastic new initiative that repurposes old laptops that otherwise would have been recycled and donates them to local schools for the students to use and take home.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Mark Hinds, Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
An Investment Manager now, I was brought up on a small holding where we kept sheep, goats and chickens. My parents ran a goat dairy business, and my father previously managed a 1,000-acre arable farm nearby. It is from this background that my perspectives are cultivated.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Esther Round, Birketts

There is no doubt that change is a key opportunity for adaption and evolution.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By David Moar MBE, founder of Big C Cancer Charity
Farming is in my DNA. My grandfather and grandmother farmed on the Orkney Islands in the 1900s. Having worked their way south, they settled in Geldeston on the banks of the River Waveney, taking a farm tenancy.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

Business owners in East Anglia are now able to use one of the region’s most luxurious resorts as a base for business.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Mark Nicholas, Norfolk Showground & Events Centre
Set just outside the beautiful city of Norwich and with excellent access to the A47, the Norfolk Showground & Events Centre offers a range of amenities for businesses, from meeting room hire and conferencing facilities, to office space and areas for company away days.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Charlotte Bate, MAD-HR
MAD-HR has worked with numerous business owners whose organisation is centred in, or focused on, food or farming. Here I answer six key questions which all leaders (in any sector) can learn from.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Graham Page, Ensors
The farming industry continues to be encouraged to change and diversify income streams away from the traditional crop and livestock sectors.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Christine Bhatt, Systematics International
Change is a constant in business
The Covid-19 pandemic was a catalyst for transforming organisations, profoundly changing how we live and work. This, combined with directors facing changes that are driven by digital transformation, rising costs and the push towards Net Zero, means that standing still is no longer an option.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Kathryn Horton, Turning Factor
In June 2022, The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Professional Development) Good Work Index, an annual benchmark of job quality in the UK, revealed that 20 per cent of workers planned to hand in their notice within 12 months.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

By Alex Saunders, Leathes Prior
Employee ownership trusts have become increasingly popular in recent years. To put this into context, between 2014 (when EOTs were first introduced) and 2019, 241 EOTs were set up (plus a further 34 which were established beforehand and given EOT status). Comparably, over 500 EOTs were set up in 2022 alone.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

Established in 1973 by Norfolk businessman the late John Medler, builders merchant J Medler Ltd is a third generation family-owned business that has seen many changes and challenges over the last 50 years.

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023

Celebrate Food, Fun & Farming at the Aylsham Show on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2023 at Blickling Hall

Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Spring | Summer 2023