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Welcome to
Norfolk Director,
the county’s leading business Magazine
As a friend of directors, partners and business owners, our magazines have one very simple aim, to help you run your business better.
The Winter/Spring 2020 issue is themed…
Helping you run your business better.
Although not specifically aimed at directors and owners of start-up businesses, the magazine content, advice and tips we share with our readers have one common goal, to help you run your business better, no matter how long you have been trading.
Our articles come from leaders of local businesses such as: Ensors Chartered Accountants, MAD-HR and Conatus Financing Solutions, as well as rthirteen, Archive Vault and Charles Stanley Wealth Managers; all who know first-hand the reality of running a business based in Norfolk and are willing to share their knowledge.
We also work in collaboration with the main business support networks in the county; the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, IoD Norfolk and the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
In this issue of Norfolk Director Magazine
Lead Interview: Justin Day, Cloud Gateway
UK Director Magazines
Our lead interview in the INNOVATE issue of Norfolk Director Business Magazine is Justin Day, CEO of Cloud Gateway.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Lead Interview: Justin Day, Cloud Gateway
UK Director Magazines
Our lead interview in the INNOVATE issue of Norfolk Director Business Magazine is Justin Day, CEO of Cloud Gateway.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Content this issue
Investors attracted by non-financial factors
By Mark Hinds, Charles Stanley Wealth Managers
Having a clear purpose and positive impact on the planet has been brought into sharper focus by Covid-19.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter2020
2020: Your most innovative year yet?
By Carole Burman, MAD-HR
If Her Majesty The Queen thought 1992 was an ‘Annus Horribilis’, what on earth will be her defining description of 2020?
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
Retail to e-tail: the legal considerations
By Edward Bouckley, Birketts
The high street is in trouble, it has been for years. It is hard to pin-point exactly when this decline started, but since the late 2000s, one by one, major brands have been disappearing from our high streets.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Welcome to The Digital Chamber
By Chris Sargisson, Norfolk Chambers of Commerce
My recruitment to the position of CEO at the Norfolk Chambers, a whopping three years ago now (my goodness, time really does fly when you’re having fun) was because the organisation for all the positive reasons, wanted to understand modernisation and to change.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Finding innovation in funding opportunities
By Malcolm McGready / David Scrivener, Ensors
Options for funding a business have expanded hugely in the past decade and although your trusted bank manager should, and will, remain your first port of call, where this isn’t appropriate, there are now a multitude of options available to fund growth strategies.
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
For your own peace of mind, is it time to get a coach?
By Beverley Gedge, Executive Coach, Skybridge
Running a business is always challenging, but it is even more so during this time of economic turbulence and uncertainty.
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
Don’t be scared to innovate
By Pat Lewis, Source One Consulting
INNOVATE [ˈɪnəveɪt]: A verb meaning to make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
Innovation guiding architectural design
By Matt Clarke, LSI Architects
As an award-winning architectural practice, a number of technological innovations have had a fundamental impact on the way that we work.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Big C launches new lottery
By Carole Slaughter, Big C
To attract financial support following the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, we have taken an innovative step and launched a charity lottery.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Making an impact online
By Adam Barnes, Platform Ticket
These days many businesses and professionals are reconsidering the impact of their online presence. It’s not just about having a good-looking website; it’s about creating an online personality that invites prospective customers to interact with you.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
How do we show people our products if we can’t meet them?
By Frank Buckley, IDSystems
For the last 20 years at IDSystems we have relied heavily on exhibitions and events to demonstrate our architectural glazing systems, until COVID-19 struck and forced us to completely rewrite our marketing strategy.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine Autumn/Winter 2020
Tips for a smooth office move
By Paul Dye, The Van About Town
In the times we find ourselves in, there could be several reasons for wanting to move your office and no matter the scale of the move, there will be costs involved.
Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Summer/Autumn 2020
Taking business development and networking online
By Clare Friel, Friel
Back in March we found ourselves in no man’s land; a time where many industries and businesses were thrown into chaos and the business world stopped and held its breath.
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
Giving Back: Fresh Start new beginnings
Fresh Start new beginnings (FSNB) works throughout Suffolk and Norfolk and was set up to provide a therapeutic service for children and young people up to 18 years who have reported being sexually abused.
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
The myth of a ‘normal’ brain: evolution favours diversity
By Ben Miller
The pandemic is changing how we think and make choices. We’re routinely facing competing priorities; do we choose our health or our job? to socialise or isolate?
Published in Norfolk and Suffolk Director Magazines Autumn/Winter 2020
Spotlight
Spotlight on…
ZOE PITCHER, Director, Archive Vault
In 2012, Zoe took on a new challenge when she joined the family business, Archive-Vault and since then, she has worked hard to grow the business.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2020
Quickfire
Quickfire with…
ALICE ROSE, Managing Director, Fountain
Fountain is a digital marketing agency and consultancy that has been at the forefront of innovation for over a decade. As their longest-standing employee and MD, Alice Rose’s proclivity for strategy, led Fountain to win an inaugural Google Premier Partner Award, then the Global Award the following year.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2020
Spotlight on…
ZOE PITCHER, Director, Archive Vault
In 2012, Zoe took on a new challenge when she joined the family business, Archive-Vault and since then, she has worked hard to grow the business.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2020
Quickfire with…
ALICE ROSE, Managing Director, Fountain
Fountain is a digital marketing agency and consultancy that has been at the forefront of innovation for over a decade. As their longest-standing employee and MD, Alice Rose’s proclivity for strategy, led Fountain to win an inaugural Google Premier Partner Award, then the Global Award the following year.
Published in Norfolk Director Magazine, Autumn/Winter 2020
Latest issues
be in the know, to have the know how.
INNOVATE
2020 Autumn/Winter | Norfolk Director Magazine
Justin Day, CEO, Cloud Gateway “I like people and it’s very important to me for people to like me. I get a real buzz out of someone enjoying my company and wanting to spend time with me.”
ADAPT
Summer/Autumn 2020 COVID-19 Special Issue | Laura, Norfolk Director
Laura Claxton, COO, Claxton “My life before the COVID-19 pandemic was always moving so fast, but the situation has meant that I can step off the hamster wheel of running the business and re-evaluate what’s important in life”
RESPONSIBILITY
2020 Winter/Spring | Norfolk Director Magazine
Callum Coombes, Digital Entrepreneur
“There is no doubt that digital technology and the means to access it has revolutionised the way we do everything and has become a pivotal aspect of our lives, both personally and professionally. But what is more amazing is how quickly it has made that impact.”
CAPABILITY
2019 Autumn/Winter | Norfolk Director Magazine
Martin Hayward-Smith, Film Maker
“Since I was a young boy, I have had the capability to sit, wait and be patient with both people and animals.”
