Past Events
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Network Leaders: Ryder Architecture – Designing for Future Growth
Guest Speaker: Mark Thompson, Managing Partner, Ryder Architecture
Service Network EventMarch 31, 2017
Time: 11:00am - 1:30pm
Venue: Cooper's Studios, 14-18 Westgate Road, Newcastle
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Breakfast at the Secret Tower – Jacksons Law
Our next Breakfast in The Secret Tower will be held on Thursday 2nd March 2017. We are delighted to announce our sponsors for this months event will be RTC.
Member EventMarch 3, 2017
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Venue: The Secret Tower, Newcastle
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Network Leaders – Greggs plc – The Growth of a National Brand
Guest speaker: Raymond Reynolds, Retail Director, Greggs plc
Service Network EventFebruary 28, 2017
Time: 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: RTC North, Loftus House, Colima Avenue
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Network Leaders – Atom Bank and Apprenticeship Levy Update
Guest Speaker: Edward Twiddy, Director of Innovation, Atom Bank
Service Network EventJanuary 24, 2017
Time: 11.30am - 2.00pm
Venue: RTC North, Loftus House, Colima Avenue, Sunderland Enterprise Park, Sunderland SR5 3XB
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Prevention is better than cure
The private client department at Jacksons Law Firm are hosting a FREE event to offer advice on how to plan and manage your finances.
Member EventDecember 5, 2016
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: Preston Hall, Eaglescliffe
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Breakfast at the Secret Tower – Jacksons Law
Jacksons Law Firm is delighted to announce the date for our December breakfast meeting at The Secret Tower, Newcastle upon Tyne when we will be welcoming Silverstone Building Consultancy as our sponsors.
Member EventDecember 1, 2016
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Venue: The Secret Tower, Tower Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2HY
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Bills V Wills – Jacksons Law
Jacksons are hosting a FREE seminar, aimed at business owners, to help you plan for a secure future for your loved ones and to answer any questions you may have about Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
Member EventNovember 30, 2016
Time: 08:00am - 10:00am
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3RX
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Creative & Agile Thinking
For so long creativity wasn’t required at work. Indeed it was actively discouraged – a distraction from executing the task at hand. Now it’s becoming a necessity in a world that is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In a world of perpetual unrest, business needs to be nimble.
Service Network EventNovember 24, 2016
Time: 08.00am - 12.00am
Venue: Muckle LLP. Time Central, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BF
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Network Leaders – The Business of Life
Guest Speaker: Linda Conlon, chief executive, The International Centre for Life, Newcastle. Linda will talk about the ways in which the hugely successful Life Centre was set up to create a unique visitor attraction, pioneering Genetics centre, new bioscience quarter and public square for Newcastle, and the challenges and opportunities along the way.
Service Network EventNovember 22, 2016
Time: 8.00am - 9.30am
Venue: Centre for Life, Newcastle
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Network Leaders – Virgin Money – Culture and Social Enterprise
Guest Speaker: Caroline Marsh, Culture Director of Virgin Money. Caroline will talk about Virgin Money’s plans for the future, the importance of culture and social enterprise to the company, and how they contribute more widely to success across the professions.
Service Network EventNovember 8, 2016
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Virgin Money, Gosforth
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Service Design
Service Network members are invited to a half day workshop to explore opportunities in Service Design
Service Network EventOctober 21, 2016
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Venue: RTC North, Loftus House, Colima Avenue, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3XB
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Managing Difficult Conversations
Difficult Conversations: most people don’t like them, but we all need to have them. This session will give you the opportunity to consider your role in handling difficult conversations and reflect on your contributions and what makes you effective.
Service Network EventSeptember 29, 2016
Time: 08.30am - 12.00pm
Venue:
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Network Relax – September
Join us for drinks and chat to get to know other members and the Service Network team. The first event is at the stylish Gin Bar of the Crowne Plaza hotel, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle upon Tyne. There’ll be a welcome drink and canapes waiting for you.
Service Network EventSeptember 7, 2016
Time: 5.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Stephenson Quarter, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Brexit means Brexit…but what does Brexit actually mean?
North East businesses are invited to find out what Brexit is likely to mean for them, and how they can best prepare themselves for the UK’s formal separation from the European Union.
Service Network EventAugust 25, 2016
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Venue: RTC North, Loftus House, Colima Avenue, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3XB
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The Mindful Leader
Mindfulness in the business world is moving from the fringe to the mainstream and now features as part of many leadership and management programmes. This open-access course is for business leaders and offers the opportunity to develop mindful practices and techniques in a time-effective format.
The course will give participants a deeper understanding of their own patterns of behaviour; will help people develop stress-reduction strategies; and improve creativity - all essential for meeting current workplace and leadership challenges.Member EventMay 17, 2016
Time: 8.30am-11am
Venue: Neuropartners, 2 Earl's Court, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 0HF
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Kielder Quest Corporate Team Challenge
3-4 March 2016
Your quest, if you choose to accept it, is to take part in physical and mental challenges for the ultimate out of office adventure, in the stunning Kielder Water & Forest Park. Join with your workmates to compete against like-minded businesses from the region.
#HAVEYOUGOTWHATITTAKES
Member EventMarch 3, 2016
Time: All day
Venue: Calvert Trust Kielder, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1BS
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The Energy Debate: What Does the Future Hold?
Amid an unpredictable oil and gas market and uncertainty over renewable subsidies, what does the future hold for the energy sector in the North East?
Service Network EventFebruary 11, 2016
Time: 08.00-10.30
Venue: Wynyard Hall (Grand Marquee), Wynyard, Billingham, Cleveland, TS22 5NF
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Leading at Lightspeed: Lessons from the fast lane of change
In our always-online, widely-inter-connected, geo-politically-sensitive world, the job of change leaders has morphed beyond recognition. Join us at this event for a fresh take on change, and learn how the best leaders are managing their own ‘impossible and now’ agendas.
Service Network EventJanuary 20, 2016
Time: 08.30-11.30
Venue: Clavering House, Clavering Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3NG
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Happy Mondays – Building Motivated Teams
The happiness and motivation level of our teams is of paramount importance as a leader. This workshop will look at how you, as a leader, can help your team to become more motivated.
Service Network EventDecember 10, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Muckle LLP, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BF
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Service Network Christmas party
A lot has changed and developed this year for Service Network. We would love to see our members at this Christmas social to celebrate in our region's service sector successes, share thoughts around the changing economic and political landscape and work together to ensure the continued growth of our sector in the region.
Service Network EventDecember 8, 2015
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza hotel, Hawthorn Square, Forth Street, Sephenson Quarter, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3SA
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Preparing for finance workshop
This workshop “preparing for finance” takes place on Tuesday 24 November and is ideal for companies that need to craft a strong ‘pitch’ to increase their success of accessing external finance.
Member EventNovember 24, 2015
Time: 8am-10am
Venue: The Greenhouse, Greencroft Industrial Park, DH9 7XN
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You’re invited to UNW’s next Charity Group Briefing – “Community Share Issues”
We are delighted to welcome Jamie Veitch as our guest speaker.
Jamie is an experienced consultant specialising in business strategy, media and communication and works with businesses, social enterprises and charities, running workshops on social enterprise structure and strategies, pitching skills and social impact measurement.
Member EventNovember 11, 2015
Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Venue: UNW Boardroom (Ground Floor), Citygate, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle, NE1 4JE
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“How To Find More Clients” Free Taster Marketing Workshop with Ford Henderson
Do you find getting clients a struggle? Join Ford Henderson on one of his 2 FREE workshops and see how you can get more clients.
Member EventNovember 6, 2015
Time: 09.00am - 1.00pm
Venue: Sintons Law Firm, The Cube, Barrack Road, Newcastle, NE4 6DB
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“How To Find More Clients” Free Taster Marketing Workshop with Ford Henderson
Do you find getting clients a struggle? Join Ford Henderson on one of his 2 FREE workshops and see how you can get more clients.
Member EventOctober 23, 2015
Time: 09.00am - 1.00pm
Venue: Sintons Law Firm, The Cube, Barrack Road, Newcastle, NE4 6DB
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Conversion rate optimisation – making the most of your website
This event will provide an explanation of CRO, offer tips to maximise on your websites, through effective use of leads and data generated. Detailing specifically CRO, you will understand what to include in your long term business plan and how CRO will be of benefit.
Service Network EventOctober 7, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Venue: Muckle LLP, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BF
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Nickalls Business Growth Event with Kriss Akabusi & Steve Pipe
On Wednesday 7th October at Marriott, Gosforth Park, Nickalls are proud to be sponsoring a ground breaking free seminar and breakfast "How to get an extra £2.2 million in your business and personal bank accounts@ - and one of its two world class keynote speakers is Kriss Akabusi.
Member EventOctober 7, 2015
Time: 08.30am - 15.00pm
Venue: Newcastle Marriott Hotel, High Gosforth Park, NE3 5HN
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Measuring Social Impact: Part 2
Social Impact is understanding how you make a difference to the communities you work with and demonstrating your social value to funders, commissioners and stakeholders. Our upcoming talk will give you more understanding of how to understand and measure social impact using the various methods available.
Member EventSeptember 30, 2015
Time: 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Venue: UNW Boardroom (Ground Floor), Citygate, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle, NE1 4JE
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Understanding Finance in 60 Valuable Minutes
Square One Law, Harlands Accountants and Growth Accelerator are working in partnership to bring a series of workshops over the coming months to help decision makers understand the different types of finance on offer, the risk profiles of different funders and how to select the most appropriate form of finance for their business.
Member EventSeptember 22, 2015
Time: 08.00am - 10.00am
Venue: The Greenhouse, Greencroft Industrial Park, DH9 7XN
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Understanding and Avoiding Stress
This workshop, in partnership with Service network member Eliesha Training will help attendees to gain an insight into stress and the mechanisms they can develop to avoid it.
Service Network EventSeptember 10, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Toffee Factory, Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2DF
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DIY Marketing
This session, aimed at small businesses who don't have the luxury of an in house marketing department, will cover topics that will help business owners integrate marketing strategy and planning into your business.
Service Network EventJuly 8, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Venue: Jurys Inn Gateshead, South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, NE8 3AE
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Understanding Emotional Intelligence
We all have the potential for personal excellence. Emotional intelligence gives us a new way to think about ourselves, our emotional behaviour and the impact we have on our self and through conversations the impact on others.
Member EventJune 25, 2015
Time: 8.30am - 12pm
Venue: Toffee Factory, Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne , NE1 2DF
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Show me the money
Finding funding, support and the right services for your business can seem both confusing and daunting for a number of reasons. Often you may have questions you feel you should know the answer to.
Member EventApril 23, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
Venue: Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ
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Member only event: The Government’s growth strategy for professional and business services
Do you want to know more about what the Government is doing to help firms in professional and business services grow and prosper?
Service Network EventMarch 13, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 11:00am
Venue: Bond Dickinson, St Ann's Wharf, 112 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DX
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Resilience Brilliance
This Service network Master class delivered by member company, Eliesha Training will help you to understand what resilience is.
Member EventMarch 3, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Business & IP Centre, Newcastle City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
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Selling at a higher level
Sales is the life-blood of every company. No matter whether your job title has sales in it or not, you have a role to play in the future success of your business.
Service Network EventFebruary 12, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Muckle LLP, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BF
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The art of mindfulness
Mindfulness practices have been around for thousands of years. Why has mindfulness quite recently become a hot topic in the world of business, education, health and government?
Member EventJanuary 21, 2015
Time: 8.30am - 11.30am
Venue: Toffee Factory, Lower Steenbergs Yard, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2DF
