Business Events Diary

This is a free business events diary service, nebusiness can not be held responsible if events are cancelled, postponed or details are changed without prior warning. Email brief details of your event to Andrew Mernin at andrew.mernin@ncjmedia.co.uk or phone (0191) 201 6374.

MAY

Friday 9: Shared Interest hosts two sessions on the difference UK investment can make to fair trade. Shared Interest’s managing director, Patricia Alexander, will talk about the group's work, plans for the future and the difference investment makes to the businesses that benefit from the organisation’s lending facility. Co-director and producer of provocative award winning docu-film Black Gold (www.blackgoldmovie.com), Nick Francis will be at the second session before the film’s exclusive Civic Centre screening at 7.30pm - which you will be able to attend for a reduced fee if you come to either of the free Shared Interest slots at St James Park: Lunchtime: 12.30pm – 2.30pm or Evening: 6.00pm – 8.00pm. Food and refreshments will be provided. To register email caroline.himmler@shared-interest.com or call 0191 233 9135.

Wednesday 14: Durham MBA Preview Event to find out how the Durham MBA can help acelerate your career, come and meet staff, current students and alumni, 11am to 3pm, Durham Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham City, DH1 3LB. Contact Dee Clark at pg.bus@durham.ac.uk, or call 0191 334 5533.

Wednesday 14: Designing Demand Workshop for SMEs, Newcastle Racecourse. Details from Karen Robinson on (0191) 240 6045.

Wednesday 14: Conference on how emerging technologies can be used to deliver benefits to North East businesses hosted by Croft Technology, 9.30am to 1.30pm, St James' Park, Newcastle. To register for the event contact Croft on 0800 018 4612 or visit www.croftplc.com  

Wednesday 14: Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE) conference on energy and sustainability. Speakers will include representatives from various relevant organisations including NAREC and One NorthEast. Topics being discussed will include carbon trading, energy generation and CO2 sequestration.Teesside University's Centuria Building, free entry. For more information visit http://www.cieng.org and click on the conference link or email events@cieng.org  

Thursday 15: Do you wish you had a better understanding of your business finances? If you do then you should attend an event hosted by Nstar Finance & business at the Historic Quay. The event is aimed at any size of company - whether you have less than 5 employees and want to know how to control your costs and understand why you should produce financial reports or have over 50 employees and want to know how to get the management information from your accounts department. 8am to 10.30am, free entry, to register call 01429 233903 or email enquiries@dialogue-es.com.

Tuesday 20: Teesside Safety Group AGM, Marton Hotel and Country Club, Middlesbrough, 1pm. Details from Maurice Adamson on 01642 295174.

Tuesday 20: Teesside Society of Chartered Accountants’ AGM, 4.30pm, Claireville Hotel, Eaglescliffe. Contact Craig McBride, email CMcBride@gilchristtash.co.uk

Tuesday 20: Designing Demand Workshop for SMEs, Dickinson Dees, Newcastle. Details from Karen Robinson on (0191) 240 6045.

Tuesday 20: Hay & Kilner employment law seminar - the company's half-year seminar for employers and HR managers at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. The session will commence with refreshments, which will be served from 3.45pm and the event will end at around 5.45pm with drinks and a buffet, giving you the opportunity to discuss any issues and meet other delegates. Speakers include Solicitor Neil Dwyer and consultant clinical psychologist Dr Stephen McCarthy. To register email jenny.simon@hay-kilner.co.uk or complete an online contact form at www.hay-kilner.co.uk 

Tuesday 20: Free financial training session on financial management, budgeting and potential sources of investment, hosted by Finance Tree at the NaREC Centre in Blyth. Contact Lyne Barlow on 0191 230 6370 or visit www.financetree.biz for more information.

Wednesday 21: Tyne & Wear Society of Chartered Accountants’ AGM, 12.30pm, Northern Counties Club, Newcastle, followed by the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants’ AGM at 12.45pm. Contact Marie Rice, email marie.rice@icaew.com

Wednesday 21: How much is your business worth? - HW Chartered Accountants Business Seminar. Paul Duncan, HW corporate finance director and David Maultby, HW tax partner advise and discuss how to maximise your business. Given the recent changes in Capital Gains Tax, this seminar will be of interest and value to those thinking of selling or acquiring a business now or in the future. 8.30am to 10.30am, Ramside Hall Hotel, County Durham. Details from Carole Lackenby on 01325 254 700 or email clakenby@hwca.com

Wednesday 21: NEPIC event: REACH into the future - pre-registration, registration and beyond. The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Regulations are now in place across Europe. Anyone who manufactures, imports or uses chemicals needs to understand the implications of these Regulations on their business, and put in place steps to ensure that their obligations will be met. The event is aimed at all industries that may be affected by the Regulations, including those that use chemicals as well as those that manufacture or import them. Key delegates would include Site Directors, Managing Directors, SH&E Managers, Compliance Managers, and anyone whose role requires them to ensure their business remains in compliance with regulatory needs. 2pm to 18.30pm, Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham. Further information regarding the event can be obtained by contacting Emma Youdale on 0191 5164400 or alternatively via email at emma.youdale@nepic.co.uk 

Wednesday 21 to Friday 23: Thinking Digital Conference - a conference on technology, ideas and our future. Details available at www.thinkingdigital.co.uk or on Facebook at  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5950939279

Thursday 22: Chartered Management Institute annual Regional Convention in the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside region. The theme for the event is 'Creating Dynamic Leadership' and will include a keynote address from business journalist and entrepreneur Steve Parks. There will also be a number of workshops focusing on 'Creating Dynamic Leadership' including: 'Coaching for performance' by coaching practitioner Matt Sommers, leadership and Management' by Zita Richardson and Helga Moran, integral Leadership - Individuals and Organisations' by Peter McNab. Oulton Hall, Leeds. Entry: £60 for members, £120 for non-members. to register visit www.managers.org.uk/neyhconv call 01536 207330 or email event.administration@managers.org.uk

Thursday 22: The Entrepreneurs’ Forum fifth annual conference, Progres5ive. Speakers include : Harvey Goldsmith, music impresario and promoter of Live Aid and Live 8 and Elle Macpherson - the Australian Supermodel with an internationally successful lingerie brand. Other speakers include Angus Thirlwell, co-founder of luxury chocolate company Hotel Chocolat, Charles Morgan,the third generation head of Morgan Motor Company; and Guy Browing, national radio presenter, daily newspaper columnist and author of numerous books. Event runs all day and is followed by a black-tie dinner with entertainment from comedian Jon Culshaw. To book, call 0870 850 2233. More details available at www.entrepreneursforum.net

Friday 23: Butterwick Hospice Care Corporate Partner Reception featuring sessions on Corporate Social Responsibility and the benefits of a corporate partnership. Guest speakers include Felix O'Hare, site director of Croda Chemicals Europe, chairman of the NEPIC manufacturing group and head of the Wilton International Reputation Group. 11am to 2pm, Wynyard Hall, Tees Valley. To book contact Louise Bean on 01642 607742 or email: louisebean@butterwick.org.uk

Thursday 29: Signposter.com advertising workshop to help you put your business up in lights - a free advertising workshop for local businesses in Newcastle by top advertising creatives from Grey in London will reveal an easy and affordable new way of designing and buying outdoor posters, bus sides and bus shelters at sites across the North East region, at the click of a button. The Assembly Rooms, Westgate Road, Newcastle. Register free at www.signposter.com and click on Launch Events in your area.

JUNE

Thursday 5: Nigel Wright Accountancy Awards 2008 - categories include finance director of the year, young accountant of the year and branch of the year. Hilton Hotel, Gateshead. Nominations are free and can be submitted online at www.accountancyawards.co.uk

Thursday 12: Jobs4Energy Recruitment Fair 2008 - a new recruitment event to address the skills shortage facing the oil, gas and energy-related sectors. St James' Park, Newcastle. Details from Jamie Collis on 01325 363 436. 

Thursday 19: Durham MBA Preview Event to find out how the Durham MBA can help acelerate your career, come and meet staff, current students and alumni, 11am to 3pm, Durham Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham City, DH1 3LB. Contact Dee Clark at pg.bus@durham.ac.uk, or call 0191 334 5533.

Friday 20: Celebration of Learning and Skills Awards 2008 - an Oscar-style event hosted by Kirsty Gallacher, winners receive £750 and a trophy and two outstanding achievers receive £1000. The Sage Gateshead. Details from Andy Thevarokiam on 0191 240 7007 or email andy@fawthropclanders.com.  

Monday 23: Healthy Wealthy and Wise - The Challenge for the North East. Kate Adie chairs a debate led by two American experts in social capital who will look at the evidence and experience of whether social capital really can make us healthy, wealthy and wise. 8.15am to 4.45pm, Discovery Museum, Newcastle. To download a delegate booking form, click here. For bookings call 07721 530115 or 07711 432745 or email healthywealthywise@communityfoundation.org.uk

Tuesday 24: TEESSIDE Safety Group meeting on scaffold safety awareness, Marton Hotel and Country Club, Middlesbrough, 1pm. Details from Maurice Adamson on 01642 295174.

Wednesday 25: Join NEPIC at the CIA Awards Dinner. The Chemical Industry Awards Ceremony is one of the highlights of the chemical industry calendar and will be held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds on Wednesday 25th June 2008. It is attended by around 500 senior members of the industry and provides an excellent platform to entertain your valued clients, colleagues and guests. Should you wish to attend on NEPIC tables this year we will as ever charge you at the same rate as you would pay direct with the CIA, places are available at the cost of £150.00 plus VAT. Please email lynne.aungiers@nepic.co.uk to reserve your places or discuss in further detail.

Thursday 26: Are you sitting comfortably? Whole Body Vibration is a new issue brought starkly into the public domain by the introduction of the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, however it remains a phenomenon with little supporting evidential basis. Exposure to occupational Whole Body Vibration may also present a health risk to the psychomotor, physiological, and psychological systems of the body. Regular exposure to Whole Body Vibration is associated with damage to the back and back pain. Crutes Law Firm is holding a seminar that will look at the Regulations that apply to all employees at work, in particular the transport and logistics sector. 8.30am to 11am, The Wynyard Rooms (formerly Samsung), Wynyard Park House, Wynyard Avenue, Billingham. For more information call Emma Hague on 0191 233 9713 or email emma.hague@crutes.co.uk

JULY

Tuesday 8: Durham MBA Preview Event to find out how the Durham MBA can help acelerate your career, come and meet staff, current students and alumni, 11am to 3pm, Durham Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham City, DH1 3LB. Contact Dee Clark at pg.bus@durham.ac.uk, or call 0191 334 5533.