Stand Up & Be Counted

Author - Vicki Rowland

Date published:

About us

North East England Chamber of Commerce is the region’s largest business
membership organisation representing 3,000+ businesses.

For over 200 years, the Chamber has been helping businesses grow their knowledge,
influence and connectivity regionally, nationally and internationally. We want to
create a world where businesses in the North East of England thrive as a collective
force.

We are an independent body owned by our members and we work with businesses of
all sizes and sectors from SMEs to multi nationals to ensure they get access to the
best possible support.

Agenda

11:00 – Arrival and registration
11:30 – Welcome
Dan Marsden Knight, Chamber events & marketing manager
11:40 – Stand up
Each business will deliver a 60 second presentation to other
delegates in the room. Tell us all: your name, your organisation, what you do and what you’re looking for
12:30 – Connections and closing

COVID-19 and Chamber events

This tells you what you should expect from us, and what we ask of you, when attending Chamber events in autumn 2021.

Our aim is to: return to some face to face events ensuring as many members as possible feel comfortable and safe attending our events, while assessing risks and putting in place practical measures to reduce them.

Attendee code of behaviour

  • Undertake your own health risk assessment. Consider risks to your own health by attending and what you are or are not comfortable with.
  • Check for symptoms of COVID 19 before travelling to the event. You should be checking if you, or anyone you live with, has symptoms (even if they are mild) you should not attend, and should follow the guidance on testing and self isolation.
  • Do not attend Chamber events if you need to self isolate. If have been asked to self isolate by NHS Test and Trace, are required to isolate after travel, or because you are displaying any COVID 19 symptoms, please do not attend our event.
  • Adhere to any COVID 19 safety measures in place at the venue observing directions given by Chamber or venue.
  • Respect other people, keep your distance and discuss openly with other attendees how comfortable they are interacting with you.
  • Be prepared, you may need to wait longer to register as we ask people to keep their distance. Bring a jacket, it might be chilly as we open windows and doors to improve ventilation. As a result, please excuse external noise outside of our control.

What we are doing and what we ask of you, to keep you and others safe and feeling comfortable.

  • Asking you to adhere fully to our attendee code of behaviour.
  • Asking you to carry out your own health risk assessment and know your covid status in advance of attending one of our events:
  • You can access NHS lateral flow tests or for further testing options via Chamber member Recovery4Life
  • Asking you to engage openly with other attendees to find out how comfortable they are engaging with you.
  • We ask you wear a mask moving around and when talking to others.
  • We are completing a risk assessment for each event and discussing procedures with venues, to ensure we are as covid safe as possible.
  • We are ensuring our venues are cleaning regularly and there is easy access to hand washing / sanitising facilities.
  • We are securing venues larger than usually required to provide as much space as possible and less people around tables.
  • We are staggering arrivals for events over 150 people and ask you to socially distance to 1m+.
  • We are opening windows and doors to increase ventilation and monitoring air quality in line with HSE guidance.
  • We are going paperless, there will be no badges and our event packs will be via QR code this is to reduce direct interactions between people, especially our members and colleagues.

Today’s attendees

NameOrganisation
Alan GreenAlan Green Photography
Phil Mirley313 Wealth Management
Caroline HaganBlueocto Ltd
Shamsul WahidBusiness Sales Plus
Julie JamesonGreat North Air Ambulance Service
Andrew BurrowsHadrian Border Brewery
Brian RidleyInpro Media
Scott MallinInterdigitate Support Services
Andy SmithIntimation
Mark BerryMarla Custom Blinds (Durham)
Carol SmithNE Counselling Services
Alison PrestonNorth East England Chamber of Commerce
Ashley CarneyNorth East England Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Marsden-KnightNorth East England Chamber of Commerce
Frances HollidayNorth East England Chamber of Commerce
Helen CartwrightNorth East England Chamber of Commerce
Annmarie AntunesNudl
Jamie PellPenshaw View Health & Safety
Stuart MartinRecruitrite
Andrew FoxSOS Group
James StaniforthSustainable Business Services Ltd
Alison DunnTravel Seen
Charlie ButlinWhite Digital
Christopher RooneyWriting Works
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