Delivered by Victoria Thompson MCIPS & Chamber Business Training, one of the largest and most successful CIPS Centre of Excellence.

This workshop introduces key procurement topics with a taster of some of the content that you can expect to cover in the Advance Certificate or Diploma Level for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. This half day course includes:

THE PROCUREMENT CYCLE
An understanding of each phase and discussions about adding value at each stage and some of the tools you will be introduced to throughout the course.

AN INTRODUCTION TO NEGOTIATION
Using a class room exercise, we will explore some tried and tested methods of negotiation

WHO IS THE COURSE AIMED AT
This course would suit all procurement and supply chain professionals who wish to gain an understanding of the procurement function, new recruits to the procurement profession and those considering embarking on a CIPS journey. This course is relevant to all sectors.

Lunch is included.

Book your place for this highly engaging workshop or contact Beth Cunningham on 01254 356456 or email b.cunningham@chamberelancs.co.uk

Lancashire is now building its Local Industrial Strategy – this will be the blueprint for future investment and development within and into Lancashire for the next 10 to 20 years.

It’s vitally important that our business community, large and small, are a key part in identifying what should be in the Strategy – where are we excellent but even more vitally – what is holding our businesses back from achieving their full commercial potential?

This Local Industrial Strategy business consultation event for the whole of Lancashire and backed by N&W Lancs Chamber, the IOD, the FSB, the ICAEW and Downtown in Lancashire will be hosted by East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce on 3rd June. Light Buffet from 1.00pm, with the event running from 1.30pm to 4.00pm.

“In November 2017, Government announced the UK Industrial Strategy. Local areas, mediated through the Local Enterprise Partnerships, are now being invited to develop their Local Industrial Strategy equivalents, which are intended to provide the route maps for economic development in their places for the next 10 years. Lancashire has recently started its LIS journey, and data and evidence are now being assembled and reviewed to understand where the County starts from. Full and open dialogue from the private sector is a key requirement of LIS development, and with this in mind we are holding this business consultation and workshop event, where the commissioned consultancy (Steer-ED) can set out what they are doing, and take your early views/perspectives.”

Join the team from Chamber Low Carbon on the 5th June 2019 to learn about the environmental support available NOW to your business.

The event is focused around the official launch of the Chamber Low Carbon Grant.

Find out how you can access funding to help your business install renewable energy technology or energy and resource management measures.

On the day there will be a full programme of insightful and thought-provoking seminars highlighting the challenges and opportunities afforded by renewable technology – detailed agenda to follow.

The Supply Chain Marketplace will house over 30 exhibitors highlighting the latest technologies available from Chamber Low Carbon’s Lancashire-based solution providers.

The event will start at 10am – registrations and refreshments from 9:30am. The event will run until 4pm. Don’t worry if you cannot make the full session – we’d be delighted to see you for part of the day.

This is just one in a busy series of events and workshops run by the Chamber Low Carbon team. To discover our full programme take a look at our events section or sign up to our monthly newsletter.