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INSPIRING HERTS AWARDS LAUNCH

THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY 2025

HATFIELD PARK, HATFIELD

18:00 – 20:00

MEMBER RATE: £20 + VAT

NON-MEMBER RATE: £20 + VAT

We invite you to join us on Thursday 23rd January 2025, from 18:00 - 20:00, for the launch of our Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards 2025!

The launch event is being held at the beautiful and atmospheric Old Palace, Hatfield House, associate sponsor of the Inspiring Herts Awards 2025. Now in their fourteenth year, these awards are set to be the best yet.

Come along to the launch and find out more about these prestigious awards, sponsored by SA Law and Viatris. Our awards, known as the “Oscars of Hertfordshire”, are designed to showcase and celebrate best practice within businesses across the county.

Enjoy a glass of fizz and some canapes, meet all the award category sponsors, along with past winners and finalists, and find out why you should enter these awards!

We will hear from the following winners from our 2024 Inspiring Herts Awards:

• Harper Ashby Bowles (HAB Law)

- Winners of the Diversity and Inclusion Award

• No Floor No More

- Winners of the Green Award

• ImmuOne

- Winners of Business of the Year: North Herts

- Entrepreneur of the Year Award

- AND the overall winner - Inspiring Business of the Year!

Book your place now and participate in what promises to be an exciting and informative evening, providing excellent networking opportunities with other Hertfordshire companies.

Please note, places are strictly limited to two per organisation. This event always sells out, so we advise you to reserve your places asap.

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MEET THE NEIGHBOURS NETWORKING BREAKFAST

WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY 2025

KNEBWORTH BARNS CONFERENCE AND BANQUETING CENTRE

09:30 – 11:30

MEMBER RATE: £25 +VAT

NON-MEMBER

Join us on Wednesday 29th January 2025 from 9:30 - 11:30 at Knebworth Barns and use this opportunity to make new contacts at our ‘Meet the Neighbours Networking Breakfast’.

This is a special networking event with Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce and Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce. We have joined forces with not one, but two of our neighbouring Chambers, to provide the chance to meet a variety of businesses, both within and outside Hertfordshire, in order to share contact details, experiences and create new business opportunities.

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INSPIRING HERTFORDSHIRE AWARDS ENTRY WORKSHOP

FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY 2025

TEWINBURY FARM HOTEL, WELWYN 09:00 – 11:00 FREE TO ATTEND

Are you considering entering our Inspiring Herts Awards in 2025?

If so, and if you would like some advice on where to start with your entry, come along to one of our FREE Entering is Winning Workshops, to find out how to win one of these prestigious awards!

This first workshop will take place on Friday 31st January, from 09:00 - 11:00, at Tewinbury Farm Hotel, Welwyn, and it will include the following information:

• Why you should enter the Inspiring Herts Awards

• Guidance on what makes a winning entry

• Hints and tips on what to do and, what NOT to do!

• Practical, tailored advice with your entry or entries Book your place at this workshop to significantly improve your chances of winning an Inspiring Herts Award in 2025!

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Herts Go Green And Grow Workshop

MONDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2025

12:00 – 13:00

VIA ZOOM

FREE TO ATTEND

Join us online for the next Herts Go Green and Grow workshop on Monday 3rd February, from 12:00 to 13:00, and be part of the force working to protect our county. Speakers will be confirmed shortly –please check online for further details.

The Herts Go Green and Grow initiative was launched in 2022 by Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with our members: JPA Workspaces, KGK Genix, Estu Global, Net Zero International and Insight MCL, to support businesses in their understanding of, and transition plans to, Net Zero.

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INSPIRING HERTFORDSHIRE AWARDS ENTRY WORKSHOP

WEDNESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2025

ROTHAMSTED ENTERPRISES, HARPENDEN

09:00 – 11:00 FREE TO ATTEND

Are you considering entering our Inspiring Herts Awards in 2025? If so, and if you would like some advice on where to start with your entry, come along to one of our FREE Entering is Winning Workshop, to find out how to win one of these prestigious awards!

This second workshop will take place on Wednesday 5th February 2025, from 09:00 - 11:00, at Rothamsted Enterprises, Harpenden, and it will include the following information:

• Why you should enter the Inspiring Herts Awards

• Guidance on what makes a winning entry

• Hints and tips on what to do and also, what NOT to do!

• Practical, tailored advice with your entry or entries

Book your place at this workshop to significantly improve your chances of winning an Inspiring Herts Award in 2025!

STAYING AHEAD OF THE AI CURVE

TUESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2025

08:30 – 10:30

DOUBLETREE BY HILTON LONDON, ELSTREE

MEMBER RATE: £20 +VAT

NON-MEMBER RATE: £25 +VAT

Join us for this breakfast, sponsored by Minerva IT, on Tuesday 4th February 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton London Elstree, from 8:30 - 10:30, and find out about Copilot, Microsoft’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence tool, which is guaranteed to shine some light on AI!

Copilot can transform the way you work, making tasks such as creating presentations, managing emails, taking meeting notes and drafting documents far easier and more efficient. Minerva’s AI expert, Louis Graham, will provide a demonstration of Copilot for 365 and help you understand how AI can be a game-changer for you and your business.

Don’t get left behind, stay ahead of the AI curve and book your place at this breakfast now!

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FEBRUARY CHAMBER LUNCH

THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2025

DYRHAM PARK GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, BARNET

11:45 - 14:15

MEMBER RATE: £50 +VAT

NON-MEMBER RATE: £60 +VAT

We are hosting our February Chamber Lunch, on Thursday 13th February 2025, from 11.45 - 14.15,at Dyrham Park Golf and Country Club, Barnet, sponsored by We Do Stories.

We are pleased to be joined by our guest speakers Sam Cload and Will Fraser, from 100 & First Foundation, who will be discussing Crime, identity and change.

Sam is a passionate prison reformer, experienced educator, accomplished amateur sportsman and occasional public speaker.

Sam has spent much of his career to date designing, implementing and delivering a number of sport for change programmes across a number of contexts, but perhaps most well known as a leading voice on the use of sport in the criminal justice system as a means of enabling resettlement for people leaving prison.

Will is an ex professional rugby player for Saracens RFC. Will joined the Saracens Academy in 2005 aged just 14 and was a member of the famed ‘Class of ’08’ alongside the likes of Owen Farrell & Jamie George.

Come along to this event for a delicious lunch, a chance to catch up with existing business contacts and use the opportunity to meet and network with new potential clients.