NEW - Resource Efficiency Scheme
Available to all business but particularly of interest if you are in manufacturing there is a new fully funded scheme to help you manage your resources more efficiently. Help available including self via website, and OnetoOne support via On Site visits (similar to well thought of Eurowise scheme)
Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust works with businesses and other organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies. Services include help to reduce energy costs.
Eastex – materials exchange
Eastex is a free online information service where businesses can view and place information about redundant stock and surplus raw materials. Businesses and other organisations are automatically matched via the internet so that unwanted items can be passed on or sourced.
Energy Saving Trust
Information on reducing your fuel costs through improving the energy efficiency of your home. Also includes information on cutting motoring costs. Contact: 0800 512012
Chamber Utility Auditing
Cost control and reduction are top priorities for businesses today, and getting best value and maximum efficiency from your utilities is probably the best place to start.
The Chamber Utilities™ service is delivered by Utility Auditing Ltd - part of sustainable power company ENER-G PLC – which provides professional end-to-end energy management solutions for businesses worldwide. Norfolk Chamber Members can benefit from a comprehensive range of services to meet all you energy management needs.
Website:
http://www.norfolkchamber.co.uk/Pages/Membership/utilityaudit.aspx
Chamber Liftshare
As part of the 'Chamber Cost Cutting Campaign' Norfolk Chamber has established a car-sharing scheme for its members and their staff. The scheme, which is designed to reduce travel costs as well as congestion and pollution, is accessed online and enables individuals to share lifts to any destination with others from a wide database. Chamber Members can access the scheme from home or work at
www.norfolkchamberliftshare.co.uk and register their journey details for free.
Chamber Member DirectoryCheckout the Chamber Member Directory to access providers -
click here.
Envirowise
Envirowise offers free, independent advice to business on becoming more resource efficient and saving money. Contact: 0800 585 794
Manufacturing Advisory Service - East
Provides manufacturing businesses with expert advice to deliver measurable improvements by helping improve performance and productivity. Contact: 0845 300 4443
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme identifies mutually profitable links between member companies so that previously unused, under utilised or discarded resources from one are recovered, reprocessed or reused by others. Membership is free regardless of company size, turnover or sector.
NetRegs
Free environmental guidance for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. Helping businesses to understand what they need to do to comply with environmental law and protect the environment. Potential savings from increased efficiencies.
Waterwise
Waterwise is an independent, not for profit organisation focused on decreasing water consumption in the UK and building the evidence base for large-scale water efficiency. Provides information and assistance to households, businesses, the media and the government.
Norfolk County Council's Trading Standards ServiceFree and confidential advice to any business that trades from Norfolk premises. Free training Free pdfs on a wide range of subjects at
www.norfolk.gov.uk/tradingstandards or phone 0844 800 8013.
UKAS calibration service for weights, weighing and measuring equipment to businesses throughout the UK and overseas.
Website:
www.norfolk.gov.uk/tradingstandards or phone 0844 800 8013.
Norfolk County Council Business Waste Services
The National Waste Directory for Businesses
Maintained by the Environment Agency. This database contains information on the licensed waste recycling companies operating in England and Wales. However, this Directory does not provide information on licensed disposal sites (as not all waste is economically recyclable).
http://www.wasterecycling.org.uk/
Green Supplier Support Scheme
Find out more about the free environmental advice and support available to suppliers (and businesses interested in becoming suppliers) of Norfolk County Council.
Broads Environmental Support Project
Norfolk County Council in partnership with the Broads Authority are offering environmental advice to businesses on and around the Broads (in Norfolk and Suffolk).
For further information tel: 0844 8008004 or email:
environmental.advice@norfolk.gov.uk
CRED - Community Carbon Reduction Project The Community Carbon Reduction Project (CRed) is based in the East of England and aims to take action to address climate change by reducing carbon. CRed recognises that cutting carbon is both a business issue and a big business opportunity. Environmental issues cut across everything a business does and getting to grips with a low carbon future can be a catalyst to business excellence and innovation. Find out more about what CRed can do for your business.
Website:
http://www.cred-uk.org/CentralContent.aspx?intCID=4
The Business Resource Efficiency Project
The Business Resource Efficiency Project is a Business Link East service that is designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the East of England.
As part of the project you will be asked to complete a simple diagnostic tool, either online or face-to-face with a business advisor. This takes the form of a series of questions that look at how your organisation manages its energy consumption, waste, carbon emissions and general environmental impact. The results of this process will determine the advice you are given and where necessary you will be referred to other organisations for specialist assistance. Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east for more information.
East of England Energy Group
The East of England Energy Group offers strategic advice, information, signposting and networking opportunities to businesses in the energy industry or business wishing to diversify into the energy and related industries.
Visit
www.eeegr.com for more information.
Business Link East
Practical advice and information for business on environment and efficiency.
The Business MapEEDA’s web tool to help businesses in the East of England to access publicly funded support including people, skills and training
www.bizmapeast.co.uk Manufacturing Advisory Service
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is a business support programme for manufacturing companies, delivering hands-on advice and assistance from experts in a wide range of manufacturing disciplines. The aim of MAS is to deliver a service that results in increased productivity and competitiveness for manufacturing businesses. Who’s eligible? UK manufacturing firms, focusing on those employing 250 or fewer people. Any dealings with non-SMEs will only be provided at full market rate. Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Designing Demand
Designing Demand is a support programme developed to help businesses use design to improve performance. The programme helps businesses to become more competitive, increase their profits and boost their performance through the strategic, effective use of design. Who’s eligible? Designing Demand is for businesses with ambition to grow, appetite for change and the resources and
management time to invest in running strategic design projects. Eligible businesses range from micro through to 249 employees. Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Innovation Advice and Guidance
The product is the provision of innovation advice and guidance. The purpose of this product is to provide businesses with expert knowledge and highly specialised, technical and advanced skills, enabling them to innovate and improve performance. The product is targeted at businesses (including social enterprises) experiencing challenges that are holding back the potential to grow significantly and which are open to seeking innovative approaches to surmounting these. Any dealings with non-SMEs will only be provided at full market rate. Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Improving Your Resource EfficiencyInitial and specialist support which enables businesses to contribute to a low carbon resource efficient economy whilst achieving cost savings. It identifies various practical cost-effective actions business can take to be more energy efficient, reduce, reuse and recycle materials, cut waste, water use,
discharges and pollution. Who’s eligible? Most of the services, especially at initial level, are available to all businesses in England. Specialist support will be targeted at businesses with significant
potential to reduce their environmental impacts or those that have made a public commitment to do so.
Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Environmental Land Management FundingFinancial compensation for adopting different land management practices that enhance the environmental impact of farming and land management and so deliver public benefit. It part of the EU and Exchequer funded Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). It aims to conserve and improve the farmland environment by encouraging and supporting environmentally friendly farming methods and promote expansion of woodlands in England in order to provide a wide range of public benefits. Who’s eligible? Farmers, Foresters and land managers.
N.B. This product is subject to change as the portfolio evolves to include other elements of RDPE.
Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Environmental Land Management AdviceAdvice and guidance to improve environmental land management through improved knowledge transfer and expertise of farm businesses. Sustainable environmental land management and participation in agri-environment schemes (under the Environmental Land Management Funding product above) so as to maximise public benefit. Who’s eligible? English farmers, land managers and their advisers.
N.B. This product is subject to change as the portfolio evolves to include other elements of RDPE.Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.
Low Carbon Energy DemonstrationFinance to assist a business in a range of demonstration activity in order to commercially exploit R&D in low carbon energy-generating technology. This product aims to increase single business involvement in a range of demonstration activity to commercially exploit R&D in low carbon energy technologies where the high risk and uncertainty around the expected results is seen as a barrier. Who’s eligible? Businesses based in the England engaging in low carbon energy demonstration projects.
Visit
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east.