EVENTS
WINTER 15
BQ’s business events diary gives you lots of time to forward plan. If you wish to add your event to the list send it to editor@bq-magazine.co.uk and please put ‘BQ events page’ in the subject heading
FEBRUARY
24 ICAEW Northern group of semi- and retired professional accountants’ lunch (12.30pm) 24 Women in Leadership Dinner, CBI NE (6.30pm) tbc
17 FSB networking meal, Hartlepool (5.30pm) 17 Defects under NEC, CECA NE/Watson Burton seminar, Durham CCC, Chester le Street (8am). 0191 228 0900.
25 NECC Local, Hart Biological, Hartlepool (10am) 26 Customs Compliance, Processes and Documentation, NEEC Durham (9.30am)
19 Leon Clarence (Motion Picture Capital) addresses Mussel Club, Newcastle (6pm)
31 PAYE, NIC and PIID update, ICAEW Northern (12.30pm), book online
20 Mussel Club networking, Newton Aycliffe (8am)
31 An Evening with Sir Peter Vardy, EF event, Durham (7pm)
21 Mussel Club networking, Gateshead (8am)
31 Last minute planning for tax year 2014/15*
24 An Evening with Graham Wylie, businessman and philanthropist, Community Foundation event, Close House, Heddon (6pm).
APRIL
24 NECC 200, Tees Valley review and agm, Preston Hall Park Museum, Stockton (11.30am)
13 Oil and Gas international visit to South Korea, NOF Energy
24 Digital Catapult briefing for FSB, Sunderland Software Centre (8am).
14 How to Manage Projects/ How to Manage Disputes, CECA NE/Watson Burton seminar, Durham CCC, Chester le Street (8am). 0191 228 0900.
26 Tyneside and Northumberland Business Awards, Marriott Gosforth (6.30pm)
MARCH
15 Capital Taxes and the Family Business, ICAEW Northern (1.30pm), book online
2 A 5% late payment penalty on any 2013/14 outstanding tax due on January 31 and still unpaid*
21 Dr Sam Whitehouse, Quantumox, EF event, Science Central, Newcastle (8am)
16 ICE NE annual dinner, Marriott Gosforth Hotel
3 Resilience Brilliance, Service Network master class, Business & IP centre, Newcastle City Library (8am), events@service-network.co.uk 3 M Club, CBI NE, Newcastle University (8.15am) and Teesside University (noon)
21 Spring Tax Update, (9.30am) and Accounting Update Refresher (12.30pm), ICAEW Northern, book online 21 Geotechnical Aspects of Reopening Dawlish railway, Newcastle 22 HR Directors’ Forum, CBI event, Gateshead (9am)
3 NECC 200, Durham review and agm, Lumley Castle (11.30)
22 Inheritance Tax, am I Bothered? ICAEW Northern (1.30pm), book online
4 Discover South East Asia, NECC networking, Copthorne Hotel, Newcastle (10.30am)
23 Human Resources Knowledge, legislation update, NECC/Croner NECC (9.30am)
5 CDM Regulations 2015, EEF briefing, Gateshead (8am)
23 North East Business Awards, Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield (6.30am)
5 Alex Brodie, ex-foreign correspondent, on Hawkshead Brewery, Darlington campus, Teesside University (4.30pm)
29 Developing the Supply Chain, CBI NE manufacturing event tbc
5 Import Processing, Compliance and Documentation, NECC Durham (10.30am)
30 Mike Matthews, Nifco, at EF dinner event, Darlington (7pm)
9 Canada, a NOF Energy briefing, time tba, NOF Energy, Durham
30 Key Risks for Accountants, ICAEW Northern (1.30pm) book online
10 NECC 200, Tyne and Wear review and agm, Discovery Museum, Newcastle (11.30am) 10 Business Confidence Monitor and Export Confidence, ICAEW Northern with UKTI and UKEF (8am)
MAY 5 M Club, CBI NE, Newcastle University Business School (8.15am) and Teesside University (noon)
10 Accountancy Issues and Current Issues, ICAEW Northern (2pm),
6 Attracting and Retaining Top Talent, EF round table event, Newcastle (2.30pm)
10,11 NOF National Conference: Energy, a Balanced Future, The Sage, Gateshead. Kristie Leng, 0191 384 6464. kleng@nofenergy.co.uk
6 Laws and Regulations for the Practising Accountant, ICAEW Northern (9.30am), and Spring Tax Update (2pm), book online
11 MP Lunch and Question Time, CBI NE, tbc
7 Leading Strategic Change, IoD NE/CPD workshop (6pm)
11 Farming Update, ICAEW Northern (1.30pm), details online
14 Entrepreneurs’ Forum annual conference, The Sage, Gateshead
12 Age Inclusion Solutions, supporting an ageing workforce, NECC/Age Inclusive Ltd seminar, NECC Durham (9.30am)
19 Resolving Disputes, CECA NE/Watson Burton seminar, Durham CCC, Chester le Street (8am). 0191 228 0900
12 NECC 200, Durham and Wearside Business Awards, Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham (6.30pm) 13 Sales and the Art of Negotiation Exchange, EF event, Durham (8am)
The diary is updated daily online at www.bqlive.co.uk
13 Mussel Club meeting, Stockton 16 Strategic Decision Making, IoD NE/CPD workshop (8am) 17 Tales from a Court Room, CECA NE/Watson Burton seminar, Durham CCC, Chester le Street (8am). 0191 228 0900. 17 NECC 200, Northumberland review and agm, Horton Grange Hotel (11.30am) 18 Budget Day Live, EF event, PwC, Newcastle 18 Annual Emerging Engineers’ Awards, ICE event, Newcastle University 19 Employment Law Update, EEF event, Gateshead (noon) 19 Search of a Time Lord 102, career and personal development, ICAEW Northern (1.30pm), 24 What the New GAAP Means to You, audit and assurance, and financial reporting, ICAEW Northern (9.30am),
BUSINESS QUARTER | WINTER 15
Please check with contacts beforehand that arrangements have not changed. Events organisers are also asked to notify us at the above email address of any changes or cancellations as soon as they are known. KEY: Acas: Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service, CIM: Chartered Institute of Marketing, CECA (NE): Civil Engineering Contractors Association (North-East), EF: Entrepreneurs Forum, EEF: The Manufacturers’ Organisation, HMRC: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, ICAEW: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, ICE: Institution of Civil Engineers, IoD: Institute of Directors, NEA2F: North East Access to Finance, NECC: North-East Chamber of Commerce, NSCA: Northern Society of Chartered Accountants, FSB: Federation of Small Business, Tba: to be arranged, Tbc: to be confirmed, Tbf: to be finalised. *Tax reminders from the website of Joseph Miller & Co, independent chartered accountants and business advisers of Newcastle, www.joseph-miller.co.uk, where further detail may be found.
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