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Cambridge firm celebrates ‘Excel’-ent results
In just five years, Nick Burrows, founder of Excel Carpentry Contractors Ltd, has seen annual turnover grow from £120,000 to £2.5m – with projections set to exceed £3m this year. He tells East Anglia in Business how he carved...
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Q: Can I license my IP to another business, and what should I look out for?
Yes, you can license your intellectual property (IP) to another business. Licensing your IP allows another party to use your IP (such as a...
Tourism sector in East Anglia showing “a sense of cautious optimism”
More than half of tourism businesses in the east of England are anticipating turnover growth this year, according to Larking Gowen’s Tourism Business Survey 2025 published on 12 June.
The survey outlines a sector where 55% of businesses projected income...
What the Spending Review means for your business
The Spending Review 2025, presented by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in June, outlines how the government plans to spend its money, and the key improvements that can be expected.
The financial plans could have a huge impact on all types of...
Breckland’s market towns invited to apply for grants to attract more visitors
Projects to increase sales and footfall in market towns will be able to apply for grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 through an initiative being rolled out across the whole of Norfolk.
Organisations and businesses are invited to apply for...
Oakham Ales brews its first solar-powered beer
Independent brewery Oakham Ales has cut its electricity costs- and created a new beer – after installing a rooftop solar PV system.
Like many legacy industrial sites, Oakham Ales, of Peterborough, faced a key obstacle to solar adoption - an...
Sizewell C goes nuclear
The first new British-owned nuclear power station in over three decades has been given the go-ahead.
The UK Government has approved the development of Sizewell C, on the Suffolk coast, close to the sites of Sizewell A and B.
Over £14.2...
Suffolk construction firm hopes for clean energy win
A Suffolk construction company has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its work building a £4.27 million clean energy business hub in Lowestoft.
SEH French is in the running for Project of the Year East at the National...
Technology turns air into limestone
A technology which turns carbon dioxide into limestone has set up base in Norfolk.
Mission Zero Technologies (MZT) has opened a Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in the region, to recover CO2 from the atmosphere for use in carbon-negative construction...
Restructuring without the fallout: Communication and culture must come first
A new wave of restructures is quietly reshaping the business landscape. But while job titles and org charts may shift, one thing often stays the same: the emotional toll on people. And when leaders get it wrong, the cost...
Millions pledged to support apprentice levy
A supermarket assistant turned arborist and a retail worker who now works at a kindergarten are just two of the apprentices supported by a Norfolk scheme that makes use of unspent levy from businesses.
Over £3.8m has been pledged by...
Women invited to consider a rewarding maritime career
Harwich Haven Authority’s first all-female launch crew are urging more women to take on a career in maritime.
Flexible Coxswain Lucy McGain and Marine Apprentice Jorden Gleave help keep trade moving through the Haven ports of Felixstowe, Mistley and Harwich,...
Ipswich couple take centre stage in Hollywood
From Ipswich to Hollywood: local entrepreneurs and husband-and-wife duo Danny and Katie Bloomfield have made a dazzling debut on one of the world’s most iconic stages.
It’s not every day you get to tread the boards in Hollywood - let...
King’s Award for social mobility champions
Netmatters is one of two Norfolk companies to win a King’s Award for Enterprise this year – an accolade shared by only 197 companies nationally.
The firm was honoured for its work in Promoting Opportunity through the Scion Scheme.
The initiative...
Four H&S rules you didn’t know applied to WFH
Remote work is now a permanent fixture in the UK workforce. Health and Safety expert Josh McNicholas, from Evalu-8 EHS, shares four unexpected health and safety obligations UK employers must comply with when staff work remotely.
Whether it’s part of a...
She Grows Veg lays fresh groundwork for female entrepreneurs
Women historically faced a ‘glass ceiling’ in business. Now it seems they’ve hit a ‘cash ceiling’ too. The all-female team at Suffolk firm, She Grows Veg, battled against bias in funding and support to become a thriving start-up on...
Leading nuclear firm relocates to Milton Park to drive innovation and growth
Nuvia says its relocation will deliver career opportunities in clean energy.
The global leader in nuclear engineering, decommissioning and health physics, has moved its Oxfordshire operations to a new office at Milton Park, the UK’s largest single-ownership innovation community.
With over...
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Q: We have a product that we want to sell in Spain. We have been recommended two companies there who we may be able to work with – one is a distributor and the other calls itself a sales...
New sick pay policy comes into force
In a significant move to support low-paid workers in the UK, the government has announced that more than one million workers are now entitled to 80% of their weekly salary as sick pay from the first day of illness.
This change aims...
Business and cultural community come together to celebrate Suffolks country town
Ipswich is gathering pace as a vibrant cultural, retail and experience-based destination, and members of the towns’ business community recently gathered at an event hosted by Larking Gowen at St Stephen’s Church, as part of Ipswich Borough Council’s Ipswich...
Streets gains a greater footprint in the East of England
A new accountants’ firm has been established in the region.
Streets Hackett Griffey LLP is the product of a merger between Hackett Griffey Chartered Certified Accountants, of Haverhill, and Streets Chartered Accountants, which has offices in Peterborough, Cambridge, Newmarket, Colchester,...
Warning for local businesses as public sector toughens up on debts
A monthly increase in compulsory liquidations - to their highest level in more than ten years - indicates a toughening stance towards company debt owed to the public sector, and the ongoing efforts of government to help balance their...
Overcoming Microsoft Copilot privacy concerns: compliance tips for 2025
As part of a recent exploration of AI governance and the developing UK AI Act, a team of data protection specialists from The DPO Centre examine concerns around Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot, Copilot.
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been steadily working...
impulse alumni lead the charge in the battery revolution
With the world racing to find urgent sustainable solutions to meet its energy needs, the spotlight has turned increasingly on the crucial role of batteries. The impulse programme, from the University of Cambridge, is helping entrepreneurs turn their exciting...
O.C.O Technology celebrates King’s Award
A world leader in carbon capture has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2024.
Based in Norfolk, O.C.O’s Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT) is used to treat various waste materials, turning them into a carbon negative aggregate for...
BRETTS Transport achieves major carbon emission reductions
Food and packaging storage and distribution specialists Bretts Transport has slashed its carbon output, posting a 27 percent reduction in emissions since 2022.
The logistics provider has made big strides in recent years to reduce its carbon footprint, despite the...
Five ways to tackle the workforce readiness gap
By 2030, a fifth of the UK workforce may find themselves seriously under-skilled for their jobs. It might sound like a sci-fi dystopia but, according to the Industrial Skills Strategy Council, this could be our reality if we don’t...
New apprenticeships in Norfolk rise an impressive 11%
New apprenticeship starts with Norfolk businesses and organisations soared by 11% in the first three months of the academic year 2024/25 - against a national increase of less than 1.5%.
The growth between 1 August to 31 October 2024 compared...
Southgate Global wins award at top supplier event
Logistics firm Southgate Global has secured its first major award win of 2025.
The King’s Lynn-based firm has been named ‘Supplier of the Year’ to RAJA, one of the UK’s leading distributors in packaging supplies.
RAJA operates in 19 European countries,...
One new council ‘best option’ for Suffolk
A plan setting out the significant benefits of scrapping Suffolk’s six councils and replacing them with just one new authority has been agreed by councillors.
Suffolk County Council’s cabinet approved an interim plan for local government reorganisation in the region, ...
