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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.Â
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, ...
The very human face of banking
Traditional customer service still has an important role to play in our faceless digital age, says James Knapman, founder of Fenland Financial Planning.
What’s been the biggest single change in financial services during your career.
The move online. When I started...
IGNITE 2025: fast-track your innovation to commercial reality
Is your company looking to transform an innovation from the lab to commercial reality?
Do you have an idea or research project with business potential but need skills and support to make it happen?
Applications are now open for Ignite’s intensive,...
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Q: We have a new product that we want to advertise on local television. We believe that our product is much better than a similar product sold by our main competitor. Can we refer to our competitor’s product in...
Accountancy firm Larking Gowen Strengthens Presence in Essex with New Partner Arrival
Dawn Lay-Flurrie has joined Larking Gowen as Partner in the firm’s Colchester office with a remit to further strengthen accountancy and business advisory services on offer in the Essex region.
Dawn has more than 30 years’ experience in accountancy and...
Surprise dip in insolvencies but new hurdles await
There was a surprise fall in both the month-on-month and year-on-year corporate insolvency numbers, ahead of government plans to increase the national minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions in April.
This is according to the Eastern branch of insolvency...
Falling fortunes or success in the making for SMEs?
As 2024 fades into history, Novuna Business Finance looks back at a volatile year for small businesses
Last summer suggested a resurgence in growth outlook was on the cards for small businesses in the East of England. The summer period...
Crown Estate reveals bold plans for Cambridge Business Park
The proposals could kickstart a whole innovation ecosystem in Cambridge, including over 4,000 new jobs and 250 homes.
Cambridge Business Park is set to contribute to the planned ecosystem in Northeast Cambridge.
The intention is to provide office and lab spaces...
Top chocolate maker reveals ‘belts & braces’ makeover for 2025
Fine chocolate manufacturer Gnaw, of Norfolk, started out in 2010 - the tentative next step in an entrepreneurial vision conceived at Norwich Business School by Matt Legon, who specialised in small business transformation and entrepreneurship.
His vision’s first incarnation started...
Repair don’t replace!
Local warehouse, manufacturing, retail, e-commerce, post and parcel and 3PL industries are asked to think what machinery and equipment can be repaired instead of replaced.
Logistics firm Southgate Global, of King’s Lynn, is appealing to customers to consider repair or...
CVE hailed as one of UK’s Best Workplaces
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production & Transportation™ 2024 by Great Place to Work® UK.
It has also been officially re-certified as part of the Great Place To Work...
Supply chain predictions for 2025
Southgate Global, of King’s Lynn, share their expectations and predictions for the supply chain industry, and how organisations can best adapt in 2025.
Last year saw continued significant political and economic change globally. Major shifts in power in the US...
JARROLDS LOGISTICS CELEBRATES SOLID YEAR OF GROWTH
An historic Norwich department store has made a successful move into the world of ecommerce.
Jarrolds & Sons Limited stepped into the world of logistics back in November 2023, joining the UK’s largest independent parcel delivery network, The APC, under the banner...
Law firm in ‘Top 100 Best Companies’ list for 5th year running
Howes Percival is ranked in the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list for the fifth year running and has also been awarded the highest level of accreditation for ‘world-class’ levels of workplace engagement.
The list celebrates excellence in workplace engagement...
CLARE MORETON STARTS NEW LEGAL JOURNEY AT FISHER JONES GREENWOOD LLP
A new partner has joined the Wills, Planning and Probate team at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP (FJG).
Clare Moreton has over two decades of experience in private client work, which will help boost the firm’s capabilities in complex estate planning...
Norwich engineer scoops national graduate accolade
A Norwich engineer has been named Graduate of the Year at an awards ceremony in honour of the UK’s best engineering construction talent.
Toby Highstead, a mechanical engineer at Amentum, received the honour at the 12th annual ECI Training and...
