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Fashion brand moves ‘from clicks to bricks’
With experiential stores and pop-up shops popping up en masse in the last few months, is the high street making a comeback? Gareth Newman, CEO of flourishing Norfolk-based fashion brand Blakely Clothing, thinks so.
Blakely, founded in 2012, has primarily...
Children’s charity seeks corporate partners in Norfolk
Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity is seeking businesses in Norfolk to support fundraising to establish a specialist nurse for local children living with the most complex medical conditions. Â
The charity is offering free Lunch and Learn sessions to any companies...
Agency drive to fill local vacancies
A recruitment agency in King’s Lynn has partnered with facilities management organisation EMCOR UK to supply workers across East Anglia.
Berry Recruitment anticipates that it will provide many new roles to candidates who will benefit from the relationship.
Training on the...
New owners for Southwold Pier
Law firm Howes Percival has acted for Amy and Charles Barwick on the acquisition of Southwold Pier.
The pier was purchased by the Barwicks for an undisclosed sum from previous owner Curious Pier Limited, part of the Gough Hotels group,...
Ipswich businesses praised for supporting young sports stars
Lord Holmes of Richmond, MBE, has praised a group of Ipswich businesses for their ‘vital’ support for talented up-and-coming sportsmen and women from Suffolk.
H
e said, “We have a very special group of businesses here in Ipswich that have done...
It’s official! Essex and Suffolk Water ‘one of the UK’s best places to work’
It’s the fourth time in four years that Great Place to Work® UK has included the water company in the super large category of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list.
Essex and Suffolk Water is one of 50 organisations recognised and the...
Gressingham Foods apprentice wins national award
Ana Marques, a butchery apprentice with Gressingham Foods, has been named Best Meat Processing Apprentice at the Institute of Meat (IoM) and Worshipful Company of Butchers Annual Prize Giving.
The awards were held at the prestigious Butchers Hall, one of...
Norwich Research Park showcases latest industry collaborations
Norwich Research Park showcased its latest collaborations with industry at its Enterprise Tuesday event held on Tuesday 5 March at the John Innes Conference Centre.
The event theme was ‘Problem solving through collaboration’ and featured a number of presentations by...
Local accountancy firm strengthens Ipswich team
Chartered accountants and business advisors, Larking Gowen, proudly announces the appointment of a new Director to its Corporate Audit and Advisory team, based in the Ipswich office.
James Nichols, who joined the firm in 2020 as a Senior Manager, has...
Emotional intelligence the key to business success
Opening their 2024 Business Breakfast series with a full house on the theme of ‘Practical Strategies for Success’, leading regional accountancy firm Larking Gowen welcomed high-performance coach, bestselling author and CEO, Ben Coomber.
Guests at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall, near Ipswich,...
Greetings card publisher and print firm make the perfect partnership!
Art Angels, the Norwich-based greetings card publisher, has been bought by Blue Knot Capital, owner of printing group Page Bros, also based in the city.
Jack Minns, Corporate Transactions Partner at Larking Gowen, who facilitated the deal, said: “It’s great...
Leadership & Life Chat – Chaos, in theory?
In this episode we talk all things chaos theory. No, not the ‘interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics focused on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions’ (thanks...
Leadership & Life Chat – Should leaders be rigorous or ruthless? Examining the work of Jim Collins
We are back for series 7! Loyal listeners will know that Mark and Becky are huge fans of Jim Collins, so they decided it was time to dive deep into his work, and look at the seven key questions...
Global marketing award for Norfolk consultancy
By Judi-Mae Alderton, Founder & Owner, Mae Day Marketing
Marketing professional Judi-mae Alderton, owner of Mae Day Marketing, is celebrating an astounding global win at the Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards.
Mae Day Marketing was named Business Marketing Consultancy of the Year...
Norwich startup is one of the UK’s ‘most innovative new businesses’
Sustainability champions Canopey have been listed in the top 50 of the prestigious Startups.co.uk 100 Index, which has previously identified brands including Monzo, Deliveroo and HelloFresh.
The UK’s longest running index of disruptive new startups has released its 2024 lineup...
Racecourse reveals swish new look
Newmarket Racecourse has unveiled a multi-million-pound redevelopment of facilities.
July Course, at the iconic racing venue, has been upgraded as part of an ongoing industry-wide project to modernise facilities for spectators and all jockeys.
An impressive new Champagne Bar and viewing...
Turnover rises 19% for Cambridge law firm
Law firm Howes Percival’s turnover increased 19% in 2023, according to its latest annual results. The result follows a period of sustained growth, with turnover now up 33% over the last three years.
The firm, based on Hills Road in Cambridge,...
UK climate tech leader expands into Middle East with UAE growth hub
UK climate tech leader Levidian has unveiled its first international expansion with the establishment of a new base in Abu Dhabi.
The announcement comes at a pivotal time, with the UAE a fast-growing hub supporting innovative companies with proven solutions...
Management buy-in at SLM Group
Board of Directors become shareholders of St Leonards Motors Holdings Limited.
Four directors at SLM Group have successfully completed a management buy-in.
In a major move, Mark Phillips, Gus Wakeford, Jason Barlow and Will Woods have pledged to remain dedicated to...
Lunch club donates £20,000 to help Suffolk youngsters
Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club has handed over £20,000 to SportsAid Eastern to help up-and-coming young sportsmen and women in the county achieve their sporting dreams.
The Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club is supported by eight local businesses - StrategiQ Marketing Ltd,...
Family car dealerships expand through acquisition & investment
Holden Group has grown its business to seven locations across East Anglia with the acquisition of Cecil & Larter in Bury St Edmunds.
At the same time, the independent family business has announced plans for a new multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art facility for...
Anglia Ruskin named University of the Year 2023
ARU wins top prize at Times Higher Awards, the ‘Oscars of the university sector’.
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been named the Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023, the biggest prize in UK Higher Education.
The Times Higher Education...
UK firm plans state-of-the-art precision medicine centre in California
Working with local partners, BIOS Health, of Cambridge, will create a cutting-edge research and clinical trials center for neural digital therapies.
The centre will be built around BIOS’s real-time insights into the nervous system, which provides crucial data previously inaccessible...
DeepMirror aims to ‘fast-track’ drug discovery with new AI app
University of Cambridge spin-out DeepMirror have launched an Early Access Programme using AI-driven research to help aid new drug discovery.
Their intuitive design software was successfully tested by chemists over several months, and enables users to tap into AI-driven insights to aid...
Made Smarter roll-out will ‘turbo charge’ digital transformation for SME manufacturers
The Government has committed to expanding pioneering adoption programme.
Made Smarter, a programme helping SME manufacturers access technology and digital skills, is to be rolled out nationally.
The Government has committed to expanding the Made Smarter Adoption Programme to all nine...
Waterbeach company ranked as a ‘Great Place To Work’
It’s official! Electron beam and laser welding specialists Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) are certified as a Great Place To Work.
For more than 60 years, CVE have supplied welding solutions to some of the biggest names in aerospace, automotive, defence,...
Cambridge chipmaker giant secures £182m investment for ambitious growth plans
The biggest ever European semiconductor venture funding round will support further expansion of manufacturing in the UK, creating hundreds of jobs.
The investment means Pragmatic Semiconductor – which manufactures flexible integrated circuits – can accelerate expansion to meet growing global...
Leadership & Life Chat – IQ v EQ – why it’s not all about technical skills
This week, Mark and Becky reflect on a topic which keeps coming up with their guests – the importance of emotional intelligence. They look back on their AI episodes and how the human in the loop theory will become...
Part sale of freight company saves 25 jobs as firm goes into administration
A deal has been agreed after administrators for the Magnus Group secured a local buyer for its warehousing and forwarding operation, saving 25 jobs.
Ipswich-based logistics firm Hemisphere Freight Services agreed the sale today following Magnus's decision to file a...
Leadership & Life Chat – Predictive is the new proactive
The world of business is changing again and, where once we were encouraged to be proactive in our businesses, now, thanks to the advancement in AI, we might have to start being predictive – but how easy is this...