The Interview
Cambridge Ahead: the voice of city business
Cambridge Ahead is the member organisation dedicated to the cityās long-term sustainable, inclusive growth. It represents over 50 organisations, including Cambridge United Football Club, This Land and Eastern Education Group, with a collective local workforce of more than 40,000...
Our growth and prosperity depends on sustainable infrastructure
David Meek, CEO of sustainable homebuilder This Land, examines the issues that could make or break plans for ambitious development in Cambridge.
Local stakeholders, including leaders of the City and County Councils, are rightly questioning the deliverability of the governmentās...
āHoliday like a localā draws in the tourists
Tourism is our regionās biggest earner, drawing around Ā£10bn into the economy every year. So how are small independents faring in the āDavid v. Goliath battleā against the big guns? Very well actually, says Penny Jones, of Crabpot Cottages.
With...
Meet Niche Cocktails: masters of mixology
Niche Cocktails will toast in the new year with a new brand launch in February. Can their unique canned mixes do for cocktails what Fever-Tree did for mixers? CEO Rob Breakwell certainly thinks so.
Niche Cocktails was founded by Suffolk...
Beyond Sales & Marketing – achieving sustained revenue growth for your business
Every business owner knows that robust and consistent revenue growth is key to ensuring a thriving enterprise. But how? Martin Oakley, of The Alternative Board (TAB) Cambridge, offers some key insights.
Sustained growth is not easy to achieve in the...
New Fine Foods service enjoys sweet taste of success
Norfolk and Suffolk food and drink producers have banded together under a new brand - McCarthys Fine Foods. Founder Sam McCarthy tells East Anglia In Business how a simple grain of an idea has become a thriving recipe for...
Chancellorās budget not enough to help hospitality industry through crisis, says leading brewer
Jeremy Huntās first budget will not bring any real support to the hospitality industry, says the boss of Norfolkās largest brewery.
Joe Parks, CEO of Woodfordeās, said the chancellorās announcements will not come close to tackling the mounting pressures faced...
Business continuity: protecting your business from danger
āFailing to plan is planning to failā. This famous quote perfectly sums up the importance of business continuity planning (BCP), says Jason Wakefield, of Todd Research Ltd.
The commercial world is fuelled by competition and risk, creating an environment in...
The modern accountant needs entrepreneurial experience
Dominic Anthony, of Ashcroft LLP, talks to East Anglia in Business about accountancyās evolving role.
With the turbulent financial climate and the changing ways that businesses are structured, the role of the accountant is evolving. Over the recent years, corporate...
Letās shatter the glass ceiling once and for all
Itās incredible to think that weāre discussing equal opportunities (or lack of) today. But a large imbalance in innovation still lingers between men and women. Award-winning scientist and company director, Dr Zoe Tolkien, talks to Karen Southern about her...
āEast Anglia is rich with opportunitiesā ā Peter Harrup talks about the region, opportunities and his role as head of BDO in East Anglia
Peter Harrup is a familiar face at BDO. Itās unsurprising, heās been a tax partner at the firm since 2013 when he moved over to the company following its merger with PKF ā a business he joined in 1994.
However,...
Action on labour shortages is vital to protect East Angliaās recovery prospects
Richard Tunnicliffe.Ā CBI, East of England DirectorĀ cbi.org.uk
Time is running out to consolidate a sustainable and solid economic recovery in the region. The Government needs to act now to head off the rapidly growing skills crisis.Ā
Weāve all seen them; the gaps...
Farming advances the health and wealth of the nation
The NFU has published a report, entitled Levelling up Rural Britain, which outlines a vision for maximising the contribution farming can make to job creation, exports and the green economy. Here, Gary Ford, the unionās regional director for East...
FAMILY OF SWANS PRIZE STRONG BONDS WITH CLIENTS
Over the past four years, Indigo Swan has doubled turnover and continued to add steadily to its impressive collection of awards.
Recognised last year as the āMost Trusted UK Energy Consultancy (SME)ā at The Energy Live Consultancy Awards and as...
Looking to the future – 2020 Vision
What does business in East Anglia look like in 2020, HELEN COMPSON asked the recently-appointed head of the New Anglia Growth Hub. And, importantly, where does he believe the growth will come from?
Richard Glinn is better placed than most...
SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE
Thereās a Dutch saying that posits the theory swimming against the tide creates bigger champions, as Emile Stuy tells HELEN COMPSON.
Itās a rough translation and doesnāt rhyme in English the way it does in Dutch, he says with a...
Forging a bright future
āToday is the great age of engineering and talent. East Angliaās manufacturing and engineering sector has a bright futureā observes Jamie Thums, Chairman of New AngliaĀ AdvancedĀ ManufacturingĀ and Engineering (NAAME)
AĀ āTop 100 Manufacturing Figureā, Chair of the New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and...
Talking shop
Quite a few of us have considered founding a business, but not all of us take the plunge. In this issue, business owner Mandy Errington, reveals the steps she took in founding her concern and how we can make...
Building a circular economy
Dr Khaled Soufani
Director of the Circular Economy Centre (CEC), Cambridge Judge Business School
Few days go by without references in the media to sustainable business and the circular economy, but whatās meant by these concepts, how do we implement them...
Working in customersā interests
In this issue, Peter Simpson, Chief Executive Officer of Anglian Water, reveals how the company is tackling the challenges ahead, affirms their public interest commitment and pays tribute to his team.
Peter has been Chief Executive Officer of Anglian Water...
Developing capable leaders – What business can learn from the army
Colonel Adam Fraser-Hitchen served as a regular soldier for 30 years having begun his career as a Private soldier in 1986. He has served on multiple operational tours in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
He is a Chartered Engineer,...
London Stansted takes off into the future
Stanstedās pioneering spirit sets airport on a new course.
If you were standing in the vicinity of London Stansted Airport on 5th June 1983 an unusual sight would have caught your eye, for the space shuttle Enterprise was touching down...
Why getting your hands dirty is imperative for growth
āTo grow you need to do something new or different,ā observes Stylianos āSteliosā Kavadias. As Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation and Growth at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and as Director of the Entrepreneurship...
Global Manufacturing in the East
Interview with Andrew Brammer, Managing Director of PSS
Tell us about PSS?
Weāre a manufacturing and engineering company based in North Walsham, with customers around the world. Established in 1971, weāve grown to become market leaders in the manufacturing and remanufacturing...
Harnessing customer feedback for business success
Customer feedback differentiates your business from your competitors, so in this issue, we speak to Guy Letts about why harnessing customer feedback will improve your customer relations and drive business success.
Guy is well placed to advise us, as heās...
Forging a successful future for farming
By NFU Regional Director Rachel Carrington
There has never been a more important time to talk about food.
That may not be a surprising statement coming from the National Farmersā Union. It is a subject weāre keen to promote at any...
