Norwich Evening News - Business News

Sale of Peacocks to see Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Dereham and Bury St Edmunds shops to close

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:45 +0000

More than 80 jobs are to go across Norfolk and Suffolk as a deal was struck to sell a number of Peacocks shops to the Edinburgh Woollen Mill today.

New Anglia local enterprise partnership bid to create enterprise hubs, including North Walsham and Aylsham

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:23:04 +0000

A helping hand for new and growing businesses in North Walsham and Aylsham could be on offer this spring if a bid for government cash is successful.

Group Lotus boss Dany Bahar holds talks with new Malaysian owners as deal sees production slow down

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:31:44 +0000

The boss of Norfolk car maker Group Lotus has held talks in Malaysia with the new owners of parent company Proton setting out his vision for the company.

Investment heralds new era for Norwich-based Bayer Cropscience

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:29:59 +0000

Norwich-based Bayer CropScience is to invest nearly £10m in new facilities as the under sale company gets set to stand on its own two feet.

East Anglian boat builder Oyster Marine goes Dutch

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:37:03 +0000

The new Dutch owners of luxury East Anglian yacht firm Oyster Marine have said their acquisition will be a long term investment.

Game machine industry association BACTA’s plea to Norwich Treasury minister

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000

Arcade owners and game machine operators from the region will today urge Treasury minister Chloe Smith not to hit an already struggling gaming industry with high machine gaming duty (MGD).

Fakenham Laundry lands contract for Olympic Torch Relay

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:31:22 +0000

A Fakenham firm has landed a contract to wash all the clothes of staff working on the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay.

Norfolk FSB chairman welcomes Elizabeth Truss’ call to rebuild the economy the German way

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:18:56 +0000

A local Federation of Small Businesses chairman has welcomed a call by a group of MPs to exempt small businesses from dismissal rules.

North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb supports procurement conference in Upper Sheringham

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:39:52 +0000

A local MP is urging more businesses to sign up to a procurement conference to help smaller companies win contracts in the public sector.

CQC identifies “major concerns” at Great Yarmouth residential home

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:25:55 +0000

MAJOR concerns have been identified at a Great Yarmouth care home after inspectors said their practices were “institutional and outdated”.

New six lane Norfolk bowling alley and cinema given the go ahead

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:57:05 +0000

A six-lane ten pin bowling alley and cinema in a Norfolk town was given the go-ahead yesterday after councillors praised the business plan.

Roll up, roll up for new circus look of Norwich’s Carnival nightclub

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:40:11 +0000

One of Norwich’s busiest nightclubs has closed and changed ownership in an effort to bring more live music to young people in the city centre.

Green efforts of Norfolk and Suffolk firms to be highlighted in manifesto to ministers

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:14:53 +0000

Pioneering green and low-carbon businesses across Norfolk and Suffolk are to be showcased in a manifesto to ministers detailing action needed to spark the green economy.

Business networking group BNI Viking chapter in North Walsham celebrates £250,000 milestone

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:30:57 +0000

Members of a North Walsham-based business network are celebrating helping each other to more than £250,000-worth of work in less than a year.

Delight as Wymondham Town Council proposes U-turn on ASDA plans

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:44 +0000

A town council could be about to withdraw plans to develop an area of recreation land as a new ASDA store, to the delight of campaigners who have fought a long battle against the proposal.