The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Norfolk rose by less than 1pc last month - the smallest rise in five months.
The entrepreneur behind a shredding business is on course to hit turnover of £1m within two years after expanding his fleet of vehicles.
Simon Franklin set up Shred Station in 2008 - offering clients the option of having waste paper with confidential data shredded on their premises in tailor made vans.
Norfolk offshore energy companies played a leading role in a major decommissioning project to close a disused well on the bed of the Irish Sea.
Norwich-based InterAct, part of offshore group Acteon, project managed the work on observation well 110/2-7, drilled in 1983 and used to monitor temperatures and pressures in the South Morecambe gas field, off Morecambe Bay, until it was suspended in 1999.
Young farmer Helen Reeve's prompt action helped to get immediate medical attention for a leading member of the farming community, Rod Tuck. She was travelling by train for the 150th anniversary service of farming's charity, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, at Westminster Abbey.
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I was asked to join a radio debate about workplace bullies the other day. Listeners were invited to call in with their experiences.
One lady rang in with a miserable account of how her female boss had bullied her into leaving her job.
Women who run successful businesses will come under the spotlight at an event in Norwich today . But do women get the credit they deserve - and how can Norfolk inspire the next generation of women entrepreneurs? Elaine Maslin and Paul Hill report.
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People looking to retire in the near future face a host of issues that might affect the timing of when they leave work - and they also face spending their later years with much lower income than they might have expected.
There have been many televisual highlights in the month since my last column but none as sweet as the sight of Mark Thompson, BBC director general, being grilled by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.