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With a shared cultural history linked to the sea, beautiful beaches, historic buildings and bordered by the unique Broads National Park, Great Yarmouth Borough and East Suffolk Councils have joined forces for an exciting bid to become UK City of Culture 2025.

One of Britain’s greatest living and controversial artists, Maggi Hambling CBE, has given the special gift of a painting to GeeWizz, Suffolk-based children’s charity, which is being raffled online until Saturday 17th July 2021.

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, part of the Suffolk Gateway Partnership – the county’s premier Kickstart organisation – has joined hundreds of local organisations in hiring its own Kickstarter.

There is uncertainty about the breadth and depth about the pace of Suffolk’s immediate economic recovery as revealed in the latest figures from Suffolk Chamber of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) – although optimism remains for a more prosperous future in the longer-term.

Reflecting the growing importance of the ‘human element’ in securing the county’s long-term sustainable prosperity, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce has launched its new People & Skills Group (PSG).

An Ipswich housekeeping and home cleaning service is encouraging more local SMEs to take advantage of the Government’s Kickstart Scheme having recruited the 100th live Kickstart placement organised through Suffolk Chamber of Commerce. 

More than 3,300 jobs could be created and 200 new businesses supported through a strategic five-year plan aimed at generating investment in Norfolk and Suffolk’s Enterprise Zones.

Swimming sessions for dogs run by a mother and daughter team from Norwich have been expanded to include hydrotherapy with support from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.

A plush office complex on the site of a former nightclub in Ipswich is now three quarters full, pointing to a continuing business demand for innovative accommodation following Covid-19.

An ambitious proposal to reinforce Norfolk and Suffolk as the global centre of excellence for plant science with a focus on nutritious food has been backed by the Department for International Trade.