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Construction under way to build new lab building at city's research park

Construction under way to build new lab building at city's research park

Shovels are in the ground to build a new laboratory and office building at Norwich Research Park.

04.03.2026 8

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Firm secures millions in funding to protect farmers' crops using AI gene editing tech

Firm secures millions in funding to protect farmers' crops using AI gene editing tech

A bio-tech company using gene editing to protect farmers' crops from disease has secured $8.1 million (£6 million) in funding to grow its team and...

04.03.2026 9

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Norfolk's pubs, restaurants and hotels to benefit from new £250k campaign

Norfolk's pubs, restaurants and hotels to benefit from new £250k campaign

Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hospitality businesses in Norfolk will be offered training and support through a new £250,000 campaign.

04.03.2026 9

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Security firm acquired and rebranded by ex-NHS doctor turned entrepreneur

Security firm acquired and rebranded by ex-NHS doctor turned entrepreneur

A Norfolk security systems business has been taken over by a former doctor turned entrepreneur.

04.03.2026 10

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Construction under way to build new lab building at city's research park

Construction under way to build new lab building at city's research park

Shovels are in the ground to build a new laboratory and office building at Norwich Research Park.

04.03.2026 6

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Danish firm to supply 92 turbines for one of world's largest wind farms off Norfolk

Danish firm to supply 92 turbines for one of world's largest wind farms off Norfolk

A Danish company will supply 92 turbines for a wind farm being built off the Norfolk coast.

04.03.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Festive attraction enters latest evolution in bid to boost summer trade

Festive attraction enters latest evolution in bid to boost summer trade

What began as George Cushing's personal collection of steam engines, stored in farm buildings on fields between Fakenham and Holt, has evolved into a...

04.03.2026 8

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Firm secures millions in funding to protect farmers' crops using AI gene editing tech

Firm secures millions in funding to protect farmers' crops using AI gene editing tech

A bio-tech company using gene editing to protect farmers' crops from disease has secured $8.1 million (£6 million) in funding to grow its team and...

04.03.2026 6

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Norfolk's pubs, restaurants and hotels to benefit from new £250k campaign

Norfolk's pubs, restaurants and hotels to benefit from new £250k campaign

Pubs, restaurants, hotels and hospitality businesses in Norfolk will be offered training and support through a new £250,000 campaign.

04.03.2026 8

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Security firm acquired and rebranded by ex-NHS doctor turned entrepreneur

Security firm acquired and rebranded by ex-NHS doctor turned entrepreneur

A Norfolk security systems business has been taken over by a former doctor turned entrepreneur.

04.03.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Award-winning Norfolk restaurant and bar to reopen after devastating fire

Award-winning Norfolk restaurant and bar to reopen after devastating fire

An award-winning Norfolk restaurant and bar will reopen this spring over a year after its kitchen was destroyed by a devastating fire.

01.03.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Firm enters liquidation owing £1.4m... but remains open under similarly-named company

Firm enters liquidation owing £1.4m... but remains open under similarly-named company

A recruitment agency put into liquidation by its owner this month owing creditors nearly £1.4 million is still trading under a new company with an...

27.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Norfolk company has 'best year in history' as profits hit record high

A Norfolk-based fishing retailer is celebrating its best-ever year after record revenues and profits.

26.02.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Workers' rights reforms could cost Norfolk's tourism and hospitality firms thousands

Employers in Norfolk could put a freeze on hiring staff due to rising minimum wages and the government's workers' rights reforms, as UK unemployment...

25.02.2026 8

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Village sub-postmaster's wrongful Post Office conviction quashed after 25 years

A Norfolk sub-postmaster who was wrongfully convicted of false accounting in the Post Office Horizon scandal has had his conviction quashed eight...

25.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Sex pest scandal sees law firm's senior partner suspended over office party comments

A senior partner at one of Norfolk's most renowned law firms has been suspended for making inappropriate sexual remarks to four female colleagues...

24.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Construction company opens first office in Norwich

A construction company specialising in renewable energy infrastructure projects has opened its first office in Norwich.

20.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Another company linked to rooftop restaurant enters liquidation owing HMRC £700k

Another company linked to operating a rooftop bar and restaurant in Norwich has entered liquidation, owing HMRC almost £700,000.

18.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Private school appoints local contractors to lead new £40m campus project

Local contractors will lead a project to build a private school's new multi-million-pound campus.

18.02.2026 9

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

How personal‑training boom among over‑50s is powering 'gains' at Norfolk gyms

Norfolk's gyms are enjoying pumped-up "gains" driven by a surge in people over 50 hiring personal trainers to lift weights, build muscle and lead...

18.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Nearly nine in 10 businesses in the region confident of growth this year

Almost nine in 10 private business owners in the East of England are confident about achieving growth this year, according to KPMG’s annual Private...

18.02.2026 8

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Apprenticeships Norfolk award winners announced

Aviva has been named Norfolk's large apprenticeships employer of the year.

18.02.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Skills shortage and ageing workforce mean engineering construction 'needs new talent'

Around 1,000 extra engineering construction workers will be needed in the East of England by the end of the decade to build major projects like...

18.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Couple's raw dog food company goes from 'stength to strength' since Norfolk move

After couple Kevin and Sarah Smith adopted their Labrador puppy Wilberforce from Battersea Dogs Home, they feared the worst when his health suddenly...

15.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Popular fitness event returning to Norwich...in an airport hangar

A Hyrox-style fitness race is returning to Norfolk this spring, with the latest event taking place in a hangar at Norwich Airport.

14.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Bed retailer celebrates new store in Norfolk town with discount offer

An East Anglian bed retailer has opened a new store in Great Yarmouth.

14.02.2026 8

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Estate agent acquires controversial firm's former base as new HQ

An East Anglian estate agent has acquired the former office building of a controversial dog handling school as its new headquarters.

13.02.2026 10

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Former Lotus CEO lands new role at revived British sports car manufacturer

The former president and CEO of Lotus Europe has taken on a new role at a rival British sports car manufacturer.

13.02.2026 2

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Council tries to claw back £25,000 Covid grant money handed to rooftop restaurant

The council is trying to claw back £25,000 in Covid support money it handed to a company that operated a city rooftop bar and restaurant.

13.02.2026 3

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Expert claims Norfolk schools are being blackmailed over AI porn deepfakes of pupils

Schools in Norfolk are being held to ransom by criminals using AI to create deepfake images of children and threatening to post them online, a company...

13.02.2026 5

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Former Lotus CEO lands new role at revived British sports car manufacturer

The former president and CEO of Lotus Europe has taken on a new role at a rival British sports car manufacturer.

13.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Council tries to claw back £25,000 Covid grant money handed to rooftop restaurant

The council is trying to claw back £25,000 in Covid support money it handed to a company that operated a city rooftop bar and restaurant.

13.02.2026 4

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Expert claims Norfolk schools are being blackmailed over AI porn deepfakes of pupils

Schools in Norfolk are being held to ransom by criminals using AI to create deepfake images of children and threatening to post them online, a company...

13.02.2026 1

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

City rooftop bar and restaurant remains open despite company entering liquidation

A rooftop bar and restaurant in Norwich remains open despite the company listed on its website entering liquidation, owing creditors more than £1.2...

12.02.2026 10

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Company behind 'virus cocktail' technology to help farmers shortlisted for award

A company developing new technology for scientists to design and create 'virus cocktails' to kill Salmonella and other harmful bacteria found in...

12.02.2026 4

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

City food scientists urge PM to protect UK's precision breeding laws in EU trade deal

Food scientists at Norwich Research Park are urging the government to protect the UK’s laws for precision breeding in a new trade deal being...

12.02.2026 4

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Firm secures £2bn contract for 400-mile subsea cable route from Scotland to Norfolk

A global cable manufacturer has been awarded a £2 billion contract for an almost 400-mile subsea cable route connecting Scotland to Norfolk.

12.02.2026 6

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

City rooftop bar and restaurant remains open despite company entering liquidation

A rooftop bar and restaurant in Norwich remains open despite the company listed on its website entering liquidation, owing creditors more than £1.2...

12.02.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Company behind 'virus cocktail' technology to help farmers shortlisted for award

A company developing new technology for scientists to design and create 'virus cocktails' to kill Salmonella and other harmful bacteria found in...

12.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

City food scientists urge PM to protect UK's precision breeding laws in EU trade deal

Food scientists at Norwich Research Park are urging the government to protect the UK’s laws for precision breeding in a new trade deal being...

12.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Salmon smokehouse lands £50k grant to scale up - quadrupling production

A salmon smokehouse in Norfolk has received a £50,000 grant to scale up its production by investing in new machinery.

12.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Firm secures £2bn contract for 400-mile subsea cable route from Scotland to Norfolk

A global cable manufacturer has been awarded a £2 billion contract for an almost 400-mile subsea cable route connecting Scotland to Norfolk.

12.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Norfolk hospitality firms back campaign against business rates U-turn snub

Hotels, restaurants and cafes in Norfolk are joining a campaign to back hospitality firms left out of the government’s business rates U-turn.

12.02.2026 3

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

City rooftop bar and restaurant appoints liquidators owing creditors £1.2m

A company behind a rooftop bar and restaurant in Norwich appointed liquidators the day before it was due to appear in court for owing HMRC more than...

10.02.2026 40

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

City rooftop bar and restaurant appoints liquidators owing creditors £1.2m

A company behind a rooftop bar and restaurant in Norwich appointed liquidators the day before it was due to appear in court for owing HMRC more than...

10.02.2026 9

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Business community to swap desks for pitches as charity football tournament returns

Norfolk's business community is set to swap desks for pitches next month as a corporate charity football tournament returns to Norwich.

08.02.2026 8

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Business community to swap desks for pitches as charity football tournament returns

Norfolk's business community is set to swap desks for pitches next month as a corporate charity football tournament returns to Norwich.

08.02.2026 7

Eastern Daily Press

Adam Barker

Office workers run up £3,000 tab at rooftop bar after being told company was closing

Office workers ran up a £3,000 tab at a city rooftop bar after being told that the company they work for is closing, with all 50 jobs at risk of...

07.02.2026 10

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

50 jobs at risk as firm reveals plans to close due to 'severe financial pressure'

Fifty jobs are at risk following concerns a digital marketing agency in Norwich could be closing.

07.02.2026 3

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker

Norfolk's largest brewery agrees new deal to take its beers worldwide

Norfolk's largest brewery has partnered with a global drinks exporter to drive its international expansion.

07.02.2026 4

Norwich Evening News

Adam Barker