Trading in Ipswich

Council's bagged waste crackdown cuts town centre mess by two-thirds

Weeks after Ipswich.co.uk highlighted bin bags piling up outside town centre shops, the council says enforcement action has cut the number left out on the street each week from 84 to 29.

Buttermarket working to restore power after water burst

Parts of The Buttermarket remain without power days after a burst water main forced the Ipswich shopping centre to close.

Greens slam axed Ipswich e-bike hire scheme as 'backward'

The Green group at Suffolk County Council has accused the ruling administration of "ignorance" or an "ideology against cycling" after plans for an e-bike hire scheme in Ipswich were shelved over safety concerns.

Council claim anti-social behaviour crackdown in town centre is working...but won't (or can't) prove it

Ipswich Borough Council says a partnership with Suffolk Police is cutting anti-social behaviour in the town centre – but when asked to provide evidence to back up the claims, neither the council nor the police could...or would.

Council U-turns on hosepipe ban explanation for street clean-up delay

Ipswich Borough Council has offered a different explanation for why street cleaning on Upper Brook Street paused for two days – dropping its earlier reference to the hosepipe ban in favour of "operational reasons," despite initially saying the ban was behind the stop.

Third parking system in a month at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts

New payment signage for Britannia Parking and ParkBunny has gone up at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts car park, adding a third payment system for drivers to navigate after weeks of U-turns and confusion.

Hosepipe ban grinds Ipswich town centre clean-up to a halt after less than two hours

The clean-up we reported on Upper Brook Street this morning generated much excitement before grinding to a halt after just a short stretch. The council has confirmed the hosepipe ban is behind the sudden stop.

Inside the new Asian snack and drink store on Westgate Street

A new speciality food store selling snacks, drinks and sweets from across Asia has opened in Ipswich town centre, taking over the former Holland & Barrett unit on Westgate Street.

The state of our streets: Ipswich's biggest small problems

Illegally parked cars, litter, seed husks, bird mess, unexplainable stains, bins left out all day, street drinking – none of these alone is Ipswich's biggest problem. Collectively, encountered every day – by every visitor on nearly every street in the town centre – they have become just that.

Hotel Chocolat shuts as second Ipswich closure in two days

Hotel Chocolat's Tavern Street store permanently closes today – just a day after FatFace confirmed it, too, is leaving Ipswich town centre.

FatFace to close Ipswich store next month

FatFace is set to shut its Ipswich town centre shop on Saturday, 5 September, after a notice in the window confirmed the closure date to customers.

New parking operator to invest in Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts improvements

After a bumpy start to its takeover of two NCP car parks, new operator Q-Park says it will fund refurbishment work at Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts, after signing a contract to take over the two Ipswich car parks on long-term leases.

Historic Ipswich building returns to its roots as a museum

The former Arlingtons building, that once housed Ipswich's original museum, has been brought back to life as MOTE – the Museum of the Environment.

Burnham doubles down on Starmer's vape and betting shop crackdown

New vape shops will need planning permission for the first time under proposals announced by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as the government doubles down on plans to hand councils more power over what opens on the high street.

Tacket Street car park flips back to Q-Park – again

Tacket Street car park has switched back to Q-Park on Friday, 7 August, days after it briefly reverted to NCP, with the Q-Park app now back in use.

'A serious mess': Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts revert back to NCP

Both Tacket Street and Tower Ramparts car parks have reverted back to NCP, days after the sites changed hands to new operator Q-Park, with one NCP attendant describing the situation as "a serious mess".