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Felixstowe electric truck hub edges closer with £50,000 boost
Freeport East has given £50,000 to help Maritime Transport develop plans for an electric HGV charging hub in Felixstowe, with the facility potentially open by 2028.
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Ipswich accountancy firm Ensors rebrands as Azets
Ensors has officially become Azets from Tuesday, 1 September, completing the rebrand of the East Anglian firm a year after it was acquired by the international advisory group.
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How should small firms decide whether to buy, build or bodge their software?
A new book by Ipswich IT consultant Richard Maly sets out a plain-English framework to help small business owners navigate one of the most common – and costly – decisions they face: what to do about their technology.
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Suffolk heritage craftspeople urged to apply for £2,500 grants
Suffolk-based practitioners in traditional building crafts have until Friday, 16 October, to apply for funding towards equipment, training or business support.
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Award-winning IT firm ICS moves to bigger Ipswich office
Suffolk IT and telecoms provider ICS has relocated to a larger headquarters near Ipswich, expanding its floorspace by half after a year of growth and a regional business award win.
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The school run that started a business network
When Milo Dunne could no longer make early breakfast meetings or long midday networking sessions work around the school run, he built something that would fit around parenting instead. Seven years on, that solution has spread across the region.
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Trio scoops £22,000 at University of Suffolk bootcamp
Three entrepreneurs from the University of Suffolk have won a share of £22,000 after pitching their business ideas to a Dragon's Den-style panel at the end of a six-week summer bootcamp.
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Ellisons appoints new dispute resolution partner
Local full-service law firm Ellisons has appointed Robert Tiffen, a specialist in commercial litigation and contentious probate, as a Partner in its Dispute Resolution team.
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Ipswich Town's commercial chief joins Ipswich Central board
Andrew Wood, Chief Revenue Officer at Ipswich Town Football Club, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Ipswich Central, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Ipswich town centre and waterfront.
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Should businesses underwrite Ipswich's culture strategy even if it loses City of Culture?
Win or lose its bid to become the 2029 City of Culture, local businesses are being asked to fund a "city of culture" regardless. Can the council convince a cash-strapped private sector to look beyond its past performance and fund its ten-year culture strategy?
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Suffolk 'stands no chance' without devolution deal
Following last Thursday's announcement that mayors will be handed a share of income tax and business rates revenue, Suffolk's Chamber of Commerce and mayoral candidates have urged the government to press ahead with devolution for Suffolk and Norfolk.
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Historic WWII boat's Ipswich cruise business for sale
The Allen Gardiner, a restored Second World War rescue launch operating as a river cruise and dining business from Fox's Marina, has been listed for sale for £150,000 as its owner prepares to retire.