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Ipswich Town manager Gary O’Neil and chairman Mark Ashton will join Ipswich’s mayor on stage for the Christmas lights switch-on this Sunday, as Ipswich Central launches a festive campaign with more than 120 events, a new lantern parade and the return of its digital advent calendar.
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Ipswich Town chairman and CEO Mark Ashton and superstar Ed Sheeran joined forces in New York to raise $1 million (~£750k) in a single evening for underprivileged children and young people across Suffolk.
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Ipswich Town has appointed first-team players Leif Davis and Colette Cavanagh as trustees of the Ipswich Town Foundation, joining a Board chaired by Town Chairman Mark Ashton.
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Ipswich Town CEO and chairman Mark Ashton made a surprise visit to Gusford Primary School on Monday, 8 June, bringing the club's 2025/26 Championship promotion trophy and raising money for local charities, including his own Lentonbrook Foundation.
Long Reads
An Ipswich Borough Council executive whose email account sent a derogatory message about Ipswich Town chairman, Mark Ashton, says he was hacked. The council agrees, but a decision not to refer the incident to the ICO, despite a serious data breach, will raise many questions – and eyebrows.
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Ipswich Town chairman and chief executive Mark Ashton has issued an unreserved apology to supporters over the controversy surrounding Nigel Farage's visit to Portman Road, saying mistakes were made that caused "harm and distress" to the local community.
Opinion
Ipswich Town's chairman and CEO has a phrase he likes to use in difficult moments. This week, he created the mother of all difficult moments — and then disappeared. This is the story of what happened at Portman Road, what it means for this town, and what it means for the man at the centre of it.
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Ipswich has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029, joining eight other towns and cities in the running for a title that has delivered transformational economic and cultural growth to previous winners.
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Ipswich has launched a major public campaign urging residents, businesses and organisations to show their support for the town's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029, with just one month until the submission deadline on 8th February 2026.
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Ipswich Town is reported to be valued at approximately £350m – a Championship record – following an ownership restructure described internally as a "reshuffling of the pack".
Long Reads
Ipswich Town FC chairman Mark Ashton doesn't do half measures, and his speech launching Ipswich's City of Culture bid made that crystal clear – the club's leader wants everyone to stop undermining the town and start celebrating what makes it special as it gears up for its 2029 City of Culture bid.
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Mark Ashton has undergone a free NHS Health Check in a bid to encourage supporters and local residents to prioritise their health.
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