Cuts spark third class service fear

Fears were raised last night of a “third class” East Anglian rail service as it was revealed that more than 300 jobs could be lost at the region's leading train company.

Staff training will pay dividends in the long run

Firms that fail to invest in training could pay a high price during the downturn. That was the message to small and medium-size businesses yesterday from skills minister Lord Young at a meeting of 140 business leaders in Norfolk.

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 Ailing businesses get a reality check

 Co-op's online electrical venture

 IPA looks to its roots as a new image is unveiled

 British Energy profits suffer a sharp plunge

 Dividends axed by in-a-pickle Premier

 Young entrepreneurs in the Dragon's Den

 Swinton to expand Norwich call centre

 New meeting facility in city for members of the IoD

 Firm still committed to wind energy

Nuclear power? There’s nothing to be afraid of

Building up public goodwill is vital for many businesses, but the challenge is that much harder when you're in charge of a nuclear power station. Sizewell B, in north Suffolk, employs 700 people and ploughs £30m every year into the local economy, but its director Brian Dowds realises these figures alone are not enough to convince everyone that it is a safe and clean way to provide power for about two million households.

 Norwich’s future is as a fine city for business

 Norfolk business call to chancellor on taxes

 Tim Smit, the man behind Eden

More choosing to be made bankrupt

A growing number of people in East Anglia are deciding to declare themselves bankrupt rather than wait to be pushed by creditors. Analysis of the latest official insolvency statistics shows the number of people petitioning for their own bankruptcy at county courts across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire rose to 709 in the third quarter of this year - 10pc more than the same period a year ago.

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Partnership brings innovation to businesses

Businesses that are in a race to the top are not only externally facing, they understand where their core competencies lie and how to exploit them. Through working in partnership, these businesses are sharing knowledge and identifying new opportunities.

 First cut might not be the deepest, Gordon

 East Anglian verdict on interest rates

 Porsche hedged their bets – and got VW