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Norwich based FX Home who are making an impression in the film and photography industry with their innovative software. Pictured left to right Simon Jones, Andrea Wake, Tom McLoughlin and Josh Davies. Photo: Steve Adams

Crowd helps kickstart funds to help Norwich-based FX Home develop pioneering Mac software

Norwich-based FX Home has helped kickstart the business dreams of the next generation of independent filmmakers through a crowd-funding project to develop its pioneering software on Apple Macs – which raised the cash two weeks ahead of schedule

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Staff at ESE Direct in Norwich are celebrating record sales in January

£10m growth ambition for Norfolk firm

The boss of Future 50 firm ESE Direct has spelled out ambitions for the company to become a £10m a year firm in the next three years.

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Liftshare.com's new offices in Duke Street, Norwich. Behind the drab exterior of the building lies a funky and stimulating workspace, the centre piece being a playful slide between floors. Founder Ali Clabburn using the slide. Photo: Steve Adams

Norfolk car-share firm starts rental idea

The boss of a pioneering Norfolk company has launched a new venture allowing drivers to rent out their cars.

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Credo Asset Finance's Simon Gray, left and Anglian Plant's Joe Paterson who have come together to further their business needs. Photo: Steve Adams

Norwich finance firm seeks new backer

The boss of a Norwich-based finance company is searching for an “investor with a conscience” to help bolster its lending to small Norfolk businesses.

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©Keith Whitmore Photographer and Writer. PO Box 166, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0WP. 07785 354701. 01953 602040. kdwphoto@aol.com.; Client: Proof Communications (James Romero); Caption: EEDA Case Study: Right Angle Events, who offer a crime scene investigation event for educational and corporate training. The company is run by former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Steve Gaskin, his wife Kate, and Ian Cuthbert.

Taverham firm gets taste of far east with major Chinese deal

A Taverham-based training and development firm has secured a major contract with the Chinese government to teach thousands of students from the Far East.

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Quantum Industries managing director Toni Manning at the Diamond Road, Norwich factory.
PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAY

Historic Norwich business on route to success after bank and HMV woes

A Norfolk firm has completed a remarkable turnaround after the collapse of a major high street retailer left it starved of finance.

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Jonathan Thursby, left, and Ben Farrin at Epic in Norwich.
Photo: Bill Smith

Norfolk Future 50 firms join forces to drive down costs and gain access to new markets

Two EDP Future 50 companies have joined forces to drive down costs and gain access to new markets.

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Kevin Horne, chief executive of NWES

Innovative firms across the east can benefit from £4m cash pot

Norwich-based business advisors NWES is on course to help more than 400 firms with cash grants after securing a £4m slice of European funding.

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Chief Executive Mike Srokowski of insurance-related business Validus.

Norwich-based Validus eyes new insurance markets

The boss of a Norwich-based claims investigation firm is looking to recruit top-level managers with an expert knowledge of the insurance sector to establish the business in new markets.

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Finalist in The Apprentice, Claire Young, ready to speak at the Future 50 event at the Curve in the Forum. Picture: Denise Bradley

Former apprentice star Claire Young shares entrepreneurial tips at EDP Future 50 event

Former TV Apprentice finalist Claire Young shared tips with Future 50 entrepreneurs at an event in Norwich tonight.

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Liftshare.com's new offices in Duke Street, Norwich. Behind the drab exterior of the building lies a funky and stimulating workspace, the centre piece being a playful slide between floors. Founder Ali Clabburn using the slide. Photo: Steve Adams

Mustard video and Photo gallery: Staff slide out of work with a smile on their faces at newly refurbished Liftshare offices in Norwich

Mention that a business is on the slide and it can have a negative connotation in the minds of most.

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Rob Turner, left, from Polycomical Studios, with Laura Chapman, and Daniel Littleboy from Utility Warehouse, promoting the Reynard City venture at the Bridge Tavern in Norwich

Future 50 animation venture steps up efforts to secure backers

EDP Future 50 member Polycomical Studios is stepping up its efforts to secure funding support for its comic book and animated DVD series.

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Karl Alderton (left) of Comms Supply with Richard Pledger of React CP. The two companies have formed a strategic alliance.

Football helps kick off a new partnership for Norwich-based Future 50 firm

A mutual interest in football has helped spark a new strategic alliance between two businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk.

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Staff at ESE Direct in Norwich are celebrating record sales in January

Record sales to start the year at ESE

The boss of Norwich-based ESE Direct said the firm had enjoyed record sales figures last month.

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Fiona Temple, managing director of Open Contact with contact centre agent Sarah Watkinson, and team manager Matt Warren

Future 50 firm is boosted by launch of London’s The View From the Shard

Staff at Norwich-based OpenContact have joined in with the launch celebrations of London’s The View From the Shard.

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Year 6 students at North Walsham Junior School who will be participating in this year's cookie challenge and will be supported by businesses through Inspired Youth.  Also in the photo Gary Dickenson, Director of Creospace, and a sponsor of the project, Rob Whitwood, project founder, and Ray Green, from the Norfolk Workshop.

Businesses sign up to Inspired Youth project to help next generation get a foothold in the world of work

More than 1,500 students from across Norfolk and Suffolk will get their chance to create the next generation of hotels, tourist attractions and restaurants in a series of events across the region over the next seven months.

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Square Socials James Thomas, front and Seb Atkinson. Photo: Steve Adams

Norwich entrepreneurs scoop first government start-up loan

A group of Norwich entrepreneurs are on the verge of transforming their fledgling business into a well-established firm - after becoming one of the first enterprises in the country to receive a government start-up loan.

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Jason Hodds and his father Richard Hodds, directors of JRT Plumbing and Heating collecting their new fleet of vans after being sign written from Simon Clarke-Business and fleet specialist and George Ermini Owner of Sidegate Motors.

Great Yarmouth-based Future 50 firm JRT Heating and Plumbing invests in new van fleet

Great Yarmouth-based JRT Heating and Plumbing has invested £60,000 in two new vans and recruited a new apprentice.

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Simon Gray, managing director of Credo Asset Finance

Credo Asset Finance secures deal with national finance company

EDP Future 50 firm Credo Asset Finance has become one of only 25 brokers in the UK to be chosen as an introducer to national finance company, JCB Finance Ltd.

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EDP Future 50 business Cornwall Energy has moved to a new premises in Millenniumn Plain in Norwich

Growing EDP Future 50 Cornwall Energy moves to new premises at Millenium Plain in Norwich

Cornwall Energy, a specialist company supplying energy market advice to organisations within the sector, has moved into new offices on Millennium Plain in Norwich. The EDP Future 50 business has combined its previous two Norfolk sites, enabling the 18-strong team to work together.

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