A last ditch effort from campaigners to get controversial hikes to parking charges across north Norfolk thrown out has been lost after finance chiefs rubber stamped their budget.

The managing director of a Fakenham based and founded haulage firm hit by the recession said he believed it is well placed to pick up business as the economy recovers.

More than 80 jobs are to go across Norfolk and Suffolk as a deal was struck to sell a number of Peacocks shops to the Edinburgh Woollen Mill today.

Farming must reduce the scourge of workplace deaths, said the country’s largest union, Unite.

Tax incentives to build winter storage reservoirs to tackle the drought should be restored, farmers said yesterday.

A centenary celebration of the British beet sugar industry started yesterday.

A helping hand for new and growing businesses in North Walsham and Aylsham could be on offer this spring if a bid for government cash is successful.

A Norfolk-based franchise network which works with the insurance industry has moved to new premises in Swaffham to cope with increased growth following a national expansion drive.

The boss of Norfolk car maker Group Lotus has held talks in Malaysia with the new owners of parent company Proton setting out his vision for the company.

Norwich-based Bayer CropScience is to invest nearly £10m in new facilities as the under sale company gets set to stand on its own two feet.

The new Dutch owners of luxury East Anglian yacht firm Oyster Marine have said their acquisition will be a long term investment.

Match food and farming policies with action, farmers’ leader Peter Kendall told delegates at a national conference in Birmingham today.

Arcade owners and game machine operators from the region will today urge Treasury minister Chloe Smith not to hit an already struggling gaming industry with high machine gaming duty (MGD).

A Fakenham firm has landed a contract to wash all the clothes of staff working on the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay.

Two of the most profitable businesses around have faced some difficult business ethics issues this month, a timely reminder that a potential consumer backlash against bad corporate behaviour – perceived or actual – is an ever-present threat for even the most successful company.