A new lightweight helmet worn by Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara in this summer's World Twenty20 tournament could prove a match-winner for the manufacturing firm behind the design.
Brewing giant Greene King has reported a 15pc drop in profits after being by “extremely challenging” trading conditions.
The Bury St Edmunds-based company recorded pre-tax profits of £118.
The government today threatened to strip National Express of the right to run rail services in East Anglia after taking the train firm's Scotland to London services into public ownership.
A week ago, the government said billions of pounds-worth of contracts were up for grabs to build new offshore windfarms. The opportunities are lucrative, but the energy industry in East Anglia is held back by only one thing – a lack of homegrown graduates.
A couple who paid thousands of pounds for payment protection insurance (PPI) have got their money back after winning a fight against a well-known loans company.
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The EDP's search for the Future 50 - 50 East Anglian entrepreneurs who will be the ones to watch - has entered a new phase this week. Our panel of judges are putting their experience and expertise to use by mentoring some of the candidates.
The boss of a livestock market is calling for the site's council landlords to reopen it after it was closed indefinitely because of a row about an unpaid water bill.
I was on Radio Norfolk recently with careers adviser Ann Starkie and image consultant Sarah Morgan. We were there to discuss the challenges faced by those who unexpectedly find themselves back on the job market.
The prime minister may have already decided to respond to an electoral drubbing on Thursday by making Ed Balls chancellor of the exchequer. Many of his Labour critics would be spitting blood, but would they summon the nerve to bring matters to a head? Political editor Chris Fisher doubts it.