Exporting? That's for global corporations right? Wrong. With a favourable exchange rate and burgeoning recovery in continental Europe, there's every good reason for East Anglian companies to trade overseas.
Luxury confectionery brand Hotel Chocolat is officially the UK's fastest growing company. But ahead of a speech to the region's business leaders, chief executive Angus Thirlwell says managing risk has been key to the company's success.
The 20th annual EDP Business Awards proved to be vintage year, despite the grey clouds hanging over the economy.
The calibre of entries was extremely high: ranging from plcs and well-known high street brands, to start-up businesses with real entrepreneurial flair.
Sharon Wright inspired thousands and amazed the millionaire investors in her pitch on the BBC's Dragons' Den with an invention which solves a global problem in telecoms engineering.
Take your goods and services to customers rather than wait for them to come to you. But does online social media like Twitter offer businesses a new opportunity to reach new customers? Business editor Paul Hill reports.
“Casino banking” by international financial institutions may seem a world away from the traditional lending and branch networks of the building societies - but the mutuals have not been immune from the consequences of the financial crisis.
Cash is king, so the saying goes. But some of Britain's biggest firms have been accused of passing economic pain to their suppliers by taking longer to settle their bills.
Since its birth from a merger of two Norfolk co-operatives in 2003, Anglia Farmers has grown to become a major player in the region's economy.
The organisation, a farmers' buying co-operative, has quadrupled in turnover over its six-year history to a predicted £160m this year, rated 17th in the rankings of East Anglia's top companies and the fifth fastest growing in 2009.
Who is Marcus Pearcey? Hotelier? Internet entrepreneur? Start-up specialist? All of the above, reports business editor Paul Hill.
Entrepreneurs come in different guises.
There's a new man at the helm of Bernard Matthews Farms in the UK. But will Jeff Halliwell's appointment signal a change of direction? Business editor Paul Hill reports.
Is there anything a small business can learn from the way a global corporation operates? Scott Garrett thinks so - and he should know, he's worked with and for of the world's best-known brands.
New research has again raised the question of whether businesses can get credit when they need it and at the right price? Business editor Paul Hill looks at the findings.
After facing collapse last autumn, Royal Bank of Scotland Group has bounced back into profit in the first half of this year. But is the part-privatised bank really lending enough - and at the right price - to businesses? Business editor Paul Hill asked RBS business banking chairman Peter Ibbotson .
A glut of contradictory statistics has emerged in recent weeks about the state of the economy. Business editor Paul Hill asks whether we're seeing an economy that's still flat-lining or beginning to fight back.
Later this year the head of sustainability at one of Britain's best known ethical brands will be one of the speakers at a major business conference in the East of England. Business editor Paul Hill spoke to Jessica Sansom of Innocent drinks.
Why does the name Norwich Union appear in the EDP's list of county court judgments week after week? Business editor PAUL HILL totted up what was owed in the first seven months of the year - and asked the insurer why.
Ultimo founder Michelle Mone will be among the speakers at a major business conference in East Anglia last this year. But how did she go from the East End of Glasgow to be one of Britain's best-known entrepreneurs? Business editor Paul Hill reports.
A golden age has ended. The days of retirement benefits being linked to salaries are all but over, with companies looking to link benefits for staff to the performance of investments rather than earnings over their career.