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Business Editorials / charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads / sailing and boating February 27, 2008
READ MOREThe East Anglian Dragon Boat Festival in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices is being launched with an exciting promotion inside The Mall shopping centre in Norwich this Saturday 1st March. Organisers Gable Events are displaying a full size Chinese dragon boat in St Johns Place adjacent to Argos and New Look. The exhibition is […]
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Business Editorials / Food and Drink / movies / Norfolk Broads / youtube February 27, 2008
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Business Editorials / farming / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley February 19, 2008
READ MORELow impact village plans to be refused(ref: ecovillage, eco-hamlet near Beccles)A planning application to build a ‘low impact’ village on a greenfield site in Suffolk looks likely to be thrown out because of the location. Waveney District Council’s planning officers have recommended that the plans be refused by the development control committee. Norwich-based Common Ground […]
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Art & Theatre / Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Norfolk Broads / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley February 18, 2008
READ MOREFeature Gallery FEBRUARYMolly Quorn – Figures in the landscape18th February – 3rd March The Boudica Within – available to view in Northgate Gallery. Other artists showing at the gallery include Lara (medieval jewellery), Rob Rutterford stoneware/ceramics, Sheila Ford, Rosemary Simpson, Mark Ward, Maggie Walker, Stephanie Greaves, Michelle Payne (lifecastings) 3rd MarchChristine Parsons PhotographyBeautiful imagery from […]
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Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads February 14, 2008
READ MORELove the Earth this Valentine’s Day 🙂 The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is calling on the romantics in the region to enjoy some low-carbon loving this Valentine’s Day and support its commitment in cutting carbon. The East of England faces a very real threat from climate change as it is the lowest lying […]
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Business Editorials / Health & Wellbeing / NHS / Norfolk Broads February 13, 2008
READ MOREEntrants are being sought for a competition to win funding for capital equipment that will help businesses in the East of England’s lifesciences and healthcare sector. The competition is being run as a pilot by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and will offer entrants the chance to win a grant of between £100,000 […]
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Business Editorials / Health & Wellbeing / Norfolk Broads / Sports News February 12, 2008
READ MOREWe all know what the targets are, we’ve been told enough times… 30 minutes of exercise three times a week, at least five portions of fruit and veg per day etc Although guidelines can be useful, it can turn fitness and a healthy lifestyle into a bit of a chore. We can feel anxious about […]
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Business Editorials / charities / Health & Wellbeing / NHS / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley February 4, 2008
READ MOREA new mental health NHS Foundation Trust has been created in the region – Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The newly granted specialist status, from 1 February 2008, brings with it huge benefits of local accountability and the flexibility to tailor services more effectively for people’s needs. Chair Maggie Wheeler, said: “As […]
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Business Editorials / charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads / sailing and boating February 1, 2008
READ MOREBreathe some fire into your company and enter a team into the 2008 East Anglian Dragon Boat Festival!at Oulton Broad To celebrate Chinese New Year, Gable Events and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices are inviting local companies and organizations to try out the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boat racing by entering a team into the […]
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Business Editorials / Christmas / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Fairhaven Gardens / farming / Norfolk Broads / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 24, 2008
READ MOREExplore Norfolk during February Half Term WeekLooking for a great day out? Norfolk has much to offer at half term from wonderful coast and countryside walks, to a trip on the Broads with Broads Tours, a chance to Go Ape in Thetford Forest, special snowdrop walks with the National Gardens Scheme, and a visit to […]
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Business Editorials / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley January 20, 2008
READ MORENew low impact village planned for Waveney(ref: ecovillage, eco-hamlet near Beccles)A group of like minded people from the Norwich area have come up with a plan for affordable green rural housing. The locally based Common Ground Co-operative has bought 20 acres of land in Ilketshall St Andrew and hopes to turn the site into a […]
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Business Editorials / Norfolk Broads / the coast January 14, 2008
READ MOREOne of Britain’s most famous fishing ports now boasts just one full-time boat. Brothers Richard and Jason Clarke – who operate the 32ft Eventide – are the only full-time fishermen left in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. A century ago, hundreds of fishing vessels sailed from the port when the town’s fishing industry was in its heyday. […]
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Business Editorials / farming / Norfolk Broads / the coast January 13, 2008
READ MOREAggregate dredging puts windfarm at risk Dredging of the sea bed off the East coast of England to provide aggregate material for construction use has long been of concern to locals and environmentalists. Marine Ecological Surveys recently carried out have found that the sea bed has dropped by between three and five metres at the […]
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Art & Theatre / Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Norfolk Broads / Waveney Valley January 7, 2008
READ MOREHighTide returns for 2008 Press Release Festival to run from 1 – 5 May 2008 HighTide launches participation programme in Suffolk schools, aimed at finding talented, young Suffolk writers. 2008 festival to feature inaugural HighTide Film Festival HighTide Festival invites proposals from writers, theatre companies and film makers National Theatre’s Tom Morris joins as Artistic […]
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Business Editorials / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Norfolk Broads / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley January 4, 2008
READ MOREExcursions – Norfolk Tourism on the RoadNorfolk Tourism, with partners Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach and The National Gardens Scheme Norfolk, is heading to Excursions at Alexandra Place on Saturday, January 12, to launch the county’s 2008 tourism exhibition programme on stand EE17, and tell coach operators all about Norfolk. Excursions is the largest group travel […]
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Business Editorials / Holidays / Norfolk Broads November 14, 2007
READ MOREGreat Yarmouth is becoming an increasingly popular location for property investment as the new harbour development raises the profile of the town, one estate agent has said. The Outer Harbour scheme is indicative of the scale of redevelopment that has taken place in the area over the past few years, according to Charles Bycroft & […]
