Plans to use 2025 to capitalise on local growth and investment opportunities around the Port of Felixstowe were a feature of the first Freeport East Board meeting of the year, held last week in Ipswich. As the UK’s biggest container port in 2024, the Port of Felixstowe attracts the world’s largest cargo vessels. A recent…
Freeport East is strengthening its ability to support regional economic growth with the addition of three new team members. Jonathan Rudd, Laura Mayne, and Sophia Padget have joined the Freeport East team as Project Delivery Officers and will operate across a wide range of Freeport East’s programme of work. The new joiners will contribute to…
A Suffolk charity is making workplace mental health education more accessible through the launch of its new training packages. The four new packages, offered through Suffolk Mind’s training arm The Mental Health Toolkit (TMHTK), all aim to upskill and instill positive change in businesses nationwide in a more cost-effective way. The launch was marked with…
Suffolk Building Society is pleased to announce the opening of its new branch in Felixstowe, its eleventh location in the county. Having previously had an agency in the town, the Society already has an established member base and looks forward to meeting existing and new customers with its improved presence. The new branch will be…
Flooding caused by Storm Babet may have impacted Framlingham Technology Centre, but it hasn’t dampened the business hub’s ambitious plans for nurturing a new generation of East Suffolk SMEs. With a major £720k refurbishment and upgrading project now underway, the plan is to usher in a new era of home-grown innovation, more local skilled jobs,…
Ashtons Legal is delighted to announce the appointment this week of Richard Guy, a new partner in the firm’s Lifetime Planning team. Richard will be based in the Bury St Edmunds office and will work with clients across Suffolk. Richard typically works with clients to help them develop and implement plans for their, and their…
A huge Christmas cheer goes to Barnes Construction who has handed out a whopping £44,291 this year to charities and good causes. The eye watering total was made up of donations given by the business over the year to local charities such as: Lighthouse Women’s Aid, Suffolk Mind, Home Start Suffolk and Suffolk Tree Warden…
Freeport East is celebrating a successful 2024 in which it has continued to grow its role as a magnet for fresh investment and new job opportunities in the East of England. At Gateway 14 in Stowmarket, 2024 saw the start of full operations at the landmark 1.17million square foot distribution hub for leisure retailer The…