A SUFFOLK social entrepreneur is to receive money from a national grant-maker, in recognition of her innovative business approach to mental health and social change. Debbie Watson has been recognised by the UK-wide organisation UnLtd, which funds and supports social entrepreneurs seeking to make a change and deliver impact through exciting and innovative ventures. As…
A COLLECTIVE of talented Suffolk creatives will host their launch party in Ipswich tomorrow evening. YOUNG ARTISTS IN SUFFOLK (YAIS) brings together Suffolk-based fashion-focused early-stage entrepreneurs and artistic young people who have their sights set on developing careers in the creative world. The collective, which includes graduates, undergraduates, sixth formers and school-aged students, present their…
The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) has once again scored top in the East of England for doctors’ overall training satisfaction in acute trusts, in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) national training survey 2019. The doctors surveyed by the GMC at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) rated their overall satisfaction at 82%, a…
Great Blakenham-based Morrison Freight has seen a 27% growth in sales over the last 12 months. The business, recently named International Business of the Year at the East of England Federation of Small Business (FSB) Awards, has seen a surge in new customers and has started a recruitment drive as the company expands. Morrison Freight…
A national fundraising campaign is set to “Make Ship Happen” for a £1 million project to build a full-size reconstruction of the 7th-century Sutton Hoo ship. The scheme has been launched to pay for the venture, which will bring together archaeologists, historians, experts in construction and shipbuilding and many other skilled volunteers to reconstruct the…
Dr David O’Reilly, consultant rheumatologist, has retired from the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust after 26 years of service. He leaves behind a thriving rheumatology department that he was instrumental in developing. After graduating in medicine from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1980, David trained in general medicine in Manchester and Nottingham, before changing to general…
In light of the newly released Village Survival Guide, Community Action Suffolk CEO Christine Abraham touches on one particular aspect of community services in decline – youth-focused clubs and offerings. We’re only just inside the start of the school summer holidays, but how many families across Suffolk have already heard the cry of ‘we’re bored…there’s…
Mum and daughter duo, Karen and Natasja Pinches, who both work at the West Suffolk Hospital, are heading off to the Netherlands for the 2019 International Field Archery Association European Field Archery Championships. Along with Charlie Pinches, (Karen’s husband and Natasja’s dad) who was the first member of the family to take up archery, the talented group…