Recruitment firm, Conrad Consulting, founded in the small market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, is celebrating a major milestone. The company has successfully expanded into the United States, with new offices in Orlando and Tampa, Florida, operational since May 2024. Graham has just returned from 2 months in the US and due to return there next…
Fintech lender Fleximize has secured the second-highest rating in Britain’s prestigious Elite Business 100 rankings, following a year that saw the company deploy £114.3 million in business loans. This achievement builds on Fleximize’s continued growth since recently securing major institutional backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Citi. The Elite Business 100, Britain’s definitive ranking…
Three local bands have brought festive cheer and generosity to the community, raising anincredible £4,000 for Cancer Support Suffolk through their Christmas performances. Ipswich Hospital Band, St Peter’s Band, and Saints Community Band came together to perform more than 40 carol sessions throughout December 2024, spreading joy while raising vital funds. The talented musicians performed…
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,…