East Anglia-based, Barnes Construction has been appointed by St Elizabeth Hospice to build a new community hospice facility in Gorleston. The news follows on from St Elizabeth Hospice’s planning application submission, in June 2025, for the construction of a hospice featuring an outpatient and community hub that will support day care patients and provide therapy…
Drayton Insurance Services will be closing the agency it operates with Suffolk Building Society in Capel St Mary, with effect from 1pm on Friday 31 October 2025. The Society’s 10 local full-service branches will remain open. For members based in Capel St Mary, the Society’s nearest branches will be in Ipswich town centre (6 miles…
From ghostly medieval monks to the infamous Grey Lady, the historic town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk offers chills and thrills galore throughout the autumn spooky season. Could it be the most haunted place in Britain? There are evening ghost walks, eerie forest trails, a haunted village and churchyard, stories of medieval witch trials…
The seventh Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival will be held at venues across the town centre from Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October. There will be a host of events, talks and discussions from some of the most exciting national and local authors, as well as new creative workshops, film screenings, and special children’s events….
Ipswich-based digital business lender Fleximize is celebrating after taking home two prestigious titles at this year’s East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards, held on Thursday 10th July at Kesgrave Hall, just down the road from the company’s Suffolk HQ. Fleximize was crowned Employer of the Year, sponsored by Ashtons Legal, and Growth Business of the…
A lack of time, strategic blind spots and ever-decreasing micro-budgets are three of the real-world marketing challenges faced by small and medium-sized businesses in Suffolk. With 58% of SMEs spending less than £250 per month on marketing and 65% citing time as their biggest barrier to growth, a new industry report co-written by Capel St…
Suffolk’s leading coffee company has teamed up with a local mental health charity to release a new decaf blend that could improve the county’s sleep. Ipswich-based coffee company Paddy & Scott’s has created a new blend of coffee, ‘Clear Mind’. For each bag sold, 25p will be donated to Suffolk Mind to help fund its…
A Suffolk-based, family-run kitchen and bathroom business has appointed a new showroom manager to help meet growing customer demand amidst the company’s continued expansion. Anderson Kitchens and Bathrooms, which is headquartered in Ashbocking just six miles north of Ipswich, has welcomed Ian Walker into the business as a showroom manager to help sustain business growth. …