Following six months of public fundraising, St Elizabeth Hospice’s coronavirus fundraising campaign, #HereTogether, has reached its target of £250,000. Launched in April, #HereTogether aimed to counteract the financial impact of coronavirus on the independent Suffolk charity. After lockdown saw the closure of its 31 retail shops and postponing of all fundraising activities, which are vital…
In a poll conducted at Grant Thornton’s Suffolk Limited Panel & Audience Discussion, in partnership with Birketts, 48% of business leaders said they feel more positive about the future now than they did in April, with only 25% feeling less positive, despite the UK’s second national lockdown starting this week. The discussion, attended by 150…
A new community fundraiser has joined the St Elizabeth Hospice team in Great Yarmouth and Waveney to help continue the expansion of its services in the area. Louise Archer joins the independent Suffolk charity as a Community and Partnerships Fundraiser, in a role which will see her help develop the hospice’s fundraising strategy in Great…
Sudbury based business, Caribbean Blinds, has been shortlisted for three awards in the space of just two days. The external shading experts have been shortlisted for not just one, but two accolades at the Suffolk Business Awards 2020 and a third at the 2020 Build It Awards. Company Director, Brad Dantzic, is up for the…
Research conducted by insurance broker PolicyBee reveals that UK searches for aesthetics training courses more than doubled in August 2020 when compared with April 2020’s figures. After a dip in online searches for aesthetics training during the UK’s national lockdown, the aesthetics industry appears to be bouncing back. The industry’s market has been growing steadily…
A Suffolk start-up cocktail brand, which launched just as lockdown struck, is celebrating a listing on the award-winning online marketplace, Not On The High Street. Niche Cocktails, the UK’s first company to produce canned shorts, has secured the opportunity to feature seven exclusive gift and party packs, at prices varying between £12.50 and £99. Made…
Recruiting new members of your team to meet expanding business needs during lockdown will have been a challenge for many companies over the last few months. However, company secretarial and formation specialists Inform Direct, based in Ipswich, found innovative ways to help new recruits Emma Love and Callum Watson get up to speed with their…
Treatt, an ingredients manufacturer and solutions provider to the global flavour, fragrance and consumer goods markets, has partnered with Siemens Digital Industries (DI) to build a world-class digital manufacturing facility at its £41m new global headquarters. Treatt’s purpose-built site in Bury St Edmunds replaces the existing complex in the town which has served as the…