Ipswich Central, the organisation that represents town centre and waterfront businesses, has strengthened its Board of Directors with eight new members. The organisation’s Chair, Terry Baxter, explains: “Over the last year, we have dramatically expanded our role within Ipswich town centre. We have done everything possible to support businesses through the very difficult period of…
A £25 million funding package for Ipswich, to be spent on a range of improvement projects, focussed primarily within the town centre and in neighbourhood shopping parades, has been confirmed. In recent months, Ipswich Central and All About Ipswich have been working hard with Town Deal partners to finalise a bold application to kick-start the…
Ipswich Central, the town’s Business Improvement District (BID) company has announced the promotion of Sophie Alexander-Parker to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sophie has worked for Ipswich Central for 13 years, joining as a Street Ranger six months after the company was launched in 2007. The promotion sees her taking an executive role, supporting both the…
Working in collaboration with civic, business and education leaders in the Ipswich Vision group, Ipswich Central is spearheading a bid for government funding that could transform the town and it’s economic growth prospects. The Government’s Town Deal is supporting 100 towns across England with £3.6 billion of funding, and Ipswich has been shortlisted as one…