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GREAT YARMOUTH SPRING/SUMMER 2017

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Welcome

First electricity delivered from Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

Contents Third River Crossing .........................................................................3

Decommissioning in Great Yarmouth ................................4

Support the A47 Alliance ..............................................................4

Camplings’ new facility ......................................................................5

Preconstruction of East Anglia ONE ....................................5

Business Premises Renovation Allowance .....................6

Extending your premises ................................................................6

Free staff training available through Seetec ......................6

Town Centre Masterplan ..............................................................7

Shopfront Improvement Scheme ...........................................7

Inspection Verification Bureau ....................................................8

Apply for a Micro Grant .................................................................8

Lacons’ success .......................................................................................9

Dalby Offshore Services awarded grant ...........................9

Cultural Strategy launch ..............................................................10

Waterways ............................................................................................10

Spirit of Enterprise Award Winners ................................ 11

The Team ...............................................................................................12

...to this Spring and Summer edition of our Business Newsletter.

2017 is set to be a significant year for Great Yarmouth and you can read about all the changes taking place in this issue. This year will see our two successful enterprise zone sites, on the South Denes and at Beacon Park, extended. New development at the

Outer Harbour will ensure the Borough has the capacity to continue its leading role at the centre of the nation’s offshore energy industry, a role already much in evidence with Galloper, East Anglia ONE windfarms choosing Great Yarmouth for assembly and installation and Dudgeon for operations and maintenance.

Centre stage is our Town Centre Masterplan, a bold reimagining of what our Town Centre can become. I invite

you to take a look at our proposals – you can more read about our transformative proposals here on page seven.

Alongside this, we have launched a Shopfront

Improvement Scheme. Retailers in the town centre that want to upgrade their frontages are invited to apply for this grant which can cover costs up to £3000, representing up to 75% of the associated costs. For more details on how to apply, turn to page six.

Finally, it’s just left for me to wish you a great summer. As ever, please do contact me with any thoughts you have on how we can improve the Borough further.

Councillor Graham [email protected]

Up to 6,000 homes in UK are now receiving electricity from the first producing wind turbine on Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.

After a successful installation of the first wind turbine in early January, operator Statoil and partners Masdar and Statkraft were able to set the first turbine in production on the 7 February delivering electricity to UK National Grid.

“This is a significant milestone for one of the largest offshore wind farms in Europe. I am particularly satisfied with the on time deliveries and the HSE performance so far,” says Margareth Øvrum, Statoil’s executive vice president for Technology, Projects and Drilling.

67 foundations were installed on the Dudgeon

Bank last year, along with the cables and the offshore substation that collects the power generated by the wind turbines. When fully operational later in 2017 the offshore wind farm will provide electricity to over 400,000 homes.

The Operations Centre for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm, on South Denes Road in Great Yarmouth, was opened on 9 September 2016 by Councillor Graham Plant.

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Progress towards a third river crossingDetailed scheme development work for a third crossing over the River Yare is moving ahead after Norfolk County Council successfully bid for £1.08m from the Government.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and partners are supporting efforts to make a compelling case to Government for the estimated £140m crossing, which would boost commerce and investment prospects, resulting in new jobs and facilities, and also enable faster journeys.

The funding allows the county council to start the work needed over the next two years to take the project to the stage where Government would be able to confirm if they are willing to fund construction.

Norfolk County Council has invested close to £4m towards the scheme to date and secured over £3m more:

• 2003-2009: invested £1.1m to identify the preferred crossing type and route

• 2009-2015: £2.8m to acquire properties and land to safeguard the route

• 2015-2016: £2m funding secured via the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

• 2016: £1.08m secured from the Department for Transport

The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing is a vital part of the economic

growth strategy for the Borough of Great Yarmouth. The new crossing will provide much needed connections between the strategic road network and the fast growing energy-related Enterprise Zone and port. This project is crucial in providing linkages across the River Yare to the economic growth hub in the South Denes peninsula, with the current lack of connectivity inhibiting movement and growth in Great Yarmouth.

A new crossing would support the town’s role as part of the East of England Energy Zone, as a Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering and provide the capacity for regeneration, economic growth and act as a catalyst for investment.


First Rigs to arrive for decommissioning in Great Yarmouth

The Veolia-Peterson partnership has been awarded two platform decommissioning contracts for recycling at their facility in Great Yarmouth. With an aim of reaching 96% recycling rates the work to recycle materials and assets is expected to begin in spring 2017 when the platforms arrive onshore.

The contracts include the onshore receipt and disposal of offshore materials and several assets for a major gas producer. The work will cover disposal options for a number of production platforms, and surrounding satellite platforms, located around 40 miles off the coast of Great Yarmouth. Recycling is expected to start this year and will take around four years to complete.

Recovering these platforms at the end of their operational life is essential. Now using the new facilities the

valuable materials that they contain can be carefully captured and returned to industry for re-use, and where possible assets that have further operational life can be sold. This, in turn, helps boost the sustainability of the industry and becomes part of the circular economy.

Simon Davies, Decommissioning General Manager at Veolia said: “The industry has been looking for collaboration and these new contracts show collaboration in action right down the supply chain. Our partnership has worked well at a number of sites and projects over the last ten years, and we are very pleased to secure the first important contracts into Great Yarmouth.”

Ron van der Laan, Regional Director, Peterson added: “We have been working hard on this development since 2013. These contract awards are a significant milestone and step towards

establishing Great Yarmouth as a centre of excellence for decommissioning in the Southern North Sea”.

Developed as part of the partnership between Peterson and Veolia, and supported by Peel Ports Great Yarmouth, the Local Enterprise Partnership, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council the new decommissioning site at Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour has been selected to receive the structures. The new work will help create approximately 10 new jobs for Veolia Peterson, with further development and employment as the projects develop. The partnership’s aim is to establish Great Yarmouth as the SNS centre for decommissioning, and to further expand the facilities to meet the growing need for this type of decommissioning.

The A47 Alliance’s ultimate goal is full dualling of the A47 with appropriate grade separation.

A fully dualled A47 will help to boost the economic prosperity of a large part of the east of England, and make a significant contribution to the national economy. Our programme of staged investment will help turn the 115 miles of the A47 into a genuine strategic link.

Government has committed to investment of over £300m for improvements along the A47 for delivery in the early 2020’s. The A47 Alliance’s ultimate goal is full dualling with appropriate grade separation (bridges

and flyovers); we will continue to push government to deliver this in the longer term.

The estimated cost of a fully dualled A47 is £1.4bn. With a combination of selected improvements, within 20 years there will be 16,890 more jobs in the area, 10,585 new dwellings and an increase of £706m per annum in the economic output (GVA).

The A47 Alliance needs your support to make the case for investment in the road. Register your support or find out more about the A47 Alliance, visit www.a47alliance.co.uk

Support the A47 Alliance


Camplings Linen’s new commercial laundry in Great Yarmouth is one of the most technically advanced and environmentally-friendly laundry facilities in the UK. The company, which offers linen hire and laundry services to hotels, restaurants and other businesses, has transformed a warehouse into one of the country’s most sophisticated laundries. Increasing capacity by 25 per cent the business is now capable of processing 500,000 items, such as napkins, towels and table cloths, per week. In 2016, the independent family-owned business recorded a turnover of £6.14m, up 11% on the previous year.

Laundries are inherently big users of water and energy. Camplings has taken big steps to invest in new, innovative ways to minimise the company’s impact on the wider environment. Drawing water from an on-site borehole, and recycling wherever possible, water consumption is expected to reduce by around 40% compared to the former site. Excess heat is also utilised, reducing total energy consumption by 30%.

A ‘cool chemistry’ system has also been adopted: a patented formula blending a cocktail of highly effective detergents which are cooled before being injected into the wash; will achieve consistently bright results, while washing at lower temperatures.

Investment has also been ploughed into the latest technology to increase efficiency. A new ‘sky-track’ system, featuring 250 laundry bags now travels around the roof of the warehouse, automatically taking each piece of linen from the wash to the final press, reducing the need for manual handling.

Richard Turvill, managing director of Camplings Linen said: “Three years in development and with an investment in excess of £5 million, we’re proud to unveil one of the most innovative, environmentally responsible and technically advanced facilities in the UK, and stake

out our ambitions to become the most productive, quality laundry in Europe.”

All 120 staff, some who have worked for Camplings for 40 years or more, have transferred to the new factory, safeguarding jobs for the future. While a £150,000 grant from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership will fund the creation of 10 new jobs for local people.

Chris Starkie, Managing Director of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “This is exactly the kind of project which our Growing Business Fund is there to support – the grant has helped Camplings to build a new facility, which will allow them to become more efficient and competitive and generate additional jobs.”

January saw ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) pre-construction work start for the 714-MW, £2.5billion East Anglia One offshore wind farm.

With construction due to start in the spring, SPR, part of Spanish electric giant Iberdrola, is preparing the ground and roads along the route of the onshore cable for the start of construction. The onshore cable route runs for 37km from Bawdsey to Bramford in Suffolk.

Surveys, including ecological mitigation and archaeological investigations, are also taking place.

Iberdrola Engineering and Construction is the principle contractor for both the pre-construction and construction elements of the project.

East Anglia ONE will be comprised of 102 7MW wind turbines and is set to be constructed by 2020.

Camplings Linen unveils £5million facility

Pre-construction of East Anglia ONE begins


Altering Or Extending Your Premises?

Generally any building project that you are considering, from minor office alterations through to a large new extension or new building, will require input from Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Building Control team.

Building Control will provide pre-application advice together with a comprehensive plan checking and site inspection service.

Their locally-based surveyors are experienced and will invariably have an in-depth knowledge of the history and ground conditions of most sites within the Borough. They can advise on the

technical requirements of the building regulations, thus avoiding costly and time-consuming issues at the build stage.

As a Local Authority team, the close relationship with planning, economic development, highways and the fire and rescue service enables the team to provide comprehensive advice on designs and proposals.

If you would like to discuss our Building Control service in more detail or you would like to talk through a future project, please contact Grant Scott (Building Control Manager) on 01493 846494 or at [email protected]

Business Premises Renovation Allowance (BPRA) was a 100% tax allowance for certain spending when converting or renovating unused qualifying business premises in a disadvantaged area. The property must be returning to commercial use and have been vacant for 12 months or more.

The scheme covered the parts of the Borough conferred with Assisted Area status (see map). BPRA expired at the end of the last financial year – so if you think you have made qualifying expenditure before this date, you will need to take advantage of it very soon. Further details can be found at: www.gov.uk/guidance/business-premises-renovation-allowance-bpra

Assisted Area status also allows for a higher intervention rate from other grants, such as New Anglia’s Growing Business Fund. For information on the BPRA or grants, contact the Economic Development Unit (t: 01493 846431; e: [email protected]).

Skills support for employees is available through Seetec, which provides free in-house training for all employers in Norfolk and Suffolk with the support of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and the Skills Funding Agency.

Following a meeting with specialist employment consultants, the current and

future training needs of your business will be assessed and the services of Seetec tailored accordingly. Seetec aims to develop all staff members to the appropriate standard within their chosen course.

Courses provided with all learning on-site via a qualified and experienced assessor include: Business Admin, Customer Service, Management, IT, Social Media and Digital Marketing, Retail Management, Facilities Management, Hospitality, Team Leading and Warehousing and Storage.

However if these courses do not suit your requirements, Seetec is able to adapt in order to provide the relevant training.

For further information contact [email protected] or visit www.seetec.co.uk

Business Premises Renovation Allowance: Last Call

Free staff training available through Seetec

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Great Yarmouth Borough Council has completed a consultation on a new Town Centre Masterplan – a clear, coherent and compelling vision to transform Great Yarmouth’s central area and make it more attractive for residents, visitors and investors.

This is the longer-term element of the council’s Town Centre Initiative, which has already achieved much in just one year to boost footfall and spend into the local economy, including enhanced town centre events, better marketing, and visual and environmental improvements.

The draft masterplan illustrates how Great Yarmouth’s unique and historic central spaces can evolve over 15 to 20 years to strengthen the whole town centre as a commercial and cultural hub, meeting the needs and aspirations of communities and the challenges all town centres face.

With proposed new projects at the Market Place, the Conge, the Railway Station, the Rows, Hall Plain, and the area around the junction of Regent Road and King Street, people’s views will help finalise the vision, which includes aspirations and opportunities to lift the town centre’s overall offer, including shopping and leisure, housing, transport links and visual appearance.

Acting as a platform for investment and a flexible guide for plans and decisions, the masterplan has been developed in draft using valuable feedback from the initial public consultation last year and from key individuals and organisations, including retailers, market traders, developers, councillors and urban design specialists.

To learn more about the project and read the masterplan itself, visit www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk

Town Centre Masterplan consultation completed

Businesses and social enterprises in Great Yarmouth town centre are able to apply for grants to improve their frontages as part of efforts by the borough council to make the central area more attractive to shoppers, residents and investors.

Under the Town Centre Shopfront

Improvement Scheme, eligible applicants can ask for grants of up to £3,000 each to help fund shopfront renovation, decoration, new signage and/or replacement of historic features including lighting. Businesses must cover 25 per cent of the total cost themselves.

An initial £60,000 is being made available

through the project, part of the borough council’s wider Town Centre Initiative, which aims to boost town centre footfall, trade and the local economy.

The shopfront scheme is part of the wider Town Centre Initiative, which aims to regenerate the town centre.

Applications open on December 1 and close on March 31, 2018, or sooner if funding is spent before this date.

For more information and an application form, visit www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk/business or contact enterpriseGY at [email protected].

Shopfront Improvement Scheme launched

Proposed mixed-used, residential-led development of the Conge.


Multi-million dollar contract wins for IVB

A Great Yarmouth-based verification and inspection company has emerged from a tough trading year to win new overseas contracts worth more than $7million.

IVB, which provides inspection and verification services onshore and offshore for the oil & gas industry, has started, or is about to start, on

seven new contracts – a $1million verification services commission for 24 offshore platforms in Dutch waters, verification work on three offshore and two onshore developments in Egypt worth $2million and a $4million contract to provide asset integrity systems (AIMS) for a client elsewhere in the Middle East.

IVB directors Chris Bolton (left) and Matt Chapman are looking forward to a positive 2017, with $7million worth of new contracts.

The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership is calling for local businesses to apply for a grant between £1,000 and £10,000.

Micro, Small and Medium sized businesses may apply for a grant of up to 20% of the total cost of their plans, and be used to leverage funding from private finance, such as banks and other financial organisations. Businesses based in an Assisted Area (including much of Great Yarmouth, see page 6), may be eligible for an additional 10% (percentage points) of funding.

To be eligible for grant funding, an applicant should be an established and growing Micro, Small or Medium-sized enterprise based in Norfolk or Suffolk and fulfil at least one of the following criteria:

• Be ready to grow and expand their business• Plan to introduce a new product or service to

their business

• Want to improve their productivity or efficiency

For more information on the programme and its application process read the Micro Grant Scheme guidance: http://www.newanglia.co.uk/micro-grant-scheme/

If you are interested in applying for a grant, want to discuss your plans or find out about other possible business support programmes, you can contact either the New Anglia Growth Hub (t: 0300 333 6536; e: [email protected]) or the Economic Development Unit (t: 01493 846431; e: [email protected])

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A growing hub for the energy sector

• New high-spec office and industrial premises available• Enterprise Zone benefits including business rate

discount for five years* • Capital investment grants available* • Direct access to A12

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Lacons Brewery to expand and increase output by 600%

Lacons, the historic Great Yarmouth Brewer, are expanding their brewery to increase their output of real ale and craft beers six-fold this year. With an increasing number of beer drinkers in a growing market, Lacons wanted to expand dramatically in order to cater for both existing and future demand.

Dating back to 1760, Lacons recently returned to brewing after a 45 year break using the original Lacons yeast which was put into the National Collection of Yeast Cultures in 1959. With a rich local heritage Lacons are proud to be back, making award-winning ale which is just as loved by the local community today as it was hundreds of years ago.

Currently, the brewery on Main Cross Road has a five-barrel capacity and

brewing takes place seven times a week giving a total output of 35 barrels or 10,080 pints per week. With the 10,000 square foot expansion, costing circa £1 million,

this will increase to 30 barrels or 8640 pints per brew, which if brewing at the same frequency would

give an output of 60,480 pints per week.

In September 2016, Lacons bolstered their internal teams to support the project and plan to increase their market activity in the coming months to support their proposed output increases and ambitions for the business.

Judi-mae Alderton, Lacons Marketing Manager says: “We want to put Great Yarmouth back on the map as a brewer of world class ale. We’ve already won many awards for our beers including ‘World’s Best Bitter under 4%’ for our flagship ale Encore in the World Beer Awards. Lacons Brewery has a great deal of history and heritage and we want to continue in that direction, making great

beer and supporting the local community.

“It is an exciting time for the beer industry with the number of ale drinkers at its highest in years. We have an exciting range of ales for 2017, a new website and online shop and there’s keg and bottle potential going forward too. In fact we’ve just agreed a contract to have our keg IPA Quell on the Norwich to London Greater Anglia trains. It’s onwards and upwards from here on for Lacons Brewery.”

Alongside the brewery expansion, due for completion this summer, Lacons will also be investing in their museum and brewery tap to cater for tourists who visit them from all over the country.

Dalby Offshore Services Ltd, which operates out of Great Yarmouth, has developed honeycomb bow fenders with the help of a grant, bringing greater stability to vessels — allowing technicians to stay out at sea for longer.

The £50,000 SCORE grant helped Dalby Offshore, working with other companies, to create a compound which is more effective than the rubber used in conventional fenders, preventing boats from damaging themselves against turbines.

Supply Chain innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE) is a £6million grant fund and support programme for small and medium sized companies that are developing new ways of working or innovative technologies in offshore renewable energy.

Grants of up to £50,000 are available to help companies to develop new products, processes and ideas. For more information on applying for a SCORE grant, contact OrbisEnergy on t: 01502 563368 or e: [email protected].

£50,000 SCORE grant awarded to Dalby Offshore Services Ltd

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Great Yarmouth Borough Council has recently agreed its first ever Culture Strategy, ‘Making Waves’, which sets out a clear and ambitious vision for the role of culture in supporting success in the borough.

Jointly commissioned with Arts Council England and developed with the input of partners, the document celebrates what has been achieved already and sets out an action plan to further develop arts and culture.

Cllr Barry Coleman, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said: “A unique place with unique opportunities, Great Yarmouth has had success in gaining a national and international reputation for arts and heritage,

boasting some cultural gems, including St George’s Theatre, the Minster, the Golden Mile, and our diverse calendar of festivals.

“The borough council sees continued investment in our cultural scene, and in the creative aspirations of everyone who lives here, as a core foundation of the borough’s future success.”

Cultural events, such as the Maritime and Out There Festivals, play an important role in attracting additional visitors, encouraging spend in the local economy and supporting jobs through visitors using local restaurants, shops, and hotels.

Culture is considered an important factor in attracting and retaining businesses, and contributing towards a positive and distinctive reputation for places. Businesses want to start-up in or re-locate to vibrant places where staff will want to live locally and enjoy a high quality of life.

A clear cultural strategy will also help unlock further external investment in regeneration, helping to revitalise public places, including the town centre. The Arts Council alone invested nearly £400,000 in the borough last year, in addition to £1.6m in the Drill Hall and the new Fountain Bar in St George’s Park.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has invested £10.2m in the borough in the last decade, which has supported the regeneration of the King Street area, including the complete refurbishment of St George’s Theatre.

Apart from the economic and regeneration benefits, the cultural offer is important in its own right for community wellbeing, helping to bring together people of diverse backgrounds to have a really good time.

Making Waves has five key objectives:

• Securing our cultural infrastructure to expand and enrich our cultural offer

• Ensuring that the cultural sector makes the fullest possible contribution to the economic success of the borough

• Supporting vibrant neighbourhoods and communities

• Making Great Yarmouth a more vibrant place to live, work and invest

• Better connecting and supporting our creative community

Making Waves: Developing arts and culture

Venetian Waterways awarded National Lottery Grant

The National Lottery has awarded Great Yarmouth’s Venetian Waterways £1.8m for revitalisation, including the restoration of original planting and repairing of the thatched shelters, bridges and the boating lake walls. A new café will be opened and local

people will be able to train in gardening and traditional building skills.

The Venetian-style water gardens on the seafront of the popular seaside resort of Great Yarmouth opened in 1928 and were constructed as part of an unemployment relief programme after the First World War.

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Top businesses stepped into the spotlight at the glittering presentation ceremony for the Spirit of Enterprise Awards, the biggest and most prestigious annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough.

The Spirit of Enterprise Awards, now in its ninth year, is organised by enterpriseGY, Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s business support service, and aims to celebrate and raise the profile of top-performing firms across the borough.

The ceremony, held in the Town Hall’s elegant Assembly Room on Friday, November 11, saw groundworks and civil engineering business, Bateman Groundworks Ltd, announced as the overall 2016 Business of the Year in front of about 200 guests. The shortlisted finalists spanned a wide diversity of sectors, including energy, tourism, retail, hair and beauty, and recruitment.

Each award was backed by a local organisation, with the event sponsor choosing the winner in their category from three finalists shortlisted by a local independent panel or by the category sponsors.

Bateman Groundworks Ltd, headquartered at Gapton Hall Road, Great Yarmouth, won the Great Business Growth Award and was selected as overall winner from among the category winners by

main sponsor, Lovewell Blake, local accountants, business advisers and financial planners.

Richard Bateman, managing director of Bateman Groundworks Ltd, said: “We were really excited to be shortlisted in four categories, so to win the Great Business Growth Award and then be named 2016 Business of the Year is such a fabulous honour.

“Since we were established in Great Yarmouth in 1997, the business has grown in size and reputation, with increasing annual turnover and number of contracts. Our business success reflects the hard work and dedication of our skilled staff and the strong relationships we have built up with clients over the years.”

Cllr Graham Plant, the council leader, said: “The awards provide a platform from which to celebrate Great Yarmouth as an enterprising borough, full of excellent, enterprising businesses, those which invest in the area, are innovative, care about their customers and staff, and contribute to their communities.”

The shortlisted finalists were (winners highlighted in bold):

• Great Engineering/Manufacturing Award (sponsored by Great Yarmouth College ) – Signwaves Ltd, ABC Diesels, EPIC International

• Great Investment in Young People (sponsored by STR) – Fusion Hair and Beauty, Nexus Engineering Training Centre, Bateman Groundworks Ltd

• Great New Business Award (sponsored by Noritake Itron ) – IJustWanna…Candy, Yellow Brick Road Solutions Ltd, Extreme Couponing UK Ltd

• Great Business Idea (sponsored by EPIC International ) – Customer Happiness System, Fusion Hair and Beauty Consultants Ltd, Bateman Groundworks Ltd

• Great Customer Service Award (sponsored by the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area) – Cribs and Bibs, Potters Resort, The Hairbase

• Great Community Contribution Award (sponsored by GYB Services Ltd) – Community Artroom, Anchorage Trust, Bateman Groundworks Ltd

• Great International Growth Award (sponsored by P&S Personnel) – Smart eLearning Ltd, Hydramec Offshore Hydraulics Ltd, ABC Diesels

• Great Family Owned Business Award (sponsored by Birketts) – P&S Personnel Services Ltd, Little or Large Pet Emporium, Andover House Hotel & Restaurant

• Great Business Growth Award (sponsored by the Great Yarmouth Mercury) – Extreme Couponing UK Ltd, ABC Diesels, Bateman Groundworks Ltd

Awards presented to winners of Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2016

The Economic Development team

Peter Wright Economic Development OfficerTel: 01493 846522Email: [email protected]

I play a major role in bidding for Government and European funding for projects for the benefit of the Great Yarmouth economy and also in enterprise support and the promotion of the Borough for inward investment.

Kellie Colby Senior Business Advisor & Team LeaderenterpriseGYTel: 01493 846632Email: [email protected]

I lead the Business Advice Team. Contact me for assistance with business events and training.

Kirsty WeaversAdministrative AssistantTel: 01493 846477Email: [email protected]

Contact me for additional copies of our publications like our Industry Handbook and Business Travel Guide or to make amendments to your company entry in our handbook.

Angela BaconBusiness Support CoordinatorTel: 01493 336410Email: [email protected]

I support the Business Advisors and administer the delivery of advice and training for our enterpriseGY clients.

Stephanie PimlottBusiness Liaison & Development OfficerTel: 01493 846108Email: [email protected]

I can help existing businesses understand grants, incentives and support available to them and assist companies looking to relocate to Great Yarmouth.

Stephen BarronBusiness AdvisorTel: 0800 458 0146Email: [email protected]

Looking to set up a new business or need advice with your existing business in Great Yarmouth? Please contact me for assistance.

Eunice EdwardsEnterprise Zone Co-ordinatorTel: 01493 846197Email: [email protected]

If you are looking to locate or expand in Great Yarmouth, I can help you identify opportunities in our Enterprise Zone which offers the benefits of business rate relief and superfast broadband.

Toby MatthewsResearch & Information OfficerTel: 01493 846431Email: [email protected]

Contact me for progress on our Economic Strategy, details of available commercial land and premises in Great Yarmouth, articles in this newsletter or statistics relating to Great Yarmouth.

Guy GibsonBusiness AdvisorTel: 0800 458 0146Email: [email protected]

Looking to set up a new business or need advice with your existing business in Great Yarmouth? Please contact me for assistance.

Visit great-yarmouth.biz

Designed to promote Great Yarmouth as a business location, provide information to contractors in the borough to make best use of local services and to provide local businesses with up-to-date information on grants, a new business website has been launched.

great-yarmouth.biz also offers a new, searchable business directory. If your entry does not yet appear alongside a high resolution image of your logo or a landscape image of your premises, do email [email protected] to have your entry upgraded.

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