Suffolk Chamber News
The Suffolk Chamber is committed to serving the business community. We provide business information and news for our members and the local business community as one of the many ways we support business.
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Highways England will be hosting a series of roadshows to engage with road users and local communities about upcoming road maintenance and minor improvement works beginning in autumn 2017.
The roadshows will take place during the week commencing 14th August 2017.
Waveney District Council are proposing to implement a local business rates relief scheme for those businesses affected by the recent rates revaluation. They are looking for input and views to help shape the eligibility criteria being proposed and the process for assessing any applications for those businesses looking for relief.
The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce in Lowestoft & Waveney Business Awards gives you the opportunity to enter your business for an award or nominate another business or individual that you feel deserves the recognition. There are a wide variety of categories to choose from and you can enter as many as you like, for free!
“On behalf of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce in Lowestoft & Waveney, we would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Cllr Colin Law at the news of his passing.
A pair of classic tall ships sailed into the Port of Lowestoft this week, stopping off on their voyages around the world.
The vessels made a spectacular sight for local people during their short stop off.
The Southern North Sea Conference & Exhibition hosted by EEEGR, is the most important event for the energy sector in the East of England.
EEEGR's two day flagship event will be the largest conference and exhibition they have ever delivered attracting upwards of 700 delegates from across the industry and supply chain.
Work is about to begin on replacing the ageing gas mains in Bridge Road, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.
Traffic management, diversions and parking bay suspensions will be needed during the works.
Community charity Groundwork Suffolk & Norfolk will be holding a workshop in Lowestoft to help you develop your business resilience plan. In light of recent extreme weather conditions and flooding, being prepared and having appropriate resilience plans in place is more important now than ever.
The Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project was set up to help reduce the risk of flooding to existing homes and businesses and to support the economic growth and regeneration of Lowestoft.
The first Lowestoft Flood Risk Management Project newsletter has been issued to give an insight into the project and what happens next.
Contractors Amey are working on behalf of Highways England to complete essential repair and maintenance work on the Bascule Bridge on the A12 in Lowestoft. Subject to weather conditions, Amey plan to start work on Monday 23 January, finishing by Monday 20 February, working between 8pm and 6am.
To see further details of the closure together with plans to mitigate the impact on users, please click here.
You will also wish to note that the road number changing of the A12 between Lowestoft and Yarmouth to the A47 begins today and is expected to take about a month to complete.