In this week’s Business Insights Chat, Ian Fitch speaks to Mark Ferguson, managing director of Castle Colour Packaging, a specialist packaging manufacturer. Mark’s insights into lockdown offer a unique perspective in this series, as they were identified as an essential business at the start of the first lockdown.

Bright year ahead for Guardtech’s busy Design & Build team

The announcement of the roadmap to take us out of restrictions will inevitably bring opportunities for all the business owners that now have a date to reopen, and those wanting to start a new venture. Do you have the finance to provide these opportunities?

Headway Suffolk has adapted and created new services to support its clients living with brain injury, stroke and neurological conditions throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ipswich insurance broker PolicyBee has won the Platinum Trusted Service Award from Feefo for the second year in a row, after winning five back-to-back Gold awards previously. The award is an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers.

In this special episode Mark and James pick the brains of marketeer extraordinaire, Damian Horner. They draw out some amazing advice, tips and insights from Damian that are relevant to SME Business owners on the use of marketing and marketing strategies in the digital age.

As a rise in the Corporation Tax rate (currently 19%) remains a possibility for this year’s Budget (3 March), Richard Proctor, Tax Partner at MHA Larking Gowen, believes the Government needs to stimulate enterprise and investment and, like it or not, the Corporation Tax rate is seen as an indicator for the attractiveness of the UK economy.

MHA Larking Gowen, chartered accountants and business advisors, is pleased to announce the launch of their new podcast series, Tourism Business Chat, where tourism specialist, Chris Scargill, interviews successful business owners and leaders from the tourism, leisure and hospitality sector throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.

As part of its ongoing commitment to support local businesses in the region, ScottishPower Renewables has awarded a significant contract to Great Yarmouth-based PPE (personal protective equipment) specialists, Gibb Safety & Survival.

In this week’s Business Insight Chat, Ian Fitch talks to William Coe, managing director of Coes, an independent company of department stores, who have been trading since 1928! This chat offers an incredible insight into how a prominent local business has learnt, and continued to grow during a tough time for retail, and is not to be missed.