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Omicron grants available for businesses

West Suffolk House in Bury St Edmunds will continue to host council meetings and committees. Picture

West Suffolk Council

Dominic Bareham

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Businesses have until February 18 to apply for a grant to help them cope with the impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on trade.
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HGV driver shortage: Some supply chain issues expected to return in 2022

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West Suffolk Council

West Suffolk Council apologises after sending 230 rent bills out by mistake

Johnny Griffith

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Waveney MP Peter Aldous Picture: PARLIAMENTLIVETV

Tom Hunt

East Anglia's MPs demand more levelling up from government

Dan Grimmer

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Chi has taken over the warehouse in Bury St Edmunds

Asian street food restaurant snaps up Bury St Edmunds warehouse

Matthew Earth

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Gusto Pronto pub company, which runs the One Bull in Bury St Edmunds, has launched its own Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

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Pub firm starts own Eat Out to Help Out to avoid 'brutal' downturn in trade

Mariam Ghaemi

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Port of Felixstowe two lorries have collided on the A14 close to the port

'What's the advantage of all this?' - Business owners on trade one year...

Michael Steward

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Opinion: Sequence risk could tempt older people back to the office

Peter Sharkey

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Youngsters taking part in the Kickstart scheme are showing employers how valuable they can be 

Suffolk County Council

Youngsters on job scheme show they can be valuable assets

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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John Dugmore, chief executive of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, is concerned about an unemployment 'cl

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Supply chain issues could end up boosting local economy in 2022 says...

Matt Powell

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Heather Warren, of Oakes Barn pub in Bury in Bury St Edmunds

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'Positive mindset' for 2022 after pub's 'very good' festive trade

Mariam Ghaemi

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A new interior design shop house of heritage has opened in Bury PICTURE: CHARLOTTE BOND

7 businesses that opened in Suffolk in 2021

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12 eco-friendly changes you can make in 2022

Suzanne Day

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Those behind Beautiful Beers in Bury St Edmunds have applied to open a "Belgian-style beer bar" in St Andrew's Street South

Planning and Development

Belgian-style bar planned for former charity shop

Mariam Ghaemi

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Coronavirus

Telling restaurants to stay open but people not to visit is 'dangerous'...

Matt Powell

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivers his one-year Spending Review in the House of Common

Coronavirus

Chancellor sets out £1bn fund for Covid-hit businesses

Robbie Nichols

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Nick Mackenzie, chief executive of Greene King

Coronavirus

Greene King seeks help during 'lockdown in all but name'

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A new 24/7 gym is set to open on the Robert Boby retail park in Bury St Edmunds.

New £1million, 24/7 gym opens in Bury St Edmunds

Angus Williams

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Ipswich Christmas shoppers

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Bleak Christmas for Ipswich town centre as fewer shoppers turn out

Paul Geater

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Opinion: Fossil fuel companies remain attractive to investors

Peter Sharkey

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Town Mayor Peter Thompson presenting the shield for the best festive shop window to Romy Abraham from LOFT & SPIRES 

Christmas

Town's favourite Christmas shop window revealed after shoppers vote

Mariam Ghaemi

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Christmas

'You can go and be safe' - Hospitality boss on festive period fun

Toby Lown

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Opinion: Regularly backing investment winners is almost impossible

Peter Sharkey

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Plans have been approved to reinstate a hotel at 36 Buttermarket in Bury St Edmunds.

Approved town centre hotel will help meet need for tourist rooms

Mariam Ghaemi

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Euro Garages have submitted a planning application to build a service station by the DVSA test site south of Elmswell

Planning and Development

Parish council concerned about plans for new A14 service station

Timothy Bradford

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Christmas parties going ahead despite Omicron concerns

Toby Lown

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The Shuffle team: Tom Harrod, Nathan Glaesemann, Joash Jarrold and Owners Chris Messenger and Andrew Woolrich

'The place is full of laughter': new board games café opens

Mariam Ghaemi

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Newmarket Indian restaurant wins 'Curry Oscar'

Timothy Bradford

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The team from Bury St Edmunds working to restore power to homes following the destruction of Storm Arwen

Specialist engineers from Bury St Edmunds drafted in to aid Storm Arwen...

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New animal feed mill planned for Bury St Edmunds

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