Business

Businesses get to showcase their staff and successes in an annual competition that celebrates the best a region can offer.

This week, Peter Sharkey looks at why thousands of people are using lifetime mortgages to buy a home in the sun.

More than 200 staff at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) will lose their jobs unless they leave the county.

Broadland District Council says it will not challenge a decision to quash approved plans for a new processing plant east of Dereham.

The finishing touches to a once-popular village pub are eagerly underway ahead of its reopening after undergoing a major refurbishment.

A scooter hire business is proposing to move its premises from a mid-Norfolk town into a former shop in a rural village.

A popular Christmas song inspires finance columnist, Peter Sharkey, to look at what investment has been like in 2018.

Content has become one of those buzz-wordy sounding things that it is trendy to bash.

Hundreds more wind turbines could be built off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast, potentially bringing thousands of skilled jobs to the region.

Living for today doesn’t pay the bills, says Peter Sharkey – but you can make your money work for you.

In this week’s financial column, Peter Sharkey explains why it’s so easy to spend too much on fees when you’re investing – and how to reduce these costs.

It was a dream that began more than five years ago following a life-changing accident.

An independent toy retailer has won an award for being one of the best of its kind in the country.

The team behind a popular adventure park in Norfolk is celebrating after scooping a multitude of roar-some awards.

Despite gaining attention from across the country, Norfolk textiles firm IzziRainey has chosen the Norfolk Christmas Fair in Titteshall as the event to launch its Christmas collection.

One of Norfolk’s best-known retailers insists it is optimistic about the future, despite being squeezed by rising costs.

A Norfolk company which supplied the Royal household at Sandringham for 40 years has gone out of business.

It started with an ambitious dream to bring the world of theatre to the doorsteps of children in rural north Norfolk.

Dereham Shopping Centre which includes the shops QD, Wilkinsons and Sports Direct has been put up for sale for £9.5m.

North Norfolk’s MP has called into question the district council’s decision to press ahead with plans to spend more than £2m on a controversial business zone targeted at the offshore energy sector.

A restaurant in Norfolk, which has been praised for its homemade pies, has featured in a top pubs to visit list.

It has had something of a colourful past, but when a former market town hotel appeared at auction it proved there was still life left in it yet when it sold for £400,000.

Raiding pensions provide Chancellors with easy money, says Peter Sharkey, but it’s much more difficult for them to pilfer from your ISA.

The second North Norfolk Business Awards, which celebrate the best businesses in the region, are now open for entries - and businesses are being encouraged to put themselves forward to win one of the prestigious titles.

Norfolk and Waveney have lost around 50 bank and building society branches in the past four years, figures have revealed.

Saving for a prolonged period of travel is essential, says our financial columnist Peter Sharkey. And now might just be the best time to go.

Energy firm Vattenfall have invited the public to give their views on the impact of one of the world’s largest wind farms, to be built off the north Norfolk coast.

Sometimes life can throw up unexpected obstacles, and families with poorly children will know all too well the struggles many can face.

In this week’s column, Peter Sharkey looks at what impact a rising life expectancy has on your savings.