News

• Support for Norfolk entrepreneurs to take their idea from bedroom to business

  20 October 2021
  The Business & IP Centre Norfolk, managed by Norfolk County Council’s Library and Information Service, is offering a free six-week online programme that will take budding business owners on a journey from ‘Bedroom to Business’.

• The Chances project - helping people access training and employment

  19 October 2021
  Chances, a £4.9m Norfolk County Council project, co-funded by the European Social Fund, is reaching out to people in Norfolk who have recently lost their jobs or are long-term unemployed who may face barriers to finding work. It aims to help them get back into employment through new opportunities for support and training.

• National specialist contractors secured to complete complex work on major Haven Bridge upgrade

  19 October 2021
  It has been confirmed today that VolkerLaser is the new subcontractor on the major Haven Bridge upgrade project. The UK based firm has been appointed by main contractor Tarmac to take over the works on the bridge after the previous expert contractor Cleveland Bridge unexpectedly went into administration earlier this summer and ceased to trade on 20 September.

• Norfolk Strategic Flood Alliance formally adopts Strategy

  18 October 2021
  The Norfolk Strategic Flooding Alliance (NSFA) has formally adopted an overall Strategy, designed to enable county wide responses to flooding across all agencies involved.

• Call for more Norfolk adopters as National Adoption Week gets underway

  18 October 2021
  As National Adoption Week gets underway, more than a dozen children in Norfolk are waiting for their forever families

• Project launched to support care experienced young people

  14 October 2021
  A project to help care experienced young people in Norfolk get into work and education is being launched in Norwich next week by Olympian Kriss Akabusi MBE.

• Turning fire helmets into works of art

  13 October 2021
  Former firefighting helmets are going on public display at the site of Norwich’s former fire station as part of a charity fundraising drive.

• Don’t let Halloween turn into a nightmare - warns Fire Service and Trading Standards

  12 October 2021
  A safety warning about costumes has been issued in advance of Halloween.

• Scrutiny to probe major transport plans

  12 October 2021
  

• MiQuit launches to help expectant parents quit smoking

  11 October 2021
  A new service named MiQuit is launching in Norfolk to help pregnant women to quit smoking and improve the health of their baby.