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Waveney Valley Market Towns Initiative

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Seven market towns on the Norfolk-Suffolk border are being given the chance to bid for substantial grants to boost the economy in the Waveney Valley.
Groups in Beccles, Bungay, Diss, Eye, Harleston, Halesworth and Loddon are all being asked to submit ideas that would benefit the economies of the towns and the wider Waveney Valley, with each town able to bid for a minimum of £40,000 funding to make their ideas a reality.
The ‘Market Towns Initiative’ was launched on 23 February by the Waveney Valley Local Action Group, a partnership of local entrepreneurs and professionals representing interests in farming, rural businesses, community and tourism. Representatives from each of the towns have been invited to South Norfolk District Council today where the …

Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon (Local Government) (2 Mar 2010)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Keith Simpson: …, the permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government, and the Secretary of State been placed in the public domain. We are all grateful to …

Olympic site

Monday, March 1st, 2010

My visit to Newham also included a trip to the Olympic Site Viewing Gallery.  This is a glazed construction built on the roof of a 21 storey council owned residential block.  …

Regeneration work in Newham/Stratford

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

As part of the Olympic bid the Borough Council of Newham have been awarded shed loads of money to do regeneration work as part of the “legacy” of the Olympic …

Norwich in 90 ~ Diss in 75 !!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

NCC together with others is promoting the speeding up of the Norwich to London Liverpool Street journey.  I shall be promoting this but will also be pushing for the Diss …