Published:
3:23 PM December 24, 2020
Updated:
4:12 PM December 24, 2020
With only two months to go until the end of the Brexit transition, a trade deal has yet to be agreed. Picture: PA Wire/PA Images
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Norfolk businesses and consumers will head into 2021 with more confidence after the UK successfully struck a trade deal with the European Union.
The post-Brexit deal was secured on Christmas Eve after months of frantic negotiations.
Boris Johnson said: “This deal means certainty – certainty for the aviation industry, and the hauliers, certainty for the police and border forces, security services and all those we rely on across Europe to keep us all safe.”
Published:
11:35 AM December 22, 2020
Updated:
1:23 PM December 22, 2020
Tyler Johnson, 18, with his new laptop provided by the New Anglia LEP digital inclusion scheme.
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A plumbing apprentice from West Suffolk is among those benefitting from a new digital inclusion scheme run by New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Tyler Johnson, 18, from Sudbury, is studying for a Level 3 Plumbing Apprenticeship at West Suffolk College.
Mr Johnson received a new laptop on loan from the LEP this month enabling him to take part in online meetings with his tutors.
He works four days a week helping his brother Curtis with his plumbing business and one day a week on his course at West Suffolk College.
Gordon Ellis, from the company who are also selling agents on behalf of developers Atex Developments, said: “We are very happy to have secured the letting and sales of all the units in the third phase of the development. It shows good demand for commercial space and establishes Atex Business Park as a new Trade Park location for Stowmarket.
Atex Business Park is a redevelopment of brownfield land close to junction 50 of the A14.
It was part-funded with £630,000 from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership s (LEP) Growing Places Fund.
This provides loan-funding to help kick-start and support development projects across Suffolk and Norfolk.
Suffolk and Norfolk businesses are getting ready for January 1 Picture: SPECTRA PACKAGING
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Small and large companies across Suffolk and Norfolk are being urged to prepare themselves for big changes on January 1 - even those who don t trade overseas.
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) says even firms who think they are not affected by Brexit because they don t export or import goods might find they are after all.
As well as those who sell into the European Union (EU), businesses which employ overseas nationals will need to prepare for a new immigration system, and people travelling to the EU for work will need to check whether they need a visa or work permit. UK firms receiving personal data via the European Economic Area will need to make sure data is flowing legally. Anyone providing services in the EU will also need to make sure their qualifications are recognised by the EU.