The DigiTech Centre at BT s Adastral Park
- Credit: University of Suffolk
The University of Suffolk’s £9.6million digital skills training centre, the DigiTech Centre on BT’s Adastral Park, is nearing completion and will welcome students this year.
The DigiTech Centre is a collaboration between the university and BT, with funding from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
It will provide training in cutting-edge digital skills for people looking to pursue careers in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, as well as fuelling high tech businesses who increasingly require access to a talented technology workforce. Specialist high tech laboratories will form the heart of the new centre, and will be used jointly by university staff, students and businesses at Adastral Park and across the region.
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4:23 PM March 2, 2021
Owners of the floating restaurant the Lady Florence are looking forward to taking it out for sunset cruises thanks to a LEP grant
- Credit: River Cruise Restaurants
A river cruise restaurant has been buoyed by a grant which will help it extend its sailing season.
The Lady Florence which takes dining guests on a spectacular voyage taking in Suffolk’s most stunning coastal habitats has been awarded a £2,500 Visitor Economy Grant grant to help it buy new marine radar and chart-plotting equipment which will enable it to sail late into the evening.
Co-owner Kris Ambury who runs the business with partner Craig said the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) grant boost means that the business will be able to make up for lost time once lockdown restrictions ease.
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Published:
7:00 AM February 27, 2021
Bruce van Poortvliet inside the new £263,000 potato store at Poortvliet Farms near Aylsham
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
A Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potatoes in perfect market condition for longer after harvest.
The new store at Poortvliet Farms, near Aylsham, can hold 1,300 tonnes of potatoes in an atmospherically-controlled environment.
Ventilation, refrigeration and humidification equipment is automated via electronic sensors which report on air quality, temperature, carbon dioxide levels and humidity inside the insulated building.
Inside the £263,000 new potato store at Poortvliet Farms
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
This allows the farm s potatoes to be stored in top condition until the end of the marketing season in June and July - enabling premium prices to be obtained as there is a critical shortage of UK potatoes available in those summer months before the next
A research study has begun to explore the potential for green hydrogen production off the coast of East Anglia, in the UK.
The study, led by Hydrogen East, will research options and scenarios to bring together the region’s offshore gas and offshore wind sectors to produce clean hydrogen at scale for cleaner power, heat and transport fuels supplying the region and beyond.
The ‘Bacton Energy Hub: Exploring the potential for hydrogen from the Southern North Sea’ study will map existing offshore and onshore energy-related infrastructure and develop options and scenarios for where wind farms, gas platforms, subsea pipelines and cables could be integrated or repurposed over time to support hydrogen production.