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The Government's Covid Plan B guidance of 'working from home if you can' began on Monday - but what was the impact on town centres? With theoretically...

Coes of Ipswich to emerge from lockdown by opening six days a week for the first time in 93 years says boss William Coe.

East Anglia is in need of a spending spree - Credit: Archant With nowhere to go and no one to see, the British public has been racking up the savings during a year’s worth of lockdowns.  However while pub closures have been bemoaned and hairdressers sorely missed, consumers have got used to seeing their cash staying in the bank – an estimated total worth £180bn. Economists are urging shoppers to make the most of businesses reopening and inject some of that money from under the mattress into the parched high street.  Indeed Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, said la...

"We are pleased that the Chancellor has delivered the vast majority of our immediate requests and those of our members, including an extension to the furlough, self-employed, business rates relief and VAT deferment schemes. "We are also relieved that the increases in corporation tax will not take effect until 2023. Lobbying by Suffolk Chamber and other chambers across the country has clearly and demonstrably worked." David Burch, director of policy at Essex Chamber of Commerce, however, sounded a more cautious note. He said: "As with all Budget announcements the devil is always in the detail ...

Go-to brand for City slickers has shut its London shop and placed online business on hold – but its success story is not over yet