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TRAINING FACILITIES IN FAKENHAM
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Category: Training services/agencies
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Item No. 12913
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Engineering students in Fakenham will soon have training facilities that even the Germans will be taken back by, it has been claimed. Speaking at a business breakfast this week to promote the town's new £800,000 centre, which is due to be ready by September, Fakenham High School assistant head teacher Gary Brown said: “People will step inside and be absolutely blown away. It will be run by the Rural Norfolk Federation of Secondary Schools, made up of schools from Aylsham, Fakenham, Litcham, Reepham and Wells. Chief executive of Fakenham Racecourse David Hunter opened the event and spoke passionately about the impact he believes the centre will have. He said: “This will ensure that young people are trained locally and employed locally but also give people the training and life skills that can open doors and provide employment opportunities throughout the world.”
24/06/2010 EDP, Page
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NORWICH CAREERS FAIR
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12914
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School-leavers, jobseekers and those simply looking for a career change can talk to a range of employers under one roof at a jobs fair in Norwich today, (Thursday). It gives people a chance to find out more about some of Norfolk's biggest employers in the same week that George Osborne predicted in the emergency budget that unemployment would hit 8.1pc this year. As well as the event sponsors, Aviva, there are stalls from Williams Lea, Hales Group, Marsh, GradsEast, Kids2Work, Allied Healthcare and Business Link, among others. Sgt Carl Rice of the Royal Anglians, who grew up in Norwich and went to Hewett High School, was at the fair offering advice for those looking to join the army. “We've got 144 jobs on offer in the army, which is a wide spectrum. We've got all sorts of people,” he said. “It's stability. You sign up for a minimum of four years and you're guaranteed a job for how long you sign up for.” Also at the event was Vikki Bennett of City College Norwich, who said there was a range of training options, despite the recession. “Lots of people aren't working at the moment and they're looking for training. On the apprenticeship side we're finding that's where there are more opportunities,” she said. “We've actually got more apprenticeships that we're advertising than ever before.“It offers people the chance to work and learn at the same time.”
24/06/2010 EDP, Page
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WEST ANGLIAN COLLEGE CUTS
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12915
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More than 40 jobs could go at the College of West Anglia to cope with government spending cuts and a £21m maintenance bill, it emerged last night. Both teaching and non-teaching jobs are under threat at campuses in King's Lynn, Wisbech, Downham Market and Milton, near Cambridge.
24/06/2010 EDP, Page
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CO-EDUCATION CENTRE PLAN
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12916
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An “eco-education centre”, thought to be the first of its kind in East Anglia, is set to become a reality after councillors approved funding. The centre, which will provide educational facilities for schoolchildren business training for adults, is set to be built at Rackheath after Broadland councillors agreed to allocate £400,000 for its construction and a further £200,000 to run it for three years. The funding comes out of a £16m pot of government money pledged for the planned eco-town at Rackheath and associated projects. A suitable plot of land at Rackheath Industrial Estate has been identified for development, and it is anticipated that building work will be commissioned in the autumn with the centre opening in the spring. The education centre will be fitted out with training rooms, an eco-tech laboratory and healthy living food technol-ogy room, as well as an administration office. It will incorporate office space for another company or organisation which can be either rented out by the council to an eco-company or customised to deliver business training. Schoolchildren will be able to carry out experiments which link in with the national curriculum, and it is hoped the centre will act as a “halfway-house” between business and schools, allowing young people to find out more about the world of work. “Schools will come to us with themes that they are really interested in, relating to green technology, new technol-ogy and renewable energy and we will initiate a project,” said Chris Hill, head of business support and leisure services at Broadland. “One of the dilemmas for businesses is getting their message over in schools because every 45 minutes or so the bell rings and the children move on. “This will provide us with a halfway-house where they, as a business, can have a project that pupils can participate in and schools don't have to worry about the health and safety implications about going into a business.” The building will incorporate the latest environmentally sustainable materials and be built with energy efficiency in mind. School pupils will be able to visit to see the building while under construction. Acle, Hellesdon and Notre Dame high schools have already been in talks about using the centre, but the doors will also be opened to other schools in the Norwich area and further afield. “It can be a resource for the whole of Norfolk. We've even had an inquiry from Suffolk asking if they will be able to use it, too.”
23/06/2010 EDP, Page
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what the budget might mean for the East
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12911
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Yesterday’s budget will tackle the economic deficit with a £40bn package of extra spending cuts and tax rises including a rise in VAT to 20 percent and cuts in welfare. But Norfolk and Suffolk firms would miss out on an offer of a National Insurance cut on new staff as this is not available to firms in the eastern region. A glimmer of hope on the A11 dualling came when the chancellor pledged to find cash for capital projects which boost the country’s economy. No word was given on key Norfolk funding for rebuilding schools or projects linked to development of new housing.
23/06/2010 EDP, Page 1
Kindly contributed by the Business Information Team at the Millennium Library
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New Toy shop to open in Norwich
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Category: RETAIL SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
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Item No. 12912
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A new toy shop, Toyz and Gamez will be opening in Davy Place, Norwich, this Saturday. It will be based on two floors and stock up to 7,000 different products. The owner, Nick Wells, has previously had toy shops in St Benedict’s, Pottergate, and St Gregory’s Alley.
23/06/2010 EDP, Page 5
Kindly contributed by the Business Information Team at the Millennium Library
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Cautious welcome to enterprise partnership plan
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12905
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Business leaders responded with a cautious welcome yesterday to a call by the Norfolk's MPs for them to back a proposed enterprise partnership to bring jobs and investment to the county. The partnership would replace the East of England Development Agency, one of the regional agencies ministers are expected to axe as the government attempts to reduce the Budget deficit. However, last night it was still unclear what form the partnership would take, what powers and responsibility it would have and how it would be formed. It is also remains undecided if EEDA will remain in its current form. Business leaders said the MPs working together to get behind business was positive.
21/06/2010 EDP, Page
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NEW PLANNING RULES
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12906
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Houses and shops could be turned into classrooms under new plans to make it easier for parents and teachers to set up their own schools. The move is Mr Gove's latest step in implementing the Tories' key education reform - free schools. From yesterday, parents, teachers, charities and other groups can begin submitting their bids to set up their own schools.
19/06/2010 EDP, Page 5
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PROPOSALS FOR ACADEMY
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12907
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Details of a proposed academy in Thetford were revealed for the first time at a series of meetings and drop-in events this week. Plans for an innovative three-site academy in the town have already been agreed in principle by the government, but, until now, details of the plans had not been made public.
19/06/2010 EDP, Page 23
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YARMOUTH STORE TO SHUT
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12908
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Administrators for troubled retail firm Vergo have announced that five stores will be permanently closed, including one in Great Yarmouth, after they failed to find a buyer.
19/06/2010 EDP, Page 47
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NEW TRAINING CENTRE
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Category: Training young people and adults
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Item No. 12910
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As the nation prepares itself for a raft of painful spending cuts, leading north Norfolk business people will be discussing plans for a new £800,000 training centre in Fakenham. The centre, at an empty factory unit on the George Edwards Road industrial estate, will be used for vocational training, adult education and community use and will meet a rising demand for engineering diplomas among teenagers. It is due to open by early October.
19/06/2010 EDP, Page 37
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LEARN ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Category: Voluntary work
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Item No. 12901
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Voluntary and community organisations in North Norfolk will have a good opportunity to discover what funding may be available to them at the Fakenham Funding Fair next month.
17/06/2010 EDP, Page 9
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RECYCLING SITE SET FOR APPROVAL
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12902
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County councillors are being advised to back plans for a long-awaited £1m waste recycling centre in Dereham despite some local people, businesses and the Mid Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust being concerned about traffic issues.
17/06/2010 EDP, Page 16
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HIGH SCHOOL ACTING TO ACHIEVE THE BEST
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Category: Performance Tables
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Item No. 12903
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An edge-of-Norwich high school is taking 'decisive' action to achieve the best results after being rated 'satisfactory' by inspectors. Inspectors visited Taverham High on May 18 and 19 and found it had a number of 'key strengths', including its complex of new buildings. But they reported that the school's senior leaders acknowledged that outcomes were 'not as high as they could be'.
17/06/2010 EDP, Page 20
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EAST BUCKS NATIONAL TREND
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Category: Unemployment and benefit issues
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Item No. 12904
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Evidence the region is slowly seeing an economic upturn has been revealed in official figures outlining the state of the nation's jobs market last night. While the UK saw unemployment rise by 23,000 in the three months to April to 2.47 million, Norfolk saw its third consecutive drop in the number of people on Jobseekers' Allowance.
17/06/2010 EDP, Page 29
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NEW LINK ROAD BLOCKED
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Category: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
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Item No. 12896
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A long-running campaign to ease rush-hour congestion in Diss has received a major setback after plans were submitted that would block hopes of a new link road. Town councillors and business leaders called for action four years ago to improve traffic flow by opening up access on a notorious cul-de-sac.
16/06/2010 EDP, Page 14
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ARTS AWARD FOR SCHOOL
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Category: Secondary & General Education
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Item No. 12897
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Northgate High School in Dereham has had the excellence of its arts provision nationally recognised by the Arts Council in its award of the Artsmark Gold.
16/06/2010 EDP, Page 16
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BIG SWITCH-OFF EDGES CLOSER
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Category: Rural issues
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Item No. 12898
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The switch-off of almost 27,000 street lights across Norfolk after midnight is edging nearer, with Wymondham set to be the first to 'go dark' by September. Norfolk County Council agreed at the start of the year to turn off the majority of lights in residential streets after midnight to save money and reduce its carbon footprint.
16/06/2010 EDP, Page 17
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PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12899
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Education business partnership The Norfolk Exchange is to join forces with one of Britain's largest business support organisations, NWES.
16/06/2010 EDP, Page 5
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NEW HOME CREATES NEW JOBS
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Category: News about local employment
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Item No. 12900
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Up to 60 new jobs will be created as a multi-million pound specialist care home is built on part of the former RAF Watton air base.
16/06/2010 EDP, Page 9
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ANGLIA SQUARE DEVELOPMENT
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Category: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
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Item No. 12890
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Developers behind the multi-million pound transformation of Norwich's Anglia Square have warned the long awaited scheme could falter unless the city council agrees scaled-back plans for the site.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 2
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MORE COMPLAINTS FROM STUDENTS
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Category: Training services/agencies
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Item No. 12891
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Rising numbers of students are making complaints against their universities as they face a tough job market and want value for money, a report showed today.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 4
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DEMAND SURGE PROMPTS EXTRA UEA OPEN DAY
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Category: Further & Higher Education
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Item No. 12892
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The University of East Anglia (UEA) has announced an additional open day this summer to cater for a 39pc increase in prospective students wanting to look around the campus. The open days will take place on June 26 and July 2.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 9
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SMALL SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
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Category: Primary Education
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Item No. 12893
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Norfolk County Council's cabinet agreed to close Church Hill First School at Grimston and Pott Row First School, both near King's Lynn, as part of a reorganisation of education in the area.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 14
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NIGERIAN TEACHERS KEEN TO LEARN
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Category: Education/industry/community links
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Item No. 12894
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Two Nigerian teachers are set to travel 3,000 miles to learn from the educational practices at four north Norfolk school. The headteacher and sports teacher from Sheikh Bakustra Gummi Memorial College, in the north west Nigerian state of Sokoto, are due to arrive at Alderman Peel High School in Wells on Tuesday. They will also visit Wells-next-the-Sea Primary School, Walsingham Primary School and it is hoped Langham Village School.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 21
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BUSINESSES GROWING IN EASTERN REGION
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Category: News about local employment
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Item No. 12895
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Firms in the east of England saw business expand at a faster rate than the UK economy average during May, according to a market report published yesterday. Orders, output and employment for the manufacturing and service sectors were all up, especially in the manufacturing sector, according to the East of England PMI Markit report.
15/06/2010 EDP, Page 23
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