At a recent Norwich Chamber Council meeting, the members received an update on the work being done by the Norwich BID on accessibility to Norwich. This included looking at the Park and Ride contract, understanding the Norwich Area Transport Strategy (NATS) and city centre congestion.
It was agreed that these issues affected not just city centre businesses community, but the wider business community and the Chamber should work in partnership with the Norwich BID to ensure that the thoughts and views of the Greater Norwich business community and further were taken into account.
The economic update from the council members highlighted that there is a strong positive feel to the business community, although recruitment is still seen as an issue. More organisations are looking to recruit apprentices and in particular those between 16 – 18 years old.
Peter Foster, Chair of Norwich Chamber Council said:
“Accessibility to Norwich is very important, as a rural county, we need the city to remain fully accessible to all forms of transport. For the benefit of the city centre retail and businesses, we need a strong and effective Park and Ride Service, which makes Norwich accessible to both visitors and commuters alike. There are many changes taking place to the traffic flows in Norwich, the local business community needs to understand what these changes mean to them and have the ability to give their input.”
