At a recent meeting of the West Norfolk Chamber Council the members were given updates from both the Leader and the Chief Executive of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council.
Nick Daubney, Leader of the Council, advised the members of the latest information on the proposed incinerator project, which has now been ‘called-in’ by the Secretary of State. Ray Harding, Chief Executive provided an update on how the Borough Council were proposing to resolve the availability of parking in and around King’s Lynn. He also advised that they were starting to work on planning the budget for 2015/2016.
As part of the economic round table discussion, Heather Garrod, President of West Norfolk Chamber highlighted that she was working to get the business community more involved with the local schools and asked for support from both the Borough Council and West Norfolk businesses. Ben Colson, M.D. of Norfolk Green and chair of the Town Centre Partnership advised that the King’s Lynn’s Business Improvement District (BID) was progressing well and gathering momentum.
Ostap Paparega, the Regeneration and Economic Development Manager for the borough council also presented the proposed King’s Lynn Enterprise and Innovation Centre project, for which the New Anglia LEP has confirmed funding of £2.5m. The project will provide 25,000 sq.ft. of business innovation, office space and business support.
Nick Daubney, together with the Mayor of West Norfolk, Cllr. Geoffrey Wareham, opened the Chamber’s Meet the Buyer event on 20th September. The event was held at the Knights Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn and was well attended. Among the buyers were Bernard Matthews, Bespak Europe Ltd, RAF Lakenheath and Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
