At a recent West Norfolk Chamber Council meeting, held at the Bank House Hotel, the members welcomed another new member, David Guyatt from Lloyds. The round table update showed the mood was very positive, with all the area council members reporting a buoyant business environment. The Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk identified that progress was being made in bringing forward housing schemes – with 20 units now sold in the housing development on the NORA site and a further housing scheme would shortly be going to Cabinet for approval.
West Norfolk Chamber Council also took an initial look at the key priorities for West Norfolk that should be included in the Chamber’s Business Plan for Norfolk, which is currently being drafted. Some of the schemes/projects identified were: the Construction Industry Innovation Facility at Bircham Newton; the creation of a Centre for Advanced Knowledge Engineering at Downham Market; additional onsite NORA infrastructure to accelerate development of the site; and improvements the A47.
It was noted that many of these projects were being highlighted to the Local Enterprise Partnerships for inclusion in the next round of bid funding.
Heather Garrod, President of West Norfolk Chamber Council said: “It is important to maximise the growth potential of the West Norfolk business community and the Area Council are confident that these types of schemes and projects will deliver economic benefits and jobs to our region.”
