Business confidence and investment in the East and in Norfolk is the key to raising prosperity and opportunity.  

Having had a career running high growth businesses here in the East before Parliament I would say business in our area need a few key things:

🚩political stability & clear policy signals 

🚩an East Anglian Mayor to drive big infrastructure investment to upgrade our road, rail, digital, water & energy connectivity 

🚩Planning:  with Tourism our No1 industry - as cannot allow the destruction of our world famous  coastal landscape & bird habitats by massive energy pylons & substations 

🚩bold reform of offshore wind connectivity via an offshore N Sea ring main connecting at Bacton & Sizewell instead of hundreds of pylons & cables 

🚩serious private / public partnerships for Town Centre & Coastal regeneration 

🚩Lower VAT on Pubs and self employed small businesses 

🚩Innovation: a plan to grow the Norwich Research Park and Hethel Innovation Centre out to the SW of Norfolk “the Norfolk Research Triangle” for Town & Village regeneration- NOT surround Norwich with massive commuter estates for yet more traffic on the A11 and A47. 

🚩Skills: building on the success of the Academy & Apprenticeship program with a crusade for upskilling Norfolk school leavers for todays high tech workforce

Read the EDP article here