Creating a ‘Rural Renaissance’ is all about making our area a hub of enterprise and opportunity.

That’s why I was delighted to open the Centrum building in July 2014 and to be invited back last week to champion the potential of the Norwich Research Park in creating a wave of new jobs in our area outside Norwich.

As I have long argued, Norfolk and East Anglia have a once-in-a-generation opportunity as world-leaders in energy, food and medicine to create a new cycle of growth in the local economy, attract investment in training and skills and pioneer the high-tech jobs of tomorrow.