Business Developments in Great Yarmouth

Norfolk Community Foundation has launched a new initiative bringing businesses and charities together to make a difference in local communities. Good for Good’ is making it easier for businesses to support charities across Norfolk by offering funding, providing assets and volunteering time. The launch event was attended by more than 60 businesses in a display of the region’s…

A major revamp of a town’s market place is set to begin next week in a drive to boost shops and traders. The next stage of refurbishments for the Market Place in Great Yarmouth will start on Monday, June 24 with plans to install new paving, benches, lighting and planters. The facelift is designed to encourage people to spend more time in…

Tourism bosses are hoping artificial intelligence can boost the number of visitors into Great Yarmouth.  Visit Great Yarmouth has started using a new tool which analyses footfall data in the town. The platform, designed by Place Informatics, gathers information about how many people visit certain areas and where they are coming from. The company uses technology to…

Great Yarmouth’s £4.7m completed new market is to be officially opened later this month. People in the town are being invited to the event on Wednesday, February 21 with a host of family fun and food-based activities taking place. The event runs from 10.30am to 3pm. A statement promoting the opening said:  “We’ll have a free-to-enter children’s…

It is three years in the making. And the day is finally here. Great Yarmouth’s Third River Crossing opens today (February 1), allowing people to use the gigantic £121m Herring Bridge for the very first time. The opening ceremony begins at 11am with a blessing by Rev Canon Simon Ward, Rector of Great Yarmouth, followed by the unveiling…

Work on Great Yarmouth’s £121m Third River Crossing will recommence 8th Jan. Workers involved in the construction of the town’s mammoth infrastructure project – known as the Herring Bridge – will return on Monday 8th Jan. The development, which began in January 2021, reached a major milestone at the end of November when the bridge…

The new owners of one of Great Yarmouth’s best-loved seaside attractions have grand plans to transform the venue into a year-round entertainment hub Since being taken over at the end of 2022, the Britannia Pier has already seen some changes.  New owners Joseph Abbott and Joseph Manning, from Triangle Amusements, have already revitalised the amusement arcades,…

More than 7.5m holidaymakers and day trippers visited Great Yarmouth last year and injected almost two-thirds of a billion pounds into the local economy, a tourism report has said. Beaches, attractions, entertainment and heritage across the resort attracted more than 7.5m visits in 2022, pumping in £631,062,890 into the borough’s economy. Figures from the independent Cambridge Model report…

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is excited to be bringing forward the most significant development opportunity in a generation. North Quay is an important site which will become a new vibrant destination in Great Yarmouth and will further enhance the town’s already prosperous economic future. North Quay is a 10 acre (4 hectare) riverside gateway development…

The Campus aims to drive investment in the renewable energy sector in the region and is a central part of the council’s economic strategy. The video has an exclusive preview at the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference taking place in Amsterdam this week. As Europe’s leading offshore energy industry event, it provides a unique opportunity…