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Norwich Union's parent company Aviva is being linked to a £3.2bn deal to buy the insurance arm of the Spanish banking giant Santander.
The Spanish group is said to be looking to sell its Santander Seguros insurance business after announcing earlier this month that it plans to buy UK mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester for £1.
23 July 2008
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Cash and advice are being offered to help people made redundant from Norwich companies to set up their own businesses.
Norwich4Business is offering loans, grants and services valued at £5,000-£20,000 to suitable candidates.
23 July 2008
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The number of vocational qualifications awarded each year is on the rise, according to a recent survey - and Norfolk students are leading the trend.
23 July 2008
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Easton College in Norfolk is really doing the business as the number of full-time students has soared by 86pc over the past four years, said the principal David Lawrence.
23 July 2008
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Business leaders and politicians have lined up to hail what they believe is the start of a new era in Lowestoft's history - created by the expanding renewable energy industry.
23 July 2008
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 A public relations executive from Sheringham has been chosen by her professional body to be one of the faces of a national membership campaign, marking its 60th anniversary year.
23 July 2008
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Businesses in the east of England have fared better over the past quarter than their counterparts in many other regions, although there has still been a rise in the number going bust.
23 July 2008
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The boom in the offshore oil and gas industries is fuelling the expansion of a training firm in Beccles.
Oilennium was set up by oil industry veteran Kevin Keable in 2000 to offer training programmes for offshore workers.
23 July 2008
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One of the country's biggest police forces has expanded its use of a communications system developed by a husband-and-wife team from Norwich.
Autopage, which is based in Cringleford, develops software systems that integrate the convenience of text and pager messaging into communications and information management systems.
23 July 2008
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 Lotus stole the show with its all-new 2+2 four-seater sports car. The Norfolk sports car maker revealed the sleek new coupe is called Evora as it took the wraps off it at the British International Motor Show.
22 July 2008
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The East is in a strong position to cash in on the riches being offered by the expanding renewable energy industry, it was claimed last night.
While energy minister Malcolm Wicks was talking up the potential of the North-East during a visit there yesterday, industry leaders insisted green power would have a huge impact on this region - creating up to 25,000 jobs.
22 July 2008
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East Anglia's corporate icons suffered mixed fortunes in this year's league of Britain's 500 favourite brands - with Colman's and Kettle Foods rising up the league while Norwich Union and Lotus fell from consumers' favour.
21 July 2008
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Domino's Pizza revealed it was looking to open four new stores in Norfolk as it unveiled half year profits had risen as more consumers decide to dine at home.
21 July 2008
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Warehousing workers at a Norfolk town have received a second redundancy blow in the space of a year after a logistics firm went into administration.
More than 70 Tulip employees were saved from joining the dole queue when Innovate Logistics leased part of the meat processing factory site in Thetford that closed in September.
20 July 2008
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A cinema operator is to open its first digital multiplex movie theatre at a leisure and retail park being built at Wisbech.
19 July 2008
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East Anglian specialist grain co-operative Fengrain has parted company with its chief executive.
The group, which is based at Wimblington, near March, last night announced a new management structure.
19 July 2008
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Employment minister Stephen Timms has pledged that 1,200 jobless people in Norfolk would be off benefits and in work by March next year thanks to a new partnership scheme.
18 July 2008
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Local hauliers have called a meeting this Friday with Norfolk's MPs to raise the issue of fuel tax.
17 July 2008
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As the combines were rolling across East Anglia yesterday, early yields of barley look significantly better than last year, according to Norfolk grain merchants.
17 July 2008
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Norwich's main flight operator has scrapped another route over the coming winter, blaming soaring fuel costs and the airport tax increase.
17 July 2008
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The name Somerfield is to disappear from the high street after the company was bought yesterday by the Co-op in a £1.6bn deal. The 15 stores across Norfolk, north Suffolk and the Fens will be rebranded as Co-op, if the deal is given the go-ahead by the competition authorities.
17 July 2008
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The biggest jump in unemployment claimant count since the aftermath of the last recession heaped more economic misery on the UK yesterday.
17 July 2008
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The final hurdle has been cleared in a planning saga which has delayed the opening of a new DIY store in a seaside town.
But Homebase bosses say they are still unable to give a date for the opening of their new shop in Cromer.
17 July 2008
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Branston pickle maker Premier Foods revealed yesterday that it had coped with the rising cost of raw materials by passing on price rises to consumers.
16 July 2008
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The downturn in the property market may “hasten the demise” of small high street law firms and see some merge with their larger rivals, the managing partner of a regional practice predicted last night .
16 July 2008
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Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Sir Peter Michael has invested £600,000 in a Norwich-based financial software business.
Sir Peter's Stockford Group has bought a 45pc stake in Vectra IT, a company which specialises in e-procurement and cost control software.
16 July 2008
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A regional recruitment agency that is recording growth despite the economic downturn has launched a division that will focus on headhunting for executive positions.
16 July 2008
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A high level delegation of pig industry leaders, including two Norfolk producers, will press Europe to adopt clear labelling for pork, bacon and ham.
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon, who has campaigned tirelessly on food labelling since his election seven years ago, will travel to Brussels today to meet European Commission officials.
16 July 2008
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Construction firm Morgan Ashurst has signed up to a recycling scheme that should see waste timber turned into household and garden furniture.
The firm, which has offices at Thorpe Road in Norwich, has joined the National Community Wood Recycling Scheme in a bid to reduce the time being sent to landfill or turned into chippings.
16 July 2008
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A franchise law firm based in Norwich has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Chambers and Co was set up by former businessman turned solicitor John Chambers in 1998 and has gone on to create more than 150 franchises, both in the UK and overseas.
15 July 2008
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The insurance industry and the government yesterday announced an agreement to ensure householders are able to obtain protection against flooding.
Insurers have pledged to continue providing protection to any property deemed to have a risk of less than one in 75 from flooding.
12 July 2008
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A major economic boost to the region's economy which would see millions invested in creating a world-renowned racing and motorsport hub at Snetterton looks set to be given the green light.
11 July 2008
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Thetford has received a major economic shot in the arm with news that its largest industrial expansion in more than 50 years is set to get off the ground.
11 July 2008
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Norwich Union owner Aviva last night announced that it had sold its offshore operations for £115m. Under the deal, the insurer announced that call-centre operator WNS will run the outsourced services for its UK, Irish and Canadian arms until the end of 2016.
11 July 2008
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A new government move to protect traditional high streets and independent town centre shops could backfire and become a “developers' charter” ruining the character of market towns across the country, it was claimed last night.
11 July 2008
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The gloom of a declining retail sector in the centre of a North Norfolk market town has been eased with news that a national chain store is moving in.
Specialist food retailer Julian Graves is to open for business in three weeks in Fakenham market place in premises formerly occupied by shoe retailer, Stead and Simpson.
11 July 2008
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Porvair is to extend its work in field of the water testing and filtration with the £6m acquisition of a specialist instrumentation firm.
The publicly-quoted company based in King's Lynn has bought Seal Analytical, a manufacturing business with branches in Sussex, Germany and the United States and which specialises in making equipment for testing water quality.
10 July 2008
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Housebuilder Bovis is to close its office in the Eastern region as part of a 40pc reduction in its workforce nationwide - a loss of 400 jobs across the country.
10 July 2008
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Despite dire forecasts for the building trade, a Norfolk company is pinning its hopes
on future prosperity in the sector. TONY WENHAM reports
09 July 2008
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A start-up business developing an hi-tech underwater acoustic system has been given a grant to help turn the idea into a profitable enterprise.
Sonar Link, based at the Hethel Engineering Centre, has been given "proof of concept" funding by the East of England Development Agency to conduct detailed market research.
09 July 2008
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Property developer Ardeshir Naghshineh has bought a £5.5m stake in one of the oldest names on the high street.
Mr Naghshineh, chairman of the Norwich-based property firm Targetfollow, has bought a stake approaching 5pc in Woolworths, which has more than 800 stores across the country.
09 July 2008
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An offshore energy consultancy with its roots in East Anglia is in talks with a major South American oil company about creating a $5m training centre in Mexico.
09 July 2008
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Part time workers and people on low incomes are to be hit the worst if proposals to shut rural and city centre tax offices go ahead, union leaders warned last night
HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) wants to close tax offices in Dereham and Yarmouth, one of three offices in Norwich and another in King's Lynn, and cut staff numbers to 350 full time equivalent by 2011 - from 555 in 2006.
09 July 2008
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 A topping-out ceremony was held at the site of one of the region's key commercial developments yesterday to mark its near-completion.
The office space on the site of the former Jarrold printing works in Norwich city centre will be home to businesses including law firm Birketts and accountants Grant Thornton.
09 July 2008
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A company owned by Norfolk County Council has won a contract to provide services over the border in Suffolk.
Services in Waveney including street cleaning, refuse collection, car parking and maintenance of parks and open spaces have been transferred to Norfolk County Services in a 15-year deal worth more than £120m.
08 July 2008
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Three new product lines are to be added to the Fakenham-based Linda McCartney frozen food range, it was announced yesterday .
The meat-free ready meal producer has come up with vegetarian mince, vegetarian 'meatballs' and vegetarian 'chicken-style' pieces lines as part of a review of its portfolio and a rejuvenation of the brand.
08 July 2008
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An East Anglian firm has won a major contract to supply underwater cables for the world's largest offshore windfarm.
05 July 2008
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Farmers in the region have rejected a report claiming biofuels have pushed up food prices by 75pc.
05 July 2008
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English pubs can recover from the impact of the smoking ban on their trade, the boss of Greene King said last night as the company revealed a rise in annual profits.
04 July 2008
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Norfolk's creative industries were urged yesterday to review their working practices and “work smarter” to counteract the impact of the slowing economy.
03 July 2008
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