2008's business winners and losers
 It was a year that will be best remembered for the start of a global recession, which has already cost thousands of city workers their jobs. And while many companies have fallen victim to the credit crunch, 2008 has seen many success stories for Norwich firms.
31 December 2008
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Longer holidays could be cold comfort for staff
As the credit crunch bites, firms across the country are looking to extended Christmas holidays to cut costs and ride out the downturn. ROB GARRATT reports on how city businesses will be approaching the festive period.
10 December 2008
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 The tale behind city crisp factory
He was a small town American entrepreneur who had no idea that his natural food ethic would take England by storm.
But when Cameron Healy, the founder of Kettle Foods, started selling cheese and roasted nuts from a battered van in Oregon thirty years ago, he unwittingly started a craze for natural home-cooked snacks which would provide a massive boost to Norwich's economy.
02 December 2008
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A falling pound is not always bad news
Last month, the pound slipped to a five-year low against the US dollar in a year which has also seen sterling slump against the euro.
25 November 2008
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 How to make the most of being made redundant
Redundancies are a fact of life in any recession, and tens of thousands of workers across the country will be finding themselves unemployed as a result. Evening News business reporter SAM WILLIAMS speaks to entrepreneurs who have survived redundancy and experts and advisers who say it is not all doom and gloom.
19 November 2008
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 The cream of the recruitment industry
The stars of the county's recruitment industry were recognised at the eighth annual Archant Norfolk Recruitment Awards at the Marriott Sprowston Manor hotel. SOPHIE DUNCAN and SAM WILLIAMS report on the achievements that captured the judges’ imagination.
12 November 2008
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Our businesses have had a great start
With recession looming, 2008 will be best remembered as a time of economic woe. But many brave entrepreneurs have chosen this year to follow their dreams and set up their own companies.
05 November 2008
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 How local firms are beating the credit crunch
With recession looming, 2008 will be best remembered as a time of economic woe. But many brave entrepreneurs have chosen this year to follow their dreams and set up their own companies.
05 November 2008
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 Deals help to build a good reputation
From the London Marathon to theatres and Norwich City Football Club to the Norfolk Broads, many good causes stand to benefit from sponsorship deals with city firms. And by boosting their reputations, companies themselves can also profit.
29 October 2008
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 Lack of holidays is harming our health
By law, employees are entitled to 24 days of paid holiday a year, and that number is set to rise next year. But for thousands of self-employed workers no such rules exist, and many are risking their health by failing to take breaks.
22 October 2008
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 It’s not all doom and gloom for our tourism
Tourism brings hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the Norfolk economy, but with the credit crunch and a second poor summer running, how are the county’s attractions faring?
15 October 2008
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 Firms put at risk by the minimum wage
The minimum wage is often hailed as the government’s biggest single achievement since coming to power in 1997, securing living pay for many thousands of workers. But after the ninth annual increase, is it putting struggling firms at risk? SAM WILLIAMS reports
09 October 2008
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 The workers who left the commute behind
As the Evening News teams up with BT to offer a home-based business a week of free lunches and a computer worth £1,000, SAM WILLIAMS speaks to some entrepreneurs who have made a success of their company without the stress of the daily commute.
01 October 2008
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