Adam Barker

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Self-driving robotaxis could be coming to East Anglia (Image: Sonya Duncan/PA) Would you get in a taxi without a driver? Whether the idea fills you with excitement or alarm, it might not be long until you can find out for real. Taxi operators predict that self-driving ‘robotaxis’ could be on the region's streets from as early as next year.

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Delta Fire, the UK’s leading manufacturer of bespoke firefighting equipment based in Norwich, has received two King’s Awards for Enterprise (Image: Sonya Duncan) A Norfolk family business has received two King’s Awards in what is believed to be a first for the county. Delta Fire is the UK’s leading manufacturer of bespoke firefighting equipment, supplying most of the country’s fire and rescue services and more than 100 further countries worldwide.

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Taxi operator ABC Taxis has rebranded to Veezu (Image: Richard Jarmy) Norfolk’s largest taxi operator ABC Taxis has rebranded to Veezu. Norwich firm ABC Taxis, founded in 1994, was acquired by Veezu Group in 2022. The Welsh-based company is the UK's fastest-growing taxi and private hire technology business, with more than 16,000 drivers. ABC has grown since joining the group, completing one booking every 20 seconds in 2024 after one every 22 seconds in 2023.

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Adam Barker

Waitrose, Aldi and Roys have all objected to proposals for a Lidl store in Bowthorpe. The plans involve demolishing the Namco Funscape bowling alley in Barnard Road to make way for a new branch of the German budget supermarket. Roys of Bowthorpe, which is a ten-minute drive away from the site, said the “potential retail impact” of the Lidl store has been “significantly underestimated”.

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Adam Barker

The Ribs of Beef in Norwich has been taken over by Punch Pubs & Co (Image: The Ribs of Beef) A popular city centre pub on the river has been bought by a national company. The Ribs of Beef in Wensum Street has been taken over by Punch Pubs & Co - a pub group based in Burton which owns around 1,250 venues across the UK.   Couple Roger and Anthea Cawdron had been at the helm of the pub on the banks of the River Wensum for more than four decades.