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East of England Development Agency The East of England Development Agency has awarded a £1.5m grant to EPIC to fund the installation of new equipment at the Norfolk County Council TV production centre in Norwich. 17-Apr-2008 The East of England Development Agency is to help fund the £5m transformation of Wat Tyler Country Park in Pitsea into an education, heritage and nature conservation centre. 28-Mar-2007 The East of England Development Agency is to help fund the development of a £7m offshore wind energy centre at Ness Point in Lowestoft by mid-2008, which will house about 30 companies involved in offshore energy. 19-Jan-2007 The East of England Development Agency is to merge its six regional Business Links centres into a single organisation next year, with the loss of a number of administration jobs. 13-Sep-2006 East of England Development Agency is to award a £12m grant for the development of a new university on Ipswich Waterfront by September 2007, under the name of University Campus Suffolk. 22-Mar-2006 The East of England Development Agency is to award a £0.7m grant to go towards the development of a £3m visitor centre at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire. 28-Nov-2005 The East of England Development Agency has announced that the National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats is to build a £250m 40-hectare aquarium at Stewartby near Bedford by 2010, with the creation of 2,500 jobs. 16-Mar-2005 The East of England Development Agency is to help fund the development of a £16m arts complex at the St Botolph's Quarter in Colchester by 2007, including an art gallery, conference centre and auditorium. 11-Feb-2005 The East of England Development Agency is planning to establish a £5m centre of excellence for the offshore wind industry in Lowestoft by 2006. 18-May-2004 The East of England Development Agency is promoting the case for the development of a £600m national nanotechnology research centre in Cambridge, and production could be located on Humberside and administration in Cranfield. 19-Mar-2003 East of England Development Agency has agreed plans with the Wharfside Regeneration consortium for a £36m arts, business and residential development at the Cranfields flour mill site on the Ipswich waterfront. 10-Dec-2002 East of England Development Agency is in talks with Global Commodities UK about plans to set up a new 41,000 sq ft facility in Lowestoft to produce environmentally-friendly diesel, with the creation of 30 jobs. 18-Nov-2002 East of England Development Agency has identified five potential locations for a new airport for Cambridge, including sites at Waterbeach, Alconbury, Wyton, Mildenhall and Stansted, which could lead to Marshall Group's existing airport being used for housing. 10-Sep-2002 The East of England Development Agency has arranged £8m of funding for the Luton Vauxhall Partnership to develop the Luton Dunstable Innovation Centre and the Butterfield Technology Village, boosting the local economy after the Vauxhall plant closure. 27-May-2002 East of England Development Agency is to fund a £2.4m scheme to redevelop a former trailer manufacturer's site in North Walsham, which could create up to 400 jobs. 20-Apr-2001 The East of England Development Agency has provided assistance to the Excelsior Trust in the acquisition of the George Prior Engineering shipyard at Lake Lothing, Lowestoft, which will lead to the creation of 30 jobs. 06-Mar-2001 The East of England Development Agency has announced plans to transform the docklands area of Ipswich, having bought the Cranfield flour mill site for the development of a new commercial and residential site. 13-Apr-2000 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008