Lowestoft Vision grows its business board

Lowestoft Vision, the Business Improvement District for Lowestoft’s town centre, is pleased to welcome four new members to its executive board.

Joining the board are Emma Butler Smith, Chief Executive of the Marina Theatre Trust; Jon Dell, Regional Relationship Manager at NatWest; Tom Duit, Operations Manager at the Port of Lowestoft at Associated British Ports; and Matt Goddard, Managing Director of Picture Studios.

The board is overseen by the chair and local businessman Danny Steel, Managing Director of Steel and Co who said of the appointments: “We are very pleased to welcome these new people onto the Lowestoft Vision board. All of the new board members are leaders in their field and will help to bring a fresh perspective to support businesses within the town.

“They have joined at a crucial time for business, as regeneration plans for Lowestoft are now coming to fruition, and government announces business reforms as part of their mini-budget. Our board members will be able to advise on additional support to businesses within the Business Improvement District area, and help to promote Lowestoft as a good place to visit, work and live.”

Lowestoft Vision has been the town’s Business Improvement District (BID) since 2013, intent on making Lowestoft a better place to visit, shop and do business. With the new board members’ support, Lowestoft Vision will continue to deliver a host of services and events that supports local business and encourages people into the town centre, including regular events, floral displays, additional security through a part-funded PCSO, and monitoring cleanliness in the town.

Alongside this, the board members will help to maximise business opportunities and support the town economy, as well as supporting and promoting the regeneration schemes now in place through the transformational towns fund programme.

The new board members will join longstanding board members Alice Taylor, owner of The Rum Lot; Urmila Rasan, Deputy Chief Executive of East Coast College, and Amanda Ankin, Operations Director of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.