Town high streets have been hit badly by covid - but how are they bouncing back now life is returning to normal? Reporter Sarah Hussain focuses on Thetford.
EDP reporters
The next easing of lockdown happens on May 17.
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On Monday, businesses across Norfolk and Waveney will adapt to the next loosening of coronavirus restrictions.
For those which opened in April, including shops, the difference may be minimal. But for others, it will be the first time they have been able to trade normally in months.
Over the last six weeks we ve been speaking to traders to see how they ve been getting on. Today, we ve revisited them ahead of May 17.
Eric Snaith of Eric s.
- Credit: Archant It s like trying to plan five restaurant openings at once
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5:30 AM March 5, 2021
Suggestions that more pay and display on-street parking should be introduced to pay for enforcement officers has not been greeted warmly.
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A suggestion that parking charges should be introduced in more Norfolk roads to help cover the costs of parking enforcement has not been welcomed.
A fall in parking fines and pay and display payments, due to coronavirus, left Norfolk s parking enforcement service relying on government grants to help plug a gap and prevent it going into the red.
The hit to Norfolk Parking Partnership s income caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrated the fragility of its funding model, with the money generated using to pay for parking enforcement officers across the county.