Located on the River Orwell, 60 miles north east of London, Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk. Continuously occupied since Saxon times, Ipswich’s port has been important to the economy of both the town and the whole of East Anglia. A non-metropolitan district, Ipswich’s urban development and population, extends beyond borough boundaries significantly. At the time of the 2011 census, Ipswich was the fourth most populous urban area in the East of England.
Over the past decade, Ipswich has undergone extensive remodelling, principally around the waterfront. This has transformed the former industrial dock into an into a modern commercial and residential centre. But the town’s deep-water ‘Haven Port’ still thrives and handles several million tonnes of cargo each year.
Industry around Ipswich - much like Suffolk as a whole - has historically had a strong emphasis on farming and agriculture but these days that focus is changing, and Ipswich now has a strong base of engineering, science and insurance. Hundreds of small and medium sized businesses in the local area are helping to grow the local economy. Many of these companies have chosen CAS to provide advanced and secure document storage. Our expertise in records management and facilities management provides practical services for businesses across the widest spectrum including SMEs. Insurance providers may offer reduced costs for contents insurance when business records are stored off-site.
An increasingly skilled local workforce has helped to encourage the growth of both the wholesale and retail insurance sectors in the county of Suffolk. Key employers include Axa, Churchill, Legal & General, LV and Willis. In turn, these businesses are supported by a range of ancillary services such as call centres dealing with sales and claims. For FCA-registered companies, CAS provides a comprehensive range of financial records storage, confidential document shredding and facilities management services. CAS archive storage and secure document storage, in particular, are ideally structured for Ipswich’s growing insurance sector and include the highest-quality management standards to ensure compliance with all UK and EU laws as well as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
The Suffolk Haven Gateway Employment Land Review (SHGELR), commissioned by the Haven Gateway Partnership, on behalf of Ipswich Borough Council, and neighbouring councils for Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk County and Babergh District, forms part of the evidence for the emerging Local Development Framework (LDF). The East of England Plan identifies ambitious aims to provide the right volume and quality of land to meet the future job-growth target of 30,000 in the region.
Ipswich is the major economic centre of Suffolk Haven Gateway. The Borough shares some key employment drivers with neighbouring authorities, for example, the Port of Felixstowe, Adastral Park and the A12/14 corridors. Recent industrial and commercial growth includes the continuing success of Ransomes Jacobsen, part of the global engineering giant Textron which is located in Ipswich. The science campus, Adastral Park based at Martlesham Heath accommodates an array of international companies. Along with Arqiva’s satellite earth station, these include BT Research, Juniper Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Fujitsu, Huawei, 02, and CIP. CAS offers a comprehensive set of advanced data and document management services design to help companies in emerging markets to store and access business critical records. These services now include CAS Cloud, our proprietary digital storage facility deployed by financial services organisations and health care suppliers alike.
Population of Ipswich: 133,400 (as at 2011 census)
Borough boundary area: 15.22 square miles
Ipswich Town Football Club won the FA Cup: 1978
Ipswich (then Gippeswyk) founded: the 7th Century
We have consistently met management processes that reduce our impact on the environment and contribute to sustainability on both a regional and national level.
Our ISO 15489 accreditation demonstrates that we have achieved all the requirements for the Records Management Industry. With our medical records scanning service, you can rest assured that appropriate attention and protection is given to the processing and management of your document and file storage.
This best-recognised quality management standard demonstrates that our systems have achieved the highest levels of accuracy and efficiency.
This ISO accreditation demonstrates our compliance with all international regulations relating to surveillance, security and staff confidentiality - crucial in preserving the security and integrity of private records.
We are compliant with the Cyber Essentials Plus enhanced security audit, an assessment that confirms our organisation meets a specific set of standards in relation to IT infrastructure.