Gerald Ratner Delights Suffolk Business Community at Risky Business Breakfast

We were delighted to welcome a full house this morning, for yet another successful Risky Business Breakfast featuring guest speaker Gerald Ratner. Gerald shared his candid reflections on the highs and lows of his entrepreneurial career to a captivated audience at Venue 16. From celebrating triumphs to navigating through adversity, …

Pound Gates Quiz Raises over £2,000 for The Soma Leo Foundation

Last Thursday, Pound Gates hosted local businesses at The Whopping Big Quiz of the Year, its annual charity quiz night in aid of The Soma Leo Foundation. It was a packed house at Venue 16, with 29 teams taking part. The event raised over £2,000 for the charity. https://youtu.be/4GFtbBqzhEU Congratulations …

2023: Doing Good in Review

At Pound Gates, we believe in the power of giving back and making a positive impact on the communities we call home. Our dedication to supporting charities, both locally and further afield, is not just a responsibility but a core value – creating a ripple effect of positive change that …

The Acorn Fund celebrates 10th anniversary and £50,000 of grant-making

We are thrilled to share an important milestone; a decade of partnership and grant-making with Suffolk Community Foundation, through our Acorn Fund. Over the past 10 years, we’ve proudly awarded grants totalling £50,000 to 34 local charitable and community causes. In this time, we’ve focused on smaller community and grassroots …

Ipswich gymnasts head over heels with financial support

Two aspiring gymnasts from Ipswich are head over heels after receiving funding to support their sporting endeavours. Abigail Roper (18) and Charlie Harvey-Lloyd (18), both members of Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club in Ipswich, attended an Ipswich Sporting Lunch Club event recently to receive grants of £1,000 each to help them …

Pound Gates aims to raise £5,000 through The Cycling Challenge for Soma Leo

Throughout the month of May, staff from across the Pound Gates Group (Pound Gates, Sevatas and Contior) are taking part in The Cycling Challenge for Soma Leo. The Challenge will raise funds for The Soma Leo Foundation, our charity that provides primary aged education to 175 children in the deprived …

Sport Relief guru visits Ipswich to help future sports stars

The man who trained, motivated and successfully coached the likes of David Walliams, Eddie Izzard, John Bishop and many other household names, to complete extraordinary challenges in aid of Sport Relief and Comic Relief was in Ipswich today (Friday 17 March) to help raise money for up and coming sportsmen and …