LEADER of Harlow Council Mark Ingall joins HTS directors John Phillips, Steve Ward and Alex Morris as HTS receives its first three electric vehicles into service earlier this week. This is a further development of HTS’s green credentials, having won a number of national Green…

CARPHONE Warehouse is to close all its 531 standalone stores on 3 April, resulting in 2,900 redundancies reports the BBC. The firm says the move is not related to the coronavirus outbreak, but was because of the changing mobile market. The mobile phone retailer has…

RAYTHEON UK will fund two new projects – from Nottingham Scientific Limited and Visual Management Systems – as part of its SpaRk, or small-to medium-sized enterprise partnerships advancing Raytheon knowledge, initiative. Now in its sixth year, SpaRk supports innovative technology ideas from small and medium-sized…

THE owner of some of the UK’s biggest shopping centres, Intu, has said there are doubts that it can survive unless it raises extra funds. Its comments came as the firm – which owns Manchester’s Trafford Centre and the Lakeside complex in Essex – reported…

Herts County Council Clinch £172 million for Gilston INVESTMENT to create infrastructure that will help make Gilston a home for many more residents has been secured by Hertfordshire County Council. Housing infrastructure investment of £172million has been awarded by the government for the delivery of…

TO mark the conclusion of National Careers Week, Harlow College ran a skills masterclass at the new Construction Skills Centre in the Pinnacles. Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) students took part in various activities including a careers card challenge, an Apprenticeship presentation by Sales and…

Harlow Ambassadors meet at Harlow Football Club ANOTHER very interesting meeting of around 100 Harlow Ambassadors at Harlow Town Football Club took place on 11 March 2020, with guest speakers Aideen McCambridge from Anglia Ruskin University, Chris White from Wrenbridge and Paul Mumford from Places…

New hires bring wealth of experience to rapidly growing law firm ATTWATERS Jameson Hill (AJH), a growing regional law firm with offices in Hertfordshire, Essex and London, is delighted to welcome four expert solicitors to its team. Following the firm’s merger late last year with…

HARLOW SET TO BE REVITALISED AS STRAWBERRY STAR LAUNCH NEW HARLOW QUARTER DEVELOPMENT STRAWBERRY Star Homes has launched an exciting new residential-led, mixed-use development in Harlow, a key Essex regeneration hotspot. Harlow Quarter is set to transform Harlow town centre with planning permission for 523…

IF you love Cafe Pizzeria then you will love Cafe Pizzeria Express. The new shop in Bush Fair was officially opened on Friday by Harlow MP Robert Halfon. It is on the site of the former bicycle shop in the precinct. You can eat in…

BRIGHTHOUSE, Britain’s biggest rent-to-own retailer, is teetering on the brink of collapse this weekend following a surge in customer compensation claims. Sky News has learnt that the company has been forced to put administrators on standby, with insolvency possible in a matter of weeks. If…

ON THURSDAY, specialist provider of property services, Strawberry Star held a reception for the opening of the Harlow Quarter. This is for the development of property in WestGate and EastGate in Harlow. We will be reporting on how the reception went but for now, here…

GREATER Anglia has been named Train Operator of the Year in the Rail Business Awards 2020 – after judges praised the company for continuing to innovate and improve while also preparing for the arrival of new trains. Last year, Greater Anglia carried out a number…

Passmores Academy students prepare for future success ANOTHER highly successful careers event for Passmores Year 10’s took place recently, as part of their commitment to prepare students for life after leaving school. The day began with a motivational talk on how to make goals and…