AROUND 4,500 Tesco staff are set to lose their jobs as the supermarket announces changes to its Tesco Metro stores. The company says it is going to “simplify and reduce processes and administrative tasks across all of our 153 Tesco Metro stores”. They say it…

Gratnells consolidates STEM packaging expertise with international partnership GRATNELLS, the global leader in educational storage solutions, based in Harlow, has continued its commitment to enhancing worldwide classrooms by redesigning a CoDrone STEM education kit for a robotics company in the USA. Established 7 years ago…

COMMUNITY-minded HTS Ltd hosted a lunch in aid of St Clare Hospice at their Hastingwood home recently. The lunch gave HTS boss John Phillips the opportunity to talk about their relationship with St Clare Hospice. Chief executive Sarah Thompson also spoke and told those gathered…

KIER Living Eastern is celebrating after one of its site managers from Harlow was commended in the regional National House-Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job awards for 2019. Andy Pates, who manages Ram Gorse Park was selected from 16,000 site managers to be amongst…

Harlow electricity worker demonstrates staying power with 40 years’ service A POWER worker from Harlow has had his long service with the industry recognised by employer UK Power Networks. The company, which delivers electricity for 8.3 million homes and businesses across East Anglia, London and…

WITH its focus on boosting the area’s productivity, more than 200 leaders from the public and private sector attended the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s (SELEP) Annual Conference and heard how more than £90 million had been invested in projects to improve the region’s economy…

A HARLOW company based at Harlow Greyhound Stadium has entered into administration. The London Gazette website has made the following announcement: BARCLAY ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED (Company Number 05347481) Registered office: 1 Kings Avenue Winchmore Hill London N21 3NA Principal trading address: Harlow Stadium Roydon Road Harlow…

Leading SME’s Heading to Wembley A PANEL of experienced judges have scored the many applicants for the SME National Business Awards. The finalists for each category represent a wide range of businesses and have provided an impressive contribution within their industry. This is a huge…

Essex Chambers to Prime Minister: Now is the time to get down to business TODAY, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) – which includes Essex Chambers of Commerce – has written to incoming Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, setting out 15 urgent, immediate…

WATER filtration systems may not be uppermost in dealers’ minds when first specifying for a project, but they are nonetheless important. Nowadays with sustainability in the forefront for many in the foodservice industry, dealers are having to field enquiries about how operators can make their…

BY Local Democracy Reporter Jason Noble TWO Suffolk councils which have controversially invested millions of pounds into out-of-county retail, office and commercial property are set to sign off their investment firm’s business plan for the year this week. Here is what they already own in…

A QUESTION at a recent Harlow Council meeting illustrated how many people with physical and mental disabilities are employed by HTS Ltd. The question was posed by Mr David Foreman and angered by Harlow Council leader, Cllr Mark Ingall.

RAYTHEON signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Ministry of Defence to join Team ARTEMIS Industry, a collaboration between government and industry formed to fast track the launch of a small satellite constellation and enhance the UK’s sovereign space capability. “In large part because…

PERSIMMON Homes has respond to criticism by MP Robert Halfon over the quality of homes on the Gilden Park development. As we reported on Wednesday, Mr Halfon asked the Prime Minister, Theresa May a question at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday in the House of…