Business
LLOYDS has ramped-up its job-cutting scheme, axing a further 3,000 roles, even as it reported a 101% increase in pre-tax profits. The bank also doubled its planned branch closures, with 200 more to be removed from the UK’s high-streets by the end of 2017. The…
SOLAR Communications (“Solar”) has announced the acquisition of Response Data Communications Limited (“RDC”) for an undisclosed fee. Chippenham-based Solar, the business communications managed service provider, is bolstering its offering, adding the experience and expertise of Harlow-based RDC into it’s solution and service portfolio. This acquisition…
TYLER LeMay, the Managing Director of Harlow Company, Land Sheriffs, attended an awards ceremony hosted by Baroness Altmann at the House of Commons with Harlow MP, Robert Halfon, to celebrate responsible businesses. The National Responsible Business Champion Award was run by the All-Party Parliamentary Corporate…
A PARTNER in a major law firm gave a fascinating talk to the members of the Harlow District Chamber of Commerce. Gary Smith of Nockolds solicitors spoke to the members at a breakfast meeting at the Manor of Groves Hotel. Below is Mr Smith’s presentation…
THE SEVENTH Harlow Business Exhibition takes place on June 9th (10-4). If you are not exhibiting, please come along and meet over 120 local businesses. Parking and entry is free. It takes place in the grounds of Harlow Town Park
By Eric White FOLLOWING its successful launch in 2015, when the competition attracted more than 200 entries, the BIG Business Boost returns to Essex with a new series of Awareness Events, coming to Harlow on Wednesday 18th May. The BIG Business Boost Awareness Event, taking…
By Eric White BUSINESSES, charities, clubs and community groups could benefit from the launch of an Essex County Council Funding website. Run by the Council’s Funding and Investment team, the website – funding investment.essex.gov.uk provides a one stop shop for organisations looking to access funding from…
UK retailer BHS could file for administration as early as Monday, threatening 11,000 jobs, the BBC understands. Sources close to the owners told the BBC that “things don’t look good”. Talks are continuing with Sports Direct to buy some of BHS’s 164 stores but it…
HARLOW businesses can now sign up to attend the Superfast Essex-hosted SuperConnected Business Conference being held at Chelmsford City Racecourse on Tuesday, 7 June. The free conference will bring together industry experts, as well as innovative and inspirational leaders from the world of business, broadband…
PIXIE’S Barber Shop is now officially open. Come and get a haircut on the newest barber shop in town. You can enjoy a cup of coffee, a bag of popcorn, you can even play an X-Box while you wait for your haircut. Cllr Russell Perrin,…
THIS week the Innovation 50 project has been launched to support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Essex. The result of a partnership between Essex County Council’s Essex Innovation Programme (EIP) and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), the project, which will run over the next…
A WOMAN from Harlow with a wealth of experience in the housing industry has landed a new job with one of the country’s leading builders. Anita Fincham has been appointed sales manager at Persimmon Homes Essex. The 45-year-old will manage house sales at new Persimmon…
SUPERFAST Essex is launching a series of free expert-led Digital Business Workshops and an online toolkit to help small businesses improve their digital know-how. The workshops will cover a range of topics including increasing online sales, attracting new customers, social media, blogging and the importance…
ESSEX County Council has today teamed up with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to reaffirm its commitment to supporting small businesses across the county. The Council’s Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Cllr Derrick Louis, today signed the FSB’s Small Business Friendly Procurement Charter. He…
LOCAL Enterprise agency Nwes is holding a free event in Ipswich as part of Small Business Saturday – the campaign that puts small, independent businesses in communities across the country in the national spotlight. Local businesses and members of the business community are invited to…
GRANTS of up to £20,000 are being offered to training providers in a bid to boost business in Harlow. The Essex Employment and Skills Board (ESB) has launched a Tutor Golden Hello and Training Grant Scheme to ensure employees at local businesses have access to…
