ESSEX County Council is investing £1.7 million to support residents into employment. The money will fund three new programmes, one of which will help more young people get into work. The others will expand speech and language support for children and boost adult literacy.  This…

ESTABLISHED in 2022, the Festival of Business has become the premier business event in Essex. Now in its fifth year, the Essex Chambers of Commerce is delighted to be returning to Chelmsford City Racecourse on Wednesday 11 November from 10.00am – 3.00pm for a day…

LLOYDS Banking Group has committed to supporting its foster carer employees by being officially recognised as a Fostering Friendly employer. The Fostering Friendly accreditation, awarded by The Fostering Network, recognises organisations that actively support employees in their roles as foster carers and encourage others to…

ESSEX County Council has awarded £125,000 of funding to seven Essex-based businesses. Each one has received up to £25,000 to enable them to hire one or more people with learning disabilities and autism. The funding is from the third round of the council’s Learning Disabilities…

Alexandra House Care Home, part of the Runwood Homes group, is proud to share the success of a recent Skills Boot Camp. The programme was delivered in collaboration with Harlow Jobcentre and Harlow College, supporting unemployed individuals into careers within health and social care. Working closely…

BRITAIN’S leading pub retailer is considering selling 150 of its pubs as part of a major shake-up reports the Mirror. Greene King, based in Bury St Edmunds, is the country’s leading pub retailer and brewer. It is further looking to turn 150 of its locations…

ELON Musk’s space company SpaceX has applied to filed to place a new satellite ground stations in Harlow reports datacentredynamics. Telecoms regulator Ofcom has issued a request for comment regarding SpaceX Starlink’s request with them to construct two new Ka-band Earth stations in Horsecroft Road…

LONDON Stansted is celebrating the launch of Turkish Airlines’ new service to Istanbul, opening up direct access to Turkey’s largest city and more than 350 onward destinations across Asia, Africa and beyond. The airline’s inaugural flight touched down on Wednesday (March 18), marking the start…

OVER 400 students attended a careers fair at Harlow College. Students attended from St Marks West Essex Catholic School, BMAT STEM Academy Harlow College and Forest Hall School in Stansted. The event was organised to ensure young people from all walks of life have access…

CHRIS Vince MP has welcomed extra investment from the Government to give employers hiring incentives to take on young people. This comes as Chris Vince MP convenes key local and regional partners in Harlow to tackle youth unemployment and establish a local NEET Taskforce to reduce the…

SPECIALISTS in smarter security, Land Sheriffs have secured a new contract tender with Network Rail, continuing their work across the Western Thames Valley area while expanding services to include dedicated trespass and welfare teams. Land Sheriffs has supported Network Rail on the Thames Valley route…

COMMUNITIES across the UK will benefit as the government backs high quality and trustworthy local journalism with a new local media action plan. Speaking at the Society of Editors Future of News Conference today (Tuesday 17 March), the Culture Secretary will back the essential role…

A POPULAR Harlow gym, which closed its doors at the end of January, has gone into administration. Ripped Gym in Wych Elm closed on January 31st, citing loss of trade. Owner, Michelle Meade Wyatt stated: “There are simply too many gyms in a small catchment…

A REPORT by the organisation handling the administration of Harlow Town Football has identified a potential buyer for the beleaguered football club. A statement of administrators proposals was published by MHA Advisory Limited on Companies House on Thursday afternoon. The 49-page document goes into details…