LONDON Stansted is continuing its summer recruitment drive with a jobs fair in Harlow to help fill hundreds of roles. More than 400 job seekers have already registered for the fair on April 27 at the town’s Civic Centre. The event will feature job opportunities…

THE Opportunity Harlow networking group, now The Prosperity Network, provided the setting for Moroccan Bazaar project manager Hervé Rolland to connect with Quiero Design. After meeting with Hervé, and then Creative Director of Moroccan Bazaar Adnan Bennani, Director and Lead Designer Terrell King was able to showcase Quiero…

SOARING prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose more than expected last month reports the BBC. Inflation, which measures the rate of price rises, fell to 10.1% in the year to March from 10.4% in February. It was widely expected…

AS UK based retailers continue to battle against increasing energy bills and overhead costs, it has been revealed this week that B&M – one of the nation’s most popular discount retailers – have made the decision to stop offering home delivery services to customers.  The…

MP for Hertford and Stortford, Julie Marson, welcomed £472,841 in new government funding for East Hertfordshire to support local businesses and create jobs to grow the rural economy. This is part of the Government’s new £110 million Rural England Prosperity fund to local areas across…

THE brainchild of entrepreneur Alison Cork MBE (also founder of not for profit Make It Your Business (www.makeityourbusiness.co.uk), NWEW aims to support and encourage female enterprise with a whole week of activities for both the general public and female entrepreneurial community. ”Entrepreneurship is a life changing…

SMALL firms in rural areas face a unique set of challenges that will continue to stunt their growth, unless policymakers step in to make serious change, a new Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) report shows. The Growth Belt: Supporting Rural Small Businesses highlights the way rural businesses are…

A PLANNING application in relation to a new Nisa Local shop in Potter Street has been deferred until June. A number of local residents as well as the owners of the franchise had turned up to the meeting on Wednesday night hoping for the item…

LONDON Stansted welcomed more than 1.9 million passengers in March as the airport’s strong operational performance continued into the Easter holidays. The monthly total represents 94% of the passengers that used Stansted in the same month in 2019, pre-pandemic, and up 32% on March last…

ONE million eligible claimant families receiving tax credits, and no other means-tested benefits, will get the first 2023-24 Cost of Living Payment from Tuesday 2 May 2023, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed. The £301 government payment will be paid automatically into most customers’ bank…

THOUSANDS of Virgin Media O2 users in the UK have reported that they are unable to access the internet. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed more than 26,000 people had reported their home broadband was not functioning. The problem comes as Virgin contacts customers to advise…

CINEWORLD has said it will raise new funding as it dropped plans to sell its businesses in the US, UK and Ireland after failing to find a buyer reports the BBC. The troubled cinema chain saw its share price fall by nearly 30% after announcing…

A NEW campaign to help businesses, charities and public sector bodies increase their energy efficiency and drive down bills by making simple changes at low-to-no cost has been launched by the UK government today. The campaign, targeted at small and medium sized businesses, will offer…

DIESEL is being sold for about 17p per litre more on average than petrol, despite wholesale costs falling to similar levels, a motoring group said reports the BBC. Average diesel prices are £1.64 per litre compared with £1.47 per litre for petrol, while both are…