By Michael Casey IT IS with great sadness that we announce the death of Bernie Ryan, aged 89. Bernie died after a short illness. Bernie was one of the thousands of Irish men and women who came live in Harlow in the fifties. They made…

Springtime tax scams target young and vulnerable, warns HMRC YOUNG HARLOW adults who may have less experience of the tax system should be especially vigilant against springtime refund scams, warns HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Scammers are increasingly targeting vulnerable or elderly people and those…

A HARLOW company that just a few months ago featured on BBC1’s The Apprentice has gone into administration. The news regarding The Grown Up Chocolate Company was reported on the London Gazette website https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3254152 A petition to wind up the company was made on March…

THE following started out as a bad(ger) news story but thanks to HTS it’s got a happy ending… Early on Saturday morning two operatives from HTS arrived at the skate park in Harlow Town Park to give it a clean and discovered a female badger…

THE COMPANY that ran the TwentyOne Bar in Harlow has gone into administration. The announcement was made on the London Gazette website by director, Paul Mapp. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3249350 The company that ran the TwentyOne Bar, based in Post Office Walk was called Greedy Boys Limited. The…

DETAILS OF the funeral for Michael Paris, a former teacher at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic Academy has been announced. Michael Paris was a member of the first ever sixth form at St Marks in 1966. He returned to teach at the school in 1974.…

All dealerships will be rebranded as Marshall SKODA with immediate effect. AS a result of this acquisition, Marshall now represent ŠKODA in 11 locations and this means they are now the UK’s largest ŠKODA retailer. Each acquisition was completed in consultation with, and with the…

Gratnells supports teaching charity in East Africa GRATNELLS, the Harlow-based manufacturers which provides advanced systems and services to schools around the world, has continued its support of educational charities by providing a range of storage trolleys and trays to Gecko on the Move; a UK…

HOUSEBUILDER, Persimmon, has focused recently on rapid change and improvement of its customer care culture and operations, and on eliminating cases of poor workmanship. In order to assess the effectiveness of the new measures and processes and to determine whether they appropriately position the business…

ALMOST 170 jobs are set to go after administrators of Office Outlet revealed the planned closure of 17 stores across the UK. Restructuring partners at Deloitte were appointed to SUK Retail Ltd trading as Office Outlet last month and have already closed 16 stores with…

Harlow College achieves London Brick Construction Hub status LEADING building products manufacturer Forterra has announced Harlow College as one of six further education colleges in the UK to become London Brick Construction Hubs. The six were chosen following a competitive application process last year in…

THE SHORT life of Arthur Petty as read by HTL Ltd employee, Gary Collis. This project has been brought to with the help of Harlow Council’s Civic Fund and HTS Ltd. Never Forget.

Demolition work begins to transform Public Health England Harlow site PUBLIC Health England’s ambitious plan to create a world-leading public health science campus in Essex has taken another step forward, with the start of demolition work to transform its newly acquired Harlow site. Public Health…

A SITE at the heart of the town centre in Harlow which has been earmarked for up to 500 homes has been sold to a London property company. EPISO, an opportunity fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners, in partnership with Addington Capital, have sold a…