NON-HARLOW companies dominated the Harlow Business Awards on Thursday night. There had been concerns, muttered beforehand, as to why the Harlow Business Awards, hosted by a company from Kensington was being held in Hertfordshire. Harlow District Chamber of Commerce indicated on twitter that hotels that…

DVD and games rental chain Blockbuster is to go into administration for a second time, says its owner, private equity firm Gordon Brothers Europe. Blockbuster has a store in Staple Tye. Blockbuster collapsed for the first time in January, after losing business to online firms…

RICHARD Pearson, ResourceBank Managing Director, and Simon Gomez, ResourceBank Key Account Manager for Pitney Bowes were delighted to attend the opening ceremony of Langland’s House, Pitney Bowes’ new office in Harlow on 8th October. Langland’s House is the new home for 175 telesales, customer loyalty…

ANOTHER Harlow company has been dealt a jobs blow as Raytheon have announced the loss of at least 50 jobs. The company has announced that the jobs in manufacturing will be transferred to Glenrothes in Scotland later this year. It has been a bad year…

THE Government is giving £100 million to Enterprise Zones, including the one in Harlow, to help them attract new businesses and create jobs. It is hoped this will unlock areas that are currently unused and turn them into “prime economic sites” that will “bring home…

DRAGON’S Den could soon be seeing a few new faces appearing as The Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme saw a successful end to its first course in Harlow, with nine enthusiastic young entrepreneurs graduating. The free course, aimed at 18- to 30-year-olds who are either unemployed…

ESSEX County Council (ECC) has warned the government’s expert Commission on aviation that it must not submit proposals for an “unwanted and unviable” giant super airport at Stansted and has called instead for greater focus on realistic, affordable and practical options that will allow “sensible…

ONE Year after China’s biggest publishing company set up their UK Head Office in Essex, they start new business venture in the county In April 2012, China’s biggest publishing company, Phoenix Publishing & Media Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Essex County Council…

By Jo O’Reilly Image courtesy of Evoque photography YOUR HARLOW met with local inventor Steven Tisseyre to discuss his new creation. The former engineer took his passion for photography to new heights when he realised he wanted to be able to take photos, from the…

BUILDING  work  is  to begin next  Monday on the first phase of a £10m scheme to add a new leisure complex to the existing Harvey Shopping Centre. The work on phase one will concentrate on the first-floor of the centre, where a number of units have…

Jo O’Reilly SMALL businesses in Essex, including Harlow and the surrounding villages, are set to receive a faster broadband service following a £24.6 million deal to deliver high-speed fibre broadband to thousands more properties. The project by Essex County Council and BT builds on BT’s…

TRADES and professional recruitment agency 2B Interface has opened its fourth UK office in Harlow, Essex. This comes after the firm launched its franchising model in April, with a company spokesperson telling recruiter.co.uk that while the Harlow base is currently company-owned, the intention is to…

YH will be going down to interview the manager of the Greenway Centre, Lorraine King in Harlow soon. In the meantime, here is a blog piece taken from the www.spaceforgrowth.co.uk in which Lorraine extols the virtues of the apprenticeship system. ” “As the Centre Manager…