Business
THERE are so many different businesses and organisations dotted around Harlow. We hope to find out more and more about them because we feel it highlights what a dynamic and progressive town we have. We went down to Newhall to speak to Professor Adam Taylor.…
WORK has begun on the construction of two new developments at Icon Harlow, that will deliver almost 200,000 sq ft of Grade A warehouse stock into the established London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor. Icon Industrial, a strategic joint venture by leading commercial property developer, Stoford and private global…
ESSEX County Council has responded to the Government’s landmark Kickstart scheme and have been approved by DWP as a flagship Gateway provider. The Kickstart Essex team will support employers to access the scheme which will provide them funding to offer a young person a six-month Kickstart…
A NEW Pharmacy has opened up in Harlow. THE Stow Pharmacy has replaced the Boots Pharmacy in the shopping precinct. It is always great to see a new business opening up in Harlow. Having said that, a number of staff who were at Boots, with…
THE CHAIRMAN of Strawberry Star, the company behind a major part of the regeneration of Harlow Town Centre has responded to this week’s budget. Chairman of Strawberry Star (strawberrystar.com), Santhosh Gowda, said: On economic confidence:“The pandemic has affected our health, our confidence and our wallets.…
ALFIE Baker, a lifelong Harlow resident, has launched Wild Bones, a culture and lifestyle brand that uses creativity to tell human stories. Releasing weekly content surrounding current and tough topics, as well as trying to lift the taboo on talking about mental health, to try…
NAISHA Polaine has been named as the new Director for Harlow & Gilston Garden Town.She joins from the Department of International Trade, where she served as a senior advisor, and replaces Claire Hamilton who was appointed CEO at Dacorum Borough Council last year. Speaking about…
IT has been a difficult year for HTS, the company that does the housing and street repairs in Harlow. YH caught up with managing director, John Phillips, to look back on the last year and see how HTS plan to get back to normal over…
Harlow Business Forum: March Meeting. Full details below
OVER the past couple of years the team, led by pharmacist manager Sabina Yasmin, has revitalised the pharmacy after a period when customer relations were poor and team morale was low. The team is now made up of the manager and a full-time dispenser, supported…
THE chancellor will extend the furlough scheme until the end of September when he makes his Budget speech later reports the BBC. Rishi Sunak said the scheme – which pays 80% of employees’ wages for the hours they cannot work in the pandemic – would…
HARLOW Estate Agents , Howick and Brooker are proud to have won Gold at the British Property Awards. If you are looking for a property valuation or looking to buy your next home in Harlow or the surrounding villages give them a call on 01279…
THE Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will tomorrow announce that the fuel duty freeze – which has saved the average driver £10 every time they fill up – will be maintained for the tenth year. The announcement comes after a long running campaign from Harlow’s MP, Robert…
THE chancellor is set to announce £408m of help for museums, theatres and galleries in England to reopen when Covid restrictions start to ease reports the BBC. In his Budget on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak will also pledge £150m to help communities take over pubs. Meanwhile,…
CREATING apprenticeships was the focus of the latest meeting of the Harlow Business Forum which took place last Friday (26 February 2021). It was the third time that forum has been held virtually on Zoom and it was another great turnout by local businesses. During…
MORE than 264,000 individuals have opened a Help to Save account, statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed. Help to Save is the government backed savings scheme that allows individuals to earn a 50 pence bonus for every £1 saved over four years.…
