Business
Dear Editor, I AM not involved in politics, I am simply a small business owner. I run a mobile hairdressers helping many of our elderly also care home residents. I haven’t received any grants from the Council. I understand that the Council have the money…
A REVOLUTION in the use of electric vehicles and heat pumps could be firmly established in Essex within a decade, according to new research published by UK Power Networks. The electricity firm forecasts that by 2030 there could be 408,403 drivers in battery electric cars…
LIDL is to give frontline store and warehouse staff a one-off £200 bonus in thanks for their ongoing work through the pandemic reports The Grocer. The payment recognises their “tireless efforts to keep the nation fed and provide a safe shopping experience for customers up…
SELF Assessment customers will not receive a penalty for their late online tax return if they file by 28 February, HM Revenue and Customs’ Chief Executive Jim Harra has announced. More than 8.9 million customers have already filed their tax return. HMRC is encouraging anyone…
DANIEL Robinson and Sons have just published their winter newsletter. In the newsletter, managing director, Gary Neill has described it as the most difficult winter he has experienced, as a funeral director, in forty five years. However, please take a few minutes to read their…
UK retail sales saw their largest annual fall on record in 2020, driven by a slump in demand for fashion reports the BBC. Sales fell by 1.9% last year, when compared with 2019, the largest year-on-year fall since records began in 1997, official figures show. Clothes…
ASDA has today announced that it is working with Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) to provide 7,000 laptops to schools across the UK to help those children who are at risk of falling behind in their education because they do not have the technology to take…
LANDMARK reforms that will transform post-16 education and training, boost skills and get more people into work, have been published today by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. The government’s Skills for Jobs White Paper enshrines the Prime Minister’s new Lifetime Skills Guarantee, setting out a blueprint…
TAYLOR Wimpey’s Gilden Park development has added to Harlow’s reputation as a home for public art, thanks to a modern installation on site by a local artist. Jim Brown, who was born and grew up in Harlow, created the iron sculpture which will be placed…
RETAIL trade union Usdaw has renewed the call for key workers to be prioritised for vaccination, after the Government indicated they are looking at priority for the second phase and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) accepted that occupation is a factor. The…
AN application for retail space for Lidls that could see 45 jobs coming to Harlow has been approved by the Harlow Council planning committee. The application will now see a food outlet at 1A Queensgate on Edinburgh Way, Harlow (next to Smyth’s Toys). An initial…
SV Sports Therapy has been supporting Haven House since 2013. They are just so incredibly in awe with the level of care they offer the children at the Hospice, but not only the poorly child but the siblings and entire family. Who knew how many…
THE Harlow Business Forum is set to meet. Full details below.
ALMOST 25,000 Self Assessment customers have set up an online payment plan to manage their tax liabilities in up to 12 monthly instalments, totalling £69.1 million, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed today. In October, HMRC increased the threshold for self-serve Time to Pay…
ICON Industrial, a strategic joint venture by leading commercial property developer, Stoford Developments and private global investment firm, TPG Real Estate, has received approval for a second phase of development at Icon Harlow. Planning consent paves the way for delivery of almost 200,000 sq ft…
