Work is underway to test the ground conditions under the A12 in Essex to pave the way for major improvements that are being planned for the route.
The Highways England-led team in charge of the upgrade are investigating at 423 sites along the 15-mile route between Chelmsford and Marks Tey.
The Read More
Fisher Jones Greenwood is delighted to announce that Rebecca Palmer, Solicitor and Director of SRA-regulated Constructive Law Limited has joined the firm as a Consultant Solicitor from January 2020. The firm is now able to offer expert advice on Construction Law to all of its clients. For developers, Read More
Local train operator c2c has launched a new campaign to help customers beat the ticket office queues.
Following feedback from customers about ticketing problems and queues at stations, c2c has a new four-pronged campaign to help customers and reduce ticket office queues:
Improved stability Read More
As new members to the Essex Chambers of Commerce, it’s important to know that here at Blue Serif, we always do things a little differently. Our Christmas charity campaign is no exception. We decided a few years ago that rather than send Christmas Read More
The Colchester Business Enterprise Agency (Colbea) has announced the appointment of a new Chair, Sara Thakkar, to steer the enterprise agency towards continued success across Essex in 2020 and beyond.
Sara has an extensive career in business, reflecting experience and entrepreneurial leadership across Read More
A group of young women from Harlow got a unique opportunity to meet with female engineers, pilots and other staff at London Stansted, at an event to mark United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week.
Fifty pupils in Years Read More
Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) is pleased to announce the addition of Jane Adams (GCILEX) to our expanding, Legal 500 recommended, Wills and Estates Team.
Based in our Colchester office, Jane, who is a student member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) and a Dementia Friend, will help TSP’s Read More
The Cotton Textile Company (TCTC) has chosen to support the SNAP Charity for the second year and has decided to go further and higher during 2020.
Putting on a clean SNAP t-shirt, Richard King, TCTC Director is now in training for the Brighton Marathon which takes place this April and will then Read More
Beresfords has won the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers.
Created by Feefo, Trusted Service is awarded only to businesses that use Feefo to collect genuine reviews and Read More
Witham based Crittall Windows has won a “Best Of Houzz” award for Design on Houzz®, the leading platform for home renovation and design.
The world’s leading supplier of steel windows and doors was chosen by the millions of homeowners that comprise the Houzz community from Read More
Braintree Village has revealed that it donated £5,000 to local charities in 2019 and helped 600 vulnerable people through the festive period with support from the local community.
In celebration of its 20th birthday, the Village pledged to support 20 local community groups, organisations Read More
A South Essex law firm has been praised for its efforts in championing the paralegals amongst its team of lawyers.
Palmers Solicitors, which has offices in Basildon, Rayleigh, Thurrock and South Woodham Ferrers, has been shortlisted in the Paralegal Development category at the National Paralegal Awards.
The Read More
More than 130 employees at Essex & Suffolk Water have developed their skills using apprenticeship programmes.
As well as taking on its largest ever group of apprentices last year, Essex & Suffolk Water is proving that apprenticeship programmes Read More
From 6 April 2020 there will be a significant reduction in the P11D benefit in kind (‘BIK’) relevant tax percentages for electric cars and hybrid cars, but the extent of the reduction for hybrid cars depends on their “electric range”.
The percentage used to calculate the BIK on a company car has been steadily increasing year Read More
Change is all around us. Unprecedented change. The current rate of technological changes, climate change, the changing global marketplace, growing climate action - it is all having an impact on how we do business as well as who we choose to do business with.
With the uncertainty around Read More
We here at GoodyBurrett are pleased to welcome a new and upcoming private client team, led by Sue Mullis, Chartered Legal Executive. Our team are usually based in Colchester; however, they are also regularly at our office in Dunmow.
Sue qualified in 1995, specialising in Wills, Trusts and Probate. Read More
According to the Office for National Statistics, the Manufacturing industry’s output fell by 1.1% in the last quarter of 2019, yet the Construction industry stabilised. In fact, it’s estimated that Construction output increased by 0.5% from Quarter 3. This growth reflects the strength of Read More
The Bradwell B team is pleased to announce the first stage of public consultation on our proposals for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex.
The consultation will start on Wednesday 4th March 2020, running for 12 weeks until 27th May 2020. It will include 15 public exhibition events and these will be your first chance to review Read More
Founded in 1995, Wizard has become one of the leading IT solution providers to businesses in London and worldwide, with customers as far afield as Europe, USA and Asia.
With Wizard Group growing rapidly internationally and having their HQ based in Colchester, Essex; the Group has decided its time Read More
We thought we would remind you about the changes to parental bereavement leave, holiday calculations for employees/workers on variable pay and the national minimum rate changes, all of which come into force from April 2020.
Parental Bereavement Leave
The Government has now published the necessary Read More
Ellisons Solicitors has further accelerated its growth trajectory with the appointment of its first dedicated HR director, Lizzy Firmin.
Recognising the importance of the human resources function within the firm, Lizzy joins the firm’s Business Support Group team based at its headquarters Read More
New images showing plans for Britain’s longest road tunnel connecting Kent, Essex and Thurrock have been released as the project begins its next phase of public consultation.
The further consultation into Highways England’s proposed Lower Read More
Constant improvement in services and infrastructure has been hailed as "instrumental" in the UK’s leading independent logistics firms being named among the country’s fastest-growing businesses.
Senior management at Simarco Worldwide were speaking after being included in the Sunday Read More
Customers using Greater Anglia’s water fountains have saved more than a quarter of a million single-use plastic bottles from entering landfills and oceans in just over a year.
A total of 274,698 bottles have been refilled using the 12 fountains Read More
Essex food and drink businesses are invited to a free conference on trends and opportunities for local food and drink, chaired by Sheila Dillon from BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme, on 17th March in Maidstone.
Conference speakers include Morgan Read More
Hundreds of officers from three forces have arrested 15 people, seized 25 stolen vehicles and £150,000 in cash, £40,000 of jewellery, and uncovered a cannabis factory during more than 20 warrants across Essex and London.
The raids – which took place shortly before 6am on Thursday Read More
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