More than 90 per cent of SMEs in the East of England with restrictive budgets are struggling to compete with bigger organisations due to the lack of access to innovative technology, impacting their ability to grow and enlist talent, according to new research. According to a...
Uncertainty caused by coronavirus has affected school pupils up and down the country, with students unable to celebrate their last day at school in the coming weeks. Coronavirus has left many schools in the local Basildon area having no choice but to cancel leavers' proms...
Essex-based housing association CHP has completed the second phase of a new affordable home development in Barrack Lane, Great Waltham, delivered in partnership with Chelmsford City Council (CCC). The second phase of the regeneration project has provided two two-bedroom bungalows and two three-bedroom houses, all for...
The UK’s largest BBQ Festival is in Colchester, Essex this summer for a weekend of fire, fun and flavour. The three-day event will take place in Colchester Castle Park on 20-22 August. Featuring the first British Open BBQ Championships and Oasish, the UK’s no.1 Oasis tribute...
Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, has today written to local primary schools to encourage them to sign up to the Mathematics World Cup (14-18th June 2021). Schools from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the UK, Ireland and more have...
Patrons of Essex-based Charity, The Dream Factory, Anne Wafula-Strike MBE, British Wheelchair Paralympian, former British Super Middleweight boxer Michael Watson MBE and former British Featherweight and Commonwealth Boxer Colin McMillan BEM, will be attending a brand-new event – The 5K Whizzing Wheels Challenge as part...
A Southend family have found their perfect home amongst quiet, green surroundings thanks to Taylor Wimpey and the Help to Buy scheme. Claire Davies and Ricky Tate were looking for a new house with plenty of space for their young children Henry and Iris, as...
Westcliff-on-Sea residents the Halloran family have completed a fundraising challenge to walk 50,000 steps - one step for each of the UK's deaf children - in support of the National Deaf Children's Society. Nicola and Paul Halloran, together with their children Ben, 7 and Oliver,...
English touring theatre group, The Pantaloons, are celebrating the reopening of the United Kingdom social scene by bringing the stage production of Jane Austin's Pride & Prejudice to theatres across the country. The show will begin in mid-June at the Brighton Open Air Theatre before moving...
A new virtual high street service that aims to support independent shops during the pandemic has launched in Essex From April, residents across Essex can use Click It Local in Essex, enabling them to buy from any participating local shop and have it delivered on the...
