KATHRYN Adedeji, Thurrock Council’s head of commercial services, said: “The council processed nearly 70,000 invoices in 2012/13 and nearly two-thirds of them were for under £500. All those relatively small payments required as much processing time as one for a million pound project.
MARKS and Spencer has backed out of plans for a 900,000 sq ft port-centric warehouse at DP World’s London Gateway. The decision to ditch the plan will be a bitter blow to the 9.25m sq ft London Gateway logistics site next to the new deep water port reports SHD Logistics.
THE Port of Tilbury, supported by the PLA, is hosting an Open Weekend at the London Cruise Terminal on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June 2014. This is an opportunity for the general public to view the PLA Memorial tablets in the centenary year of the Great War and other memorabilia on display, together with an exhibition of archive maps of the area loaned to us by Essex Record Office.
A HEALTH and safety working group was set up at the Port of Tilbury in 2011 with the aim to invigorate the ports’ ‘Safety First’ campaign. Both Kevin and Ian embraced the project with real passion and commitment and worked to engage those on the frontline of the operational environment, by giving the workforce greater ownership over health and safety initiatives.
SIMON Moore, Chief Executive at London Gateway, said: "I’m delighted to be able welcome a leading developer of industrial real estate to DP World London Gateway. I’m confident that this partnership will deliver a great development and I’m looking forward to seeing the building work start very soon."
LDP is the largest industrial development site closest to the M25 and the completion of the infrastructure works, which includes a new entrance road, drainage system, reservation of utilities and landscaping, now allows the building phase of the high quality distribution facilities to get underway.
THE audience, many from the car industry, were pleased to hear Nick speak about the Ford strategy for bringing cars to market with a record ten being introduced in the next year. He also described the challenge of manufacturing an affordable green car for today’s price conscious consumer and discussed the thorny issue of how green an electric car was with recycling considerations. Colin Rate, Chairman of RatesFord also spoke at the event and easily demonstrated why RatesFord are such a successful Ford dealership not just locally but nationally as they place innovation and customer care at the heart of their business. It perhaps then unsurprising to learn they had won the Ford Chairman’s Award for customer service for 9 consecutive years and are one of only 5 dealerships in the UK to running the Quick Lane scheme using the latest equipment and technology available.
WOJCIECH Holub, Apostleship of the Sea’s port chaplain for Tilbury and Thames is aware that for seafarers any festive period is much like any other working day – the only difference being that their separation from family and friends and from their faith can be even more difficult to bear than usual.
They are looking for a new trainee apprenticeship who is hard working, eager to learn and enthusiastic. In-salon training is supplied, over the course of 2-3 years. The training is broken down into 10 different units each unit containing training and assessments.
A WEST Thurrock company is planning to expand and create 21 jobs thanks to the TIGER fund. Ashby & Croft of Oliver Road is expanding its innovative modular building systems and the TIGER funds will help create new yard surfaces to expand the operational areas; a new security office; and new lighting to provide a more secure site - especially at night.
THE LCT team completed the work in 22 hours, which was two hours ahead of the planned scheduled departure, at a gross productivity rate of 26 moves per hour. We look forward to further calls in the coming months.”
ESSEX Chambers of Commerce are delighted to announce the second in the series for ‘Thoroughly Thurrock’, the latest premier networking event to be held in the county comes to Thurrock on Monday 7th April. Using the Chambers’ expertise these events are designed to promote and boost businesses in the Thurrock area.
They are looking for a new trainee apprenticeship who is hard working, eager to learn and enthusiastic. In-salon training is supplied, over the course of 2-3 years.
The training is broken down into 10 different units each unit containing training and assessments. The hours are full time, 5 days a week, Tuesday - Saturday.
INTU, which owns the Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, has more than doubled pre-tax profit following a year when it "advanced significantly".
Intu posted a pre-tax profit of £362.9m for the year to 31 December 2013 – up from £152.6m a year earlier. The rise followed a revaluation of its estate.
