THURROCK COUNCIL, business leaders and Labour prospective parliamentary candidate, Polly Billington gathered round the table at Grays shopping centre to review how a number of matters can be improved at the centre. A specialist "town team" is being created to help reinvigorate Grays town centre and Thurrock Council is bidding to get Mary Portas to help.
Jon Harte, managing director for @first parts solutions, said: “This is a significant expansion in our warehousing capacity for the South East and has also allowed us to modernise our stock management systems to ensure we offer the very best service to our growing customer base.”
The company, which has a store in Lakeside, may follow fellow electronic goods store, Sony Centre, which closed suddenly earlier this month.
Game told a paper that it had put itself up for sale but warned that "it is uncertain whether any of the solutions currently being explored by the board will be successful or will result in any value being attributed to the shares of the company."
IT IS going to be an all-year round push by the college to encourage and expand the number of people going into apprenticeships in the borough. With fantastic plans for the new college in Grays, there has never been a brighter time for people to grab the opportunities.
A SPECIALIST “town team” is being created to help reinvigorate Grays town centre and Thurrock Council is bidding to get Mary Portas to help. Wednesday (7 March) evening’s meeting of the council’s cabinet supported the plan to bid for up to £100,000 government funding for the scheme and the input of £100,000 in “Section 106” money as well.
Judges were impressed by the high standard of work completed by young people, and business challenge and special achievements judge Jacqui Harding, General Manager, Vertex said: “I was really impressed with the standard and creativity of the entries and enjoyed reviewing them with the rest of the team.”
The report identifies that the company has more than $2.3bn of creditors, including $1.75bn in relation to guarantees of four public note issues by other companies in the Petroplus group. The company’s assets include the oil refinery at Coryton, held at a book value of $1.3bn and approximately $250m of accounts receivable, mainly from other Petroplus companies across Europe, which are also in insolvency proceedings.
A FREE online directory due out on Thursday will give details of about 1,000 potential sources of commercial finance for small businesses reports thisismoney.co.uk
“However the reports on the situation suggest that this major power station, which generates around 750MW and provides electricity to more than 1.5 million households, is likely to be closed for some time to allow repairs to be done.
TWO Peacocks stores in Thurrock are shutting down with the loss of over 30 jobs. The stores in Grays shopping arcade and Lakeside could close as soon as next week.
AN Open Day was held at the Thurrock Learning Shop in George Street, Grays, on Monday (20 February). It showcased the hard work of the young people who took part in this year’s Next Top Boss competition.
At last nights (Monday) meeting of around twenty prospective members and after the initial business networking time, the topic of local & international charity support was discussed in light of the BBC news items the same day in connection with Rotary Internationals campaign success in Eradicating Polio in India this year.
THE RELEVANCE of school life to the outside world has always been of paramount importance at the Ockendon Academy. Last week, the school ran a Business Awareness Day. YT's Mike Jones went down to the Eriff Drive school to see the business acumen of the Ockendon pupils for himself.
THE NEWS that the Petroplus administrators have negotiated a three-month arrangement to keep the refinery working has been welcomed by Thurrock and Essex County councils. Both have also reiterated their commitment to working together with other partners to secure the long-term future of the Coryton refinery.
ADMINISTRATORS running the Petroplus refinery at Coryton have signed an agreement ensuring supplied of crude oil to the plant for the next three months, securing jobs at the site for the moment and boosting hopes of a long term deal on its future.
