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Diversity help celebrate Carbon grant boost

He was at the Oakfield Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic in Blackshots lane, Grays, to help them celebrate their new look and re-launch along with dance-craze group Diversity. The clinic wanted to control the temperature of their treatment rooms and reception, changing their old storage heaters with something that could be better controlled, with the option of cooling for summer months.

Lakeside “frustration” as council defer expansion plans

The report recommends the Development Corporation be advised of a strategic planning policy objection, yet it makes no reference to the huge economic benefits of these proposals. Creating jobs and wealth for our community is at the heart of what your planning policies are seeking to do.

National Apprenticeships Week: Give apprenticeships a chance

YOU ONLY have to speak to some of the young people who have been given the chance of becoming an apprentice to appreciate what a key part of training. This week has been National Apprenticeships Week. At the launch at the Park Inn, a number of organisations came together to promote the cause of apprenticeships.

Chefs’ not spoiling the broth as South Essex College look for apprentices

Jonathan Greig, Catering Services Co-ordinator said: “We have three vacancies in our Hospitality Apprenticeship Academy so this event is the perfect opportunity to recruit young people interested in starting an exciting new career. At present we have around 20 Apprentices in the Academy but eventually we are hoping to expand to around 30. We’re looking for three people to start immediately so I’d advise anyone interested in a Catering Apprenticeship to come along and find out more.”

Sales scene: Making sense of social media

You may be aware of twitter, facebook, youtube but then you hear words such as hootsuite, linkedin, foursquare, tumblr and your brain begins to hurt. If you are in business, you will want to know the bottom line: how can it be of benefit to my business?

Apprenticeships key to the future of Thurrock

ON THE EVE of National Apprenticeships Week, YT interviewed four apprentices to assess what they had got out of being apprentices. Jamie Ashwell and Louisa Mozzilli from the Royal Opera House plus Will Hatton and Mo Rahman from the National Skills Academy have benefitted greatly from being apprentices.

Support National Apprenticeship Week

To enable local businesses to gain an insight and understanding of the apprenticeship programme and to appreciate how it can benefit their company in developing their workforce for the future.

German Equity group wants all Petroplus refineries

Goldsmith is already a shareholder in the Swiss company and has shown interest in snapping up refineries in Cressier in the canton of Neuchâtel, as well as in Britain, Belgium, Germany and France reports World Radio Switzerand.

Europe pledges to act on Coryton Petroplus closure

The European Commission has today (Thursday 2 February) accepted its commitment to make an "appropriate response" to the crisis, setting up a European round table with those affected and responding to fears of permanent closures and the job losses that would result.

Next Top Boss students sail to Gravesend

STUDENTS from South Essex College set sail for Gravesend last week as part of the tasks set for them as part of Thurrock Council-backed Next Top Boss.They spent the morning down at the Port of Tilbury developing tourism strategies with the port tourism chiefs.

Carpetright issue another profits warning

PURFLEET-based Carpetright, Britain's biggest seller of flooring materials, and considered a barometer of the house repair and maintenance market, has issued another profit warning; its sixth in a year.

South East LEP welcomes additional funding

Ministers today confirmed the regional allocations of the £500milllion fund, which is designed to boost economic growth by getting the required infrastructure built to enable the creation of new homes and jobs and get stalled projects moving again.

New rotary club launches in Thurrock

They explained the objects of Rotary and spent time answering many questions in connection with the formation of a new club and the ‘bigger’ Rotary picture involving local and International fundraising projects and closer to home local business networking opportunities. It is proposed this new ‘twilight’ club will meet on Mondays at 7pm in the future, the next meeting being Monday 6th February 2012.

MEP: Breakthrough deal must be used to secure Coryton’s long term future

Today's (Tuesday 31 January's) announcement that oil has been delivered to the Coryton refinery for the first time since its parent company went bankrupt a week ago, has been described as an important breakthrough by the Essex Euro MP who is tonight leading a lobby of the European Commission in Brussels to help find a long-term solution to keep the refinery open.

Forth Ports buy Tilbury Containers Services

FORTH Ports, DP World and Associated British Ports (ABP) announced on 26th January 2012 that Otter Ports Holdings Ltd, owner of Forth Ports, has acquired the 67 percent ownership of Tilbury Container Services Ltd (TCS) not already owned by Forth Ports from DP World and ABP.

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