“If that is done — along with improvements to Junction 30/31 of the M25 — then I think Mr Penning will find that not only will we not want another crossing here, I am not convinced we will need one!” He added: “I will be writing to Mr Penning to remind him what every resident of Thurrock, past and present knows — get rid of the toll booths and you’ll go a long way toward getting rid of the congestion.”
The Daventry to Thurrock services will move 20 containers a day and within two weeks is expected to operate and full capacity moving 34 containers, six days a week.
The second service linking Daventry to Magor in South Wales will be added later in November. “In addition to transferring goods from our central depot to other points for distribution to the stores, the trains will also return to our depot with goods from our key suppliers making the service even more efficient,” said logistic director Nigel Jones.
One of the key benefits of the morning was that it enabled the businesses of the borough to view the business route map of Thurrock from 2011 and beyond. For many years, it has been a little bit foggy and vague with the council hamstrung by interims and hung councils and merry-go round leaders.
Deputy Leader, Cllr Val Morris-Cook had highlighted the proposal earlier in the year and after Wednesday’s meeting she said: “We all know that businesses and shops across Thurrock are struggling. This is just a small move that should help.”
The Thurrock Learning Campus will play a key role in increasing the opportunities for local people to gain the skills and knowledge needed to access high quality and well paid employment. The 15,000 sq.m campus will also provide Further Education and opportunities for adult community education and work based learning.
“We will be able to fund innovative ways of removing the barriers that have prevented the progress of some key projects across the SELEP area. This will help us continue to support and develop our urban, rural and coastal communities."
The men's fashion retailer will open its new store on level one, close to other popular fashion stores including Ben Sherman, French Connection and Hugo Boss.
That initial surge of demand was fueled at least in part by rock-bottom pricing intended to entice customers through the door, which clearly worked at first, though subsequent attempts to balance out the price-to-cost equation have proven unsuccessful. Having tallied a loss of £83 million so far, the operation of these 11 Best Buy outlets is being subjected to a "strategy review" by the Carphone Warehouse Group's top brass, with negotiations purportedly going on through the weekend.
And Mr Farrant suggested they log on to www.Thurrockbusiness.net where local business support agencies have teamed up to provide an easy access portal to practical help, advice and guidance and keep local businesses up-dated with the latest developments, news and events affecting Thurrock’s business community.
A LORRY DRIVER delivering flour in Tilbury was left short of dough after being hit with a £1200 fine. Clive Warcup, the haulier whose company was hit with the charge, said the clamper threatened to increase the fee by £100 for each hour they had to wait,
The Thames Hub plan is also a rival to London Mayor Boris Johnson's own plan for a Thames Estuary airport. Each of the four runways would be 2.5 miles long and the airport would operate 24 hours a day. A railway station to be built under the airport would be the UK's busiest - handling 300,000 arrivals and departures each day.
Paul Lancaster, General Manager of Lakeside Shopping Centre, said: “I’m very pleased to see that the vast majority of our shoppers support our plans to make Lakeside even better. Since we opened back in 1990, we have always evolved and changed to meet the needs of our customers and retailers. This exciting new development is the next phase in our evolution.”
THURROCK BUSINESS broadband users could soon be able to take advantage of super-fast broadband, which is expected to come to most of the region by 2017. Local councils have formed a £26 million scheme as part of the government's £530 million initiative to improve communication and broadband technology, the BBC reports.
Known as the Portside Logistics Centre, the warehouse features 100,000 sq feet of space and can accommodate secure storage for up to 10,000 pallet spaces, as well as non-palletised goods. In addition, the warehouse has both ground level and dock leveller trailer access for fast loading and transhipment from container to trailer and is directly connected to Maritime's existing Railport operation, facilitating multimodal transport to and from the Port of Tilbury and throughout the UK reports the Handy Shipping Guide.
Around 1,000 new construction jobs, and 2,500 permanent jobs are set to be created with the building of between 30 and 40 shops, an integrated transport hub as well as housing linked up to plans from Thurrock Council.
