The UAE Ambassador to the UK and the CEO of DP World have visited the London Gateway port development to inspect dredging work being carried out on the UK’s first deep sea port in over 20 years.
French container transportation and shipping group CMA CGM Group has announced the introduction of two new calls at the UK port of Tilbury and the Portuguese capital Lisbon as part of its French Europe Med Express (Femex) service, which links North Europe to Greece and Turkey.
Small businesses are set to be at the heart of the newly created local enterprise partnerships following a meeting between the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) earlier this week.
YourThurrock caught up with Jennifer at the Brand Academy session at Palmer's College. We asked Jennifer how she got involved, what role she plays adn what, in her opinion does Next Top Boss mean to the borough.
R3, the insolvency trade body, has published a ‘bankruptcy map’ which reveals that Thurrock had the third highest number of new personal insolvency cases. According to the survey, Thurrock had 338 new cases. Only Torbay and West Devon were higher.
The new wildlife areas will also provide nursery grounds for fish, increasing the potential for growth and diversity in the marine fish population and the new site will link with the nearby Thurrock Thameside Nature Park to form part of the east Thames ecological corridor.
To meet these challenges, the Thurrock Learning Shop is offering a free "Capacity Building for Social Enterprises and their Trustees" workshop on Friday 16th July. It an ideal opportunity for anybody involved with SE to start thinking about the future, to take stock of the present and to learn from the past.
But far too many of our cities and towns are creating ‘Clone Town Britain’. As ambassador for this campaign I agree with Essex FSB that we need to stand up as a united voice and together we will tell the Government, to Keep Trade Local.
Tilbury Container Services Limited, Forth Ports’ associate company, has shown a significant improvement in its volumes and profitability in the first half of 2010 compared with the equivalent period last year.
"I have asked for further advice from officials on the costs, possible funding sources and benefits of options to improve the performance of the Dartford Crossing, such as the use of newer charging technologies."
But the team have done more than simply create a new seating area for the town’s book lovers; they raised money to do the work with a ten-mile sponsored walk and a car wash.
Jackie wants to see the private sector going again, borrowing to decrease and a sharper focus to the economy with a big push to get more people off benefits and into work.
“That means the plans to exempt firms from paying up to £5,000 a year in NIC for taking on up to 10 new staff is a move the FSB welcomes but where the plan goes wrong is by excluding businesses in London, the South East and East of England from this scheme.
Council salaries frozen for two years; child benefit on ice for three years; Surestart grant restricted to first child and £11 billion worth of welfare savings are the "highlights" of Chancellor's George Osbourne "Austerity" Budget.
“While Essex FSB appreciates that the deficit needs to be reduced rapidly and drastically that must not be done at the expense of businesses which generate economic wealth.
