Business

THE Port of Tilbury have been sponsors of Tilbury Football Club for many years, and in partnership with the club on Saturday (17th July), Tilbury Football Ground opened its pitches to over 100 young people who came along to be coached by the club coaches and the team players.

A PROJECT manager building new homes for Bellway has been awarded a prestigious industry award for his work at a development in Thurrock.

STUDENTS and seasonal staff working in East of England are being reminded by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to check that they are being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW).

AMAZON today published the 2021 UK SME Impact Report, highlighting that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) selling on Amazon have created 175,000 jobs across the UK and recorded over £3.5 billion in export sales in 2020.

CORY has today announced that its fleet of tugs will run on biofuel. The move follows successful trials that have resulted in a reduction of net carbon dioxide emissions by 90% – a major step in decarbonising the company’s river operations and transport on the Thames as the UK targets net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

IN the UK, Gridserve has just revealed its expansion plans for the Electric Highway charging station network along British highways and trunk roads. These plans include the installation of 50 high power charger (HPC) hubs.

GAP has announced it is closing all of its 81 stores in the UK and Ireland.

BUSINESS confidence in the East of England rose ten points during June to 36%, the highest level recorded in the region for more than three years, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

THE Port of Tilbury, London's fastest growing port welcomed hundreds of people from the local area to their recruitment day on Tuesday 29th June 2021 at the London Cruise Terminal.

A BAN on landlords evicting firms for unpaid commercial rent is being extended for another nine months reports the BBC.

WORK is progressing on this project of national importance to install new dual function lock gates on the Thames Estuary in Tilbury.

THE A13 will be closed this weekend for major works to demolish the old Orsett West Bridge.

AMAZON'S Manchester lab is proactively implementing new variant analysis technology, to support UK health authorities in tracking and slowing the spread of new variants Since...

THE MAN in charge of Stansted Airport has expressed his disappointment at today’s governments decision on travel restrictions.

THE £6.8 billion Lower Thames Crossing project – set to be one of the largest construction projects in Europe – is setting up a process to enable businesses to learn the skills needed and to help win contracts.