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UK ports have released their gender pay gap details, and for some – Felixstowe and London Gateway – the differential between the wage levels of men and women has almost vanished, but there is still work required by many.

PURFLEET-BASED Carpetright says it is closing 92 stores and cutting 300 jobs as part of a restructuring plan.

THE dates for the closure of Toys R Us stores at Lakeside has been confirmed.

IF you are a landlord of a residential property you should now be aware that from 1st April 2018 your Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) must have a reading of E and above, if it has not you are exposing yourself to a £4,000 fine and if you have multiple properties then you are exposing yourself to multiple fines.

A TILBURY landlord was asking me the other week to what effect homeownership rates in Tilbury in the early to middle aged adult age range

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DP World London Gateway presented two cheques, each worth more than £19,000, to two charities following another successful charity quiz.

A TEAM of students from Grays Convent High School have been named the winners of this year's Thurrock's Next Top Boss.

ON TUESDAY, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) launched its campaign for ‘No More Not Spots’, with the aim of ending not spots for voice coverage where UK phone users live, work, travel and play.

THE gloom on the high street deepened on Wednesday as struggling Carpetright said it would close more stores reports The Guardian.

SOME estate agents claim that the seller is the best person to show a property to prospective purchasers.

STAFF at Toys R Us in Thurrock have been told that no buyer has been found for the UK chain and all stroes will close.

COMMENTING on the Spring Statement, delivered today (Tuesday) by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denise Rossiter, Chief Executive of Essex Chambers of Commerce, said:

STEPHEN Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, visited the Royal Opera House at the High House Production Park in Purfleet on Friday 9 March to meet apprentices working in the ROH Production Workshop and Costume Centre.