Golf course earns Championship Venue status
23rd February 2022
ENGLAND Golf has awarded Championship Venue status to Whittlebury Park golf course near Towcester. The course has earned the accreditation following its hosting of the England Golf...
Price fears temper growth expectations
22nd January 2022
MANY firms in Northamptonshire are expecting their turnover to increase this year. But they are also bracing themselves for a rise in prices. Service sector companies were the most upbeat about...
Retailers rally to back town centre anti-crime campaign
4th January 2022
DOZENS of businesses have signed up to a new scheme aimed at cutting retail crime in Northampton town centre. The Cops Adopt A Shop campaign, a joint initiative between Northamptonshire Police,...
Town centre bosses hope for a Christmas to remember
20th November 2021
SHOPPERS are being urged to ‘Win Your Christmas’ by taking part in a Northampton town centre Golden Ticket giveaway. Four lucky winners will each win £500 of vouchers as part of the £2,000...
Council considers bid for city status
8th November 2021
DISCUSSIONS are under way on the submission of a bid by Northampton for city status. West Northamptonshire Council is considering the move as part of Her...
Police ‘adopt a shop’ in crackdown on town centre crime
28th October 2021
TOWN centre businesses will be given a dedicated police contact as part of a new Cops Adopt A Shop scheme to cut retail crime in Northampton. Retailers will be able to have regular conversations...
Campaign is ‘a chance for independent businesses to encourage people back’
9th October 2021
SHOPPERS are being urged to support their favourite local traders this weekend as part of FiverFest, a new campaign aimed at promoting Northampton town centre’s independent retailers. Retailers...
Clean-up leaves Northampton town centre gleaming
31st August 2021
'The challenge now is to keep it looking this good' BUSINESSES, town centre leaders and an army of volunteers have issued a challenge to keep Northampton town centre looking its best, after...
Nursery firm acquires three new businesses after £7.5m funding deal
20th August 2021
EXPANSION is on the agenda for a group of children’s nurseries after it acquired three new businesses in Cambridgeshire. The one-off deal takes the portfolio of Kettering-based Kindred Education...
England to win Euro 2020? You must be ‘quackers’
11th June 2021
Meet mother and daughter Mercedes and Blondie, who are set to take the Euro 2020 football championships by storm. They are the official office pets at the offices of a Northamptonshire electrical,...
From a cuppa to cappuccino: The traditional brew is a thing of the past
1st April 2021
IT USED to be “milk and two sugars”. Now you’re more likely to hear “Cappuccino with oat milk”… The era of the traditional ‘builder’s tea’ is over. Tradespeople across the UK...
Yoga studio delivers virtual solution to stress and anxiety
18th April 2020
SELF-ISOLATION is vital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But staying home can have a damaging impact on our mental health. That’s why one wellbeing studio which has been supporting...
Working from home, learning from home
8th April 2020
COMPANIES in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, with staff working from home, can take advantage of free Distance Learning Courses from The Bedford College Group. Courses are accessible to...
Tributes after ‘Mrs Bletchley Park’ dies aged 87
26th March 2020
MARGARET Sale, a founding volunteer on Bletchley Park and for eight years a trustee of The National Museum of Computing, has died aged 87. Born in 1932, Margaret trained as a school teacher in the...
COVID-19: A clear and present danger precedes a much bigger problem
18th March 2020
An open letter on COVID-19 by Michael Garvey, Chairman of Buckinghamshire Business First. Michael Garvey COVID-19 is preoccupying all of our thoughts and is a clear and present danger...
