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Save our snack bar appeal to rail bosses

9:50am Monday 16th August 2010

A BUSINESS pressure group has rallied round a coffee seller whose trade is threatened by a train station’s refurbishment plans.

It’s much more than a lick of paint to Coldec

9:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

MENTION painting the Forth Bridge to Simon Brown, and the response is a knowing smile. The managing director of Coldec, the Colchester-based painters and decorators, appreciates exactly what it is like to be involved in a seemingly never-ending task. His staff, after all, have been employed for the past 12 years on the St Paul’s Cathedral complex, including the famous dome’s lantern and Amen Court, the lodgings of architect Sir Christopher Wren. Click here to read the full article.....

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Family meet the boom in buying local

9:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

THE number of people involved in agriculture fell by a staggering 22 per cent between 1996 and 2008. Long hours, poor rewards and a perceived lack of opportunities have created a continuous drift from the land. Click here to read full article.....

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Barbers’ shop a real snip for Marguerite

9:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

A MOTHER went out in search of a house in Colchester – and bought a business. Marguerite White, from West Mersea, had been looking for somewhere to live when she spotted an empty barbers’ shop in Alexandra Road.

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Paye on time and miss the penalty

9:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

ARE you incurring penalties as you read this? From April 6 this year, employers were required to make regular payments of their PAYE and National Insurance liabilities or face new penalty charges for each late payment during the tax year. Click here to view full article.

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Cultured Griff Rhys Jones is an Essex man through and through

1:00pm Friday 23rd July 2010

F Essex County Council is still eager to rid the county of its “chav-like” reputation it couldn’t pick a better person than Griff Rhys Jones as a model for the archetypal Essex man.

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