This is my column for April’s edition of the village magazine. Negotiations are continuing on an agreement between the council and the developer for use of the Lower Street car park for the proposed health centre, etc. building and to ensure it will still provide adequate public parking in future years. Stansted is now facing […]

Friday’s business breakfast at Linden House Hotel was a great success. The first of a new series of meetings for business people in Stansted Mountfitchet was a sell-out, so a few people had to be turned away. Just under 40 attendees tucked into a full English breakfast. Toast was served; and the event was toasted […]

The inaugural breakfast meeting for a business forum in Stansted Mountfitchet takes place in just 8 days’ time. Bookings are going very well, so if you run a business in or near Stansted Mountfitchet, call today for a place or you may be disappointed.  

A £1.2 million incubator unit for new businesses and jobs has been proposed as part of Uttlesford District Council’s budget starting in April. The proposal from the council’s Liberal Democrat group would help small businesses to start and give a boost to the local economy. Cllr Alan Dean, the Lib Dem shadow finance spokesman said: […]

Last year Bellway Homes were marketing new homes in an “exclusive housing enclave” at 14 Cambridge Road, Stansted before planning permission had been granted. Permission was refused – TWICE. Bellway Homes have gone away. This week Mr Henrique Darlington, who is the latest potential developer (after Bellway) of the London & Stansted Furnishing/Your Furnished/Sworder site […]

Today’s Dunmow & Stansted Observer leads with a positive story about the shifting pattern of retailing in Stansted. Lower Street shopkeepers are interviewed. They all want improvements – such as short-stay, on-street parking – but they are upbeat. My own quoted comment about the need to sell the advantages of doing business in Stansted Mountfitchet […]