Pensions timebomb is ticking for firms
BUSINESSES that don’t tackle the huge issue of pensions soon are facing a massive shock in the next few years.From October 2012 certain employers will have to start making pension contributions for...
View ArticleMarketing gives electrical firm a really big plug!
A COMPANY that carved out a niche providing lighting and electrical systems for churches has seen the light when it comes to going for growth.Paul Jones, owner of Luton-based electrical engineers and...
View ArticleYou’d be a fuel to turn down the possibility of big savings
COMPANIES can save between 10 and 30 per cent on costs by being better at managing their energy use.That is according to Resource Efficiency East (REE), a not-for-profit company that helps small...
View ArticleStakes turn to gold
BUSINESSES in Beds raised more than £60,000 for a hospice by turning £50 stakes into massive profits.Just 34 firms showed the power of private sector growth potential across Bedfordshire as the effort...
View ArticleMixed results for Lewsey ABC
Mustafa wins but Ilyas defeatedThere were mixed results for Lewsey ABC in two supporting contests at the Home Counties School Boys finals.The event was held at the Chiltern Hotel and organised by...
View ArticleStylish Bangs and Lewis gain selection
Youngsters impress in Cross-Country ChampsLuton AC’s young athletes represented their schools on Wednesday in the County Schools Cross-Country Championships at Ampthill Park. A place in the top eight...
View ArticleCarney believes Blues can cause FA Vase upset
Dunstable travel to holders Whitley BaySTRIKER Grant Carney insists Dunstable Town can cause an FA Vase upset at the weekend when they travel to Whitley Bay for their fifth round contest, writes Mike...
View ArticleMcAllister can’t stop defeat
HOCKEY: Goals from Niccara Berry and Amy Purton saw leaders Vauxhall Chiltern Ladies draw 2-2 with second-placed Saffron Walden in Five Counties Women’s Hockey League Division One at the weekend.Walden...
View ArticleTown looking at Brazilian trialist Richardinho
Decison to be made on the South America soonLUTON Town will take a further look Brazilian trialist Richardinho after he played in the reserves 4-0 defeat to Southend United on Tuesday, writes Mike...
View ArticleLuton’s three Lions roar
ENGLAND C manager Paul Fairclough was full of praise for Luton Town’s trio of England C players after they reached the International Challenge Trophy final with a 1-0 semi-final win over Belgium on...
View ArticleMPs’ office and Bury Park homes vandalised
POLICE have launched an investigation after homes were vandalised in Bury Park late on Saturday night.It is thought that the letters ‘EDL’ were daubed in paint across the front doors of the houses in...
View ArticleVIDEO: EDL and UAF members have their say at Saturday’s protests
Get all the opinion on Saturday’s protests with our video reporter Natalee Hazelwood’s interviews with English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism protestors. You can also hear what Luton South MP...
View ArticleGun cut plan is ‘off target’
AN anti-gun campaigner has described plans to relax firearms licence rules in Bedfordshire in a bid to cut costs as “disgusting”.Existing gun owners could soon be able to renew their licence over the...
View ArticleMotorway junction works to get underway
IMPROVEMENT works to junctions 11 and 12 of the M1 are to start on Monday (February 14), the Department for Transport has announced.Junction 12 will be improved by providing a new signalised...
View ArticleCouncil wins new schools building scheme review
LUTON Borough Council has succeeded in its legal bid to have the government’s decision to scrap the Building Schools for the Future scheme re-examined.Last July the new coalition government said it was...
View ArticleMurray back in the mix for Hatters but Willmott misses out
HATTERS will be without winger Robbie Willmott for their Blue Square Bet Premier clash with Fleetwood at Kenilworth Road on Saturday, writes Mike Simmonds.The new signing missed making his England C...
View ArticleIs nonagenarian Norman the oldest chorister in the country?
DAPPER Norman Deacon stands out when he’s singing with Vauxhall Male Voice Choir – he’s the only one who occasionally sits down between numbers.And quite right too. At his venerable age – he turned 90...
View ArticleYesteryear
IT’S a photo these two youngsters, pictured left with the Beatles, would cherish for the rest of their lives.The Fab Four were performing in Luton for the third time and a Luton News cameraman was...
View ArticleDrug charges for man stopped by ANPR team
POLICE have charged a man with drugs offences following a raid on a flat in Cheapside in November.Officers raided the flat after stopping two men in a car in St Winifred’s Avenue on November 9 as part...
View ArticlePink panther joins Race for Life launch
THERE were balloons aplenty and even a pink panther to help launch this year’s Race for Life at The Mall.Luton event manager Hayley Gunn-Bruce said: “We were thrilled with the response - one lady even...
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