NEWS: Brackley Town Hall open as part of the national Heritage Open Days

On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September 2013 Brackley Town Hall is open as part of the nationwide Heritage Open Days initiative. Come and take a look inside Brackley Town Hall as part of the national Heritage Open Days initiative. This Wren-inspired Grade II* Listed building at the
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NEWS: Start date for repairs to Brackley Town Hall

Essential maintenance work to areas of masonry on the Town Hall is now confirmed to start on the 19th August.  Brackley Town Council commissioned local specialist stone masons to undertake a programme of minor repairs to the Town Hall and have now received all of the necessary approva
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NEWS: Acle Neighbourhood Plan awarded Locality funding

We are delighted to confirm that Acle Parish Council is one of the first groups to have been awarded the maximum grant from the Locality under the new Supporting Communities in Neighbourhood Planning programme.  We are delighted to be supporting the Parish Council and Neighbourhood Pl
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NEWS: BBC research shows that most Portas pilot towns continue to decline

BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme commissioned research in to the Portas Pilot towns one year on from being awarded £100,000 to help their high streets. The research showed that most of the towns who received DCLG funding to help boost their high street have actually seen a
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NEWS: Online presence vital for small businesses Local Business Week highlights

Last week was Local Business Week run by the FSB, one of the most important points raised was that internet presence for small businesses is vital in order for them to survive. Surveys showed that only one in four small businesses have a website and of those only a third use them for
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EVENT: RTPI East of England Conference, Reviving Historic Town Centres

We were very pleased to give a presentation last Friday at the RTPI East of England conference in Bury St Edmunds on reviving historic town centres.  This topic is often at the core of the projects we are involved with and so we were delighted to have the opportunity to outline our ap
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NEWS: DEFRA funded training opportunities

Are you an adult working in agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors or are a rural small business? If so, the Government is promoting training opportunities focussing on the following areas: Business Management, Leadership and ICT Skills for Agriculture, Horticulture & Fo
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NEWS: RTPI, Reviving Historic Town Centres CPD day

Building on previous CPD sessions we have given alongside the RTPI East of England, we have been invited to take part in the Reviving Historic Town Centres conference on Friday 17th May 2013, Bury St Edmunds. We are delighted to be contributing to this day, where a variety of issues r
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NEWS: Essential repairs to start on Brackley Town Hall

Brackley Town Council, working with South Northamptonshire Council, has recently commissioned local specialist stone masons to undertake a programme of minor repairs to the Town Hall external masonry. The repairs, which were identified during regular monitoring of the condition of the
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EVENT: Guardian live Q and A today at 1pm: How retail businesses can survive in downturn

The Guardian small business network is doing a love Q&A for retail businesses at 1pm today. The event will look at ways in which retail businesses can survive in a downturn. Tomorrow the theme for the Q&A is online retail for small businesses. Have a look at the following link
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