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Workers at Magna Seating on the airport Industrial estate have voted to ballot for industrial action after the company failed to reach an agreement with them despite five months of negotiations. The company which employs around 30 people supply seats for the Ford Transit plant next door but Ford have decided to close the...
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The Prime Minister paid a flying visit to Eastleigh yesterday when he dropped into the B&Q headquarters in support of Maria Hutchings by-election campaign. It had been known that the PM was planning a visit to the constituency but the exact destination was kept a secret until the last minute. The retail...
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne as added his voice to the row over the Council’s housing plans for Eastleigh by saying that they are in the ‘wrong areas’. The Chancellor was speaking as he accompanied Conservative party Candidate Maria Hutchings around the Prysmian factory in Bishopstoke. By-election Lib Dem rival...
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Blockbuster become the latest chain with a local presence to go into administration - can the Eastleigh stores avoid closure?
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UKuncut activists from Eastleigh joined forces with other anti-cut protestors from around the South Coast to stage a demonstration outside the Southampton branch of Starbucks yesterday (Saturday December 8) - Part of a nationwide protest being held that day at over 50 Starbucks coffee shops The action was intended to highlight an alleged £25...
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Web based retailing giant Amazon is anticipating the biggest internet spending spree of the year this evening during what is dubbed ‘Cyber Monday’ as Christmas shoppers get ready to avoid crowds and town parking charges by maxing out the plastic on high tech goodies – often cheap compared to high street prices. The...
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Workers at Magna, the plant on the airport industrial estate that supplies Ford with seats for the Transit, are pondering whether to vote for a strike ballot as they wait to discover if the company will improve their redundancy package. The workforce have been told they will be made redundant as their only customer, the...
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DIY retail giant B&Q are one of a number of local businesses and investors who say they could move away if Eastleigh Borough Council pursue plans to build a new Waste Recycling Centre next door to their headquarters on Stoney Croft Rise off Chestnut Avenue. Eastleigh Borough Council have submitted a planning application to...
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As staff at Eastleigh’s Comet branch brace themselves for likely closure concerns have emerged for the UK’s last major high street electrical retailer Curry’s as bargain hungry Christmas shoppers flock to pick up bargains form closing g sales at Comet branches The Dixons group who own Curry’s and PC world and have a superstore...
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The administrators for stricken electrical retailer Comet has announced its latest job cuts which will see the closure of their Hedge End Home delivery depot with the loss of 48 jobs out of a total of 603 delivery hubs across the country. Only three weeks ago Comet were advertising vacancies locally for £7.79 ph...
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Eastleigh’s MP Chris Huhne, and Hedge End Town Council, have formally announced on their websites today, the news that Hedge End has been awarded “a £10,000 Government boost to help local traders in the Town” As previously reported by Eastleigh News, in Hedge End also a Town Team Partner, the money has been awarded as part of...
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Bill Ford, the Executive Chairman of Ford and a great-grandson of the Company founder Henry Ford believes that vehicle manufacturing is a major contributor to the economy and has described the damage to local communities when factories close. As Ford workers from the Transit Plant at Swaythling and Barton Park in Eastleigh meet today...
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Latest passenger numbers have continued to remain depressed at Southampton Airport but its Managing Director David Lees has told Eastleigh News the airport is weathering economic headwinds far better than other regional airports and is optimistic that new routes for 2013 will lead to growth. A report to the Joint Airport Consultative Committee which...
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A year after B&Q opened their new 300,000 square feet head office in Chandler’s Ford they have announced they will be sacking 220 staff. Today’s announcement follows the news that profits at the DIY retailer had fallen by £30 million after another typical British summer had caused sales of hosepipes to plummet by 25...
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A Chandler’s Ford hairdressing apprentice, Lauren Hill, 17 has been selected as one of only eight UK finalists for the 2012 title of Hairdressing Student of the Year. Chosen to represent the South region from hundreds of entries by a judging panel boasting celebrity hairdressers Patrick Cameron, Andrew Barton, and Lisa Shepherd, Lauren has...
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