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Colchester in top 100 places to live, rising 21 places in a year

Sep 16, 2019 | Ranking

COLCHESTER has been named as one of the best places to live after racing 20 places up an annual leaderboard. The town came 61st in the Hot Housing Index put together by CACI and Property Week, rising 21 places compared to the 2018 survey. Its placing on the list saw...

University of Essex Cements AI Partnership with Facilities Management Industry Trailblazer

Sep 2, 2019 | Innovation

Cloudfm, a leading disruptive facilities management (FM) company based in Colchester, is joining forces with leading University of Essex artificial intelligence (AI) academics to drive change and revolutionise an industry that it believes has become stuck in the past....

Colchester Creative Agency at Gigabit Speed with Pure Fibre Broadband

Aug 29, 2019 | Broadband

Colchester-based creative agency This Is Fever is the latest company to see a successful installation of full fibre gigabit speed broadband: “Having ultrafast broadband enables us to provide the best possible service to our clients here at This Is Fever. Getting our...

£100m Infrastructure funding is welcome investment in North Essex

Aug 21, 2019 | Investment

A £100m funding announcement by the Government for North Essex has been welcomed by the councils behind the bid. Essex County Council, supported by Colchester, Tendring and Braintree councils, applied to the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) for cash to support a new...

Colchester-based Law firm extends reach to west Suffolk and beyond with merger

Aug 8, 2019 | Merger

Colchester-based Ellisons Solicitors is merging with Bury St Edmunds-based firm Gross & Co. The combination will give Ellisons a London base and a second office in Suffolk, after setting up an Ipswich office five years ago. Founded in 1848, Gross & Co. will...

Garden Community Plans Could Support More Than 21,000 Jobs by 2050

Aug 5, 2019 | Garden Communities

More than 21,000 jobs could be created over the next 30 years across North Essex as a result of proposed Garden Communities, leading economic consultants have said. Assessing the economic impact as part of new Local Plan evidence set to go before the Planning...