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The future of The Swan Centre’s flagship multi screen cinema looks certain today with the announcement that the Vue cinema chain has been sold to private equity firm Doughty Hanson for £450 million. Vue made a gross profit of £60 million last year against a debt pile of £335 million. The deal will see...
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Residents living on Twyford Road could see major improvements to the area including a much needed crossing point to enable them to safely access the town centre under proposals discussed by local ward councillors at last week’s meeting of Eastleigh Local Area Committee (ELAC). £8,500 has been earmarked by the council to carry out...
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Local Echo journalists will be shocked today to discover the size of their Chairman’s pay packet. Paul Davidson top boss at ‘Newsquest’ – the company that publishes our local newspapers including the Echo, Hampshire Chronicle and Eastleigh News Extra saw his pay rocket from £501,234 to £609,385 this year while his staff have been...
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Eastleigh council boss Keith House has outlined his plans for implementing the cuts announced in the comprehensive spending review – plans which could include selling the current civic offices as part of an austerity drive. In a statement delivered to council on Thursday, Mr House sought to assure members and residents that the council...
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The cost of Eastleigh’s Christmas lights have rocketed by over 30% in the last four years a recent Freedom of Information request has revealed. Eastleigh residents will be paying nearly £30,000 for their festive town centre decorations and Christmas tree this year compared to just over £20,000 in 2006. This increase in expenditure is...
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Staff working on popular local newspapers ‘The Daily Echo’ and ‘Hampshire Chronicle’ have voted an overwhelming 95% in favour of taking industrial action over a two year pay freeze. The journalists are employed by news publisher ‘Newsquest’ which has a monopoly of local titles including the Echo, Hampshire Chronicle and weekly freebie ‘News Extra’...
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Members of Eastleigh’s Hampshire action team (Eastleigh HAT) have been updated by the County Council’s Highways Department on progress being made on ‘Operation Restore’, the ongoing programme to repair local roads after the disastrous severe winter conditions had left the Borough’s roads pitted with potholes. So far this year the County Council has carried...
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The manager of a popular Eastleigh Pub has alleged that a local councillor threatened to revoke his licence after he was jostled while being served. As a result of the incident Mr Simon Bancroft of the Litten Tree in the High Street complained to the council regarding the alleged behaviour of Dave Broughton the...
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As the recession continues to bite, business lettings in Eastleigh remain languishing in the doldrums as the recent consultation paper on the Eastleigh Town Access plan acknowledged, describing the Town Centre as ‘Underperforming’. A report issued last week by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said economic growth in the third quarter was “considerably”...
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Over a year after the council publicly declared they were going to remove eyesore parking signposts from the streets of Newtown – exasperated residents are still waiting for something to happen. On the 27th September 2009 local resident J Meuhlnickel complained on the ‘Fix my street’ website about the state of a parking signpost...
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