Southampton
Cllr Richard Williams, Southampton City Council leader, has hit back at Chancellor George Osborne claiming that his 2013 Budget is a missed opportunity.
Financial gain in joining football’s Premier League has never been starker than in Southampton Football Club’s recent declaration of massive increases in revenue.
Nicola Cortese, executive chairman, has steered Saints to a trebling of figures equating to over £33m which overshadows the clubs £9m gained for the whole 12 months leading up to June 2009.
With yearly profits hitting the billions, Southampton based British American Tobacco (BAT) netted a £5.97 billion according to its latest financial results.
Staff were stunned when their place of work, and popular Southampton fashion outlet, West One, closed its doors without warning.
8 members staff are now without jobs as the company teetered on the verge of administration last night.
Staff were stunned when their place of work, and popular Southampton fashion outlet, West One, closed its doors without warning.
8 members staff are now without jobs as the company teetered on the verge of administration last night.
Test Valley Borough Council have approved controversial plans for a brand new LIdl depot to be built next to the M271 near Nursling.
Councillors eventually gave the green light to the project after nearly two-and-a-half hours of debate.
Fareham’s MP Mark Hoban, who is also Minister of State for Work and Pensions, is currently promoting a new government initiative that aims to get more young adults into work. The new scheme is the £1 Billion Youth Contract, which was launched by Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg in April last year.
Southampton is to receive £30 million investment for improvements to the rail infrastructure around the city. This is part of a £1 billion investment across the southern rail network. In addition to improvements in and around Southampton, commuters will benefit from improved facilities and connections at London Waterloo.
The plans for the £70m Watermark WestQuay development went on on public display this week. The new development will see a disused brownfield site between Harbour Parade and Portland Terrace to the south of WestQuay Shopping Centre, previously known as the West Quay Phase 3 Central Site, being transformed into a new leisure and entertainment complex.
Virgin Media have now completed their superfast broadband improvements in Southampton. They claim that Southamton is now the best connected city in the UK.
