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05/14/2018

New guide for Relocating to Reading

Reading UK has produced a new guide to help businesses recruit the talent they need to grow. Relocating to Reading promotes the town as a great place to develop a career and is designed to be a useful resource to help businesses attract talented staff. Reading UK says although the town has both the UK’s second highest average wage and 50 per cent of its workers have qualifications of degree level or higher, recruiting and retaining talent remains a key business challenge. It promotes what it
05/14/2018

View from the riverbank: Tap into our new look

As part of the ongoing growth of Thames Tap, we are pleased to announce we have refreshed the look and feel, not only of the weekly newsletter, but now allow users access additional information. We strongly suggest you check out a couple of the new pages, designed to make your research of News & Views easier. Your County is a unique segmentation of stories from the counties which constitute the wider Thames Valley: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, North Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and
05/14/2018

'We have changed people's perceptions of Basingstoke'

Thames Tap spoke to two of the leading figures behind the multi-billion pound regeneration of Basingstoke; Cllr John Izett, former managing director of Rogers Chapman at the time it was sold to JLL, and Victor Nicholls, former deputy chief executive of Bracknell Forest Council. Both public and private investment is flowing into Basingstoke and the councillor overseeing the town’s regeneration has no doubts why. A combination of an 8,000-home Garden Town, the £300 million rebuilding of its main
05/14/2018

Ascot rejuvenation unveiled

A development brief has been published proposing rejuvenation of Ascot town centre with new shops, community building, open spaces and around 300 homes. The Ascot Centre Consortium, made up of Bloor Homes, Ascot Racecourse, The Crown Estate and Ascot Central Car Parks Ltd, is behind the scheme which is now open for consultation. The brief covers the High Street itself and land which is currently used as the racecourse car parks 5, 5a and 6. Homes will be spread across a number of sites and
05/11/2018

Hotel 'will help Basingstoke compete with Reading and Guildford'

Councillors have approved plans for a 153-bedroom hotel at Basing View. The Village Hotel scheme was given approval at Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council’s development control committee on Wednesday, May 9. It will have a leisure club (including swimming pool), conference centre and meeting area, kitchen and pub, restaurant and a Starbucks. It will also have 245 parking spaces. Iain Stackhouse, head of property at Village Hotel Club, said: “We’re excited about bringing Village Hotel Club to
05/11/2018

LDO planned to help Greenham Business Park grow faster

A local development order (LDO) is being drawn up for Greenham Business Park to try to speed up the planning process and attract new occupiers. West Berkshire Council officers worked alongside Greenham Common Trust and planning consultants Pro-Vision to draw up the LDO which, if approved, will help the park grow faster. The existing masterplan for the former military air base allows for 1.6 million sq ft of development but so far only 40 per cent of that has been built. The trust says the
05/10/2018

Oxford: 'A great environment to be in'

Few people have a better understanding of the issues facing Oxfordshire than Bob Price. We spoke to the former leader of Oxford City Council about how both the city and the county should address the challenges in its dynamic future. The May elections brought to an end 35 years on Oxford City Council for former leader Bob Price. Mr Price spent half his life on the authority during a period of development unlike anything the city has seen. Yet the growing pains caused by the explosion of
05/09/2018

Gorse Ride set for regeneration

An estate of 178 homes may be demolished for a new development of 243. Wokingham Borough Council’s executive will meet on Wednesday, May 16 to decide whether to approve £30 million to redevelop homes at the Gorse Ride estate at Finchampstead. The money will fund the second phase of the development. A planning application for the first phase will be submitted next month. The 1970s prefabricated homes, built to last just 10-20 years, will make way for a varied range of new properties, with

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News

New guide for Relocating to Reading

View from the riverbank: Tap into our new look

'We have changed people's perceptions of Basingstoke'

Ascot rejuvenation unveiled

Hotel 'will help Basingstoke compete with Reading and Guildford'

LDO planned to help Greenham Business Park grow faster

Oxford: 'A great environment to be in'

Gorse Ride set for regeneration