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Northampton College Opens £500k Booth Lane Workshops
Robotic welding, a refurbished motor vehicle workshop, an electrical workshop: Northampton College's £500,000 Booth Lane upgrade serves about 3,500 students.
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M&S Riverside Northampton Opens: Hours and Lumbertubs Fix
M&S Food at Riverside Retail Park opened on 21 October: opening times for every day, what the store sells, Christmas food collection and the Lumbertubs signals.
Business
New Businesses in West Northants: 57 Firms, 3 Weeks
57 new companies registered in West Northants between 20 August and 9 September, led by services and online retail, plus the local firms now in liquidation.
Northampton
John Lobb Factory Plan: Heritage Officers Back It
Council heritage officers support John Lobb's 4,831 sqm factory behind Horizon House, St Peter's Way, saying it restores the old gas offices. Decision due 18 Nov.
Daventry
Amazon Daventry Pay: £15.10 Minimum From 27 September
Amazon raises frontline pay by up to 5.6% from 27 September. Minimum starting pay becomes £15.10 an hour, £2.39 above the legal minimum, covering Daventry.
Jobs
Northampton claimant count 9,510 in June, flat on a year ago
9,510 people in West Northamptonshire claimed unemployment benefits in June, 3.4% of working-age residents, below England's 4.0%. Under-25 claims rose 130.