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Jardines another loss for Aylesbury

by Mark Willis on 23 September, 2011

So planning permission has been granted for the conversion of Jardines Bowling centre into a shop, I don’t normally do this but I’m going to quote a Tory Councillor, Tom Hunter-Watts, from his comment on the Bucks Herald website, “It became clear that Jardines had no future as a business”, now having sat upon the […]

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Arla Concerns

by Mark Willis on 31 January, 2011

Many people in the town are concerned about the proposed Arla Dairy plant on the A41 at Aston Clinton. Some are worried about the plant itself but most are worried about the traffic. However, I suspect everyone welcomes the much needed jobs that this plant could bring if it is built. So, the Town Council […]

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Aylesbury Town Council, No Tax rise this year

by Mark Willis on 15 January, 2011

At the last meeting of Aylesbury Town Council (13th Jan 2011) we discussed the budget for 2011/2012, the proposal was for no increase in the precept & was carried so your Town Council bill will remain the same as 2010/2011. My colleague Cllr Kevin Peters took a different view, and asked for an increase of […]

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A bad day for the vulnerable in Bucks

by Mark Willis on 5 August, 2010

Today’s decision to slash £9.2 million pounds from the Buckinghamshire County Councils budget is a hammer blow for many of our poorest and most vulnerable citizens,the Tories have had the grant from central government reduced by £3 million, but have been running an organisation that has wasted so much of our valuable council tax money […]

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It Asda to be No at the moment.

by Mark Willis on 16 December, 2009

    At the last meeting of the Aylesbury Town Councils planning committee we were treated to the revised planning application for the new ASDA store, for me it doesn’t really matter the changes that the company make to their application, the road system in that part of town has not been updated for generations […]

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HBOS closure, a disaster for all

by Mark Willis on 24 November, 2009

The virtual closure of the iconic Blue Leanie by the part publically owned HBOS and Equitable life is a bitter blow for the hardworking and loyal staff who have had to endure much over the last few years, the loss of 800 jobs at the biggest private employer in the town is a blow to […]

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