Regeneration: The gasification plant is to be built near Ford Dagenham

£100m waste plant near Ford Dagenham put back by three years

Plans to open a £100million plant turning household waste into electricity have been put back to 2015.

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Oakleafe Property Services were one of the winners at the 2011 Barking and Dagenham Business Awards

Barking and Dagenham Business Awards launch

The fifth annual Barking and Dagenham Business Awards were officially launched this afternoon.

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Takeover: The Bonmarche shop in East Street, Barking, has been earmarked for closure

Barking and Dagenham fashion shops could shut before April

Two Bonmarche shops have been earmarked for closure in Barking and Dagenham.

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Mark Kass, development manager of Barking Enterprise Centre

Business column: There are many reasons why we should feel positive

Mark Kass, enterprise development manager at Barking Enterprise Centre, urges local people to look to the future

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Improvements: Market manager John Walsh said the funding was 'fantastic'

Barking Market receives rejeneration funding

Barking Market is to be rejuvenated through a £1.9million high-street grant.

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Uncertainty: Peacocks in East street, Barking

Barking and Dagenham fashion shops face uncertain future

Two fashion shops in Barking and Dagenham could be closed, resulting in a possible loss of jobs.

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Sue Bramley Children's Centre is holding a work club

Barking children’s centre to run course helping jobseekers

A centre is running a work club to help people find a job.

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Premier Inn

Premier Inn hotel planned for Dagenham

A new 80-bed Premier Inn hotel and family pub will create close to 60 jobs in Dagenham.

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Cutbacks: Staff fear planned savings could lead to the demise of the Broadway Theatre

£20m cutbacks could lead to closure of libraries and theatre in Barking and Dagenham

Taxpayers have been giving their views on a £20million programme of cuts that could lead to library closures, the transfer of an adult college and the demise of The Broadway Theatre.

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Paul Scott at the shop in station parade

Shoppers want cap on bookmakers in Barking and Dagenham as new branch looms

Plans to open a new betting shop in Barking Town Centre have led to concerns among residents over the number of bookmakers in the borough.

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Regeneration: Tim Metson and Mark Bass present plans for the redevelopment of the Sanofi factory in Dagenham

Visitors flock to business exhibition in Dagenham

Thriving firms showed off what they have to offer during an exhibition celebrating business excellence in Barking and Dagenham.

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