Work starts on £10m rail station
August 1, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Work on a £10.2m railway station for Corby in Northamptonshire has started this week.
Corby is currently the largest town in Britain without a station and the new facility will offer services to destinations including London.
Network Rail said it had appointed Dean and Dyball to build the new station.
Dyan Crowther, Network Rail route director, said: “This new rail link will give Corby the chance to take the greener option of the rail.”
Corby’s £18m Olympic pool ‘taking shape’
July 14, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Work has started on an £18m fitness complex which includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool in Corby, Northamptonshire.
Laminate timber beams have been used to create an arching roof on the 50m Corby East Midlands International Pool.
Pat Fawcett, leader of Corby Borough Council, said: “The pool building is really taking shape and the erection of the beams is an exciting milestone.”
The venue has been selected as a pre-games training camp for the London 2012 Olympics.
In addition to the main pool, the complex includes a 20m training pool, fun pool with flumes, a gym, dance facilities and cafe.
“Our intention is to provide the best facilities possible to meet the needs of residents of Corby and develop facilities to regional standard,” Ms Fawcett said.
The pool is due to open in summer 2009.
JJB to open new fitness centre in Corby
July 2, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Sports chain giant JJB is to create 50 jobs when it opens a new gym and swimming pool in Corby.
It has been given the go ahead to open the fitness centre next to a new sports shop on the site of the former Focus store at Phoenix Parkway shopping centre.
There will be 25 full-time members of staff and 25 part-time positions at the complex.
A joint planning application by JJB and Peel Investments, the Manchester-based firm which runs the shopping complex, was approved by Corby Council this week.
A spokesman for the company said: “There is a desperate need to reverse the decline in the general health of the population.”
“Many people in the local community would benefit from the low cost fees that JJB charge for health club membership.”
“There are no comparable private health and fitness facilities which are available to people living in the town.”
“The site is ideally placed to provide much-needed, quality, modern health and fitness facilities to a local population without any requirement to travel by private car.”
The complex will include a 20m swimming pool, steam room, cardiovascular area, weights, a dance studio, a resistance area and a spinning area.
Membership fees are designed to be relatively cheap, with a peak pass costing £36 a month, off-peak £26 and £20 for students and senior citizens.
The club would be on the ground floor of the JJB store. The company has 43 fitness centres.
More details here
College set to build £42m campus
June 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
A college will build a £42m campus on the site of a former school it bought from Northamptonshire County Council.
Tresham Institute will build its new Corby campus at the current educational site, used by Corby Community College.
It is part of a £63m redevelopment plan that the college will take to the Northamptonshire Learning and Skills Council, at the end of the month.
Read the full story at the BBC Website
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Southern Gateway Construction Commences
June 1, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
First building starts at Corby’s Southern Gateway
Construction is underway at Corby’s Southern Gateway Business Park, forecast to bring hundreds of jobs to the town in a long-term development.
Tri-Towns Developments Ltd say the first buildings will comprise a Beefeater family pub restaurant and Premier Inn budget hotel.
But Mark Best, of Tri Town’s Developments, says there is also strong interest in the site, which sits off the A6003, for office and industrial space.
He said: “We are delighted that Whitbread have commenced the developed of the family pub and budget hotel.”
“The fact that Whitbread have acquired a site highlights the prominence of the site and the types and calibre of occupiers the site is going to attract.”
“I am pleased to say that we have some very good interest from a number of occupiers from both within the Corby area and from further a field for both industrial and office buildings and I am therefore confident that further building will be constructed on the site very quickly.”
Read the full story at http://thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk/
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Corby is top of the shops
May 20, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Shoppers are delighted with new stores in Corby town centre.
Surveys have revealed shopper satisfaction ratings have soared since Willow Place opened its doors in October last year.
The questionnaires were undertaken on behalf of town centre owners and managers Land Securities.
The average satisfaction score reached 78 per cent in the independent survey carried out during early spring – about double that of previous results, an achievement described by the firm which carried out the survey as ‘remarkable’.
A jewel in the crown for local shopping
May 20, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
As a county, we’re quite lucky to be on the doorstep of some excellent shopping cities such as Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Peterborough, Cambridge and Milton Keynes.
But within our county, people generally only consider Northampton as a decent place to shop.
However, Spree knows there are hidden gems out there, so for the next three weeks, we will be looking at three of our area’s other potential shopping stop-offs – Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough.
This week Spree took to the streets of Corby to find out exactly what’s on offer.
Corby university plans gather momentum
May 11, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Space has been designated for a university campus as part of the new £20m Tresham Institute campus to be built in Corby.
Tresham and partner Corby Council have put in a bid for the site of Corby Community College from the county council, which owns the 16-acre site off Oakley Road.
Most of the land will be used for the Tresham campus, which will relocate from its current base in George Street, but a portion of the site, near the rail station in Station Road, will be set aside for the university.
The move has been made possible as the current secondary school on the site is closing and pupils will be transferring to the brand new Corby Business Academy, due to open this September.
Corby rail station on track to open by Christmas
May 11, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Government organisation is still thrashing out the details for the timetable to be drawn up by East Midlands Trains, which will be running the service, but has said the plan is to have the service in place for the end of the year.
Banners have gone up at the site to remind Corby residents they will be able to travel to the capital from the town in the near future.
Contractors are on site in Station Road putting in infrastructure.
Read the full story at Northants ET
Next phase of Corby town centre
April 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
The second phase of Corby town centre regeneration follows hot on the heels of the £40m Willow Place development which opened in October.
The £100m second part of the four-phase scheme will include houses, public spaces, leisure facilities and more shops.
Two further stages in the next 10 years will focus on New Post Office Square and the Oasis Retail Park.
