http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk The Website of Burlington Consultancy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The town of Corby in Northamptonshire has the fastest growing population in England and Wales, according to new figures. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) based its findings on the number of council taxpayers in the borough. They show that the number of average Band D council taxpayers in ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2010/02/08/corby-is-fastest-growing-town/ A fresh application to create a university in north Northamptonshire is likely to be made in the new year. Education leaders rejected a bid from Tresham College to set up the university in Corby. But supporters of the plan say that with regeneration and a growing population, pressure is building for a ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2009/12/29/fresh-bid-planned-for-university/ Olympic swimmer Mark Foster officially opened Corby East Midlands International Swimming Pool today (24th July, 2009). He was the first person to take to the water and he swam the 50m length in 22.92 seconds. He said: "I love seeing new swimming pools, I have spent my life in them and this ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2009/07/25/corby-pool-opened-by-olympic-swimmer/ New businesses, skills and jobs are to be created in Corby following today’s announcement by North Northants Development Company (NNDC), the Urban Regeneration Company, that funding is in place to develop the £8.3m Corby Enterprise Centre. East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is the major funder of the Enterprise Centre, putting in ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2009/03/07/funding-secured-for-corby-enterprise-centre/ Earlier this week, BBC News met three former Woolworths workers, struggling to find new jobs. After hearing that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had said that jobs were being created, one of them, Evelyn Downey, challenged him to "come to Corby and show me where they are, because I can't find ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2009/02/14/pm-visits-corby/ SHOPPERS are coming from far and wide to spend their money in Corby following the opening of the new Primark store in the town. The number of visitors to the town was up 40 per cent on last week when the new Primark store flung open its doors on ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2008/11/24/new-primark-attracts-shoppers-to-corby/ First a word of warning: if you value your website do not touch Webfusion with a barge pole! Last weekend our dedicated server which hosts a number of our larger sites suffered an extended outage.  Despite supposedly having mirrored disks, these clowns lost all our data and kept us waiting over ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2008/09/19/webfusion-dedicated-hosting-avoid-at-all-costs/ Today I had the misfortune to visit Allen Ford in Kettering. I'm interested in buying a new Ford S-Max, and thought I'd see what a local dealer could offer. All was well until I asked if they could price-match an online quote from www.drivethedeal.com, a favourite site of mine. ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2008/08/12/allen-ford-kettering/ Plans to create a £5million sports hub at Rockingham Triangle to improve sport provision in Corby can be revealed for the first time today. They include ambitious plans to open a beacon tennis facility – one of only 25 in the UK – with six new outdoor floodlit tennis courts at ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2008/08/07/5m-sports-hub-envy-of-region/ 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 ... http://www.burlingtonweb.co.uk/2008/08/01/work-starts-on-10m-rail-station/