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Great Baddow Cricketer Named Start Up Loans Ambassador
Freddie Chatt's Village Cricket Co., begun after his bat broke, has sold out every year since 2020 on two Start Up Loans. Now he fronts the scheme in the East.
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Chelmsford City Racecourse
Chelmsford Racecourse: Racing Returns Monday 2 November
ARC has signed a multi-year lease and names Monday 2 November for the first meeting, subject to a BHA licence. Six fixtures to 17 December, back on Sky Sports Racing.
Business
New Chelmsford Companies: 156 Registered in September
156 new firms registered at Chelmsford addresses in September, up from 114 in August: a Duke Street takeaway, a Springfield Road restaurant and a nail bar.
Planning
Lidl Waterson Vale Rebuild: Store Doubles, Moulsham Inn Goes
Lidl wants to demolish its Waterson Vale store, the Farmfoods unit and the empty Moulsham Inn for one 2,238 sq m shop. Comments close 16 October.
Chelmsford
Chelmsford Racecourse Loses Two More Racedays to Southwell
The 8 and 15 October evening fixtures move to Southwell, six months after the licence expired. The racecourse's own site still lists eight racedays.
Chelmsford
Diocese of Chelmsford picks ex-ambassador as chief executive
Harriet Mathews, the first female British ambassador to Somalia, takes over in October at a diocese budgeting for an £869,000 deficit this year.
Chelmsford City Racecourse
Chelmsford racecourse: two more fixtures moved to Southwell
Two September meetings have been moved to Southwell, almost five months after the last race at Great Leighs. July's rescue deal still has no racing licence.
Jobs
Chelmsford unemployment rate 2.7%: young claims up a third
Chelmsford's claimant count hit 3,160 in July, 2.7% of working-age residents. Claims by 18 to 24-year-olds are up a third in two years, to 625. Ward figures below.