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The Hub shows off at UK Venue Show
The Hub will be exhibiting at the UK Venue Show from 1-2 February at Olympia in London, as part of the Amazing MK stand.
...more The Hub shows off at UK Venue ShowBrooklands wins yet another award
The Brooklands development in Milton Keynes has won yet another accolade, this time taking a silver medal at the What House? Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
...more Brooklands wins yet another awardBrooklands children celebrate National Tree Week
Children from Brooklands Farm Primary School in Milton Keynes have been learning all about native British trees right on their own doorstep. The youngsters were given a guided tour of the multi- award winning Brooklands Ridge as part of National Tree Week.
...more Brooklands children celebrate National Tree WeekBuckles, Designer Menswear Shop Opens in Ampthill
Big designer labels including Ralph Lauren, Gant, Lyle & Scott and Boss can now be bought in Ampthill with the opening of Buckles, a new independent menswear shop to be found downstairs at the ladies’ boutique, Bows.
...more Buckles, Designer Menswear Shop Opens in AmpthillAward winning energy plant for Bedfordshire business
A Bedford based firm’s newly completed green energy plant has won two national awards in the space of two weeks.
...more Award winning energy plant for Bedfordshire businessChristmas Gift Event at Ramada
On Friday 11 November, Ramada Encore in The Hub is holding a Christmas Gift Event.
...more Christmas Gift Event at RamadaSteptoe & Son return – to the Stage
HALLOWEEN FUN AT THE HUB
Get your fix of spooky goings on this Halloween at Milton Keynes vibrant leisure destination, The Hub, on Sunday 30th October from 5 pm to 6:30 pm
...more HALLOWEEN FUN AT THE HUBWolverton Park scoops worldwide design award
Wolverton Park has beaten competition from across the world to land the Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence at a ceremony in Los Angeles. It was the only British winner and picked up the prize alongside 4 other developments - three in America and one in Singapore.
...more Wolverton Park scoops worldwide design awardPlaces for People shortlisted for two What House? awards
The developers of Wolverton Park and Brooklands – two of Milton Keynes most recognised and awarded schemes - has been shortlisted for two prestigious What House? Awards.
...more Places for People shortlisted for two What House? awardsHeadonist scoops place in top style guide
Headonist Hair and Beauty salon in The Hub has scooped a place in the prestigious American Crew “Face Off” Style Guide for 2011.
...more Headonist scoops place in top style guideMy Place opens in The Hub
Guests partied until the early hours at the glitzy VIP launch party of My Place Bar & Lounge, the latest exciting venue to open in The Hub.
...more My Place opens in The HubBusiness MK Column - August
The biggest rebranding ever attempted?
...more Business MK Column - AugustThe Big Fish – A Big Catch for Milton Keynes
Eastenders' heart throb Scott Maslen, a keen angler when he's not in Albert Square attended The Big Fish family fun day at Great Linford Lakes on Sunday.
...more The Big Fish – A Big Catch for Milton KeynesNew energy plant nominated for industry award
BiogenGreenfinch is delighted to announce that its latest anaerobic digestion plant has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
...more New energy plant nominated for industry awardHeadonist Hair & Beauty raises funds for Help for Heroes
Staff at Headonist hair and beauty salon in the Hub, Milton Keynes tested themselves to the limit recently to raise funds for Help for Heroes charity.
...more Headonist Hair & Beauty raises funds for Help for HeroesSky Ride at The Hub
Five thousand cyclists are expected to take part in this year’s Sky Ride Milton Keynes which will bring them through the central piazza of The Hub. It will be a fantastic spectacle for visitors to The Hub with street entertainers adding to the buzz and excitement of the day.
...more Sky Ride at The HubJourney through the Wine regions of Spain
Join Lizarran's Spanish wine expert on Monday 12 September at 7pm for 'A Journey through the Wine regions of Spain’
...more Journey through the Wine regions of SpainFun in the sun at city’s newest play area
Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy a walk along Milton Keynes newest landmark, the Brooklands Ridge, as part of the celebrations for the opening of the new Brooklands Meadows Park and Play Area.
...more Fun in the sun at city’s newest play areaBusiness MK Column - July
Would you trust a journalist? Super-injunctions, phone-hacking and faked documentary footage. British journalism is not having the opportunity to give itself a very good press at the moment.
...more Business MK Column - JulyBusiness Biscotti - Networking Group
A NEW type of networking organisation, Business Biscotti, takes place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at a different venue in The Hub.
...more Business Biscotti - Networking GroupCharity Bazaar is huge success
Milton Keynes' first ever Charity Bazaar held at the Hub on Sunday 24 July was declared a huge success.
...more Charity Bazaar is huge successHub hosts first ever Charity Bazaar
BiogenGreenfinch wins National Recycling Award
BiogenGreenfinch picked up the prize for Waste to Energy Provider of the Year at this year’s National Recycling Awards, held at the London Hilton, Park Lane on Thursday 14 July.
...more BiogenGreenfinch wins National Recycling AwardToday Wolverton Park, tomorrow the World
Original artwork created for the multi-award winning Wolverton Park development in Milton Keynes is proving so popular it is being bought by collectors all over the world.
...more Today Wolverton Park, tomorrow the WorldThe Big Fish comes to Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes “Professor of Comedy” playing Shakespeare “for Laughs”
David Pibworth, Milton Keynes celebrated historian of comedy, is to play the drunken butler, Stephano, in a new touring production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
...more Milton Keynes “Professor of Comedy” playing Shakespeare “for Laughs”Wolverton Park is a World-Beater
The multi-award winning Wolverton Park development has landed the company behind it, Places for People, yet another prestigious award, this time on the world stage.
...more Wolverton Park is a World-BeaterMilton Keynes newest Community Champions clean up Broughton Brook
Children from Broughton Fields Primary School who were recently named Milton Keynes Community Champions have spent the day being introduced to the work of The Parks Trust with the help of MK Dons striker Charlie Collins.
...more Milton Keynes newest Community Champions clean up Broughton BrookJardine Michelson is now on Twitter
Yes, that's right - we are now on Twitter so you can keep up to date with all the latest goings on within the world of JMPR.
...more Jardine Michelson is now on TwitterOpen Farm Sunday at Bedfordia Farms in Milton Ernest
Bedfordia Farms is pleased to be taking part in Open Farm Sunday once again on 12 June 2011.
...more Open Farm Sunday at Bedfordia Farms in Milton ErnestHub sees first Lizarran open in the UK
Global Spanish tapas and pinxtos restaurant and bar, Lizarran, has opened in the UK at The Hub in Milton Keynes and guarantees to bring a large slice of Spanish flair and passion to the city’s dining out offering.
...more Hub sees first Lizarran open in the UKGreen Toursim Week at Jurys Inn
Today Jurys Inn, The Hub, announced its activity and in-hotel initiatives in support of Green Tourism Week and the hotel’s continuing commitment to Milton Keynes, its residents and visitors.
...more Green Toursim Week at Jurys InnBusiness MK Column - June
Milton Keynes New Community Champions
Milton Keynes School children have graduated from a new scheme aimed at generating Community Champions of the future. Pupils at Broughton Fields Primary School were presented with their certificates and become the first official community champions within Milton Keynes.
...more Milton Keynes New Community ChampionsBusiness MK Column - May
Can a bad reputation ever be good? Everyone loves a bad boy, or do they?
...more Business MK Column - MayBrooklands to build on its success with new appointment
Brooklands, Places for People’s 360-acre premium development on the eastern flank of Milton Keynes, has recruited a new infrastructure project implementation manager.
...more Brooklands to build on its success with new appointmentWolverton Park short listed for Global award
The multi-award winning Wolverton Park development has landed the company behind it, Places for People, yet another prestigious award nomination, this time on the world stage.
...more Wolverton Park short listed for Global awardWoburn Artbeat
Woburn Artbeat - a real life art gallery on the streets of Woburn in support of the British Heart Foundation - launched on Friday 15th April with a preview of a spectacular sculpture exhibition in the gardens of Woburn Abbey.
...more Woburn ArtbeatBusiness MK Column - April
TRIO OF EXCITING LONDON DATES FOR SINGER/SONGWRITER HAZEL O’CONNOR
Award winning singer-songwriter HAZEL O'CONNOR is taking time out from her hectic UK Blondes on Fire tour to perform at two major London charity gigs and will make her West End and London debut with fellow performers in The Bluja Project at the Leicester Square Theatre.
...more TRIO OF EXCITING LONDON DATES FOR SINGER/SONGWRITER HAZEL O’CONNORHackneys fruit and veg turned to green power
Waste fruit and vegetables from three of Hackney’s street markets are to be turned into green electricity. Waste food from Hoxton Market, Broadway Market and Ridley Road Market is to be collected by Bedfordshire-based, BiogenGreenfinch instead of going into landfill.
...more Hackneys fruit and veg turned to green powerBusiness Biscotti launches
National business networking group, Business Biscotti, has launched in Milton Keynes holding its inaugural event at the Ramada Encore Hotel in The Hub.
...more Business Biscotti launchesBrooklands Play Area Welcomes its new Residents
If you go down to the new Brooklands development in Milton Keynes today, you may not spot any teddy bears but you will meet a whole variety of new animal inhabitants.
...more Brooklands Play Area Welcomes its new ResidentsFood Waste company shortlisted for prestigious Observer Awards
BiogenGreenfinch, the Bedfordshire-based Anaerobic Digestion business has been short-listed for the celebrated Observer Ethical Awards in the category, National Grid Big Idea.
...more Food Waste company shortlisted for prestigious Observer AwardsBUSINESS MK COLUMN MARCH
How governments risk our national reputation at their peril
...more BUSINESS MK COLUMN MARCHBrooklands looking for the “corner shopkeeper of the future”
The developers behind two and a half thousand homes in Milton Keynes are looking to the past to create something new and exciting for the future.
...more Brooklands looking for the “corner shopkeeper of the future”Warwickshire food waste recycling plant to power 2,000 homes
BiogenGreenfinch is pleased to announce that it has successfully secured planning permission from Warwickshire County Council for the construction of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Merevale & Blyth Estate in Warwickshire.
...more Warwickshire food waste recycling plant to power 2,000 homesLocal construction company awarded major contract at Brooklands
Milton Keynes based Civil Engineering company, Smith Construction Group Ltd, has been awarded a two and a half year contract at Brooklands, the substantial new development in the Eastern Expansion Area of the city.
...more Local construction company awarded major contract at BrooklandsCAROLYNS BUSINESS MK COLUMN FEBRUARY
Your website in 2011 – If it doesn’t move, it must be dead! Question: Where on the internet is the second most likely place where people will search for the goods or services you provide, or even for information about your specific business? Answer: YouTube.
...more CAROLYNS BUSINESS MK COLUMN FEBRUARYCAROLYN'S BUSINESS MK COLUMN JANUARY
The bigger they are..
...more CAROLYN'S BUSINESS MK COLUMN JANUARYHEADONIST HAIR AND BEAUTY SCOOPS MILTON KEYNES’ ONLY FIVE STAR AWARD FROM GOOD SALON GUIDE
Headonist Hair and Beauty at The Hub has been celebrating in style after being the only salon in Milton Keynes to be awarded five stars by the prestigious Good Salon Guide.
...more HEADONIST HAIR AND BEAUTY SCOOPS MILTON KEYNES’ ONLY FIVE STAR AWARD FROM GOOD SALON GUIDEBumper year of awards success at Wolverton Park!
Places for People development, Wolverton Park, has scooped two further major awards adding to a bumper year of success for the stylish and contemporary new development.
...more Bumper year of awards success at Wolverton Park!HAZEL O’CONNOR LAUNCHES CHARITY SINGLE TO HONOUR HER MOTHER JOYCE
Coventry-born singer-songwriter Hazel O’Connor will launch her brand new charity single RE-JOYCE on 6th December, and will announce its release on ITV’s Daybreak that morning.
...more HAZEL O’CONNOR LAUNCHES CHARITY SINGLE TO HONOUR HER MOTHER JOYCEBrooklands – a new way of life proves popular with buyers
Carolyn's Business MK Column Dec 2010
Looking forward to Christmas but dreading the New Year? - How many businesses depend on a surge in activity over the Christmas period, only to dread the three dark months of the New Year?
...more Carolyn's Business MK Column Dec 2010Turtle Bay launch delivers a slice of the Caribbean to Milton Keynes!
Milton Keynes’ first Caribbean restaurant and bar, Turtle Bay, opened with a large helping of classic Caribbean heart and soul at The Hub last week.
...more Turtle Bay launch delivers a slice of the Caribbean to Milton Keynes!Wolverton Park proves a roaring success for MK Lions
Multi-award winning mixed use development, Wolverton Park, continues to make waves in Milton Keynes with six of the city’s top basketball players all moving into contemporary new homes.
...more Wolverton Park proves a roaring success for MK LionsHALLOWEEN FRIGHTS AND DELIGHTS AT THE HUB!
Over 600 ghosts, ghouls and wicked witches cast a spell over The Hub on Sunday evening as hundreds of families were treated to a spectacular evening of Halloween fun.
...more HALLOWEEN FRIGHTS AND DELIGHTS AT THE HUB!The Hub piazza set to swing to the beat at Turtle Bay launch party
Milton Keynes’ first Caribbean restaurant is gearing up to its grand public opening on Friday 5th November ready to deliver a large slice of Caribbean heart and soul to the city!
...more The Hub piazza set to swing to the beat at Turtle Bay launch partyCarolyn's Business MK Column Nov 2010
The Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name - Over the last few days the first shots have been fired in a war which could engulf us all. In all probability it will not “be over by Christmas.”
...more Carolyn's Business MK Column Nov 2010Ghostly gathering at The Hub
Get your fix of spooky goings on this Halloween @ The Hub when the ghosts and ghouls come out to play and invite you to join them! Join DJ and Host Trevor Marshall for loads of entertainment including:
...more Ghostly gathering at The HubWolverton Park Wows MP Mark Lancaster
Mark Lancaster has been wowed by a new development which mixes the old with the modern to provide award-winning housing. The city MP took a tour of Wolverton Park on Friday to learn about how the area had been transformed by developer Places for People.
...more Wolverton Park Wows MP Mark LancasterA Christmas Carol at The Stables
Another superbly innovative and exciting show comes to The Stables, Milton Keynes this Christmas, with a spellbinding production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ taken from the classic ghost story by Charles Dickens.
...more A Christmas Carol at The StablesAnother prestigious award for Places for People and Wolverton Park
Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce has awarded the Operational Excellence Award to Places for People for its stunning development, Wolverton Park.
...more Another prestigious award for Places for People and Wolverton ParkCarolyn's Business MK Column Oct 2010
A Martial Reputation - In the next few days, remarkable numbers of ordinary members of the public will turn out at towns and villages up and down the country to mark Remembrance.
...more Carolyn's Business MK Column Oct 2010Electric Cabaret win National Street Entertainers Competition 2010
A record crowd of 500 watched fabulous acts battle it out in the Final of the National Street Entertainers Competition last Saturday at The Hub. It was a closely fought competition with fantastic displays from some of the UK's finest street entertainers.
...more Electric Cabaret win National Street Entertainers Competition 2010Milton Keynes first Caribbean restaurant to open at The Hub
A unique new restaurant and bar concept is set to open in Milton Keynes this autumn, guaranteed to bring a large slice of Caribbean heart and soul to the city’s dining out offering.
...more Milton Keynes first Caribbean restaurant to open at The HubNational Street Entertainers Competition The Final
After four exciting rounds across the summer months, the 2010 Final of the National Street Entertainers Competition is taking place on Saturday 25 September at The Hub, Milton Keynes.
...more National Street Entertainers Competition The FinalBrooklands is Open for Business
The first new homes at Brooklands, Milton Keynes’ most exciting new property development have been officially launched on Saturday 11 September.
...more Brooklands is Open for BusinessCarolyn's Business MK Column Sept 2010
BP – A Reputation All at Sea - After weeks of screaming headlines following the terrible oil spill in the United States, BP’s appearances on our screens and in our newspapers have slowed to the occasional reminder of their continuing travails.
...more Carolyn's Business MK Column Sept 2010Street Entertainers Storm The Hub
Great weather and a fantastic line up of original street talent made round three of the National Street Entertainers Competition, held at The Hub on Saturday, another huge success.
...more Street Entertainers Storm The HubTop Environment Award for Brooklands, Milton Keynes
Brooklands Ridge, the unique three and a half kilometre long earthwork beside the M1 at the Brooklands development in Milton Keynes, has won the prestigious Environment Award from the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT).
...more Top Environment Award for Brooklands, Milton KeynesCycle-MK Challenge Winners Awarded
Afternoon of fun and entertainment at The Hub
As Milton Keynes was alive with the sights and sounds of IF: Milton Keynes International Festival, The Hub hosted its own day of entertainment with variety acts including fire-eating Dingle Fingle, Britain’s Got Talent star Sister Ruth and children’s favourite living statue Matt The Chimney Sweep.
...more Afternoon of fun and entertainment at The HubWolverton Park supports Milton Keynes Theatre
Wolverton Park, once the home to the Royal Train and now an award-winning, stylish and contemporary new development from Places for People, has become a Platinum Corporate Member of Milton Keynes Theatre.
...more Wolverton Park supports Milton Keynes TheatreHat Trick for Wolverton Park!
Places for People has picked up its third prestigious award for its Wolverton Park development in Milton Keynes. Wolverton Park scooped ‘Best New Large Development’ at the Evening Standard New Homes Awards.
...more Hat Trick for Wolverton Park!IF Business Launch at The Stables
Get fit and get cycling with the Cycle MK Challenge
Milton Keynes companies are being actively encouraged to take part in the Cycle-MK Challenge – a fun and free workplace-based challenge to inspire people to give cycling a go…
...more Get fit and get cycling with the Cycle MK ChallengeThe Magical Menagerie
In a spectacular UK first, producers of extraordinary live events Artichoke bring the world of The Magical Menagerie - a spectacular carousel of monumental proportions and mythical creatures – to Milton Keynes as part of the Sky Arts Artichoke Season.
...more The Magical MenagerieFeel the power at the Hub on 13 June
Following on from its huge success in 2009, power@thehub returns to The Hub in Central Milton Keynes on Sunday 13 June.
...more Feel the power at the Hub on 13 JuneDespite the rain, the crowds came...
Saturday 29 May saw Round 1 of the National Street Entertainers competition get off to a flying start with a great line up of street artists pulling out the stops in very wet conditions performing out of their skin for every vote they could get.
...more Despite the rain, the crowds came...IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2010
For 10 extraordinary days in July, central Milton Keynes will play centre stage to IF: Milton Keynes International Festival, bringing world renowned performers, artists and interactive attractions - many never before seen in this country - that will amaze and delight audiences.
...more IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2010Award Unveiled at Wolverton Park
Over a hundred guests from the local community and rail industry, attended the unveiling of a prestigious National Railway Heritage Award, won by Places for People, for the outstanding restoration work that has transformed the grade II listed Royal Train Shed at Wolverton, into a development of luxury homes.
...more Award Unveiled at Wolverton ParkFirst Homes Taking Shape at Brooklands
The first of two and a half thousand new homes are taking shape on the Brooklands development which will transform the eastern side of Milton Keynes into a modern, environmentally sensitive and hi-tech community.
...more First Homes Taking Shape at BrooklandsRegal Living at Wolverton Park
Executive Lets is proud to present a new era in accommodation for corporate clients based on regal quality and competitive prices.
...more Regal Living at Wolverton ParkGet in the groove this Easter at The Hub
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to ‘bust some moves’ this Easter Sunday at The Hub in central Milton Keynes.
...more Get in the groove this Easter at The HubEat Up all your Greens
...unless you would rather make electricity! Prize-winning pupils from four Ealing Primary schools have been watching their lunchtime leftovers being transformed into green electricity at one of BiogenGreenfinch’s state-of-the-art Anaerobic Digestion plants.
...more Eat Up all your Greens“This is the future and it is already happening here.”
Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, visits BiogenGreenfinch and says Anaerobic Digestion must be rolled out more widely across Britain.
...more “This is the future and it is already happening here.”Celebration of the life of Sir John Dankworth
Members of Sir John Dankworth’s family, his friends and fellow entertainers, came together on Monday 1 March to offer their heartfelt personal tributes in words, poetry, music and song, in celebration of the extraordinary life and music of a unique and special man.
...more Celebration of the life of Sir John DankworthNew public park at Brooklands gets approval
The latest stage of Places for People’s Brooklands development, which will see a new 2,500 home community built in Milton Keynes, has been given the green light.
...more New public park at Brooklands gets approvalStables pays tribute to Sir John Dankworth
The Stables pays a heartfelt tribute to Sir John Dankworth after his sad passing was announced last night by wife Dame Cleo Laine on stage at the Stables Anniversary concert.
...more Stables pays tribute to Sir John Dankworth10 extraordinary days in 2010
IF: Milton Keynes International Festival will take place for the first time from 16 – 25 July 2010 presenting an ambitious, high quality programme in locations across Central Milton Keynes.
...more 10 extraordinary days in 2010Hazel O'Connor celebrates 30 years with nationwide tour
This year marks BREAKING GLASS’ award-winning star Hazel O’Connor’s 30th anniversary in the music and entertainment industry. Striding into the spotlight with the cult movie in 1980, Hazel immediately became an iconic figure.
...more Hazel O'Connor celebrates 30 years with nationwide tour