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News / events archive

as of Saturday, May 25 2013

19/03/2013 Annual Chamber Meal
was held at White Hart Pub, Hawkwell on Tuesday, 12th March.
10/12/2012 Christmas Window Competition Results
Winner this year : Fairhavens
2nd : 365 Security
10/12/2012 Report from Christmas Light Switch On
Terrible weather as usual, but over 2000 people braved it
30/10/2012 Christmas Lights 2012
24th November
26/09/2012 3 Chamber meeting
Tuesday, 2nd October
at the new Holiday Inn hotel, Southend Airport
26/09/2012 365 Security Open Day
Held Saturday 8th September
15/06/2012 Jubilee Shop Window Winner
Congratulations to Havens Hospice
31/05/2012 Olympic Torch Relay Details
6th July, Rayleigh
31/05/2012 Essex Arts Opportunities and Events
Upcoming events
31/05/2012 Sparks will fly
Sparks will Fly in Essex is nearly upon us all
and we would like to invite you to follow the journey…
27/04/2012 Jubilee Window Competition
Details of our competiton - win a bottle of Champagne!
20/04/2012 Hockley / Hawkwell Queen's Diamond Jubilee Fete
Library car-park, Southend Road
Monday, June 4th
12/04/2012 Chamber annual meal
Our annual meal was held at Harrisons
19/01/2012 Donation to Hockley Day Centre
Hockley Funeralcare present a cheque for Ł300
06/01/2012 Hockley Funeralcare donation
Hockley Over 55s Club and Massive Project benefit from hog roast!
23/12/2011 Best Christmas Window 2011
Congratulations to Potters !
07/12/2011 Hockley Lights 2011 review
Our annual light-up saw thousands of people visit
Pics and info from the event and presentations
06/12/2011 Free Parking!
Once again the Council are allowing free parking in their car-parks all day on the four Saturdays running up to Christmas.
06/12/2011 HMRC Free To Attend Courses
Please see details of local courses which may be of interest:
24/11/2011 Christmas Lights Hockley 2011
Saturday, 26th November in Spa Road Hockley
23/11/2011 Greensward Academy Year 11 Awards
Monday, 21st November
16/11/2011 Childrens Christmas Picture Competition 2011
Age Groups 3-4, 5-8 and 9-11
Design a Christmas Card and win a prize !!
11/11/2011 Hockley Public Toilets
Correspondence with RDC about possible closure
03/11/2011 Best Christmas Window 2011
A Silver cup (for the year) and bottle of Champagne are the prizes.
Judgement Day 7th December !
10/10/2011 Magazine article
Our letter to MP gets a mention!
27/09/2011 Sunday Openings
Some of our traders are open on Sundays ...
06/07/2011 Paul Stanley
We regret to report the sudden death of Hockley Parish Clerk, Paul Stanley
We offer our deepest sympathy to Paul’s wife and family
12/06/2011 Car Parking press release
from RDC
12/06/2011 Next Meeting
TUESDAY, 12th JULY at 6pm at WHITE HART PUB
(not 7th June as originally planned)
25/05/2011 3 Chamber Meeting report
We had a successful meeting at Rayleigh Con Club
09/05/2011 Russian visit re Samson
A thank you letter from our Russian visitors
09/05/2011 Costcutter to re-open
Saturday June 18th
Watch out for re-opening special offers
02/05/2011 Whitsun holiday events
Including the 8th Hockley Wildwoods day
Read for more details
02/05/2011 3 Chamber Meeting
Thursday 12th May
Rayleigh Conservative Club 6.15 for 6.30 start
21/04/2011 Chamber London Marathon Runners
Carl Watson and Keith Fullick ran the London Marathon
30/03/2011 Membership Pack Download
Download your Chamber Membership Certificate
and information pack
08/03/2011 Sunrise Health and Nutrition Centre Open Day
Saturday 12th March 10am to 4.30pm
Raising money for Fair Havens
04/01/2011 Thank you letter from Dove Project in Southend

15/12/2010 Best Hockley Christmas Window 2010
WINNER : Havens Hospice
2nd : Chemicrest, 3rd : Potters
30/11/2010 CHRISTMAS TREE SCENE COMPETITION WINNERS
3 age groups - Winners here
24/11/2010 Greensward Year 11 Music Award
Congratulations to Winner Lydia Kitto!
18/11/2010 Best Christmas Window Competition
Carlton Cup and Champagne for winner!
Judging Tuesday 30th November
18/11/2010 Hockley Christmas Lights 2010
Saturday 27th November
Full details and line up here
18/11/2010 Farmer's Market
11th December - Park for FREE !
18/11/2010 FREE Parking in Hockley on Saturdays!
Good news from Rochford Council in the run up to Christmas
18/11/2010 New Vice Chairmen
Jeff has waited a long time for a Vice Chairman
Now 2 come along at once !
10/11/2010 Sunrise Open Day Charity Fundraiser
Saturday 13th November 9am-5pm
Mini Treatments and consultations
09/11/2010 Police Meeting
Wednesday 17th November 7.30pm
Old Fire Station
02/11/2010 ECO DESIGNER COMPETITION
Friday 12 November 2010 at The Mill Hall, Rayleigh
11/10/2010 Young Entrepreneur Awards
Winners : King Edmunds School !
17/09/2010 Rayleigh Family Funday
We set up a Shop at my Local stall and signed up 61 new residents & businesses
13/09/2010 New members
Welcome to Makro and Stibbards, our newest members
06/09/2010 Next meeting
Tuesday 16th November 2010
CJ's 6pm
26/07/2010 Rayleigh Fun Day
30th August 2010 - King George V Playing Field, Open 10am - 4pm
A great Bank Holiday family day out!
26/07/2010 Shop At My Local award
SAML has won the regional Enterprising Britain Award!
and now goes forward to the National Final
16/07/2010 World War 2 exhibition
Hockley World War 2 exhibition at the Old Fire Station
10th July 2010
22/04/2010 St George's Celebration and Farmers Market
Saturday 24th April, 9am - 1pm
Old Fire Station (Parish Hall), Southend Rd, Hockley
15/04/2010 Hockley Police find a home
at Wells Legal Homes
17/03/2010 Sport Relief Football Match
Thursday 18th March 2010 - Kick Off 3.45pm at Greensward Academy.
Greensward Staff v Hockley Police
17/03/2010 NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 27th April 2010
6pm at CJ's Bowling
17/03/2010 Wild Woods Day
FREE Family Fun Day in Hockley Woods
5th June 2010
17/03/2010 Essex UnITe Event
Free IT Basic Workshop
Rayleigh Library 25th and 26th March
05/03/2010 Liability insurance
Insurance certificate
02/03/2010 Annual members meal 2010
We recently enjoyed an evening at the Royal Oak in Stambridge
25/02/2010 FREE TAX & VAT HALF DAY COURSE IN HOCKLEY!
Provided by Anglia Ruskin University for Shop at my Local traders
12/02/2010 3 Chamber business meeting
Monday 8th March 2010
5:45pm for 6pm start - CJ's, Eldon Way, Hockley
19/01/2010 Thank you from Little Havens

06/01/2010 Thank you from Hockley Day Centre

10/12/2009 Free Business Training shrough Shop at my Local
Details of free local half day/full day training on business matters under the Anglia Ruskin University “Survive and Thrive” programme
10/12/2009 Thank you letter
from Peaceful Place
03/12/2009 Christmas Lights 2009
A report and photos of the event
25/11/2009 2009 Christmas Lights in Hockley
Details for this years light up on 28th November
25/11/2009 Free Saturday Parking
Rochford Council are providing free parking on Saturdays on lead up to Christmas
18/11/2009 BOLLYWOOD visits Hockley for Children in Need!!
For one day only
Friday 20th November 2007
14/10/2009 Hockley's first Farmers Market
Old Fire Station, Saturday 17th 09:30 to 12:00
14/10/2009 NEW PREMISES FOR WELLS LEGAL HOMES
42b Spa Road, Hockley (opposite supermarket)
Pop in to see us!
08/08/2009 Hockley Launch of Shop at my Local
We launched the SAML campaign in Hockley on 7th August
03/08/2009 Shop at my Local launched to Traders
The Shop at my Local campaign has been launched
Partners gathered in the gardens of Rochford Council
23/06/2009 Evening Echo
Right brew for ladies!
Read our recent Echo news article .....
18/06/2009 Wild Woods event photos
Some photos from the event held on Saturday 6th June in Hockley Woods
17/06/2009 Website Training - Urban Cafe 23/6 10am onwards
Come along and we'll update your FREE web page
Learn how to use the Member Zone Control Panel
16/06/2009 New features added to Hockley Chamber website
Members can now create news articles, advertise job vacancies and create special offer vouchers
25/05/2009 Next meeting
CJ’s Bowling, Eldon Way, Hockley at 6pm on Tuesday, 10th March, 2009.
25/05/2009 Parking campaign
Hockley Chamber of Trade are campaigning for a reintroduction of the half hour charge rate
25/05/2009 Temporary Closure of the A1245
Info provided by Essex County Council
19/05/2009 Rochford Fashion Show
22nd May 2009 6pm, Freight House
In aid of Fairhaven's & Littlehaven’s and the Rochford Chamber of Trade & Commerce Christmas event.
09/04/2009 Christmas Lights 2008 Thank You's
A belated thank you to everyone
09/04/2009 New investment to manufacture better businesses in
from East of England Development Agency
09/04/2009 Shell Oil Undergraduate Placement Programme
Have you thought about taking on a Shell Step undergraduate to help you with a challenging project?
11/03/2009 March 2009 Minutes available
Minutes from meeting held on 9th March 2009
Members only
09/03/2009 Car Parking charges to remain unaltered
RDC have held car parking charges unaltered after strong representations from three Chambers of Trade. In view of the economic situation.
04/03/2009 New HCTC Logo
Download and use our new logo
FREE Graffiti Removal
Rochford District Council are now offering free graffiti removal from business premises.
Meeting minutes (26/06/2007)
June 26th 2007
Neighbourhood Policing
"Have a say day"
Letter to John Walker, Chief Inspector
Police drawing attention to purse and wallet safety
Supermarket thefts
Police have caught and charged offenders!
Smoke Free Roadshows
Rochford District Council is holding Smoke Free Road Shows
to advise on the smoking ban from July 1st
Meeting minutes 09/10/2007

Spate of Thefts from Commercial Premises
A warning from John Walker (Chief Inspector)
Launch of new RDC Visitors Guide
An informative new guide to the district
Download it here in PDF format
Purse Chain Event
Held in Hockley, 8th August
Thefts in Hockley
Please be vigilant
Next meeting
Tuesday 9th October, The Bull Pub
Download the agenda here
Did you receive a Questionnaire?
Every business in Hockley will be receiving a questionnaire in the next few days from the Hockley Parish Plan Group.
This will seek your opinion on many business-related issues.
Yellow Advertiser article
re CCTV in Hockley
Christmas Lights 2007
Saturday November 24th
Spa Road, Hockley, 5.45pm - 9.15pm
Best Christmas Window Competition 2007
Full details of this years competition!
Xmas lights - dance rehearsals underway

Website progress report
See how the site has grown since its launch
Barclays Bank robbery
Letter to Police and Council following more violence in Hockley
New Year RDC Meeting
Monday 15th January 2007
ASDA Proposal - Rejection!
May 26th
Chamber IT presentation
On Monday 24th April at the Rayleigh Civic Centre, a formal presentation was made to three local Chambers of Trade of their new website hardware
Meeting Minutes (13/6/2006)
from meeting held 13th June 2006
Donation
to Hockley Parish Plan Group
Business Matters newsletter - August 2006
Read the latest council newsletter
Letter to Rayleigh Police
Thanks re Halloween
Letter to Louis James Security
Thanks re Halloween
Meeting minutes (31/10/06)
from 31st October 2006
Parish Plan Questionnaire
This was launched on 22nd March
Raffle Prizes
Thank you to all the traders that have donated
prizes for the raffle
Business Matters Newsletter - March 2007
Latest newsletter from RDC
Best Christmas Windows
Winner this year : FIRST CHOICE BATHROOMS
Commended : Danielles and Castle Optician
Car parking charge increases
Letter of complaint to Rochford Council
Annual Dinner 2007
Chairman's report
Business Matters Newsletter
An article about our website to be featured in the next newsletter
Meeting minutes (6/3/2007)
Minutes from 6th March
CCTV proposal for Hockley
A letter to the council
Thank you letters

Countdown to amazing Rotary Concert.
The Rotary Club of Rayleigh Mill is already organising its concert in the park.
For the twelth year running the ever popular June event in Priory Park.
Raffle Prizes
Thank you to all our members who have donated prizes
View the poster
Best Window Competition
Carlton Cup 2006
Win a bottle of Champagne !
Business Rates / difficulties
A letter from MP Mark Francois
**NEXT MEETING**
TUES 17th JUNE 6PM
** NEW VENUE - CJ's BOWLING **
Shop locally
Support our campaign to buy good fom our local shops
Meeting Minutes (June 8th 2008)

Potters new hardware store opens
New DIY and decorating department
Opening Saturday 19th July
Hockley War Memorial
Not just a hole in the pavement ....
Tenpin Bowling Evening
The Chamber of Trade is planning a bowling evening at CJ’s Bowling
Monday 15th September
Next meeting - Tuesday 30th September
CJ's Bowling, Eldon Way, 6pm
Children at Old Fire Station

** Graffiti Arrest **
a suspect has been arrested in connection with the widespread graffiti attack on Main Road shops and businesses last week
Christmas Lights 2008
Saturday 22nd November
Switch on at 7pm by Essex FM's Martin & Sue
FREE Parking on Saturdays !
Park FREE in Hockley for 4 Saturdays up to Xmas
Traders Raffle
List of donators to the raffle stall at the lights
Donations
Details of recent donations we have made
Greensward Academy Presentation
Congratulations to Lauren Clarke
Best Hockley Christmas Window
The winners this year are Potters!
Congratulations to all who took part
Glass scratching
Unfortunately this has resumed in the town
Rayleigh Mill Rotary Concert in the Park
Sponsor required
Letter of Protest Concerning ASDA
Letter from Jeff Stanton to the Planning Department
Virgin Active Special Offer!
BE OUR GUEST – ENJOY A FREE DAY AT CLEMENTS HALL!
Next meeting - Feb 19th 2008
Meeting date change - new date March 4th NOT Feb 19th
Usual time and place – 6pm, Bull Pub, Main Road
Donations
We gave donations to Hockley Day Centre, Hockley Mother & Child Group and to ARK 11 charity
Christmas Lights
Some photos of the successful night!
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Enjoyed our Xmas Lights event and have written with their thanks
Annual Dinner 2008
Feb 12th - Royal Oak
Best Christmas Window In Hockley Competition 2008
1st prize goes to to URBAN in Spa Road!
Thank you letter
from Hockley Parent and Toddler Group
Local retirements
2 of our longstanding members retired on Christmas Eve
Donation to Hockley Parish Council
Ł2000 was donated to upgrade our Christmas lights
Crime Reduction Partnership News
Latest news from CRP News
Hockley & Rochford future development
Letter from Rochford Council
Wild Woods day in Hockley Woods
Saturday 7th June
Annual Dinner 2008 review
A summary of the evening at the Royal Oak and some photos
Meeting minutes
March 2008
New members
Welcome to six new members .....
Wildwoods Day at Hockley Woods
Saturday 7th June
Hockley Retail Against crime launch (H.R.A.C)
Friday 25th April 2008
outside Somerfield, 9.30am.
Help us tackle shoplifting
A poster for you to print out and display
Hockley Retail Against Crime scheme
Launched 24th April
Greensward College presentation
Chamber of Trade sponsor the Music prize for best music student
Christmas Lights 2007 Accounts
Details of income and expenditure