Breathe new life into our local High Streets and towns

Alex Burghart supports Brentwood and Ongar's towns and High Streets

The Conservatives will save the Great British High Street.

There is a great entrepreneurial spirit here in Essex – but some of our local High Streets are struggling, hit by online shopping. The Prime Minister has announced a three point plan to help reverse this decline by making it easier for shoppers to withdraw cash by scrapping business rates on free-to-use machines, by cutting the number of empty premises by making it simpler for businesses to set up shop, and substantially increasing the Future High Streets Fund to improve transport and access and convert empty retail units.

News

Life Time Skills Guarantee - Getting Back to Work After Lockdown

The Prime Minister made it clear over the Easter weekend that we are ready to enter the next stage of the roadmap out of lockdown, with the opening up of non-essential shops, gyms, campsites, beer gardens, outdoor hospitality and, thankfully for so many of us, barbers.

Love Seafood

There’s something very special, and very British, about a good plate of fish and chips, be it freshly unwrapped from the local takeaway, or served up with peas and lemon with a pint in a pub.

Lockdown Eases But Still Remember Hands, Face, Space

With temperatures due to soar and fall in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency this week it seems the weather is reflecting something of the up and down nature of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

Ongar News - Love Seafood

There’s something very special, and very British, about a good plate of fish and chips, be it freshly unwrapped from the local takeaway, or served up with garden peas and lemon with a pint in a pub.

Electric Vehicle Chargers Now Available at Brentwood Town Hall

The UK is committed to having one of the best affordable, reliable, accessible and secure infrastructure networks for EV drivers, so I am very pleased Brentwood Borough Council has joined forces with Osprey Charging Network to launch a series of Electric Vehicle chargers at the Town Hall in Ingra

Ongar News: Floods and Lorries

As I write, much of Ongar is covered in snow which, for a short time, will disguise the churned mud, clay and puddles masking many of our favourite local footpaths.