18th February 2009 - Luton Town

Wembley

Playing at home last night, Luton Town took on Brighton in a nail biting match. Luton were quick to score, thanks to the error by the opposing team, but twenty minutes later Brighton equalized and by half time Brighton had a player sent off. The match ended 1-1 and went on to penalties to decide a winner, which Luton won 4-3. Luton will now play at Wembley in April for the first time in 15 years!

17th February 2009 - Red's Television Debut

Press release

Margaret Basquille-Byrne, Managing Director, was interviewed by the BBC Look East News programme. The interview was broadcast on both the 6.30pm and 10 pm shows.

A second interview was conducted on Tuesday, 17th February, with BBC Three Counties Radio.

Margaret was questioned about unemployment in the area and pointed out that whilst there have been redundancies, employers are still recruiting and the number of temporaries being utilised by Companies is on the increase. red was pleased to confirm that we continue to register candidates and our ability to service the area continues to be on the rise. Our commitment to our candidates remains evident in the ongoing services, such as CV advice, interview preparation and our overwhelming commitment to matching appropriate candidates to our Clients.

Margaret confirmed that although our manufacturing industries have seen a decline, we continue to experience growth in the service industries here in Luton. London Luton Airport’s continued growth has been very positive for the local community.

We expect to continue to provide the best service and promote the excellent, well established employers here in Bedfordshire.

20th January 2009 - Red, White and Blue

Red, White and Blue

Join us in celebrating with Diane, the only American in the Office, and possibly in Luton, the 44th President of the United States of America. Barack Obama takes office at 5:00 GMT.

19th January 2009 - Red going Strong

Press Release

Whilst many National Agencies are closing and merging offices with redundancies in various locations, Red continues to go from strength to strength, expanding on our vast Client base in the local area.

Through the continuity of our well established, stable team of Consultants, we are able to provide local businesses the expertise and service that managing their accounts requires through these changing economic times.

We continue to have an excellent candidate flow, increasing our already excellent database of skilled, high calibre applicants.

17th January 2009 - Luton Town

Go Hatters!

Luton were away to Darlington and lost 5-1 Martin for Luton scored for Luton 30 minutes into the first half at the Darlington Arena.

This coming Saturday, 24th of January, Sees Luton town kick off against Bradford City at 3:00 pm.

15th January 2009 - Supporting John Howard Society

We decided this Christmas to save a few trees and not send out Christmas cards. Well what should we do with the money we saved? We are delighted to have choosen the John Howard Society - Luton Foyer Charity that supports the homeless and people who have suffered hardship and difficulties. Many of the clients of the charity are alone with little or no belongings.

We received a beautiful letter from Hilary Mills-Willams, Chief Executive explaining what they would use the money for - I can honestly say it was extremely moving and quite humbling. We have now decided as a team to pick the Luton Foyer as our charity for the year and will be carrying out a variety of fund raising during 2009.

We wish to thank all of our clients for appreciating our E Card and supporting our choice of charity.

We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Jo's twin daughters Cara and Katy. Both are doing very well and gaining weight.

January 2009

Girls are Back - Sue Robinson and Nicola McCormack have now returned to Red after their maternity leave and are getting to grips with balancing family and career. It's great to have the full Permanent Division back and nice to hear from so many of their candidates calling in to say hello.

14th January 2009 - Luton Trivia

What is Luton and Dunstable famous for other than the obvious hats and cars?

Here are some facts and trivia that might surprise you.

• Kenneth Williams of Carry on films fame was evacuated to Luton during World War II

• Eric Morecambe was an avid fan of Luton football club and has a suite named in his honour.

• Kajagoogoo were formed in Leighton Buzzard

• The phrase ‘Mad as a Hatter’ apparently came from Luton. The hat workers were exposed to Mercury, making them a little crazy.

• Why do Lutonians drop the ‘T’ ñ Supposedly when the manufacturers of straw boaters put the straw in their mouths they could not pronounce their T’s.

• The first Domino’s Pizza in the UK opened in Luton in 1985

15th December 2008 - New phase for The Mall

Arndale Centre

This month sees the start in an exciting new phase for the Mall, Arndale shopping centre as work begins on the £20million St. George’s Square development which will bring 75,000 square feet of high quality new shopping, cafes and restaurants to Luton.
The scheme is due for completion in summer 2010. The development is already 70% let with TK Maxx, Argos, Poundland and Starbucks all taking space. TK Maxx will become the anchor with their 38,000 sq ft store with Argos relocating to a new 15,000 sq ft store. A further five units fronting onto George Street will also be available.

Colin Chick, Director of Environment added: “We welcome the Mall’s Development Programme. The new building, situated on Luton Borough Council’s own refurbished St. George’s Square will create a landmark and will be one of many major projects that will change the face of Luton over the next five years”.