Maidenhead is changing. If you have visited recently you’ll have the seen the town centre continue to experience significant regeneration. Work is now underway on three different residential-led schemes at different ends of the town centre, with vacant buildings being demolished and new apartment blocks planned. There will also be new retail and public amenity [...]
To fit out or not fit out, that is the question.It seems incongruous now, but up until recently some people within the office development industry have held the attitude of 'it will let itself' provided you nail down the 'three Ls': lifts, loos and lobbies.Today however, and more specifically in the last few years, the [...]
Lantern picks its top 5 eateries in Maidenhead from Michelin Star to luxurious hotels, the perfect spots to wind down after work or maybe to enjoy a weekend date night. This contemporary Michelin Star restaurant offers British and European style cuisine and promises to offer an evening full of taste-bud heaven. The staff are [...]
The Royal Borough of Windsor and maidenhead offers the ultimate foodie experience. Whether you are living or working in maidenhead it is undeniable that there is nothing better than the fresh produce served up by your local market.Come and explore the colourful fruit and veg as well as bread, meat and shellfish at the superb [...]
100 sapling trees have been planted behind Braywick Leisure Centre creating a new woodland area at Braywick Park. The leisure centre is currently under construction and due for completion by mid-2020. The aim of planting the trees behind the site is to offset the carbon emissions generated by the project. The trees were planted during [...]
High levels of resident satisfaction have been reported in the council residents’ survey, which exceeded the most recent Local Government Association’s national satisfaction levels. The high-level results, of the externally commissioned survey, have just been released and show that in six core questions for LGA benchmarking, satisfaction levels exceed the most recent LGA national data [...]
This year will see the beginning of some improvements to Maidenhead's town centre, road network and railway station. Over £4 million will be invested by the LEP and the council to fund these.These projects come after estimations of increases in passengers accessing the station, as a result of the opening of the Elizabeth line and the possible future [...]
Glenn Flegg, who owns Glenn Flegg and Co in Burnham High Street, is set to embark on ‘Cycle Rajasthan’, with wife Elaine to raise money for charity. The couple will cycle more than 310 miles (500km) across the Rajasthan region in northern India this winter, taking in the Taj Mahal and the pink city of Jaipur, [...]
On Sunday night BBC2 aired another viewing of their documentary “The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway” a three-part series showing the remarkable construction process of tunnelling under London for the new Elizabeth Line. The series follows the initial progress of the construction of the new TFL-run railway under London, following everything from engineering challenges and completion [...]
Following years of planning and development, the Thames Valley Science Park’s flagship ‘Gateway’ building opened its doors for business in March 2018. The 70,000 sq ft building, which is owned by the University of Reading, offers flexible office and laboratory space and is part of a £35 million investment scheme into the Science Park. The [...]