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  Encyclopedia: Braintree (district)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Braintree and Brocking, Halstead, and Witham and (for list of Parishes) Braintree Rural District and Halstead Rural District.
Braintree Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Braintree-(district)   (1394 words)

  
 Braintree, Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England.
Braintree is twinned with the French town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.
Essex is rather flat on the whole, and the Braintree area is no exception; however, there is a general downward trend in the height of the ground from the northwest towards the coast to the southeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braintree,_Essex   (803 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Education / K-12 / MCAS / Braintree has test success system
Educators and researchers say Braintree High School is a case study for why low-performing schools cannot make the excuse that their students are destined to score poorly on the MCAS.
Braintree students are also spending more time on math and English than many of their peers.
In Braintree, where less than a third of the population has a bachelor's degree, many parents are pushing their children to get a better education than they had.
www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/mcas/articles/2004/09/27/braintree_has_test_success_system?pg=full   (996 words)

  
 daysoff Guide to Braintree - History and Geography page
Braintree is in the north of the county of Essex, England.
Braintree is situated at the junction of the road from Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk to Chelmsford (A131) and the road from St Albans in Hertfordshire to Colchester (A120).
Braintree Massachusetts was founded in the 17th century by a group of religious dissenters called the Braintree Company from Braintree and Bocking led by William and Ozias Goodwin.
www.daysoff.co.uk /essex/braintree/braintree-history.html   (1192 words)

  
 CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-ESSEX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Braintree District was formed by the amalgamation of the Braintree and Bocking Urban District, the Halstead Urban District, the Witham Urban District, the Braintree Rural District and the Halstead Rural District.
The Borough of Brentwood was formed by the amalgamation of the Brentwood Urban District and the parishes of Ingatestone and Fryering and Mountnessing from the Chelmsford Rural District and the parishes of Blackmore, Doddinghurst, Kelvedon Hatch, Navestock and Stondon Massey from the Epping and Ongar Rural District.
The Tendring District was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Harwich, the Brightlingsea Urban District, the Clacton Urban District, the Frinton and Walton Urban District and the Tendring Rural District.
www.civicheraldry.mcmail.com /essex.html   (6445 words)

  
 Braintree Rural District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1934 the parish of Bocking was removed from the Rural District and became part of the newly created Braintree and Bocking Urban District, thus dividing the Rural District into two detached parts.
It was named after Braintree and administered from Bocking.
Since April 1, 1974 it has formed part of the District of Braintree.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braintree_Rural_District   (116 words)

  
 Government Offices | East of England |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree District is conveniently placed along the A12 and A120 ‘investment corridors’ between London and the European ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich.
Braintree District covers an area of 612 square kilometres and includes the towns of Braintree, Halstead and Witham.
The population of Braintree increased by 18.1 per cent to 134,900 between 1983 and 2003, this compared with an 11.5 per cent rise in the East of England and a 6.5 per cent rise in England.
www.goeast.gov.uk /goeast/our_region/272094/essexkf/braintree_kf?view=Print   (458 words)

  
 The Patriot Ledger at SouthofBoston.com
BRAINTREE - The district attorney again has told the Braintree light board that it breached the law by doing business in private that should have been done in public.
The district attorney has told the three-member light board that it must publicly acknowledge violating the open meeting law in hiring Bottiggi, and agree to strictly comply with the law in the future.
The district attorney's office investigated for 10 months a complaint filed by retired general manager Walter McGrath before ruling this month that the board broke the law in the summer of 2002.
ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2003/10/29/news/news03.txt   (657 words)

  
 BRAINTREE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree District covers a rich and diverse area: one of England’s largest districts, with three growing market towns and surrounding rural areas dotted with more timber framed buildings than anywhere else in the country.
The District stretches nearly to Sudbury and Haverhill in the north, to Hatfield Peverel in the south with nearly half of its 132,300 people living in the three main towns of Halstead, Braintree and Witham.
The finest years of the silk and woollen weaving industries are preserved at Braintree District Museum and the working silk museum in Braintree, while the atmosphere of the steam age is kept alive at visitor centres at the Colne Valley railway and at Chapple.
www.townfacts.co.uk /new_page_45.htm   (1326 words)

  
 Braintree District Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree District Council is to consider plans from Freeport Leisure for a £20m leisure development next to its factory shopping site, which will include a 12-screen cinema operated by Cine UK.
Braintree District Council is to consider plans from Freeport Leisure for the development of a £5m swimming complex in Braintree.
Braintree District Council is considering plans from JL French to build a new £20m automotive castings factory in Witham, with the creation of 200 jobs.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /brl61676.htm   (137 words)

  
 DTLR | Guidance Note on Financial Arrangements with Parish and Town Councils   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For the purpose of this scheme the expression 'Band D equivalents' shall mean the figure calculated by the District Council for each area as at 1st December of the year immediately preceding the financial year in which the grant is to be paid.
The District Council also provides sports centres in the urban areas and is increasingly working in partnership with parishes to meet recreation space shortfalls, often using National Lottery funding.
On the few occasions where a small parish has not wanted the responsibility, the District has taken it on, and the expenses have not been regarded as 'special expenses', although this may have to be revisited once the commuted sums expire.
www.local.dtlr.gov.uk /finance/ctax/doubltax/11.htm   (2622 words)

  
 Audit Commission - Sport and Leisure Services
1 Braintree District is situated in the north of Essex.
The District stretches nearly to Sudbury and Haverhill in the north, to Hatfield Peverel in the south with nearly half of the population living in the three main towns of Halstead, Braintree and Witham.
Braintree is seeking new agreements with Schools on the most effective management and use of the joint use sites, which should realise better general access to local people.
www.audit-commission.gov.uk /reports/accessible.asp?ProdID=2B8DC5A1-FCDE-4F1C-9CEE-BD6C88860BF2   (3069 words)

  
 The Compact - Press & Articles - Local Funding Codes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency (BDVSA) director Judy Cuddeford led from the voluntary sector side and says the process has been positive.
Braintree District Council has taken the code to its cabinet so councillors are aware of what they should be doing rather than just relying on how they have always done things in the past.
She believes it will have an effect because the district council is already quite good at joint working and local funders are much more open than in some other areas.
www.thecompact.org.uk /C2B/PressOffice/display.asp?ID=111&Type=1   (962 words)

  
 Braintree District Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Districts are a form of local government in severalcountries.
The State of Vienna, which is at the same time a municipality, is also subdivided in23 Dstrict s, which, however, have a somewhat different function than in the rest of the country.
Legally, the MagistratischesBezirksamt (district office) is a local offices of the municipality's administration.
www.shad-rapp.com /info/26518-braintree_district_council.html   (549 words)

  
 Acorn Property Management specialising proeprty to rentn in and around Braintree, Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree is at the centre of the district on the A120 with London Stansted airport and the M11 just 15 miles to the West.
Braintree district is well served by local primary and secondary schools and new primary schools have been built as part of the Kings Park and Great Notley Developments.
Over the period 1996 to 2011, the district is expected to grow by approximately 700 households per year and around 80 hectares of employment development in total.
www.acornpropertymgt.co.uk /page4.html   (1267 words)

  
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In late 1993 Braintree's governing council became the first local unit of government to gain "companywide" ISO 9000 (or British Standards Institution 5750) registration for the service standards and continuous improvement processes it has established for all 70 services it delivers.
In a 1989 survey of residents in 26 districts, Braintree earned the highest marks for its housing, refuse collection and overall customer satisfaction.
As with many of Braintree's service, the contract also pledges that a duty officer will be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to handle customer inquiries.
deming.eng.clemson.edu /pub/tqmbbs/iso9000/braintre.txt   (713 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Braintree, town and district, England (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Braintree, town and district, England, British And Irish Political Geography
30,975) and district, Essex, E England, between the Pant (Blackwater) and Brain river valleys.
The district comprises two towns: Braintree and Bocking.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BraintreEng.html   (185 words)

  
 Braintree District Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Visitors are assured of a warm welcome at this award-winning museum, whose elegant exhibition areas are in contrast to the somewhat stern Victorian façade; the exception to this is the faithfully re-created Victorian classroom, where nostalgia lovers will be in their element and where role-play lessons are provided for schools on a daily basis.
Braintree was the centre of the medieval wool trade in north Essex and gained international fame when Courtaulds evolved their revolutionary silk industry in the town.
Country crafts such as straw plaiting are featured, along with the rural artists who made their home in Great Barfield and became pivotal in the development of fine and decorative arts in the 1950s and 1960s.
www.travelpublishing.co.uk /countrylivingeastanglia/Essex/CLEBraintreeDistrictMuseum.htm   (266 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Pa. co. seeks to put ads on school buses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Braintree district has a $30,000 contract with a restaurant chain, and the Beverly district made $36,000 last year by selling ad space to local businesses, including a health club and real estate companies.
The district would get about $140,000 from such a deal, which is not a huge amount of money, he said.
Under Ungar's company, school districts would assemble a review panel of two school board members and a parent representative that would proof the ads before any were posted on the buses.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/03/07/pa_co_seeks_to_put_ads_on_school_buses   (738 words)

  
 Braintree Chamber Bulletin Newsletter February 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree has an active Crime Prevention Panel upon which this Chamber is represented, and whose secretary is the 'A' Division C.R.O. Braintree District Council has a Community Safety Strategy Group who has issued an Interim Report since the date of our meeting.
The Braintree District Community Safety Partnership is pleased to report on progress during the first year of the Community Safety Strategy for the district.
Essex Police (Braintree Division), Braintree District Council, Essex County Council and other members of the partnership consider the reduction of crime, disorder and the fear of crime in the district one of their main priorities.
braintreechamber.homestead.com /bullfeb01.html   (11364 words)

  
 Executive Leadership - Braintree DC case study
Braintree District has a population of 134,500 and covers an area of 236 square miles.
Braintree spends 2% of its revenue budget per annum on staff training.
Braintree has a long tradition, going back 20 years or so, of using the Business Excellence model.
www.lg-employers.gov.uk /leadership/executive/cases/braintree   (159 words)

  
 Braintree Chamber Bulletin Newsletter June 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Braintree builders Augustus D. Letch, established a century and a quarter ago, are finally to vacate their town centre premises to make way for re-development.
The Association of the Four District Chambers was launched at the Braintree District Business Forum on Tuesday 1st May at Benton Hall, Witham The Association of Four Chambers brings together the chambers of Braintree, Witham, Halstead and Coggeshall, enabling their members to interact and discuss common issues such as late-night shopping and business developments.
Braintree Chamber of Trade & Commerce welcome the formation of The Traders Association and are pleased to provide all the administrative facilities for its organisation and promotion.
braintreechamber.homestead.com /bulljun01.html   (7982 words)

  
 Article 13 - Best Practice
Article 13 criteria for selection: Braintee District Council is an excellent example of what engaging with employees can produce in the public sector, when embarking on a period of transition.
Profile: Braintree DC, in Essex, serves a population of 127,000 citizens.  The area covered is some 61,000 hectares, covering 54 parishes and two town councils.  The council was selected pilot the UK Government initiative of ‘Best Value’, which has now been rolled out nationwide.
We wish to be recognised as the premier organisation in the district addressing the needs of both individuals and communities.
www.article13.com /A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=535   (333 words)

  
 tourist information on Braintree, Essex, tourist information guide TourUK
Braintree, in the middle of Essex and the countryside, population 32,000.
Braintree Elim Pentecostal Church is a friendly and growing member of the wider Elim Pentecostal Church family, with strong links locally with churches of other denominations.
We are based in Braintree and our congregation spans a wide age group and draws from a range of ethnic backgrounds.
www.touruk.co.uk /essex/braintree.htm   (565 words)

  
 The District of Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2001
- (1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Braintree shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003[5] and every fourth year after 2003.
The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3).
Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Braintree District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2001/20012442.htm   (1331 words)

  
 Braintree District Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Breintree, Massachusetts - incorporated in1640, on land which is now part of Braintree, Randolph, Holbrook,the City of Quincy, and part of Milton.
The State of Vienna, which is at the same time a municipality, is also subdivided in23 s, which, however, have a somewhat different function than in the rest of the country.
Those representative bodies are supposed to serve as immediate contacts for the locals on the politicaland administrative level.
www.shad-rapp.com /info/26519-braintree_district_council.html   (546 words)

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