Consumer

centre:mk has launched its Santa’s Grotto featuring the well-loved Christmas classic, The Snowman

Santa’s Grotto featuring ‘The Snowman’ returns to Milton Keynes shopping centre

Gary Hemming CEO of ABC Finance

Here's how to be stress-free this Christmas

Iconic Cuts has opened its second salon at Midsummer Place

Successful barbers opens second unit at Milton Keynes shopping centre

Funding for the new scheme has been secured by Thames Valley Police and crime Commissioner Matthew Barber

Online platform set up to help fight against retail crime across Thames Valley

People in Milton Keynes pay out more in taxes than most other cities in the country, research has revealed

MK people pay second highest amount of taxes in the country, research reveals

Anglian Water bills are soon set to rise

Councillors slam Anglian Water bosses for raking in £2m pay as water bills rise

King Charles during his visit to Milton Keynes in February

King Charles to appoint MK special status in his huge new project

Milton Keynes City Council is spending £5.5m on a Winter Plan to make sure struggling city people are warm and fed

Council to spend £5.5m keeping people in MK warm and fed this winter

The Moon Under Water at CMK was the city's least impressive Wetherspoon pub, said the couple

Couple on a mission to visit every Wetherspoon pub in England review MK's Spoons

The new artisan farmshop opens at CMK on November 13

Farmshop where people can buy home-made goods and even milk a goat opens at CMK

Reuse in Milton Keynes is offering free Santa visits for children in families struggling with the cost of living crisis

Caring community organisation offers free Santa's grotto visits

Katie Weekes was awarded Student o the Year at the prestigious FloriCon 2023 awards

Student from Milton Keynes wins major award at national floristry event

Give your pooch a treat this Christmas at Pup Up Cafe, coming to MK on November 19

Treat your pooch at Pup Up Christmas Café which is coming to Milton Keynes

The funding will focus on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour.

New £1million funding to be spent on Safer Streets projects across Thames Valley

The elusive pumpkin robots are on the loose in Milton Keynes - and there's a reward if you spot one

Spot an escaped Halloween pumpkin robot in MK and claim a reward

The handmade and vintage fair comes to centre:mk at the end of October

Large handmade and vintage fair to sell 'treasure trove' of goods at CMK

Some of the illegal products seized in the major tobacco bust in Bletchley, Milton Keynes

Massive £25,000 haul of illegal cigarettes is seized from shops in one MK town

NAWT animal sanctuary in Aspley Guise is struggling with a whopping £23,000 water bill

Campaigner blasts Wave Utilities for landing animal sanctuary with £23,000 bill

Cllr Jane Catt pictured with some of the thousands of free feminine hygiene products to be distributed around Milton Keynes

Free feminine hygiene products can now be picked up at more than 60 local places

CeX is in Crown Walk at centre:mk

Large second-hand phone and tech store reopens with new look in CMK

The city's Food Bank is attempting to smash the world record for the longest line of cans in Milton Keynes today (Monday)

Milton Keynes to prove it CAN break a world record today - using tin cans

The Magic Wok has closed after 30 years' trading in Newport Pagnell

Chinese takeaway closes after 30 years of trading in Milton Keynes town

10 pubs and club in Milton Keynes have been named in the new CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024

CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2023: The 10 best pubs in Milton Keynes are named

A second Greggs bakery store has opened at centre:mk

Second Greggs store opens just a few hundred metres from the first at centre:mk

It's a case of use it or lose as as seven more bus routes in Milton Keynes are under threat

People all over Mk urged to use buses to save 7 more routes being scrapped

The NAWT sanctuary in Aspley Guise has been hit with a massive £23,000 water bill

MK animal sanctuary hit with shocking £23k water bill due to underground leak

It's the 10th anniversary of Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards. Nominations are now open

Nominations for Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards are now open

The people of Galley Hill are objecting to plans to build a big supermarket, believed to be Aldi, on their estate. Their Londis store, run by Raj, is quite enough for them they say

Residents slam plans to sell off part of their MK estate to supermarket giant

Marks & Spencer cafes in Milton Keynes are giving away free slushies tomorrow (Tuesday) to anyone who knows the special password

M&S to give away free Percy Pig slushees in MK with special password

Lib Dem Councillor Jane Carr pictured with her dog. She is calling on food banks and charities to help struggling pet owners in Milton Keynes

Councillors call on food banks to help feed pets as well as people in MK

There's a special chance for John Lewis shoppers in Milton Keynes this Christmas to buy a Quality Street choc that was discontinued 30 years ago

Quality Street to bring back favourite sweet after 30 years for shoppers in MK

The new Urban Food Market has opened at Unity Place in Central Milton Keynes

Exciting new Urban Food Market venue opens in Central Milton Keynes

The self-driving shuttles will be launched in Milton Keynes by October 2024

Driverless shuttle buses will be operating in MK by next year, council announces

Tesco stores in MK are helping hygiene poverty

MK Tesco stores offer free products to help hard-up families keep clean

Sadly, one of Milton Keynes' two Wilko stores is to definitely close, while the fate of the other remains unknown

Fate of Wilko stores in Milton Keynes is revealed as closure list is published

Shenley Wood Retirement Village in Milton Keynes, where elderly residents are fighting for a bus service

Arriva bosses refuse to re-route bus service for 300 'stranded' pensioners in MK

Unity Place, located at new Santander headquarters building is set to open next month

New business community centre set to open at Santander HQ building in MK

Willen Hospice has opened a specialist pre-loved music shop called Off The Record in MK's Midsummer Place shopping centre

New 'collectors' paradise' bargain music shop opens at CMK

Children enjoying pre-school. Photo: Getty Images

Mum questions costly 'consumables' charge of son's free pre-school hours in MK

A Pizza This sells authentic wood-fired pizzas in Milton Keynes

Pizza firm rated best in Milton Keynes is up for sale

The cottage is Grade II listed

Look around dream cottage for sale in MK complete with stables and tennis court

Butterwick Bakery has opened up in Central Milton Keynes, offering a range of sweet treats

Brand new bakery selling 'Instagrammable' treats opens at Central Milton Keynes

New fashion store Mango opens this week at the cnetre:mk

One of Europe’s leading women's fashion stores opens this week at CMK

Bluebell House is at Westcroft in MK

Milton Keynes retirees invited to spend an afternoon with Gloria Hunniford

Street vendor Panda Woo offers the authentic taste and delight of Chinese Bao, as well as an array of traditional Asian street foods.

Chinese Panda Woo street vendor launches in Milton Keynes

Tenpin has 49 venues and wants to open in Sheffield

First look at new bowling and multi-entertainment venue as it opens in MK