Nottingham City Council is working with partners to host a range of activities in the city to mark Stephen Lawrence Day on Monday 22nd April. The national day celebrates the life and legacy of Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in London 26 years ago in a racist attack aged just 18. As part of the […]
Nottingham is on the cusp of creating “possibly the biggest regeneration scheme in the UK” as outline plans to transform the high-profile 40-acre former Boots Island site have been approved today (17 April) by Nottingham City Council’s planning committee. Conygar Investment Company PLC intends to transform the site, which has laid derelict for many years, […]
More than 95% (3,467) of children in Nottingham have been offered a place at their first or second-choice primary school starting in September. Figures out today (Tuesday 16 April) show that nearly 90% (3,260) will be going to their first-choice school, while just over 5% (207) got their second choice. Primary school applications in Nottingham […]
Nottingham City Council is to restart its formal role in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS). A decision was made at the council’s Executive Board on 16 April 2019. The council decided in November to pause its involvement with the ICS for up to six months to allow time for the council to […]
Nottingham City Council has narrowed the gender pay gap so that on average there is now no difference between what middle-earning men and women working for the authority are paid. The council has brought in changes to its pay structure that have helped to bring about the improvements. Across the whole council, women on average […]
Plans for a redeveloped library in Sherwood at no cost to local council taxpayers are taking shape. The site on Spondon Street off Mansfield Road in the heart of Sherwood is owned by the City Council, and includes former social services offices, public toilets, a car park and three retail units, as well as the […]
Private renters in Nottingham are among the best protected from so-called revenge evictions, according to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Nottingham City Council is among the top ten councils for taking formal action and offering tenants protection from landlords who evict tenants after they raise a complaint. The council is making use of a […]
The iconic statue of Nottingham’s legendary outlaw is to be repaired and improved so that it remains a fitting focal point for visitors outside a revamped Nottingham Castle. The Robin Hood statue, sculpted by James Woodford and gifted to the city in 1952 by local businessman Philip E F Clay, suffered a broken bow last […]
Nottingham could lose out on funding to the tune of £14m under new arrangements proposed by the Government. The blow comes on top of a decade of Government austerity which has seen Nottingham hit harder than more affluent areas – and the new funding proposals would only make this worse. The so-called Fair Funding Formula […]
Second hand electrical retailers around Nottingham have been visited by Nottingham City Council Trading Standards this week to check that they are not putting local households at risk. Work on the project is ongoing, but results so far show that local businesses do not have adequate systems in place to ensure that they are taking […]