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, […]
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 […]
Nottingham residents who are out of work or between jobs are invited to join Nottingham City Council, partners and local employers at the Nottingham Jobs Fair which returns to the city this autumn. The fair is organised by Nottingham City Council with partners Futures and the Department for Work and Pensions under the Nottingham Jobs […]
Nottingham City Council’s unique employment and skills service Nottingham Jobs has been awarded over £4 million to support unemployed people of all ages and to help local businesses increase the skills of their employees with in-work training. The funding which comes from the European Social Fund, will enable the council to sustain its community-focussed activity […]
The Nottingham South Jobs and Apprenticeships Fair comes to Clifton on Friday 8 June. The fair, which is now in its second year, is the smallest of the three fairs organised by Nottingham City Council. The free event is promoted to residents of all ages across the south of the city including St Ann’s, The […]
A bold and ambitious bid to be the home of a national HQ or regional hub for Channel 4 has been submitted by Nottingham. City leaders believe that attracting the national broadcaster to the city would have a transformational effect on the creative economy and offer life changing opportunities for the city’s under 25s and […]
Nottingham City Council is setting out its stall for local businesses to win contracts from it over the next five years. The council’s Procurement Strategy for 2018-23 will build on the previous version which saw a £288m boost to the local economy between 2014 and 2017 through the council awarding 567 contracts to local firms. […]
Nottingham College’s prestigious Adams Brasserie played host this week to Nottingham’s first Digital Skills Summit. The event was attended by over 50 delegates from local digital businesses, including UNiDAYS, the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and Nottingham City Council. Organised by Nottingham College, the event was staffed by students at the college and opened […]
March arrives, bringing us closer to spring. It’s also a time when many employers prepare their new year’s budgets ready to recruit ahead of national activity taking place for National Careers and National Apprenticeship Weeks. March also sees Rebalancing the Outer Estates Foundation and Nottingham City Council join forces with local employment and training specialists […]
National supermarket chain Lidl UK opens its first store in Bulwell this week, bringing new jobs and new life to a site which has been vacant for almost 20 years. The store, situated on Jennison Street off Main Street in Bulwell, will be officially opened at 8am on Thursday 22 February, in a ceremony […]