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 […]
Nottingham City Council’s Family Learning Service aims to support local parents by giving them opportunities to become more involved in their children’s education and improve their own skills at the same time. The service which was founded in 2006 is part of the Council’s commitment to support people in the city who want to improve […]
Nottingham’s Lord Mayor officially opened the new Homeserve HQ in Bulwell today. The re-furbished facilities at Aspect House, Blenheim Industrial Estate, Bulwell, Nottingham is a vote of confidence in Nottingham and will see jobs on the site increase from 250 to 350. It also houses their new national training centre for heating and plumbing engineers. […]
Saturday 2 December sees the return of a national campaign which aims to encourage people to support independent and locally owned businesses. Small Business Saturday is an annual campaign which is supported again this year by Nottingham City Council and partners, the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID), Creative Quarter and Visit Nottinghamshire and raises awareness […]
Nottingham City Council is very excited to be partnering up with the Google Digital Garage bus tour which will make its next stop on Station Street, Nottingham on 16 and 17 November. The Digital Garage is a place where anyone can come and learn how to harness the power of the internet to grow their […]
From roads and rail to Robin Hood energy, students and graduates are lending a fresh perspective to Nottingham’s public policy. The growth of a partnership with Nottingham City Council has seen more students contributing to their local community. University of Nottingham students have taken part in placements at the council undertaking a day of work […]