Nottingham City Council has partnered with major local employer Capital One, and with Nottingham BID to announce plans to fill the Old Market Square with jubilee colour. From Wednesday 1 June, a replica Coronation crown measuring 4.2m wide x 3.8m high will adorn the front of Nottingham’s Council House. Inspiration for the crown has come […]
Councillors have today (Tuesday 24 May) approved plans for work to get underway on Nottingham’s new Central Library in July, creating a landmark development at the heart of the city’s regenerated Southside. The replacement for the old Central Library on Angel Row will be ready to open to the public next summer after the work […]
A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by Nottingham City Council to help safeguard and improve housing standards for tenants. Plans for a new Selective Licensing scheme were approved at the councils Executive Board today (Tuesday 24 May). Selective Licensing requires all landlords to licence any privately rented property […]
Nottingham’s Broad Marsh and The Island Quarter have been showcased at a national forum this week as two of the most significant city centre development sites in the UK. UKREiiF, the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds this week, brought together thousands of investors, funders and developers looking for new opportunities across […]
Nottingham City Council has announced the latest event to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. An exhibition entitled 70 Glorious Years – The Queen in Nottingham will be a large format open-air photographic exhibition staged in Old Market Square between Friday 27 May – Sunday 5 June. A collection of 22 images will celebrate the Queen’s […]
The Council’s Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee has today written to the Health Secretary Sajid Javid and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) calling for urgent action around the issue of maternity care in Nottingham. Councillors heard this morning from representatives of Nottingham University Hospital’s (NUH) NHS Trust who updated the Committee on progress in recent weeks and months. […]
The transformation of the Broad Marsh site is taking a step forward with the appointment of experts to support the next stage of turning an exciting vision into reality. The site of the former shopping centre presents a unique opportunity for the city to create something special, with a vision for how it could change […]
Nottingham City Council is making good progress towards closing pay gaps between staff of different gender, ethnicity and disability. The authority compares well with other councils and local public sector organisations – with data showing that across the whole organisation, it has the smallest average gender pay gap among Core City councils and lower than […]
Events to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne are being planned across the world, and Nottingham is no exception. A series of events, activities, and installations will take place between Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 June across Nottingham that everybody can enjoy over the extended Bank Holiday […]
An installation of 720 solar panels on the roof of the new state-of-the-art Broad Marsh Car Park, Bus Station and Central Library is helping to power the building and support Nottingham’s carbon neutral targets. The array of panels and a host of other smart technology mean the building is playing its part in Nottingham’s ambition […]