Family learning project boosts skills from home
A City Council programme is giving unemployed Nottingham adults access to online learning to gain new skills during the pandemic. The Community and Family Learning programme provides short courses and…
Nottingham landlord sentenced over dangerous property
A Nottingham landlord, who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions has been fined. 34-year-old Haroon Karim, from Bramcote in Nottingham, pleaded guilty to two…
Nottingham City Council sets out plan for recovery and improvement
Nottingham City Council has set out how over the next three years it will address the financial and governance issues raised in a Government review, to strengthen the authority for…
City Council’s Covid budget proposes £15.6m of cost savings in response to ‘extreme’ Covid challenges
Nottingham City Council has set out proposals to make £15.6m of savings to help balance the budget for 2021/22 as it establishes a sustainable financial footing amid the Covid crisis.…
Council secures grant funding to buy longer-term homes for homeless individuals
Nottingham City Council has successfully secured almost £1m of Government funding to go towards buying 15 one-bed flats for homeless people. Grants totalling £942,000 have been allocated from the Ministry…
Ending benefit uplift would cut the thread some are hanging on by – Council Leader
An uplift in Universal Credit introduced at the beginning of the pandemic should be kept, and extended to other benefit recipients, says the Leader of Nottingham City Council. If it…
Plan to tackle hate crime goes to Full Council
City councillors will be asked on Monday to formally approve a new plan to tackle hate crime in Nottingham. The Hate Crime Strategy, announced in October last year, has been…
Construction starts on over 100 new affordable homes in Nottingham
Work to build 106 new council houses has started in Top Valley. Nottingham City Homes (NCH) was given planning permission to build the properties on land on Whitcombe Gardens, which…
Global hotel operator IHG signs up to Nottingham’s Island Quarter
A BRAND new upscale hotel complex will soon be on its way to Nottingham after the developer behind The Island Quarter development signed terms with IHG – one of the…
National Lockdown announced with immediate effect
The Prime Minister has announced a new national lockdown which starts immediately, to be ratified in law on Wednesday and lasting at least six weeks. What this means is that…