A total of 1,600 extra primary school places have been created in Nottingham by the City Council since 2009 – and a further 380 places are being made available for the next academic year. The Council has invested £33.2 million to make schools bigger and better, so they can take in more pupils. Work has […]
Nottingham City Council is celebrating after receiving the news that its £3.2m bid to develop Highfields Park has been successful. The money has been awarded through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund’s Parks for People programme and will be used to improve facilities and expand a programme of visitor and community activities […]
Tram offers New Year travel savings Regular users of Nottingham’s tram network can save money in the New Year by investing in a season ticket or switching to a smart card to pay for their travel. As people return to work after the festive holidays, tram customers are being reminded of the benefits of MANGO […]
The snow and ice over the Christmas period has made it a busy time for Nottingham City Council’s gritting crew and street cleaning teams. The city was hit by a flurry of snow on Boxing Day before temperatures plummeted to below freezing over the next couple of days. The gritting crews were out on Christmas […]
Nottingham City Council is taking part in the new Public Health England campaign to encourage smokers to quit the habit in the new year, which focuses on the health harms of roll up cigarettes in particular. The campaign is being launched on Monday 29 December, and features hard-hitting new adverts show a hand-rolled cigarette with […]
Plans for a new state-of-the-art life science incubator facility have taken an important step forward this week with the approval of planning permission for the scheme by Nottingham City Council. This is the latest key step towards developing the new bioscience facility on brownfield land bounded by Lower Parliament Street, Pennyfoot Street and Plough Lane […]
Five primary schools in Nottingham have each won £1,000 for the work they’ve done to help disadvantaged children achieve their goals. 430 primary schools nationwide have been given the money for their improvements as part of the Pupil Premium Awards 2015 The schools in Nottingham who have won the prize are: Carrington Primary and Nursery […]
The completion of works at a key junction in the centre of Beeston has enabled the lifting of major traffic restrictions in the town over the weekend. The Middle Street/Station Road junction was re-opened on Friday afternoon and this paved the way for two-way traffic to return to Chilwell Road. In addition, bus services have […]
Nottingham City is to make an early start on the next phase of work to support families with some of the most complex needs to make improvements in their lives. A target of changing the lives of 1,200 families was set for the City by the Department for Communities and Local Government by the end […]
Nottingham City Council has seen a £30m (29%) reduction in its main Government grant, announced by the Department for Communities and Local Government (December 18th). Even on the Government’s preferred measure of ‘spending power’ which includes other funding streams, Nottingham has lost £18m (5.5%) against a 1.8% national reduction – and making it one of […]