It’s seen royal tours, the Olympic torch, survived great floods, and one great frost. This week marks an impressive 150 years since Nottingham’s iconic Trent Bridge was completed. On 25 July 1871, the bridge opened to the public after three years of construction. In all the time since, the bridge has seen just one major […]
Hundreds of new homes could be built on the site of the former Padstow School and Ridgeway playing field at Eastglade Road in the Bestwood area of the city. Nottingham City Council has appointed the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, Countryside, to build over 350 homes, 108 of which will be new council homes for affordable […]
A Bulwell teacher is retiring after 40 years working at the same primary school. Sue Hickman, who turns 58 tomorrow (Saturday), leads the nursery at Cantrell Primary School and will be leaving when it closes for the summer holidays next Tuesday. When she joined Cantrell in 1981, Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister for two […]
Nottingham City Council is preparing to invest up to £15m over the next three years to carry out fundamental changes to the way it operates. The move follows the council’s production of a Recovery & Improvement Plan to respond to the recommendations set out in a Government report which looked at issues with the authority’s […]
Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff Nottingham City Council are paid on average 92p for every £1 earned by white staff, a survey carried out by the council has revealed. BAME council staff make up around a quarter of the overall workforce, with white staff over-represented among higher earners and proportionally more BAME earners in […]
A housing licensing scheme in Nottingham is continuing to protect tenants and make sure they live in good quality private rented housing. The ambitious Selective Licensing scheme has reached its half way point and seen some key achievements over its first few years. It was one of the largest schemes of its kind in the […]
Nottingham is a sociable city, with a vibrant visitor and night-time economy and world-class attractions. At the heart of this is Nottingham’s hospitality sector, which makes a major contribution to economic stability, and employment in the city. The value of the tourism sector in Nottinghamshire in 2019, including hospitality, was £1.979bn (with Nottingham city contributing £679.02m). The sector supported 23,179 full time equivalent (FTE) jobs (7,741 of […]
Nottingham City Council is ready to embark on the next stage of developing the Victoria Embankment Memorial Gardens, having received approval from the Executive Board to submit a bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) on 25 August. An announcement on the outcome of the bid is expected in December 2021. Alongside this, contributions […]
Nottingham City Council is leading a regional bid for up to £140million of Government funding to help tackle fuel poverty. As the accountable body for the Midlands Energy Hub, the Council plans to apply for the grant from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), through its ‘Sustainable Warmth Competition’. The Midlands Energy […]
Temporary homes for Nottingham families could take a step forward this week when a decision to enable Nottingham City Homes to buy and convert a former care home, goes before Nottingham City Council’s Executive Board for approval. Laura Chambers Lodge in Clifton, has been empty since 2016 and is no longer used by the Council. […]