A new sculpture using live activity from the surface of the sun to illuminate a building has been unveiled in Nottingham. The artwork will adorn the front of the new £30m BioCity Discovery building on Lower Parliament Street as a Brise Soleil. The new five-storey building will support more than 700 new bioscience roles in […]
Nottingham City Council has welcomed the announcement by intu of a new cinema operator for the redeveloped Broadmarsh centre. Intu announced the signing of The Light Cinemas as its first leisure anchor for the redevelopment of intu Broadmarsh. The operator has committed to a 32,000 sq ft, 9 screen cinema on a 25 year lease, […]
Nottingham has been chosen as one of the country’s first 10 ‘Heritage Action Zones’, Historic England announced today (Monday 20 March 2017). The project will breathe new life into some of the city’s neglected historic buildings and sites, bringing them back into use as housing or retail spaces, and transform the city centre’s ‘at risk’ […]
Nottingham City Council welcomes the launch of the Midlands Engine and Midlands Transport Strategies today which will drive growth and productivity in the region. The Chancellor Philip Hammond was in the region today to launch the Midlands Engine Strategy, which includes significant investment in skills, connectivity and local growth, and sets out how the Government plans to […]
Works to improve Clifton Market will begin on Saturday 4 March as part of a £1 million programme to improve Clifton and Bulwell markets. The scheme, which will take around six months to complete, will see a phased programme of works with new paving laid to create a more attractive and more open market space. […]
A £300,000 programme of works to regenerate the Bulwell market place is to begin on Monday 23 January. The works will begin in the area between Boots and Greggs at the end of Pilkington Street to create a more pleasant area for relaxing, socialising and shopping by de-cluttering and repaving the pedestrianised area, providing new […]
Around 74,000 jobs could be created and £4billion added to the East Midlands’ economy if a planned HS2 high speed rail line is routed through the region, says a new report on the major project. Phase 2 of the national HS2 high speed rail network plans for a western (Crewe to Manchester) and an eastern […]
Nottingham City Council has agreed the sale of the Guildhall site to a developer, paving the way for its £110m development. The 1.4 acre Guildhall site, on Burton Street, has been sold to Miller Birch, the council’s preferred bidder to redevelop the site. Their proposals are to build a new 410,000sq ft development including Grade […]
Four-time Super Middleweight Champion of the World Carl Froch will present the Nottingham Forest European Cup-winning heroes with their induction into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. Forest fan Froch will be guest of honour at the star-studded event that takes place at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham on November 3rd. The Colwick-born boxer […]
Superfast data as well as superfast trams will soon travel along the new Nottingham Express Transit lines to benefit local businesses, thanks to the foresight of Nottingham City Council. Nottingham is leading the country in an innovative approach that ensures world class fibre optic cabling is installed when major works are being planned. During the […]