‘Storysmash’ libraries project receives Arts Council funding
An innovative project that will see Nottingham City Council’s Libraries Service work with The National Videogame Foundation to improve literacy and digital skills has been funded by Arts Council England…
New funding allows Nottingham to charge ahead with taxi ambitions
Nottingham’s ambitions to promote zero-emission taxis in the city have been given a £936,000 funding boost. The Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has announced that Nottingham was successful…
Waste failures land carpet shop owner with hefty legal bill
A carpet shop owner has been landed with a £1,785 legal bill after Nottingham City Council prosecuted him for failing to dispose of business waste properly. The council acted on…
Nottingham rejects proposal that would cut funding to schools
Thousands of parents have hit out at Government plans that could see budgets cut in almost every school in Nottingham. More than 4,500 concerned parents have joined head teachers, MPs…
Nottingham to lead United Nations event in Vienna to end Female Genital Mutilation
Nottingham will be the key speakers at a United Nations-led event on ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), as the UK’s first city to take a zero-tolerance policy. After becoming the…
Nottingham Heritage Action Zone will help revive the city centre and reveal its history
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…
Nottingham wins Regional Council of the Year for Energy Efficiency and Healthy Homes
Nottingham City Council won two awards at the East Midlands Energy Efficiency and Healthy Homes awards last night. The event gave recognition to East Midlands’ organisations for their excellence in…
The Hack is back – Nottingham’s Council House prepares for another 24 hour tech take-over
Nottingham City Council is again proudly supporting Hack24; a 24 hour coding competition in Nottingham city centre which was first held in the Broadway Cinema in 2015. The event which…
Nottingham City Council to pilot energy efficient homes of the future
Four hundred homes in Sneinton are part of a European project to make them warmer, cheaper to run and fit for the future. The £5m project, called REMOURBAN, is piloting…
Winners and losers in unfair Government hand-out revealed by new maps
New ‘heat maps’ have graphically revealed the unequal and unfair distribution of a controversial £300million Government fund for councils in England. The Transition Funding Grant scheme was introduced by the…