£3.5m makeover planned for Nottingham’s Old Market Square
Nottingham’s Old Market Square is set for its biggest transformation in two decades, with plans for a new water feature, trees and planting as part of a proposed £3.5m makeover. The scheme, which is...
View ArticleNottingham College launches scheme to put a value on businesses’ community...
Nottingham College has launched a new framework allowing businesses to demonstrate and gain recognition for their contribution to students, skills and the wider community. The Corporate Social...
View Article£1bn Northampton town centre revamp takes major step with 1,220-home plan
Plans for a major redevelopment of Northampton town centre have been submitted, paving the way for up to 1,220 new homes and a major overhaul of the Greyfriars area. The proposals, submitted by the...
View ArticleDerby Guildhall Theatre renovation clears major hurdle after five-year closure
Plans to fully refurbish Derby’s Guildhall Theatre have been approved, clearing a major hurdle in efforts to bring the venue back into use. Two planning applications for the Grade II listed building...
View ArticleLeicester College lands major role in East Midlands technical education shake-up
Leicester College has been given a key role in reshaping how further education staff deliver technical and vocational courses across the region. The college has been appointed the Technical and...
View ArticleClaire Ward hails Burnham as PM and calls for Labour to ‘rewire the state’
East Midlands mayor Claire Ward has praised Andy Burnham’s move from leading Greater Manchester to becoming prime minister, telling Labour’s annual conference that mayors had been given a key role in...
View ArticleEight weeks of traffic disruption as Broad Marsh demolition steps up
Motorists travelling through Nottingham city centre are being warned of around eight weeks of disruption as demolition work on the former Broad Marsh NCP car park steps up. Homes England said a...
View ArticleNottingham’s future up for grabs as council launches major planning consultation
Nottingham City Council has launched a major consultation on a new Local Plan that will determine how the city develops over the coming years, including where new homes are built and how land is used...
View ArticleAnalysis: How the growth of arenas is reshaping the regional live music industry
More of us than ever are watching our favourite acts in vast arenas in our major regional cities – and so helping redraw the UK’s live music map. But by the time the long-delayed 20,000-capacity Aviva...
View ArticleCouncils set to pull plug on £147m waste centre after 20-year saga
Derby and Derbyshire councils are being urged to pull the plug on a troubled waste treatment centre after £147.33m has already been spent on the project. Officers at Derby City Council and Derbyshire...
View ArticleMiller Knight reopens academy to train next wave of fire protection talent
Miller Knight has relaunched its dedicated training academy in Mansfield as it expands its programme for developing skilled workers in passive fire protection. The academy has taken on 12 apprentices...
View ArticleInterest rates pegged at 3.75% by Bank of England despite first rise in US...
The Bank of England has held the base rate at 3.75% for a sixth consecutive month. The move came despite the US Federal Reserve raising its interest rate for the first time in more than three years...
View ArticleNTU to hand over control of Confetti College
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is to hand over sole management of Confetti College to Access Creative College later this year. Access Creative will take control of the specialist creative further...
View ArticleFuel price hikes push UK inflation up to 3.1 per cent
The UK’s rate of inflation rose to 3.1 per cent in the year to August, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning. It marks a rise from 2.9 per...
View ArticleMasterplan commissioned for major Derby city centre regeneration site
Derby City Council has appointed planning and urban design firm Tibbalds to draw up a masterplan for a 6.7-hectare city centre regeneration site. The residential-led Riverside North scheme covers land...
View ArticleDerby Assembly Rooms demolition finally gets green light
Derby’s former Assembly Rooms can finally be demolished after councillors cleared the last planning hurdle preventing work from starting. Derby City Council’s planning control committee agreed on...
View ArticleHuge Derbyshire employment site launches with space for major manufacturers
A 65-acre industrial and manufacturing development site has been launched in Derbyshire with capacity for up to 410,000 sq ft of new employment space. Hartington Commerce Park in Staveley, near...
View ArticleDerby city centre regeneration takes major step forward as developer signs deal
Derby City Council has signed a major development agreement with ION Property Developments to push ahead with the regeneration of the city’s Market Place and other key city centre sites. ION has...
View ArticleProfits jump at council-owned highways firm as turnover hits £90m
Profits have jumped by almost a third at Nottinghamshire County Council-owned highways company Via East Midlands as turnover passed £90m. The Bilsthorpe-based company recorded pre-tax profits of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Is the tide turning at last for the UK’s left-behind seaside towns?
Many of the UK’s coastal towns have been caught in a perfect tsunami of under investment, social problems and a lack of opportunities. Since overseas holidays became popular in the 1970s, these towns’...
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