Bringing Communities Together
Walsall Council have been awarded funding through the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to deliver the Walsall Economic Growth and Infrastructure Package. This package includes improvements to traffic signals along Littleton Street West and Blue Lane West in the Town Centre. Councillor Adrian Andrew, portfolio holder for Regeneration, said, ‘This NPIF funding […]
Council officers at City of Wolverhampton Council have listened to local residents and made major changes to the proposal for a transit site at Gorsebrook Road. The planning application for the proposed transit site was due to be heard by the council’s planning committee in November last year. However, following […]
City of Wolverhampton Council has secured almost £184,000 of government funding to further develop its pioneering Rent with Confidence private rented sector housing scheme. It is part of a wider £435,000 package for the West Midlands announced today (Friday 3 January, 2020) by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local […]
Dudley Council has been awarded nearly £175,000 to draw up a bid for a slice of a multi-billion pound government fund to improve town centres. Local authority bosses will use the cash to set up a Dudley Town Deal Board and create a Town Investment Plan. Chiefs hope it will […]
Rents on council homes in Sandwell are set to rise from April 2020 as the council seeks extra cash to invest in properties and build more new homes. The move comes after a four-year government-imposed rent cap ends, during which time councils had to reduce their council house rents by […]
A woman who received an MBE for services to education in the New Year’s Honours List has dedicated her award to her fellow staff and students. Aziza Chaudry, Adult Education Wolverhampton’s Senior Manager for Curriculum and Quality, has supported adult learners to improve their prospects for more than 30 years. […]
Sandwell Council is to publish its Climate Change Strategy and an Air Quality Action Plan in the New Year. The council will start an eight-week consultation period on 20 January for people to give their views and ideas on how emissions can be reduced. Councillor Wasim Ali, cabinet member for […]
With 2019 nearly at a close Birmingham based Sales and marketing firm LJ Global are pleased with their progress. With focus resting on laying solid foundations and preparing for growth over the coming year, the firm reached its goals for 2019. To celebrate the firm treated top performers to a trip to […]
Budding entrepreneurs in part of Dudley who are looking to set up a small business can bid for up to £500 funding and get free business advice to get them up and running. The trial scheme will eventually see up to 10 small businesses take up a free stall on […]
Dudley Council is set to begin the second phase of work to tackle nitrogen dioxide emissions at two sites in the borough. The authority was awarded over £1.5m to tackle roadside nitrogen dioxide emissions in April 2019. The grant from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and […]
