The Hull Local Plan has been formally adopted at a meeting of Full Council.
The plan provides a robust and ambitious framework for the development of the city up to 2032, providing certainty for investors and creating the conditions for growth by:
Hull City Council, in partnership with Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, have organised seven major events to inspire, connect and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs in Hull.
The city will host former BBC Apprentice contestant Adam Corbally and Antony Chesworth, founder of EKM Systems, as well as young entrepreneurs Aaron Conroy of Fenburg, who was once homeless, Eve Lodge of Get Barmy Bunting who is studying at University and Evie Sharp of Peaches & Dreams who runs her children’s clothing business from home. Chair of the Youth Enterprise Partnership, Ross Bennett, MD of Engaging Education will be the MC.
Following the temporary suspension for Hull Fair, works to Newland Avenue will resume as planned from Monday 16 October during off-peak hours.
To minimise disruption the works will be scheduled around peak time and conducted between the hours 9.30am –4pm.
Thinkbroadband have released their latest data on broadband coverage across the UK, with Kingston upon Hull leading on full fibre distribution at 55.6 percent.
This is way above the national average which stands at 2.66 percent deployment.
Plans to expand Kingswood retail park have been rejected by Hull City Council who say there are already ‘sufficient opportunities’ for retail.
Concerns had been raised by traders in Hull City centre who claimed that should Kingswood be expanded it would have a detrimental impact on their footfall and trade.
Hull City Council has joined forces with Keep Britain Tidy to launch a new campaign to tackle the epidemic of fly-tipping that is affecting communities up and down the country.
#CrimeNotToCare, which is being run in partnership with environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, aims to educate householders about the right thing to do with their rubbish and to reduce the amount of household waste that is fly-tipped by rogue traders who offer to take people’s waste away for money and then dump it.
Hull City Council has welcomed the £27m investment by Croda Investment Plc in to its Hull facility, reinforcing its commitment to UK manufacturing with its major capital expansion.
The investment will double the existing capacity and enable Croda to meet the growing demand for their products.
Hull has been named as a ‘star performer’ in the Yorkshire and the Humber Region in the latest report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) about Unlocking Regional Growth.
The report looks at regional productivity differences, why they exist and what more businesses and local and national government can do to tackle it and encourage regional growth.