Almost four million children in England live in families that are struggling to pay their energy bills, shocking new report reveals.
Latest official figures show the number of young people in England not in education, employment or training (NEET) has fallen by 100,000 in the space of 12 months.
Aesthetics and emotions – a new game plan for regeneration
Highlighting the outstanding results of a transformational project in the capital, Sam Neal discusses how vision, collaboration and emotional engagement in the regeneration process can deliver far-reaching social and commercial benefits.
Scotland’s biggest council has secured a £2.7bn partnership that will protect jobs for the next 30 years, it was announced yesterday.
The Scottish council needs to make £91m worth of savings and so will be cutting 2,000 jobs over the next three years.
Council leaders are calling for more control over sports and leisure funding in a bid to reduce the ‘alarming’ levels of premature deaths.
The majority of local people think they should have a voice in the devolution process, but have mixed feelings about what powers should be devolved, survey reveals.
Telecoms giant BT has won a £9m contract to deliver computer and data centre services for Bromley Council which is expected to cut costs by 10%.
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Wrekin Products, manufacturer of intelligent products for civil engineering, has come to the rescue of contractors with the launch of the ProtectaWeb™ Tree Root Protection System, a simple, no-dig solution to the thorny issue of constructing developments without damaging existing trees.
Supplied by Loxston Groundcare, UK distributor for the IRUS product range, Godalming based contractors, Thompson Estate Maintenance have recently acquired their latest remote controlled, Kubota powered, 38hp, Irus Deltrak 2.0 mower/tool carrier.
Reform Werke are currently celebrating 50 years of production of their Metrac bank tractor.