Culture · 27 November 2019
Two of Liverpool’s leading sporting executives are to oversee the delivery of the city’s major international sports events. Brian Barwick – the former controller of ITV Sport, Chair of the Rugby Football League and Chief Executive of the Football Association – will chair a new Sports Event Delivery Group (SEDG). The group will maximise the
Community · 25 November 2019
People in Liverpool are being asked to help decide the city council’s spending priorities for the next year, as the local authority grapples with a £57.6 million funding gap. A Budget Calculator has been launched – www.liverpool.gov.uk/budget2020 – which gives council taxpayers the chance to choose how much they would spend in each department by
News · 19 November 2019
Kind-hearted scousers are being asked for their help to feed vulnerable families this Christmas. The Mayor’s Hope Fund has launched an appeal for donations of tins, packets and UHT milk and juice to stock the shelves of foodbanks in the city. Liverpool City Council has set up food collection points in Lifestyles centres, libraries, and
Community Safety · 15 November 2019
The names of people from Merseyside and beyond who lost their lives in road crashes will be read aloud as part of a special service of remembrance in Liverpool this weekend.
Business · 12 November 2019
A new economic report out today ranks Liverpool as the second most improved city in the country for growth over the last year. The annual ‘Good Growth for Cities’ report from PWC sets out to show there’s more to economic well-being than just measuring GDP – instead looking at the performance of 42 of the
Design · 8 November 2019
Liverpool City Council has appointed an award-winning team of urban designers, landscape architects and planners to develop a Public Realm Strategy that will shape the look and feel of the city for the next 50 years.
Civic · 5 November 2019
LIVERPOOL will fall silent on Sunday 10 November when the Annual Service of Remembrance takes place at St George’s Hall.
News · 4 November 2019
GRASSROOTS football in Liverpool is to get a nearly half a million pound funding boost over the next three years thanks to a cash injection from the city’s Premier League clubs. Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs’ respective charities will each invest £75,000 a year in a Grassroots Football Development Fund to provide equipment, training
sport · 1 November 2019
Premier League footballers Trent Alexander-Arnold and Tom Davies joined Jamie Carragher on Thursday, 31 October, to celebrate the first anniversary of four multi-million-pound sporting hubs across Liverpool. The trio, who all grew up in Liverpool, were given a tour of the state-of-the-art Jericho Lane site, one of four multi-sport hubs that have been developed as
Tourism · 18 October 2019
A public consultation on a masterplan aimed at transforming the epicentre of Liverpool’s musical heritage is to begin next week.
Mayor · 8 October 2019
Liverpool City Council has published a cross-party motion that welcomes the decision by ACC Liverpool not to hold the Great British Shooting Show in the city. The decision by the Board of the Exhibition Centre follows an intervention from Mayor Joe Anderson, who had raised concerns about the overall theme of the event. Although it
Regeneration · 8 October 2019
Kier Property and CTP have secured planning consent for their transformational Pall Mall office development in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial business district.
Culture · 8 October 2019
Work is to start by the end of the year installing a memorial and bridge in a Liverpool park, dedicated to the memory of Nelson Mandela. The Princes Park scheme includes a new ‘Freedom Bridge’, pavilion and 32 cylindrical stoneworks inscribed with inspirational Mandela quotes. The pedestals represent the oil drums Mandela used to grow
Tourism · 8 October 2019
Wates Construction has received planning permission to build Liverpool City Council’s new Cruise Terminal Hotel, marking a major step forward for Peel L&P’s Liverpool Waters, the city’s major waterfront regeneration scheme.
Regeneration · 4 October 2019
A masterplan aimed at transforming the epicentre of Liverpool’s musical heritage is set to go out to public consultation later this month.
News · 26 September 2019
Liverpool City Council is to buy more than 55,000 sq metres of prime waterfront land at Kings Dock from Homes England for £1. A report to the council’s Cabinet tomorrow (Friday, 27 September) seeks approval to acquire the freehold interest for a nominal sum, to help trigger a new multi-million redevelopment programme. The purchase follows
Development · 24 September 2019
Developer Elliot Group has completed the refurbishment of a listed Georgian terrace in Liverpool’s Canning neighbourhood following a blueprint agreed with Liverpool City Council. The nine properties, which form an L-shape along Percy Street and Upper Parliament Street, had remained empty since 2008 when they were last occupied as bedsits. After an open-market bidding process
Finance · 13 September 2019
Politicians of all parties on Liverpool City Council are uniting next week to call for urgent Government action to tackle the authority’s “perilous financial situation”. A special budget-themed meeting of all 90 elected members is being held at Liverpool Town Hall at 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to discuss an estimated £57.6 million gap in
Community · 10 September 2019
A scheme devised to support vulnerable families over the summer holidays has provided up to 30,000 meals for children in need.
News · 2 September 2019
Communities across Liverpool are being given the chance to take control of their future thanks to a new £1m city council improvement fund.
