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Culture · 27 November 2019

Top team appointed to lead delivery of major sporting events

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

Residents urged to have a go at balancing council books

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

Mayor’s foodbank appeal to help feed the hungry this Christmas

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

Business · 12 November 2019

Liverpool races ahead in ‘good growth’ league table

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

Everton Brow

Design · 8 November 2019

Liverpool to create new public realm strategy

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.

News · 4 November 2019

Net gains for Liverpool’s grass roots football

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

Footie stars celebrate sporting hubs’ anniversary

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

External shot of Exhibition Centre Liverpool

Mayor · 8 October 2019

Council motion welcomes cancellation of Great British Shooting Show

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

Culture · 8 October 2019

Work to start on Mandela memorial by the end of the year

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

Planning green light for four star cruise hotel

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.

News · 26 September 2019

Council to purchase prime dockland for £1

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

Elliot Group completes restoration of listed Georgian terrace

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

Liverpool Town Hall

Finance · 13 September 2019

Councillors work together to tackle “worst crisis since WW2”

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

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