News · 9 July 2020
Hospitality hot spot gearing up for great outdoors
One of Liverpool’s most celebrated hospitality hot-spots is the next area to be transformed as part of the groundbreaking “Liverpool Without Walls” programme.
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Community · 9 July 2020
Telephone contact centre to close at weekends
Liverpool City Council’s telephone contact centre will no longer be open at weekends starting from later this month. It follows a reduction in hours during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen calls answered only between 8am and 6pm, seven days a week. The change to weekday-only opening brings Liverpool into line with other big ‘core’
Uncategorized · 8 July 2020
Statement on Coronavirus procedures in Liverpool’s care homes
Following comments by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the spread of Coronavirus in care homes cabinet member for health and social care Cllr Paul Brant, has issued this statement: “On Monday (6 July), the prime minister made some comments which implied that care providers’ practices were responsible for the spread of coronavirus in care
Education · 8 July 2020
Central Library to reopen on 13 July
Liverpool Central Library is to reopen next week, with reduced hours and additional measures in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The Government instructed all libraries to shut on 23 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From Monday 13 July, Central Library and Archive will reopen of a weekday only, from 10am until 3pm.
News · 5 July 2020
DCMS announces £1.57bn investment package to protect arts, culture and heritage
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has this evening (Sunday 5 July) announced a £1.57 billion investment package to protect Britain’s world class cultural, arts and heritage institutions. Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson said: “It’s great to see support for such an important part of Liverpool’s DNA starting to flow. The economics of
News · 4 July 2020
Liverpool lights up blue in Covid remembrance
Liverpool's main civic buildings will be lit blue this evening as the city pays its respects to all those who have died from Covid-19.
News · 3 July 2020
Calls for a #steadysaturday as hospitality industry reopens its doors
Visitors heading to Liverpool city centre’s bars, restaurants, pubs and cafes from Saturday 4 July are being advised to plan ahead. In what is being dubbed #steadysaturday, council leaders and partners across the city are welcoming the gradual reopening of the drinking and dining scene, but are urging everyone to remember that Covid-19 still poses
Covid-19 · 1 July 2020
Plan to tackle COVID-19 outbreaks
Work is under way in Liverpool to avoid another large-scale local outbreak of COVID-19. Each local council across Cheshire and Merseyside has developed its own localized plan which takes into account factors including the number of confirmed cases, any impacted location or facility and the diversity and demographics of local populations. In recent weeks Test,
News · 30 June 2020
ACC ready to rediscover events
ACC Liverpool has today confirmed that it is ready to open its doors for the return of conferences and business events as soon as government restrictions are eased; issuing a new set of Covid-19 secure operational guidelines for event organisers. This follows three months of the venue operating as a food and PPE distribution centre
News · 29 June 2020
Essential work for Liverpool’s unpolished gem
Plans are being put in place to help secure the future of one of Liverpool’s oldest buildings. A report to Liverpool City Council’s virtual Cabinet meeting on Friday 3 July recommends essential work is undertaken to protect Croxteth Hall and its estate. The report recommends that urgent engineering and structural work to the Hall must
News · 27 June 2020
Mayor writes to the people of Liverpool
Following the mass gathering at Liverpool’s Pier Head yesterday evening, Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has written to the people of the city. To the people of Liverpool, I wanted to put in writing my sadness and disappointment at the scenes that unfolded in Liverpool city centre last night. An occasion for celebration has been
News · 27 June 2020
Statement following the mass gathering at the Pier Head last night
Joint statement from Liverpool Football Club, Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police following mass gathering at the Pier Head last night. Throughout the last week, Liverpool Football Club, Merseyside Police, Liverpool City Council and Spirit of Shankly, have worked together to consistently remind people that the region is still disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
News · 26 June 2020
Moving on – plan for permanent homes for rough sleepers and homeless people
Homeless people and rough sleepers who have been helped inside during lockdown could be supported to access the city’s vacant properties in a bid to prevent them from returning to the streets.
Civic · 26 June 2020
City congratulates LFC on Premiership title win
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has congratulated Liverpool Football Club on winning the Premiership title. They secured their 19th title last night – leading to an outpouring of emotion from fans who have been waiting 30 years for them to lift the trophy. The city council is urging ecstatic fans to try and maintain social
News · 26 June 2020
£22M upgrade to historic road to begin
Work is to begin next week on a radical eco-friendly redesign of one of Liverpool’s most famous roads. The Strand – which runs past the historic Royal Albert Docks, Liverpool ONE and Three Graces and hosted the finale to Liverpool FC’s Champions League homecoming last June – is to undergo a £22m upgrade in a
News · 25 June 2020
Liverpool Submits £1.4BN COVID-19 Recovery Plan To No 10
Liverpool has set out an unprecedented £1.4bn plan to help boost the nation’s post-Covid recovery and preparations for a post-Brexit economy. The city has submitted a 178-page report to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor outlining how the city aims to prevent a socio-economic crisis deeper than the 1980s recession, with a multi-layered programme which
News · 24 June 2020
The Good Business Festival announces programme line-up for Act 1 in October
The Good Business Festival reveals first details of Act 1on 8thOctober2020, with Act 2 taking place in March 2021 British Fashion Council, Greenpeace, Iceland Foods, Liverpool Football Club, Mastercard and Coca-Cola among its partners Ambassadors include Athian Akec, Member for Camden Youth Parliament, Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair of Mastercard, Holly Tucker, UK Ambassador for Creative Small
News · 23 June 2020
Mayor of Liverpool welcomes government announcement
The Mayor of Liverpool has welcomed the Government’s announcement that parts of the cultural and hospitality sector will be allowed to open their doors from 4 July. Mayor Joe Anderson has praised the decision after latest figures show the huge economic return the culture and hospitality has for Liverpool. For Liverpool, the leisure, creative and
News · 22 June 2020
Flying the flag for Armed Forces Day
Liverpool has raised the Armed Forces Flag on Liverpool Town Hall as today (Monday 22 June) officially marks the start of Armed Forces Week. The Lord Mayor Councillor Anna Rothery, was joined by Lieutenant Commander Roy Miller Royal Naval Reserve, and the city’s armed forces champion Councillor Roy Gladden to hoist the flag. It kick-starts
News · 22 June 2020
LCR Pride Foundation Launches £20,000 Community Fund
Funds previously allocated to deliver cancelled Pride in Liverpool festival now redirected to a Community Fund, supported by Barclays. LCR Pride Foundation has today opened applications for a £20,000 Community Fund, for projects that support the LGBT+ community in the Liverpool City Region. The announcement comes as the organisation responsible for delivering Pride in Liverpool
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