Regeneration
Improvements to one of the city’s major road junctions is set to start next week as part of building work for the new sixth form college. The work to the traffic signals at the junction of Leek Road, Station Road and Glebe Street will start on Monday July 19 and will last for approximately six weeks. The work will involve minor alterations to pedestrian islands and the traffic signals to help accommodate the new sixth form college, which is due to open in September 2010.
Newly-elected Stoke-on-Trent MP Tristram Hunt explains why continued government investment in education and skills is so vital for 'cities in transition' [quote]Struggling cities‚ challenging cities‚ cities in transition‚ these are today's buzz words for the public policy of managing change in industrial cities.
Quote:"Centre giving way, left wing under pressure, situation excellent I shall attack". So a telegram went from the French general Foch during a particularly stressful moment during the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War.
Residents in North Shelton will have the opportunity to view detailed rejuvenation plans and offer their views to help shape the rejuvenation of 8 sites in the area. Renew North Staffordshire wants to get views on options for the following 8 areas: creation of a pedestrian route in Snow Hill bordered by mews houses next to St Mark’s Church, the refurbishment of the Bell and Bear pub, the redevelopment of the chest clinic on Wellesley Street into family housing and the creation of a nature trai
Burslem was once the economic centre of The Potteries, a place where people worked and could easily find work, a place where enterprise and innovation flourished. Now, Burslem is a ghost town and a testament to poor planning, mismanagement and the inability of others to make an informed decision and to take accountability. I am standing in the local election to represent the community of Burslem.
The Sentinel carried the story that a delegation of officers and councillors will be attending the Cannes MIPIM trade exposition for a third time. In 2008 the elected Mayor Mark Meredith received a great deal of criticism for attending the event and was quoted that the convention provided the opportunity for Stoke and the regeneration agency to show case the opportunities that existed in the area for developers.
A new team who will work to attract inward investment and new jobs to North Staffordshire is launched today at MIPIM, the world’s leading property exhibition. The marketing, investment and enterprise team in the North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership has been reorganised to create eight new posts. These officers will focus on attracting new business and helping existing businesses to grow.
Stoke-on-Trent’s world class ceramic brands are to be celebrated in a scheme to promote the city. As part of the city’s World Capital of Ceramics status scores of colourful ceramic based designs are being put up on lighting columns along the Potteries Way. The designs use images of some of the city’s 350 ceramic based companies including world famous brands such as Wades, Wedgwood and Steelite International.
New chair for regeneration partnership
16 Feb 2010
A former senior executive with a global pharmaceutical company has taken the helm of North Staffordshire’s £1.5 billion transformation. Dr Catherine Raines PhD, who was previously chair of AstraZeneca’s China Business Council based in Shanghai and is currently a non-executive director of HM Land Registry, has been appointed as the new chair of the North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership (NSRP).
Here is the full text of the Audit Report into the sale of the Britannia Stadium shares by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Analysis next. Covering Letter: Dear Councillor, Please find attached the Council's Internal Audit report into the decision to sell the Council's shares in the Britannia Stadium.
