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• Programme of financial help for businesses approved

  1 December 2021

  2 minute read

  ADDITIONAL funding has been approved for the latest series of measures to help the city’s economic recovery post Covid-19.

• Consultation launched on measures to improve standards in private rented sector housing

  1 December 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked to give their views on a range of measures being proposed to help safeguard tenants in communities across the city and tackle rogue landlords.

• New fashion academy launches in Leicester

  1 December 2021

  3 minute read

  A NEW fashion academy has launched in Leicester to help train people in the skills they need to work in the textiles industry.

• Leicester Park and Ride running extra services throughout December

  30 November 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER Park & Ride is running extra services throughout December – which means shoppers can catch a Park & Ride bus into the city centre every day in December except Christmas Day.

• Public art commission celebrates city’s links with the fox

  30 November 2021

  2 minute read

  THE FOX is to be celebrated in a series of life-size sculptures that will be installed at three sites across the city centre.

• Leicester named among global leaders on climate action

  30 November 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been named as a leader on climate action and transparency, achieving a place on a global ‘Cities A List’.

• City council invests £900,000 in special needs nursery

  29 November 2021

  2 minute read

  YOUNG children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will benefit from a city council investment of nearly £900,000 in refurbishing their nursery.

• Red, white and blue trees to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

  29 November 2021

  3 minute read

  A TRIO of trees, chosen for their red, white and blue foliage, will be planted in Leicester’s Abbey Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

• Funding extension for Business Gateway means support for hundreds of local firms

  29 November 2021

  2 minute read

  A KEY source of support for Leicester and Leicestershire’s businesses will be able to reach nearly 200 more firms following a decision to extend its funding.

• Pets’ Corner closes in bid to limit spread of bird flu

  26 November 2021

  3 minute read

  ABBEY Park’s Pets’ Corner has temporarily closed to the public as part of a nationwide bid to limit the spread of avian flu.

• Success for council’s bids for tree funding

  26 November 2021

  2 minute read

  MORE than 6,000 new trees are being planted in Leicester’s parks and open spaces this winter, thanks to two successful bids for funding.

• Sign up now for holiday scheme for children on free school meals

  25 November 2021

  2 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester who receive benefit-related free school meals are being invited to sign up for free activities over the Christmas holidays.