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- Hull seeks match funding for environmental venture
- 8 Feb 2010 14:45
Yorkshire Business Insider is reporting that Warmsale and Hull Forward have applied for match funding from European Regional Development Fund assistance to build Marfleet Environmental Technology Park on the site of the former Humbrol model aeroplane manufacturing site in Hull.
The project will refurbish the central high bay warehouse, reinstate new services and infrastructure, and build additional space to provide about 150,000 sq ft to attract investment in environmental technology.
- Last box en-route to Hull History Centre as staff gear up for opening
- 12 Jan 2010 10:16
The last of the boxes containing the city's precious archives have been delivered to the new Hull History Centre as staff prepare to open to the public on 25 January 2010.
The arrival of the boxes, which contained city maps and plans, marked the end of the move - or almost. Staff at the impressive new centre will have to wait a little longer for two of its most important items.
- Archives on the move
- 11 Dec 2009 10:15
After years of planning and months of careful packing, the city's precious archives are being moved into their new home - the state-of-the-art new Hull History Centre - in preparation for its opening in January.
Read full details of Hull's new History Centre on the University website.
- £17m North Hull health centre opens
- 8 Dec 2009 09:50
The Orchard Centre enables residents to go for a coffee while they wait for their prescription, pay their council bills and surf the internet, or even take their baby for a massage before they go to the dentist.
The huge structure, with escalators and a glass atrium, took 19 months to build and includes two doctors' surgeries, dental services, physiotherapy and speech therapy clinics, toddler groups, stop-smoking sessions, and family planning and midwifery clinics.
The building has a cafe and community centre, and Hull City Council's customer service centre, where people can access everything from housing to disability services.
- Work to begin on Wilberforce Health Centre
- 4 Dec 2009 13:53
Work on a £15m health centre in Hull is expected to get underway in the new year, the Hull Dail Mail has revealed.
Wilberforce Health Centre will be built on the site of the former Gratton store in Story Street, city centre. It will be transformed into a walk-in GP service – open between 8am and 8pm 365 days a year – for both registered and non-registered patients.
GPs will relocate from surgeries in the area, as well as dental, sexual health and addictions services. The centre, also a base for paramedics, is being developed by Citycare – a partnership between primary care trust NHS Hull and construction company Sewell Group.
Read the full story on the Hull Daily Mail website
- Perry Street flats face the bulldozer
- 27 Oct 2009 09:13
The long awaited demolition of the Perry Street flats near the KC Stadium is underway on thanks to action taken by Hull City Council and Gateway.
The demolition of the flats is the first step in creating a new public square on Anlaby Road, which will link to an improved pedestrian entrance to the KC Stadium. Work to improve the entrance to West Park is also set to get underway early next year and is part of Gateway's £400m plan to transform Newington and St Andrew's.
Full details of this story can be read on the Gateway website.
- The signs are good for Hull's new history centre
- 15 Oct 2009 09:04
If you've been wondering what the impressive new building between Worship St and Freetown Way is, then ponder no more. With its illuminated 3.9-metre signs now fitted to the outside, there's no mistaking that the city's newest landmark is the state-of-the-art Hull History Centre.
It's all part of a ground-breaking partnership between Hull City Council and the University of Hull, made possible by a generous grant of £7.7m from the Heritage Lottery Fund - the largest that Hull has ever received.
Hull History Centre will be the first time in the UK that city and university archives, and their specialist staff, have been brought together as a joint service under one roof. Other local authorities are now looking at the centre as a possible role model for transforming their own services.
Full details of this project can be found on the University website.
- £3M Secured for East Hull Housing Development
- 7 Oct 2009 10:06
Over £3m of additional funding has been secured from the Homes and Communities Agency to deliver a range of affordable housing on Preston Road, east Hull.
The funding has been secured from the national affordable housing programme by regeneration agency Gateway and Synergy Housing Solutions (part of the Chevin Housing Group). It will allow work to get underway on over 70 new eco-friendly homes the south of John Hadland park, between College Grove and Cambridge Grove.
The development will incorporate a mix of affordable housing aimed at helping existing residents remain in their local community, as well as encouraging others into the area.Properties will be available for shared ownership and affordable rent, including some elderly persons units.
This is Gateway's second new development in the Preston Road area and follows the successful Ellerby Grove scheme, where 107 new homes were built. All homes are now occupied.
Further details of this regeneration project can be read here.
- St Stephen's development hailed as mixed-use Project of the Year at national awards ceremony
- 7 Oct 2009 10:03
This year's prestigious ceremony took place yesterday at the Lancaster Hotel in London and once again the £200m St Stephen's development impressed judges with its significant contribution towards Hull's regeneration which has not only dramatically expanded the city's shopping and leisure offer but has boosted the city centre's early evening economy.
Read the full story here.- Hull on track with World Cup bid
- 6 Oct 2009 09:02
Hull has had its second visit from England 2018 inspectors. The inspectors travelled around the city’s landmarks including the KC Stadium and the World Trade Centre to asses to asses Hull’s suitability to be a host city.
A steering group has been set up to coordinate Hull’s campaign which is led by John Holmes, Chief Executive of Hull Forward and members of the Business Forums own steering group are also involved in the bid. The Hull and East Yorkshire 2018 Team has already shown one FA delegation around the KC, Hull University and proposed training venues and camps across and around the city. The bid will also include the expansion of the KC Stadium to 45,000 seats, potential fan park locations as well as accommodation and transport plans. England 2018 is due to make a decision on which cities or towns will be chosen in December.
Local webdesign agency Strawberry have developed a great website for the bid where you can find out more about the bid and download free hull2018 goodies including an email footer to show your support!
http://www.england2018bid.com/hostcity/hull
