Call For Businesses To Commit To Green Action At Humber Business Week

Call For Businesses To Commit To Green Action At Humber Business Week
May 31, 2022

The team at the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre are calling for people to use this year’s Humber Business Week to take action to make their organisations greener.

The Humber’s net-zero centre, Aura Innovation Centre, which supports small businesses to bring their low carbon ideas to life, will be running several events over the week which will help organisations begin their journey to sustainability.

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Property Conversion Paused As Owners Open Doors To Puffins Galore

May 16, 2022

Work on converting a former radio studio into high-end office space and apartments has been placed on hold after the arrival in the building of a colony of puffins.

The birds may be fibreglass rather than flesh and feathers, but they appealed to Rachel and James Murray’s passion for culture and have brought work to a standstill at their site, The Boathouse offices, next to Hull Marina.

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Residents Urged To Complete Survey On Fast Food Litter

Residents Urged To Complete Survey On Fast Food Litter
April 4, 2022

Residents in the East Riding are being encouraged to complete an online survey about fast food litter.

The waste and recycling team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking people to take part in the consultation to air their views on how the littering of packaging from fast food outlets affects the area.

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MP Urges East Riding Council To Apply For New Tree Planting Funds

MP Urges East Riding Council To Apply For New Tree Planting Funds
March 16, 2022

The Forestry Commission has re-opened two major grant schemes for tree planting in nonwoodland areas: the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund. 

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has encouraged East Riding Council to apply for these streams of funding, which are integral to the Government’s Nature for Climate programme.

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Solar Energy The Key To Powering Hull’s Carbon Neutral Future

Hull Residents Invited To A Day Of Tree-Mendous Fun
February 22, 2022

Hull City Council have appointed specialists in the renewable energy sector to assess the feasibility of the council’s corporate sites for the installation of a number of green energy projects.

The council are looking at installing rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV), solar farms, wind turbines and solar canopies across their corporate sites.

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Hull Residents Invited To A Day Of Tree-Mendous Fun

Hull Residents Invited To A Day Of Tree-Mendous Fun
February 21, 2022

Hull City Council is inviting people to “branch out” and take part in a free, fun-filled activity day of tree planting at a city woodland as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Members of the public are invited to take part in woodland planting, bushcraft, foraging, den building and other tree-related crafts tomorrow on Tuesday 22 February, from 9am to 4pm.

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Puffins Galore! In Plea To Property Sector To Help Store Sculptures

Puffins Galore! In Plea To Property Sector To Help Store Sculptures
February 9, 2022

The culture crew which was behind the release of dozens of decorative toads and moths onto the streets of Hull and East Yorkshire is appealing for help from commercial property owners and agents as it prepares to unleash a parade of puffins.

Organisers of Puffins Galore! are ready to take delivery of 40 giant models of the much-loved seabirds which will be painted up and then placed at towns and landmarks to create a new sculpture trail across the region.

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