East Riding of Yorkshire Council has stepped up its efforts to bring long term empty properties back into use to benefit those in housing need.
In 2016, the East Riding of Yorkshire contained approximately 145,000 households of which 1,724 were classed as long term empty, meaning they have been empty for six months or more.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has scooped an award in the prestigious Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) Network Performance Awards 2016 – East Riding Leisure Beverley has won the Best Performing Leisure Centre Award for the fifth time.
This latest success builds on the Leisure Service having been awarded the APSE Best Service team – sports, leisure and cultural – on four occasions.
Many people will be looking ahead to spending time with loved ones over the Christmas and New Year period.
But there is a team of dedicated council staff who will be working around the clock to ensure the safety of some of the East Riding’s most vulnerable residents while giving their friends and family that all important peace of mind.
Arts and business combined with a festive flourish as East Riding Theatre (ERT) performers entertained industry guests at a Local Transport Projects industry gathering.
Beverley, East Yorkshire-based Local Transport Projects (LTP) is one of the UK’s leading independent transport practices and teamed up with the town’s theatre company, which itself is garnering national acclaim for its productions.
On behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
As my wife, Jennifer and I, have undertaken our civic duties, we have been greatly impressed at the goodwill that exists between the diverse communities that make up this great county and the amount of charity work
Mentoring isn’t just for young people starting out in business, it’s now being recognised by experienced business people as one of the most effective ways to succeed.
That’s the message from award-winning accountancy firm 360 Chartered Accountants as they launch their very own mentor scheme.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 328 is out and features a selection of content from the HU17.net Web Site. The magazine can be purchased by emailing sales@hu17.net
This weeks issue features pictures from Kerldmarsh School who held their Nativity Play, Longcroft School and Beverley High School who hosted their annual carol services and much more.
A lifelike audiovisual installation of a mighty Bowhead whale, highlighting Hull’s whaling heritage at the Maritime Museum will start next month as part of the 2017 UK City of Culture Made in Hull programme.
Music students from the University of Hull have teamed up with students at Hull School of Art and Design, working with the Maritime Museum to bring the installation to life, offering an insight into the Greenland Right Whale, the species that was the focus of the Hull’s whaling industry.
Humberside Police are keen to speak to them following the theft of a till from a newsagent’s store in Grovehill Road, Beverley.
The incident happened at around 4.30pm on Monday, October 31, when two people arrived at the store on a red Honda motorbike.
The planning application for a multi million pound scheme to transform the Beverley Arms hotel and bring it back into use has been approved by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Local residents living on Wood Lane, working with their ward Councillor, Denis Healy, are relieved and delighted that their concerns about the demolition and construction works have been listened to.
From today, Wednesday 21 December, free Wi-Fi will be available at the Marina and Princes Dock Street, ahead of City of Culture’s opening event, ‘In with a Bang’.
Local company Connexin were appointed earlier in the year to deliver free open air Wi-Fi across the city centre, including Jameson Street, King Edward Street, Queen Victoria Square, Whitefriargate, parts of the Old Town, Queens Gardens and Paragon Interchange, with a view to extending coverage even further across the city during 2017.
Residents in the East Riding are among the best recyclers in the country – it’s official.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has come second in the whole of England in the latest Government recycling results.
Last year it was the Christmas Jumper; this year it’s your car that is becoming the ultimate Christmas accessory.
With reports of more and more people decorating their cars for Christmas, it would seem drivers are finding new ways to show their Christmas spirit.
Dream doors Beverley, part of the UK’s largest kitchen makeover retail network, has been awarded the “Rising Star” award at the franchise’s 2016 annual conference.
The showroom, based in Beverley, is owned by Andy and Terri Wilkinson who were delighted to receive their award from Dream Doors MD, Troy Tappenden. The awards took place in a gala black-tie ceremony in early December.
In the run up to Christmas the Humberside Police Licensing Department will be distributing nearly 16,000 extra safe polycarbonate glasses to pubs and clubs across Humberside.
The glasses will be carrying a domestic abuse messages the which not only aims to encourage victims to report the crime, but also encourage their friends or family to report their concerns.
Woolley & Parks Estate Agents was created in 2015 to provide all the traditional values of a local high street Estate Agent yet offering a modern, contemporary and proactive marketing approach that can maintain pace with the constantly evolving housing market.
This was a poor match. Very scrappy with Beverley RUFC looking strangely under par, particularly following their excellent showing last week in the defeat of Bradford Salem.
Their passing was way below their normal standard and the intended receiver was invariably scrabbling about at their boots or stretching way above their heads.
Organisers of the Beverley Festival of Christmas have hailed this year’s event as the most successful yet, with an estimated 60,000 people attending the festivities on Sunday, 11 December.
The festival benefitted enormously from an increased footprint, which took in North Bar and Flemingate.