East Riding Libraries have been delighted with the number of responses received so far to their customer survey, which was launched at the start of May to gather customer feedback from users and non-users of the service and inform decisions for the future. The survey is still available to complete from now until 30 May, 2021.

Support For Businesses During The Path To Recovery
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering support to people and businesses in the East Riding in order to help recover from the pandemic and stay as healthy as possible during these unprecedented times.

Business Week Webinar To Explore Post-Covid Risks And Opportunities
A business that is acknowledged as an international expert in driving sustainable change will apply its talents to post-Covid transformation as part of Humber Business Week.
Agencia will present lessons learned from helping communities around the world to make the transition from reset to renewal in the face of such complex issues as pandemic diseases, terrorism, corruption, and modern slavery.

Graham Stuart MP Applauds Active Beverley Minster Pupils
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed that Beverley Minster pupils are keeping active and improving air quality by taking part in this year’s Walk to School Week.
This year, pupils and their parents across the country are being urged to ditch the car on the school run, and instead walk, cycle, or scoot to school.

Trinity Market Is Full – For The First Time In Its 117-Year History
Hull’s Trinity Market, home to a range of independent and creative businesses, is at full capacity for the first time in its 117-year history.
Trinity Indoor Market has provided local produce from independent traders for more than a hundred years.

Blue & Golds Will Welcome ‘Socially Distanced Fans’ Back This Saturday
The Blue and Golds will lock horns with West Hull this Saturday. They will take to the field in their 2.30pm kick off at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
It will be Beverley’s first competitive fixture since 14 March 2020, in this Group G of the NCL.

New £1.5m Plan For Seven Business Units Unveiled
Hull City Council has unveiled £1.5m plans to create a stylish new parade of seven business units at the Boulevard Unit Factory Estate.
The successful estate is the largest council factory estate in the city and home to over 30 small businesses. The Estate will be extended by the new parade with units that have fully glazed frontages onto Goulton Street and rear loading bay areas.

Councillor Nigel Wilkinson Elected As Chairman Of East Riding Of Yorkshire Council
Councillor Nigel Wilkinson has been elected as the new chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council following the authority’s annual general meeting.
Councillor Wilkinson, who has served as vice chairman for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been a councillor for the Howdenshire ward since his election in 2014.

Solar Panels To Be Fitted To 22 More Council Buildings
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Asset Strategy Department recently secured funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support the installation of a Solar Farm at the council’s South Cliff Holiday Park in Bridlington, as well as solar panels on the roofs of 22 council buildings, including leisure centres and libraries.

Explore the Yorkshire Wolds with Dove House’s Wine Dash
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospice, Dove House is ecstatic to have the go-ahead to ramp up events.
Second on the lineup is the extremely popular Wine Dash which explores the Yorkshire Wolds with a walk or run through the picturesque Little Wold Vineyard, tasting wines from different regions along the route.

Is Your Child Vaccinated? No, We’re Not Talking About Covid!
Vaccines are the hottest topic on everyone’s lips at the moment, but the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t the only one parents need to remember.
Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect our children against ill health. In fact, they prevent up to three million deaths worldwide every year.

Fit-Out Work Begins At Ferensway’s 35,000sq Ft Cherry Tree Court
Work has begun to transform prominent Hull building, Cherry Tree Court, into a co-working space and business lets.
The significant investment in the refurbishment of Cherry Tree Court, which is situated next to Double Tree Hilton, is being led by asset managers FI Real Estate Management (FIREM).

Smart Tech Used To Improve Safety As Part Of Stoneferry Corridor Project
As part of the multi-million-pound Stoneferry Corridor project, smart technology will be installed at the road entries in Maxwell Street, Woodhall Street and Morley Street to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
The first of its kind in the city, intelligent road studs will be installed to detect cyclists on the footway and illuminate to warn vehicles a cyclist is crossing the junction.

MP Meets DWP For Employment Update In Constituency As Beverley Work Coaches Double
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, met local officials from the Department for Work & Pensions to hear about the Government’s flagship ‘Plan for Jobs’, specifically about the Kickstart Scheme, which offers fully subsidised 6-month placements for 16-24 year-olds on Universal Credit.

Buses Return To Normal Timetables In East Yorkshire
Bus company East Yorkshire has announced that nearly all routes will return to normal timetables from 16 May.
Since the start of the pandemic, bus passenger levels have been lower than normal as people were advised to stay at home as much as they could.

TEC Partnership Granted Bachelor Degree Awarding Powers
The TEC Partnership is delighted to announce it has become the region’s first FE college provider to receive Bachelor Degree Awarding Powers.
This significant achievement means the Ofsted outstanding provider, which offers higher education courses at University Centre Grimsby, Scarborough TEC and East Riding College, will have the ability to validate its own degrees from September 2022.

Beverley Guildhall Re-Opening With A New Exhibition
East Riding Museums are delighted to be able to re-open the Beverley Guildhall from Wednesday 19 May 2021 with a new exhibition, ‘Exploring Medieval Beverley’.

Pint-Sized Beer Garden Pulls In The Punters During Lockdown
Is this the smallest pub beer garden in East Yorkshire? Or even in the UK?
The cosy table for two has formed part of a lockdown lifeline for the Hop & Vine, with landlord Tony Garrett welcoming customers – and dogs – by appointment only to the cellar bar in Albion Street, Hull.