Regeneration

View article Enhancements to Hull Paragon Interchange continue to improve customer experience

Enhancements to Hull Paragon Interchange continue to improve customer experience

Hull City Council is making several changes to improve the experience of bus passengers at Hull Paragon Interchange, after listening to feedback from those who use services within the city. The changes include new braille signage at each bay to assist visually impaired customers and will also soon involve the installation of laser door sensors […]

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View article Exploring the world of business during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Exploring the world of business during Global Entrepreneurship Week

Young people from across the Hull and East Yorkshire will explore the world of business when they take part in an international festival of enterprise in November. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 (GEW) will embrace 180 countries, with millions of people participating in activities designed to provide them with the knowledge, experience and connections they may need to […]

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View article Councils fund new ‘freedom pass’ to provide free bus travel for care leavers

Councils fund new ‘freedom pass’ to provide free bus travel for care leavers

Hundreds of young people in Hull and the East Riding are to receive six months of free bus travel to support them as they leave care. Working in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, East Yorkshire Buses and Stagecoach East Midlands, Hull City Council has introduced the Young Persons’ Freedom Pass using bus service […]

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View article Council seeks contractor for Phase 1 of Hull District Heat Network

Council seeks contractor for Phase 1 of Hull District Heat Network

Hull City Council is seeking a Design, Build, Operate and Maintain contractor to help deliver the next stage of Hull District Heat Network (HDHN). The successful tender will deliver Phase 1 of HDHN which will involve providing heat and hot water to more than 40 buildings in Hull city centre. This will include a variety […]

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View article Free Hull Business Breakfast returns

Free Hull Business Breakfast returns

Businesses in Hull are invited to a free insightful and inspirational breakfast event next month. Hull Business Breakfast aims to provide local businesses with information on the latest support offerings in the city. Cllr Mike Ross, leader of Hull City Council, will provide a welcome and deliver an update on devolution, ahead of a talk […]

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View article HTAE learners hear of One Punch impact from survivor

HTAE learners hear of One Punch impact from survivor

Hull Training and Adult Education (HTAE) learners welcomed Paul Spence from Hull-based charity P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery during a series of inspirational talks. Paul, CEO and founder of the charity, delivered his ‘One Punch’ and ‘Rock Bottom’ talks to HTAE learners across the service’s training centres. Having suffered life-threatening injuries in 2012 due to a […]

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View article Vietnamese delegates learn of region’s offshore wind success

Vietnamese delegates learn of region’s offshore wind success

Delegates from Vietnam visited Hull this week as the council demonstrated the success of the region’s offshore wind industry and its programmes, such as Green Port Hull. Around 25 representatives made the trip over from southeast Asia and attended the Guildhall on Monday 23 September. The delegates were welcomed in the reception room by leader […]

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View article Fares on two key rail routes in East Yorkshire slashed in bid to increase the number of customers

Fares on two key rail routes in East Yorkshire slashed in bid to increase the number of customers

Northern and TransPennine Express have announced plans to slash the price of tickets for two key routes on their networks in East Yorkshire. The train operators’ services from Hull to both Scarborough and Selby will be cut from Sunday 29 September as part of a 12-week trial (until Saturday 21 December) to try and increase […]

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View article Humber Forest plants a quarter of a million trees to support communities and local environment

Humber Forest plants a quarter of a million trees to support communities and local environment

Humber Forest has planted a record number of trees in the last 12 months, with 238,000 trees planted across Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Since the project began three years ago, 400,000 trees have been planted across the region. Humber Forest, supported by Defra, is the community forest for Hull, East Yorkshire and North […]

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View article Leaders welcome news of devolution deal sign off

Leaders welcome news of devolution deal sign off

Cllr Mike Ross and Cllr Anne Handley, leaders of Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council respectively, have welcomed the news that creation of Hull and East Yorkshire’s Mayoral Combined Authority has been signed off by the government. The agreement was signed today and means that Hull and East Yorkshire’s devolution deal will […]

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View article Council encourages city to ‘walk, wheel and ride’ this TravelWise Week and beyond

Council encourages city to ‘walk, wheel and ride’ this TravelWise Week and beyond

Hull City Council and its partners will once again be supporting TravelWise Week and assisting residents, businesses and communities to consider making more sustainable and active travel choices. Organised by Modeshift – the UK’s leading sustainable travel organisation – TravelWise Week is a yearly, global, week-long travel challenge that takes place from Monday 16 September […]

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View article Road safety activities planned to support red light enforcement at East Hull junction

Road safety activities planned to support red light enforcement at East Hull junction

Hull City Council, Humberside Police and Safer Roads Humber will be undertaking a programme of education and enforcement activity at an East Hull junction, this September, to help reduce accidents and improve safety. Earlier this summer, four red light enforcement cameras were installed on the approaches to the Holderness Road and Mount Pleasant junction, using […]

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