Regeneration

View article Pop-up cycle lanes in Freetown Way in Hull

Pop-up cycle lanes in Freetown Way in Hull

26th June 2020

Cycle lane improvement works have started in Freetown Way. The work will include pop-up cycle lanes with the removal of the inside lane for motorists. This means the newly segregated route between Witham and the Beverley Road-Ferensway junction will be for cyclists only. Additional signage and green road markings will also be installed. An anti-skid […]

Have your say on cycling in Hull

25th June 2020

As cycling work gets under way across Hull, a number of significant changes will be visible across the city. As part of this city-wide project, bollards will be used to prevent motorists entering into the lanes that will be designated to cyclists. And now the public are being asked to choose which bollards they would […]

View article Hammonds of Hull redevelopment takes shape

Hammonds of Hull redevelopment takes shape

24th June 2020

The redevelopment of the former House of Fraser building in Hull city centre is starting to take shape. Hammonds of Hull will be home to a European-style food hall as well as modern office space on the upper floors of the building. In the next few weeks, work will begin on the replacement of all […]

Hammonds of Hull

View article Coronavirus grant helps Hull businesswoman to get back on track

Coronavirus grant helps Hull businesswoman to get back on track

23rd June 2020

A Hull businesswoman has put her company on the road to recovery after securing £10,000 in grant funding from Hull City Council. Gill Cain, 53, of Hull, helped set up JC Leisure Connexions, a leading UK supplier of security control products primarily to the leisure, events and hospitality industry. When the economic effects of coronavirus […]

View article Bandstand to be relocated to Pickering Park as part of £4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment

Bandstand to be relocated to Pickering Park as part of £4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment

23rd June 2020

The Queens Gardens bandstand will be moved to Pickering Park as part of the £4.3m redevelopment of the gardens. Hull City Council will relocate the bandstand to the rose garden in Pickering Park. That means each of the city’s Victorian parks will have a bandstand as one of its features. Councillor Daren Hale, portfolio holder […]

View article 97 per cent of coronavirus grant funding delivered in Hull

97 per cent of coronavirus grant funding delivered in Hull

19th June 2020

More than 97 per cent of coronavirus grant funding has been delivered to eligible businesses by Hull City Council. The local authority has distributed grants to 4,022 of 4,133 eligible businesses hit by the effects of the pandemic. More than £45 million has been handed out since applications began in April. The Small Business Grant […]

View article Retail returns to Hull’s Fruit Market as traders reopen doors to customers

Retail returns to Hull’s Fruit Market as traders reopen doors to customers

19th June 2020

Retail has returned to Hull’s Fruit Market as traders reopen their doors to shoppers. Independent businesses in Humber Street have reopened with safety measures in place, including hand sanitiser stations, contactless payments, two-metre socially distanced floor markings, one-way systems and limits on shoppers allowed inside at any one time. While several Fruit Market businesses had […]

View article Work begins on major upgrade of A63

Work begins on major upgrade of A63

18th June 2020

A major upgrade that will transform Hull’s transport network is now officially under way. Work has now begun to improve the A63 Castle Street, which will improve transport links between the Port of Hull to the A63 and M62 along with the wider strategic road network. The scheme will also help to reunite the city […]

View article Thousands of green jobs to be created in Hull over next decade

Thousands of green jobs to be created in Hull over next decade

12th June 2020

Thousands of green jobs could be created in Hull over the next decade, according to a new report. The Local Government Association (LGA) Local green jobs report has identified the number of green jobs needed in each local authority area to ensure the UK is carbon neutral by 2050. The report, developed by Ecuity Consulting LLP for […]

View article Young entrepreneur sets up Pawfect business thanks to support from Hull City Council

Young entrepreneur sets up Pawfect business thanks to support from Hull City Council

12th June 2020

A young entrepreneur has proven the coronavirus pandemic is no barrier to ambition thanks to help from Hull City Council. After struggling to find a job, Kara Savage accessed help to set up a new dog-walking venture called Kara’s Pawfect Adventures. It comes after the local authority invested £20,000 to support youth enterprise in a commitment to […]

View article How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

How Hull businesses can help £30m restoration of city’s most famous ships

11th June 2020

Businesses in Hull are being urged to help inform a procurement exercise to conserve and restore two of the city’s historic ships. The information from businesses will help to inform the Hull Maritime project’s procurement approach when it is expected to go live next month. A key element of the £30m regeneration project is to […]

View article Hull City Council to buy Age UK Hull’s Bradbury House building

Hull City Council to buy Age UK Hull’s Bradbury House building

10th June 2020

Hull City Council has agreed to buy Bradbury House in Porter Street, Hull. The building has been used as the headquarters of charity Age UK Hull since it was built in 2001. The charity will relocate to a more prominent city centre location in summer. The building has been closed to the public since Tuesday […]