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View article Delicious new business gets set to move in to Hull city centre

Delicious new business gets set to move in to Hull city centre

2nd March 2023

Paragon Street will soon be a little bit sweeter as plans for a new dessert restaurant are revealed. Thanks to a grant from the Levelling up Fund, a franchise of national company Heavenly Desserts will move into the currently empty unit 48-50 Paragon Street, after it receives a full refurbishment of the ground floor. In […]

View article Trinity Market gets more connected with free, high-speed public Wi-Fi

Trinity Market gets more connected with free, high-speed public Wi-Fi

13th December 2022

Public Wi-Fi has recently been installed to all areas of the Trinity Market in Hull city centre. This means shoppers at the market as well as traders can take advantage of free and secure internet access. Local telecommunications company Connexin was procured to install the scheme to provide a high-speed public Wi-Fi connection to all […]

View article Deep clean of chewing gum from city centre streets this weekend

Deep clean of chewing gum from city centre streets this weekend

14th October 2022

Chewing gum stains will be deep-cleaned from the streets of Hull city centre starting this weekend, thanks to a £20,000 Chewing Gum Task Force grant awarded to Hull City Council. Discarded chewing gum has a negative environmental impact on the city centre, as well as other high-footfall shopping areas in the city. The council will […]

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View article Bumper Platinum Jubilee weekend comes to Hull

Bumper Platinum Jubilee weekend comes to Hull

26th May 2022

Hull will come alive next weekend in a sea of red, white and blue as the city celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Plenty of events are planned to take place across the long weekend as Hull joins the nation in celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II as the nation’s monarch. There will be something […]

View article Hull city centre lit up ready for Christmas

Hull city centre lit up ready for Christmas

2nd December 2020

Hull’s Christmas lights have been switched on overnight, brightening up the city centre as national lockdown lifts. In a change to the usual switch-on event, which attracts thousands each year, a drone has captured the moments that all 45,600 lights have brightened up city centre streets for 2020. As well as the 45ft Norway Spruce […]

View article Businesses in Hull working together toward safe reopening on June 15

Businesses in Hull working together toward safe reopening on June 15

10th June 2020

Hull city centre businesses and organisations are working together to create safe spaces for visitors and customers. High street shops, department stores and shopping centres are set to be allowed to reopen on Monday 15 June as part of the Government’s three-stage plan to ease lockdown measures. In anticipation of this, and also to support […]

View article Young people are being consulted on the future of Hull

Young people are being consulted on the future of Hull

31st October 2019

Young people in Hull are being asked to help influence multi-million pound developments that will shape the city’s future. A working group has been set up to discuss projects such as the £120m Albion Square development, investment in transport infrastructure and modern housing proposals. Councillor Daren Hale, portfolio holder for economic investment and regeneration, said: […]

View article £4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment could be brought forward

£4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment could be brought forward

5th July 2019

Councillors are being asked to consider plans to refurbish and improve Queens Gardens in one single approach. £1m has already been allocated by Hull City Council’s Cabinet for phase one of the works. Councillors are now going to discuss bringing forward £3.3m of funding from the capital programme so the entire refurbishment and improvement works […]