Calling all green fingered tenants! 14th March 2025 Entries have opened for the seventh annual Hull City Council Tenants’ Garden Competition, and hopefully we’ll have a bumper crop of entries. People can enter the garden competition if they are Hull City Council tenants living within the Hull city boundary. The only other rules are that each entrant must have done the gardening themselves, […] Read more Community and Living Environment Housing News competitionHull City Counciltenants
“A can-do organisation, with a positive working environment” – praise for Hull City Council in Peer Challenge report 14th February 2025 The passion and ambition for the city displayed by Hull City Council has received praise in a Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge report. The report highlights that a “sense of pride and ownership is infectious and widespread” throughout the organisation and acknowledges that senior leaders are “engaging and widely recognised for their passion […] Read more Council Government and Democracy News Cllr Mike RossHull City CouncilLGAMatt Jukes
TravelWise Week campaign shortlisted for national award 28th January 2025 Hull City Council could secure back-to-back national awards for promoting active and sustainable travel to residents, businesses and communities, after being shortlisted for the 2024 TravelWise Week Awards. Modeshift, the not-for-profit sustainable travel organisation that organises TravelWise Week, has confirmed that Hull City Council has been shortlisted in the TravelWise Week Campaign – Local Authority […] Read more Environment News Regeneration Transport & Streets active travelCouncillor Mark Ieronimoeast yorkshire busesHull City CouncilHumberside PoliceNorthernR-evolutionStagecoach East Midlandssustainable transportTeam ModeshiftTravelWise WeekYorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership
City ranked in national top 10 for growth in bus patronage 30th December 2024 Hull has been confirmed as one of the top 10 places in the country for growth in bus patronage, according to the latest figures from the Department for Transport for 2023/2024. In its annual bus statistics report, the city came in at number 10 in a list that included London, Brighton and Hove, Nottingham, Reading, […] Read more Environment News Regeneration Transport & Streets Department for Transporteast yorkshire busesHull Bus AllianceHull City CouncilStagecoach East Midlandssustainable transport
Christmas card competition winners announced 19th December 2024 Two designs by young people have been chosen to form Hull City Council’s Christmas e-card for 2024. Winning entries were selected after a competition in schools during last month. A panel of judges selected 10 year old Oscar from Ainthorpe Primary as the winner in the primary school category, with 13 year old Lilah from […] Read more Children and families Christmas Civic News ChristmasCllr Mark CollinsonCllr Mike RossGuildhallHull City CouncilLord MayorMatt Jukes
Business board appoints new chair 19th December 2024 Jason Speedy, the Chief Operations Officer of Ideal Heating, has been appointed as the first chair of the recently formed Hull and East Yorkshire Business Board. He is taking on the leading role, in which he will act as a figurehead of the Board, which is supporting and advising the development of the economic priorities […] Read more Business Devolution News Regeneration DevolutionEast Riding CouncilHEY BusinessHull City Council
TransPennine Express’ bi-mode Nova 1 trains set to arrive in Hull for the first time as train operator reminds customers of timetable change 16th December 2024 TransPennine Express (TPE) is reminding customers that a new timetable is set to come into effect this Sunday (15 December). Customers travelling between Hull and Liverpool will be able to sit back and relax on TransPennine Express’ Nova 1 trains for the first time later this week. Nova 1 is a fleet of 19 five-carriage […] Read more Business News Regeneration Transport & Streets Climate changeCouncillor mike rossHull City Councilrail travelTransPennine Express
Skills board to support Hull and East Yorkshire devolution gets to work 29th November 2024 Influential figures from across the region have come together to form the Hull and East Yorkshire Skills Board. It is the latest group that will support the work of the new Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, after a £400-million devolution deal was agreed with the Government. Alongside the new Hull and East Yorkshire Business […] Read more Business Devolution News Regeneration Cllr Linda TockDevolutionEast Riding CouncilHull City CouncilMayoral Combined Authority
Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to be created 27th November 2024 The Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) has now taken another significant step forward, after the relevant order was laid by the Government in Parliament. This formal, legal step will allow closer working across the region on key strategic priorities to boost the local economy. The MCA will be led by an elected […] Read more Devolution News DevolutionEast Riding CouncilHull City CouncilMatt Jukes
Councils fund new ‘freedom pass’ to provide free bus travel for care leavers 30th September 2024 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 […] Read more Children and families News Regeneration Transport & Streets Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP)Councillor Mark IeronimoDepartment for TransportEast Riding of Yorkshire Councileast yorkshire busesHull Bus AllianceHull City CouncilStagecoach East Midlands
Welcome Little Amal to Hull 11th September 2024 Hull City Council has invited Little Amal to come to Hull as part of her journey across Europe to find safety and freedom. She will be meeting and greeting people in Pearson Park on Sunday 22 September between 12 noon and 12.45 pm. Little Amal is a 3.5 metres high puppet representation of a ten-year-old […] Read more Leisure & Culture News Parks Hull City CouncilInvest HullLittle AmalPearson Park
Local ‘Transport Hero’ Alan champions sustainable travel in Hull and the Humber 15th July 2024 Promoting bus and train travel is a passion for Alan Gouldthorpe, so much so that he was recently recognised by Campaign for Better Transport for his work in the Hull and Humber region and received a Better Transport Hero award. Born and raised in Barton-upon-Humber, Alan has been frequently utilising buses and trains since the […] Read more News Transport & Streets BusesCampaign for Better Transporteast yorkshire busesHull Bus AllianceHull City Councilrail travelStagecoach East MidlandsYorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership
