'Gagging' workers costs Essex taxpayers £472k
The Essex Chronicle reports: DEPARTING employees pocketed almost half a million pounds of taxpayers' cash in the past 18 months from Essex County Council to keep them quiet.
22 Jul 2011
National News
Leading Lights
Wiltshire Lib Dems have congratulated Bath and North East Somerset Council on leading the way in saving money and energy with their new LED street light system in Keynsham, near Bath, but questioned why Wiltshire Council isn't engaging in similar schemes to cut costs in our county.
WCLD
22 Jul 2011
Wiltshire joins local enterprise partnership
Businesses in Swindon and Wiltshire will be supported by a new local enterprise partnership approved today by Business Minister Mark Prisk and Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark.
BIS
22 Jul 2011
Your chance to be part of Olympic history
This time next year the London Olympic games will be almost upon us.
WC
22 Jul 2011
Conservative parking charges lose £500,000 for the Council in just six months
Wiltshire's Conservatives today revealed the full extent of the damage their new car-parking charges are causing to the Council's finances. Estimated earnings from car-parks are £500,000 less than expected, just six months into the new regime.
22 Jul 2011
Aged between 13 and 19? Creative? Fancy being published?
Salisbury based youth participation and activism project, The Unit, is launching a zine to publish young people's creative works (photographs, drawings, paintings, stories, poetry.. anything!). They are looking for submissions from people aged between 13 and 19 in Wiltshire. Work will be showcased in an A5 publication which will be available for free across the city and surrounding areas in September. The deadline for submissions is 19th August and works can be emailed to info@unitspace.org.uk or brought in to The Unit, 17 Endless Street, Salisbury.
TU
22 Jul 2011
