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The council proposed putting rates up by 5.7 per cent, but on the first of a three-day meeting to deliberate on submissions councillors were told this left council over its debt cap by the end of the 10 years.
The Covid-19 nil rates rise has left Nelson council in a “hole”, and the only room to wriggle out of it is to potentially increase rates in the first year of its 10-year plan to 5.9 per cent. The financial plan the Nelson City Council put out to the public for feedback in its Long Term Plan (LTP) consultation included increasing its debt to $291 million by the end of the 10-year plan in 2031, with every year bar the first having rates increases at the highest point possible.
AHDB business development head moves on
The partners responsible for Growing Kent & Medway, a project to strengthen the competitiveness of Britain’s horticulture, food and drink industries, have appointed Dr Nikki Harrison as programme director.
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Feb 17, 2021
HUNDREDS of essential deliveries have been carried out by volunteers from the St John Ambulance Guernsey charity, as well as more than 200 hours of cleaning frontline ambulances.
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St John Ambulance Guernsey volunteers have done more front line emergency ambulance decontaminations in this lockdown than during the one in 2020, with vehicles deep cleaned after carrying a patient with potential Covid-19 symptoms.
A St John Ambulance Guernsey volunteer with one of the prescriptions that the team have delivered to people isolating.
Covid response services were introduced during the first wave of the pandemic last year and have been carrying on quietly in the background ever since.
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Community group takes over Golspie hall next week and is looking for local people to serve on management committee By Caroline McMorran
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Updated: 16:13, 25 January 2021
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The community acquisition of Fountain Road Hall has been described as a game changer .
Development group Go Golspie bought the hall following a £147,900 award from the Scottish Land Fund. Members of the public also made funding pledges.
A post on the groupâs Facebook page thanked everyone who had supported the project.
It read: âThis is only the first step and now the work starts on making the hall a fantastic venue for a wide range of events.â