With the closing date of Carlisle’s Debenham’s store revealed on May 12, many shop owners, residents and townspeople are wondering what will take its place and what it will mean for the future of Carlisle as a whole. The building has been a landmark to many Cumbrians over the years as a central and integral part of Carlisle’s retail identity. Debenhams has already announced 52 store closures up to Saturday, May 8, including the Workington store, which closed for the last time on Sunday. Carlisle City Councillor Paul Nedved, said about the issue: “The closure of Debenhams is not just a blow to our retail market, but 120 others up and down the country and we will be facing the same challenges as them and in the current Covid climate will make it that much tougher. However, I’m extremely confident that we will bounce back.”
Chris Pont is chairing Ipswich s new digital taskforce.
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A new taskforce has been formed to try to push forward the creation of a digital town centre for Ipswich as part of the Towns Deal funding granted by the government.
Ipswich Central is driving the £2m project to improve the town s digital infrastructure with funding from the £25m award announced last month. The new taskforce will be chaired by Chris Pont, chief executive and co-founder of IJYI, a software development company based in Princes Street.
Ipswich Central chair Terry Baxter said: “Working with our Town Deal partners, we recognised the huge potential of a digital programme and Chris will help us to bring together the brightest IT brains in the area to help us to work up our ambitious investment plans.
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7:30 AM April 21, 2021
The East Building at the University of Suffolk will be refurbished as part of the Care Campus.
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One of the first projects to benefit from Ipswich s Towns Deal bid is the University of Suffolk s new health and wellbeing centre that will be developed in its East Building over the next nine months.
The new centre is the centrepiece of the Care Campus proposal on the list of projects that the town wanted to deliver with £25m of Town Deal funding.
Barnes Construction has been awarded the tender to develop the new health and wellbeing quarter at the University. The East Building will be extensively refurbished as part of the works and it is due to open for students in early 2022.
Published:
7:30 AM April 21, 2021
The East Building at the University of Suffolk will be refurbished as part of the Care Campus.
- Credit: Bluecube
One of the first projects to benefit from Ipswich s Towns Deal bid is the University of Suffolk s new health and wellbeing centre that will be developed in its East Building over the next nine months.
The new centre is the centrepiece of the Care Campus proposal on the list of projects that the town wanted to deliver with £25m of Town Deal funding.
Barnes Construction has been awarded the tender to develop the new health and wellbeing quarter at the University. The East Building will be extensively refurbished as part of the works and it is due to open for students in early 2022.
The English Cities Fund is working with St Helens Council, to create plans to deliver regeneration. These take into account the previous public consultations and what have been identified as the area s needs and priorities . The fund and the council signed a 20-year development agreement in December 2020, with the aim of bringing forward opportunities to repurpose and regenerate areas in the borough . Potential first phases to be developed are in the two town centres, which - like many across the country - have been hit by the decline of the high street and closing stores. Residents and businesses have all voiced the need for a deliverable vision after false dawns of the past, which have left many people cynical whenever talk about town centre transformation surfaces.