A second scheme will involve use of technology in maths and English.
And at Alconbury Weald, the College of West Anglia and West Suffolk College will join forces on a construction training hub.
Working with Urban and Civic the focus will be on retraining people who have been displaced due to COVID-19 or who have been long-term unemployed.
“The hub will also offer upskilling opportunities to existing labour force to enable them to meet the technological changes, the digitalisation of construction and meeting the jobs of the future,” says Mayor Palmer.
Local colleges and providers can bid for grants for up to £50K to test new and innovative ways of delivering training courses to adults aged over 19.
Engineering graduate shares innovative vision for Cambridgeshire metro
The idea is designed to cut costs and remove the need for significant public subsidy on a system without the passenger numbers of big cities
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Xiaofan Zhang s proposed vehicle for a metro (Image: Xiaofan Zhang)
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Julian Makey
Published:
12:00 PM February 2, 2021
There are plans to bring jobs to St Neots as part of a new Masterplan.
- Credit: ARCHANT
Businesses in St Neots are being quizzed about the services they need to grow as part of a multi-million pound masterplan for the town being drawn up by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Key business sectors, such as the creative industry, business services, technology and manufacturing, have already been identified as playing a major role in the future prosperity of the town where the population is expected to expand by a quarter in the period to 2036.
Commissioned by CAPCA and East Cambs council to undertake a public survey.
Horse riders and cycling groups wanted a Pegasus crossing to the western arm of the roundabout – which would have given horse riders some control over it. The type of crossing was named after Pegasus, the mythical winged horse.
But a special study undertaken by the county council following last November’s highways committee came down firmly in favour of a Toucan crossing on the eastern arm, towards the BP roundabout.
Council reports show the proposed works at Lancaster Way roundabout
- Credit: CCC
Cllr Bailey said if they had gone ahead with the Pegasus crossing it would have been more expensive but crucially the lack of equine infrastructure such as bridleways would have made it unlawful.
Ben Hatton
Published:
4:23 PM January 28, 2021
Updated:
6:57 AM January 29, 2021
Mayor James Palmer at the launch of the first of the £100k homes in Fordham. CAPCA missed the deadline they d set of getting the first owners moved in by Christmas.
- Credit: Archant
There is no estimate for the number of £100K Homes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CAPCA) is expecting to deliver over the next few years, its housing director has said.
Asked at CAPCA’s overview and scrutiny committee on Monday (January 25) how many are expected to be delivered in the next three years, housing director Roger Thompson could not say.