Musicians and other performers can show off their talents at the first ever Parbold Art and Music Street Festival on Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September.The fabulous two-day festival will be packed with free entertainment, a wide variety of stalls, and opportunities to be creative and join in a fun procession. There will also be live music, food and drink and Saturday evening a Festival of Lights provided by barges on the canal.
West Lancashire Borough Council is giving a boost to the local economy by creating new industrial units designed to meet the needs of modern businesses.The 11 new units will replace those which used to stand at 18-24 Gorsey Place on the Gillibrands industrial estate. These were demolished in 2013 as they were no longer fit for purpose.The Council receives a lot of enquiries from businesses looking for smaller factory units suitable for light industry and storage businesses. The authority hopes this new development, called Greenshoots and located at Gorsey Place, Skelmersdale, will help meet that demand and create new jobs in West Lancashire.
Conservative candidate for Knowsley ward in the 2016 elections Edward McCarthy would like to question the safety and quality of the recent re-pointing on Aughton Street this year and asks for this to be investigated.
The decision by the Borough Council’s new Labour administration to needlessly borrow for a regeneration project has been severely criticised by the former Conservative Leader of the Council.
Crime is low in West Lancashire and the Borough Council’s CCTV operations help to keep it that way. This important role is highlighted in a new report.
Over the last five years the Council has invested heavily in the public open space system and expanded the scheme to install cameras in areas which previously had no coverage. It currently operates 95 public open space cameras and these are monitored 24hours a day 365 days each year.
Young people in Westhead have been treated to exciting new play and recreation facilities at the village playing fields, which will enhance visitor experience for all to enjoy.
A new play area for under-13s includes a spider’s web climbing frame and activity trail, and will complement the existing play area for 5 to 12-year-olds at the playing fields on School Lane.
We will introduce a new National Living Wage for all working people aged 25 and over. It will start next April at £7.20 an hour and we expect it to reach over £9 by 2020.It will mean two and a half million people get a direct pay rise. Those currently on the minimum wage will see their pay rise by over a third this Parliament, a cash increase for a full time worker of over £5,000.We’re also increasing the Employment Allowance by 50 per cent so a firm will be able to employ 4 people full time on the new National Living Wage and pay no national insurance at all.
