COPYCAT DRIVING LICENCE WEBSITE
Halton Borough Council Trading Standards Officers are warning consumers of copycat driving licence websites. These websites pass themselves off as the DVLA but often charge additional fees (as much as £79 for ‘form checking’ services etc). To try and pass themselves off as genuine, these copycat websites might include ‘DVLA’ in their web address (URL). […]
Arts project to set out how St Helens Borough could look way into the future
Ever wondered what the world we live in will look like in a 100 years’ time? St Helens Borough Council’s Library Service invites you to take part in a free virtual workshop to feed your ideas into a project and imagine – without limits – what a St Helens of the future might be. As […]
Free digital skills training sessions launched
The Women’s Organisation has launched a new series of fully funded, accredited training courses, open to men and women living within the Liverpool City Region. Funded by The European Social Fund, the level 2 and 3 training courses, such as Digital Marketing, Stepping into Management, Resilience, and Presenting Online, are accredited meaning participants will gain […]
‘READING FRIENDS’, VIRTUAL READING IN LOCKDOWN
Halton Borough Council is excited to announce it is starting two Reading Friends Groups, from our libraries. They bring people together to read, share stories, meet new friends and have fun. Library staff use reading – whether books, magazines, newspapers, or anything else – to start everyone chatting. There are two groups starting in February […]
More than £150m Covid support paid to city’s businesses as new extended grant scheme comes online
The Council has paid out £151m against more than 15,000 grant applications since March 2020 and has now announced an extended scheme to support organisations not eligible for previous financial help. The Council has also provided £144m in Business Rate relief to reduce the financial burden on businesses impacted by the pandemic. And £820,500 has been provide to […]
A Widnes based business is about to launch the UKs first live streaming baby scan service.
Your Baby Scan in Widnes opened their doors in 2015 and was set up by local husband and wife, Kurt and Danielle and their business has been busier than ever in the past few months due to the importance of being able to scan pregnant mum-to-be in a safe, friendly and private environment. Your Baby […]
VISION FOR RUNCORN AIMS TO ATTRACT £25 MILLION FUNDING
Seven projects aimed at transforming Runcorn Town Centre into a better place to live, work and visit could secure up to £25 million investment from the Government’s Towns Fund. The projects, suggested by local people, businesses and community groups, make up the Runcorn Town Investment Plan (TIP) – a vision for the town’s future. The […]
BLOG: Technology and gaming could help children feel less anxious after a year of ‘Blue Mondays’
18th January, Blue Monday, is supposedly the most depressing day of the year. The riot of Christmas decorations has gone, your bank account is jaded, and dark evenings begin shortly after breakfast. You’d be forgiven for thinking the whole of 2020 was a Blue Monday and 2021’s not been much fun so far. The third […]
Phones and computer tablets donated to care leavers to break down communication barriers
A multi-award-winning business is keeping to traditions that Christmas is a time for giving and good deeds after supplying tablets and mobile phones to support some of the borough’s most vulnerable young people who live alone. Communications Plus Ltd – which has scooped a number of O2 franchise awards as well as Employer of the […]
BLOG: All we know about the new strain of COVID-19
Last week, it was announced that a new variant, or strain, of Covid-19 has been identified. Director of Public Health Matt Ashton writes for Liverpool Express about what we know so far… Why do we have a new strain? All viruses vary and mutate in response to the way our body responds to them, or because […]