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Our Full Council meeting on Tuesday (13 May) is a significant one. It marks the end of the Mayor’s term of office and the confirmation of Cabinet positions. Most years this follows local elections but as this year was a ‘fallow year’, none were held.
Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, volunteers from Veolia and Aldi, and staff from the Council’s Planting Our Future team joined together this week to plant 500 new saplings at Katherine’s Wood in Lavender Hall Park, Balsall Common.
Visitors to the NEC will soon be able to get around by hopping onboard a new self-driving shuttle service.
This will be my last message for a little while, the local elections are approaching and we’re about to enter the Pre-Election Period (PEP). More about that later, as I’d like to talk first about a couple of highlights from this week.
Last week, the winners and runners up of the Mayor’s annual Christmas card competition were presented with their awards by the Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Mrs Diana Holl-Allen MBE.
Mayor met with this year's sea scout
Carers Trust has received a donation of £1500 thanks to the Deputy Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Ken Meeson who chose them as one of his mayoral charities during his time as Mayor.
This week I need to again lead with Mell Square, as we announced the start of development plans. I won’t go into the technical details in this message, you can read that elsewhere. Instead, I will expand on what this will mean for our residents.
Solihull Council has named Muse as its preferred development partner to bring forward ambitious regeneration plans for the iconic Mell Square.
Solihull's Civic Honours Awards recognising the contributions of our outstanding citizens held in October
Efforts to combat climate change have again been evaluated by Climate Emergency UK, a not-for-profit organisation who assess all the UK’s local councils and their climate change initiatives.
Changes to the pricing of Solihull Council’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging will come into effect from Monday 2 October.
Solihull is leading the way on electric vehicle (EV) uptake and infrastructure in the West Midlands. With world EV day upon us, we take a look at the exciting work being done locally to support the transition to cleaner more efficient road transport.
The Council’s innovation in ‘future mobility’ has been selected as a finalist for the Best Climate Action or Decarbonisation initiative at the 2023 Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Awards.
It’s been rather a busy week this week and consequently this is a packed edition. Armed Forces Day, Refugee Week, and news of the impending opening of the Urgent Treatment Centre at Solihull Hospital are all to follow but I’ll start with Marie Curie
Following a successful bid for funds people in Balsall Common will soon be able to enjoy a brand-new nature trail.
This week the Council announced plans to form a new partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust to help implement our Children’s Services Improvement Plan.
As the Council continues to tackle climate change head on, Solihull’s first Net Zero Annual Report has been published.
Solihull Council’s state-of-the-art self-driving shuttle has been put to work ferrying passengers around Birmingham Business Park in the latest round of on-road trials.
A report detailing the outcome of the full business case for phase 1 of Solihull’s proposed town centre energy network was taken to the Council’s Cabinet session last night.
Residents who live in areas that are prone to flooding can now sign up for a new Solihull-based flood alert system and download a series of informative leaflets to help prepare for a flood and minimise damage.
Solihull Heritage and Local Studies librarian Tracey Williams has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award which celebrates the achievements of library workers.
We always try to help residents and businesses as much as possible with financial support and advice – particularly with rising energy costs and other cost of living pressures.
Continuing to build on its reputation at the leading edge of Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) technology, Solihull is set to benefit from joint government and industry funding to deliver an exciting new project.
Three teams at Solihull Council have scooped THREE of twelve awards at the West Midlands National Park Awards.
Young people across Solihull had the chance to find out about apprenticeship opportunities earlier this week at the Solihull Apprenticeship Show.
In my last message I wrote about Solihull Council being small enough to care, but big enough to make a difference. This week it’s been brilliant to see projects that represent that “duality” being launched.
The Leader of Solihull Council has been joined by the borough’s two MPs and West Midlands Mayor in throwing their full support behind a key funding opportunity for Solihull’s Kingshurst community.
WOW (not a word I use often)! What a week!
I was originally going to talk about the Baton Relay and Commonwealth Games Opening, but first I must mention that incredible football match.
England 2 - Germany 1.
I was originally going to talk about the Baton Relay and Commonwealth Games Opening, but first I must mention that incredible football match.
England 2 - Germany 1.
Local businessman Jordan Carruthers recently celebrated one year of running his business from Solihull Enterprise Centre and the Leader of Solihull Council, Cllr Ian Courts, paid a visit to his office to see how the Enterprise Centre has helped him
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