Wolverhampton development is first in Black Country to earn this status
City of Wolverhampton Council’s new i9 development is the first office building in the Black Country to be awarded WiredScore Gold certification in recognition of its digital connectivity and infrastructure.
It is a trusted benchmark only achieved by commercial property that has been designed to incorporate reliable, flexible internet connectivity features that meet and exceed occupiers’ digital requirements.
The certification aligns with the Council’s digital infrastructure strategy, which is producing significant investment in full fibre broadband, 5G and smart technologies.
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Final design work underway with on site works starting in June
City of Wolverhampton Council and West Midlands Railway have secured grant funding for the construction of a new cycle hub offering more than 100 spaces for cycles at Wolverhampton Interchange.
The £525,000 hub will provide 92 undercover and 18 uncovered spaces - and will also feature controlled access, LED lighting and CCTV security.
It will be located next to the railway station multi-storey car park, near the pedestrian footbridge to the city centre – and forms part of the city’s award-winning £150million Interchange development delivering improvements to bus, tram, train and cycle connectivity.
Final design work on the hub will now begin and pre-fabrication will be carried out off-site before on-site works start in June and are completed by autumn.
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Grants available to support small businesses through lockdown
Wolverhampton businesses unsure of which business grant(s) to apply for can find out in a flowchart that shows the different grants available, eligibility requirements and how to apply.
The flow chart is available in the downloads section on the www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/businessgrants webpage.
Businesses that are open but have been significantly affected due to the current lockdown restrictions can apply for the city’s new discretionary grant and one-off payment. The discretionary scheme is also available to closed businesses not eligible for the national Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed).
Owner proposing 300 homes and ground floor commercial use
SSYS Beatties Limited has submitted a planning application to remodel the former Beatties store and car park in Wolverhampton city centre.
Images show the proposal will retain the store frontage and maintain commercial use on the ground floor of the current building and also create over 300 high quality homes, aimed at new homeowners and renters.
The plan is to convert the upper floors at the rear of the old Beatties store to create space for new apartments adding some additional residential floors on the existing building (as pictured above), while retaining and restoring the historic building frontage.
SSYS Beatties Limited plan to keep the existing shop frontage and to build sensitively around it.
Support with testing available in city for people not showing symptoms
New Government announcements will make it easier for businesses in Wolverhampton to test employees who cannot work from home.
With around 1 in 3 people with coronavirus not showing any symptoms, it is important that employers whose staff cannot work from home carry out regular staff testing, in order to prevent the spread of the virus.
Support is available for large and small businesses.
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Outstanding array of authors, poets, writers, storytellers & performers
The fifth Wolverhampton Literature Festival (Friday 12 to Sunday 14) kicks off today with an outstanding array of authors, poets, writers, storytellers, speakers and performers from across the UK.
For more information on the Wolverhampton Literature Festival programme visit www.wolveslitfest.co.uk.
You can also check out Twitter @WolvesLitFest, Facebook @WolvesLitFest and Instagram #wolveslitfest.
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