The online sales might be tempting but shopping local supports our economy and keeps your friends and neighbours in work too. To encourage you into our towns and villages this Christmas, we’re offering some free parking in Kirklees Council car parks and on streets. Free Christmas parking dates in Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Holmfirth in December 2018: Huddersfield Saturday 8, 15 and
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We are challenging you to balance the budget
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We’re proposing some changes to Leeds Road, including the road layout outside the Great Northern Street retail park in Huddersfield. Together with our partners West Yorkshire Combined Authority we are now are inviting the public to have their say on the latest plans. These transport improvements aim to address congestion, delays and drive economic growth across Kirklees and beyond. They
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Kirklees and Calderdale School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) is now recruiting for its September 2019 training programme and will be holding two special events in the coming weeks. Kirklees and Calderdale SCITT is a highly respected provider of initial teacher training and has many years’ experience in offering placements. The advantage of training through a SCITT is that, instead
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Senior council leaders and local business people visited London to showcase our area to property investors as part of the Leeds City Region collaborative working at MIPIM UK.
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Our markets team have scooped the award for ‘Innovation of the Year’ at this year’s annual National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) conference.
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The amount of bad debt we are writing off continures to fall, councillors will hear
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A Convention of the North is to be established this summer as leaders seek to create a powerful new voice for the north, and Kirklees Council leader, Shabir Pandor will be taking part.
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