A £2 million economic recovery project aimed at local high streets is about to draw to a close. But an independent evaluation of the project has estimated it has returned multi-million pounds worth of social value back to local communities.
Yesterday (Thursday 3 April 2025) Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall unveiled the first of nine trailblazer programmes to get Britain back to health and back to work.
Several locations across Sheffield are set to see new or improved crossings as part of the Council’s plans to improve pedestrian access while, at the same time, aiming to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured.
Mayor Oliver Coppard alongside leaders of South Yorkshire’s Councils have agreed to introduce bus franchising across the region, taking another element of public transport in Sheffield into public control.
Feedback from members of the public and business across the vitally important A61 Chesterfield Road route has led to two of four aspects of the project to be removed.
Economic growth, attracting international investment and boosting Sheffield’s visitor economy are all to be prioritised in new plans for international engagement.
Sheffield residents who are not in work and not currently actively seeking employment are set to benefit from a £3m fund aimed at supporting them to join, or rejoin, the workforce.
