• 5000 staff to leave County Council

  By CarlyBaldwin at 09:49 on 12/03/12

  

  Thousands of school cleaners, cooks, ground staff and support workers in Staffordshire will have their jobs transferred to a private company, the Sentinel reports today. The move is part of plans to take £75 million of services out of council control, and will mean that services provided to schools in the county will instead be sold to them by a private sector partner. It will lead to the transfer of around 5000 local authority...

• County Council staff set for pay rise

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:54 on 28/02/12

  

  Over 10,000 Staffordshire County Council employees are set to pocket a wage increase this year - despite a national pay freeze. They will pick up annual incremental increases within their current pay bands under the terms of their contracts, the Sentinel reports. The payments will not be restricted by the Government's ongoing public sector pay freeze, and come at a time when the County Council is trying to save £25 million. It...

• Town development proposals to be scrutinised

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:32 on 30/12/11

  

  As the new year approaches, East Staffordshire Borough Council is ready to run the rule over proposals which may have a major bearing on the development of Uttoxeter. Matthew Montague Architects, a Derby-based firm, wants to transform two plots of derelict land off the Dove Way bypass, creating homes, industrial units and office space. The application reads: "The development of these sites will form a natural extension to the...

• Uttoxeter taxis face safety checks

  By CarlyBaldwin at 15:42 on 14/11/11

  

  Taxis in Uttoxeter were subject to a safety crackdown this weekend, which resulted in four vehicles being taken off the road. The council, working alongside Staffordshire Police, VOSA and HM Customs and Excise, carried out random checks to ensure that taxis were roadworthy and safe to carry passengers. Four of the twelve vehicles checked were deemed mechanically unfit, and were immediately prohibited from being on the road until the...

• 'Going green' goes pink

  By CarlyBaldwin at 17:23 on 26/10/11

  

  East Staffordshire Borough Council have turned recycling pink recently with the introduction of 'WEEE banks'. Standing for Waste, Electrical and Electronic Equipment, the banks will allow people to dispose of small electrical items such as shavers, kettles, remote controls and hairdryers. Councillor Richard Grosvenor says the banks, including one in The Maltings car park, have been introduced due to public demand. "Once again...

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