Dudley Council news


Gornal road safety project gets £50,000

An accident blackspot road in Gornal is to get £50,000 of improvements in a new safety scheme announced today. Campaigners today celebrated the news their concerns about Straits Road have been heard by highways chiefs.


Bailiffs recover more than £30m for councils

Bailiffs recovered more than £30 million after councils sent them into homes and businesses in the West Midlands – visiting 100 people daily, it can be revealed.


400 Dudley Council staff apply to be made redundant

More than 400 workers at a Black Country council have applied to take voluntary redundancy over the next year – double the number that will actually leave.


Bistro and cafe plan for shops next to Stourbridge pub

A pub in Stourbridge is to be extended to create a coffee bar and bistro in a bid to boost town centre trade, new plans have revealed.


Redundancy plan for 2012 will cost Dudley Council around £3million

Around £3million will be spent by Dudley Council next year to cover workers leaving through redundancy.


Call to leave taken up by 500 Dudley Council workers

More than 500 people have expressed an interest in taking redundancy at Dudley Council next year.


Officers in Dudley scrap metal dealer visits

Undercover police officers are being dispatched to scrap metal dealers across the West Midlands to conduct a series of test purchases looking for stolen metal, it emerged today.


£10m Castle Hill revamp to create 200 jobs

More than 200 new jobs will be created in Dudley as part of a £10million transformation of the Castle Hill district, it was revealed today.


Plans to revamp Dudley market expand into the town centre

Multi-million plans to revamp the historic market place in Dudley have been extended further into the town centre to create a new showpiece shopping area.


460 posts at Dudley Council axed to save cash

A total of 460 staff have been shed by Dudley Council as part of cost-cutting measures to make savings of more than £22 million in the present financial year, it has been revealed.

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