Greater Manchester’s Energy Switching Scheme is being organised by the ten councils within Greater Manchester (Manchester, Bury, Oldham, Salford, Stockport, Wigan, Bolton, Rochdale, Tameside and Trafford). The scheme brings together a number of people who want to switch providers into one ‘auction’. Energy providers then bid for their business by offering the best available prices.
Compact Voice has launched their 2012 Impact Report, which highlights key Compact developments and achievements from 2012.
To coincide with its publication, Compact Voice is also launching a short survey.
The responses received will be used to help determine what areas Compact Voice’s work should focus on in the coming year, and to understand how the resources and support provided are useful.
The survey takes just 5 minutes to complete and all entries will have the chance to win a £25 Amazon voucher. Responses are confidential.
Are you looking to recruit students and graduates in 2013?
Sign-up to advertise your vacancies at this Virtual Jobs Fair to get access to students and graduates who are looking for work in the creative and digital industries.
The English Defence League (EDL) is planning to hold a demonstration in Manchester on Saturday 2 March 2013.
Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Police are working in partnership to ensure that this event causes the minimum of disruption to all members of the community.
Mind Your Money is a free service for social housing residents across Manchester helping to keep you financially safe.
Mind Your Money can help you:
• Find ways to save money
• Understand the cost of borrowing
• Open a bank account
• Avoid loan sharks
• Deal with your debts
• Improve your chances of getting a job
• Cope with the new Universal credit
Manchester City Council has launched consultations on its 2013-15 budget proposals for leisure centres and libraries and wants to hear people's views.
The Council as a whole has to address a funding shortfall of £80 million over the next two financial years and has set out in detail proposals for how it intends to achieve this.
The separate libraries and leisure consultations set out how the council proposes to deliver a quality, accessible service while making a contribution to the savings required.
From February 2013, records of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Greater Manchester area will be published online at Ancestry.co.uk.
The collections, dating from the 1500s to the 20th century, include church registers for Anglican churches in the Diocese of Manchester, including Manchester Cathedral.
In partnership with Ancestry.co.uk, Manchester City Council has digitised the original registers and there is now a name index of over 6,000,000 records accessible on the web.
Free access to Ancestry.co.uk is available at any Manchester City Council library.
The Institute of Community Reporters is launching a new course for budding screen writers in the Manchester and Salford area.
The half day session is lead by Marc Gee whose script for "Al’s Lads" became a £3m feature film starring Ralf Little, Marc Warren and Ricky Tomlinson.
It is an opportunity to learn about the three act-structure, research, character development and how to write exciting dialogue. Marc will be showing excerpts from film classics and his film Al's Lads giving a unique insight into the world of writing for film.
Yesterday morning I went to the briefing where the City Council announced their budget plans for the next 2 years. The key message is bleak: beyond the £170m cut from the Council’s annual budget in 2011, they now have to cut a further £80m per year. Manchester, it was said, has been hit hardest out of all the boroughs in Greater Manchester and out of all the major cities outside London.
Manchester City Council has published its proposed budget for 2013/14, setting out how it will address a £40 million funding shortfall over the next financial year, rising to around £80m in 2014/15.
The Council's financial position, and proposals for dealing with it, are set out in a series of reports to be considered by its Executive when it meets on Wednesday 23 January.