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Image: view towards Roseberry Topping on the North York Moors - which is part of North Yorkshire Council's geographic area (photo courtesy Mike Kipling) North Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become its next Chief Executive. It says: 'Serving 640,000 residents across England's largest county, North Yorkshire Council is one of the country's newest and most ambitious unitary authorities. Three years on from local government reorganisation, we are financiall

Image: St Peter's Square Manchester - view towards Manchester Town Hall extension building, opened in 1938, the Manchester City Library, and the Midland Hotel Jacobs is looking for a Process Engineering Lead - Regulated Water (Manchester). The firm says: 'At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and

Image: new social housing at Alpha House, Wythenshawe (courtesy Manchester City Council) The Local Government Association and Local Partnerships is looking for a Director of Housing Delivery. The organisations state: 'Local Partnerships is growing – and we’re looking for experienced professionals with the skills, credibility and drive to deliver transformational change in the public sector. 'We work closely with central government, the Local Government Association (our part-o

Image: Hull Guildhall - courtesy Robert Stirling / Unsplash Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced it has taken a major step towards getting more homes built and bringing underused land back into use through a new long-term partnership with Homes England. Mayor Luke Campbell MBE and Pat Ritchie CBE, Chair of Homes England, it says signed the agreement at Hull Guildhall, marking the start of a long-term approach to bringing forward housing and regeneration

Image: the city of Bristol from the air, looking north west towards the Severn estuary Kier is searching for a Senior Engineer – Civils River Infrastructure to join its Kier Design team based in Bristol. The firm states: 'Kier Design is a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor. We are looking for: Experienced in design delivery, including multidisciplinary design Comfortable using your ow

Image: Contributors at Future Cities Forum's 'Innovation Cities' held in the executive board room at the Sloane Robinson building, The University of Bristol - including the Chief Executive of Bath and North East Somerset Council, Sophie Broadfield, the University of Bristol's Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Judith Squires, the West of England Combined Authority's Head of Housing and Regeneration, John Wilkinson (speaking), the Chief Executive of Bristol Temple Quarter LLP K

Image: Aerial view of the University of Liverpool’s Bengaluru Campus in Karnataka, India Mayor Steve Rotheram is set to lead Liverpool City Region’s first ever mission to India aimed at driving trade, jobs and tens of millions of pounds of investment from the world’s fastest growing major economy, the Combined Authority reports. The visit will build on a new UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) forecast to increase trade by £25.5bn a year by 2040 and will include the formal o

Image: Tyne bridges -courtesy Newcastle City Council Councillors in Newcastle have agreed an ambitious new plan to make Newcastle the UK's most successful regional capital. The plan has been developed since the election of the new council last May with councillors from all political groups contributing to its development. The strategic plan sets out the ambitions of the council for the next three years and will underpin everything the council is doing over that time. It outli

Image: CGI of North Laurieston proposed streetscape improvements - courtesy Glasgow City Council A masterplan for the future regeneration of North Laurieston, a historic area on the south bank of the Clyde close to Glasgow city centre, has been approved by Glasgow City Council. The Council reports that the Masterplan had gone out to public consultation in the summer of 2026 after the draft document had been developed by New Gorbals Housing Association, Glasgow City Council, a

Image: GGI courtesy Sheffield City Council Sheffield City Council reports that work is set to begin this month on the next phase of the Connecting Sheffield programme, with major improvements planned for Castle Street to create a more welcoming, accessible and better-connected city centre. Construction on the Connecting Sheffield: Castle Street project will begin during the week commencing 12 October 2026 and is expected to be completed in Spring 2027. The project will improv