Yesterday, I took part – along with nearly 300 others from local businesses, the education sector, the Chamber of Commerce, the public sector and many others – in the Dundee Economic Summit. See right. Organised by the Dundee Partnership, it was a very positive morning spent discussing the economic future of our city – [...]
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Yesterday morning, in addition to meeting various constituents, I had a meeting with sheltered housing tenants at Sinderins Court, a City Council Environment official and Home Scotland staff about the waste and recycling bins at the complex – see right. The current bins are overly large with heavy lids that some of the tenants [...]
Assurances about the “Friendly Bus”
Posted: January 24, 2010 in Bus Services, Dundee City Council, Dundee PartnershipI am pleased to say that I have received assurances from the City Council that the sheltered housing bus shoppers’ service – the “Friendly Bus” – will not end “in the short term” despite the Dundee Partnership withdrawing £21 000 of Fairer Scotland Funding that has helped subsidise the service until now. I have spoken [...]
Last night, along with colleagues from Friends of Magdalen Green, I attended the Dundee Partnership Awards at the City Chambers. The Friends have won the Environment category of the Partnership Awards 2009 and we are pictured above accepting the award from the Dundee Partnership Chair and leader of the City Council. It was a very [...]
Inflatable monkeys, Roars Not Whispers, Dundee Partnership latest
Posted: May 18, 2007 in Dundee Partnership, Roars Not Whispers, Six Cities Design FestivalIf you were passing the City Square yesterday, you could not help notice the appearance of a 30ft inflatable monkey (see right). Six of these have appeared round Scotland to officially launch the Six Cities Design Festival I have referred to in previous blog entries. You can see the news item about this from Dundee [...]
