Council's 848 below Living Wage staff
WARRINGTON Borough Council – which earlier this week decided to look
into introducing the “Living Wage” into its pay structure – employs 848
people who receive basic pay lower than it.
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Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Former Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Patron Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
New stadium plan for Town!
AMBITIOUS Warrington Town Football Club have unveiled plans for a
stadium complex on the former Burtonwood air base site at Omega, which
includes an indoor sport and entertainment venue.
Paralympic star's stolen gear found
POLICE have recovered a number of items belonging to Warrington
Paralympic gold medallist Adrian Derbyshire which were stolen at the
weekend.
Travellers' camp back on agenda
THE controversial plan to expand a travellers’ camp on Green Belt land
at Warrington is to come back before the borough council’s development
management committee tomorrow.
Will spring be early this year?
IT may seem a little early, but the Woodland Trust is calling on the
public in Cheshire to help record the first signs of spring as part of
the UK’s longest-running survey of the effects of the changing climate
on native trees, plants and birds.
Web firm wins big contract
WARRINGTON-based web specialist Ixis has secured a major contract
through the Government’s G-Cloud procurement framework – to provide
managed hosting and support services to health and care watchdog the
Care Quality Commission.
Up and coming theatre stars
TWO young men who turned down the chance of going to university and set
up their own theatre group instead believe they made the right decision.
At last – the Arpley landfill plan
PLANNING bosses have called a special meeting to consider the
long-awaited plan to extend the operational life of Warrington’s giant
Arpley Landfill site by 12 years.
Projects to change the face of town
AGREEMENT has been reached on two major development projects that will change the face of Warrington.
Fixture changes for Town
AFTER a number of postponements recently due to the poor weather, the
Evo-Stik NPL have advised Warrington Town of a number of changes to
their fixture calendar.