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13 JunStill time to register as over 100 local businesses sign up for Vale4Business launch
At the end of last month I invited businesses from across the Vale to register to attend the launch of our new business partnership. You can find more details here or by visiting the Vale4Business website. In the last two weeks over 100 businesses have already signed up to attend this prestigious event. There’s still time [...]
Read More ...01 JunResidents warned about council tax phone scams
Residents are being warned to be on their guard against bogus officials offering council tax refunds or threatening them with fines. There have been several incidents reported recently across Oxfordshire, including in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. The fraudsters operate by ringing, texting or visiting residents claiming to be from the local [...]
Read More ...28 MayNew partnership unveiled to lead Vale’s economic future
Businesses are being encouraged to join a new partnership aimed at providing organisations with a greater say in the future of the local economy is to be launched in the Vale of White Horse. Vale4Business will bring together the region’s key business and civic leaders, providing the strategic leadership, vision and knowledge needed to support long [...]
Read More ...24 MayAbingdon pays tribute
Today Abingdon-on-Thames will pay tribute to the brave men and women of 12 Logistic Support Regiment who are returning from Afghanistan. Given the events of this week it is more important than ever that we show our support for the troops. The town has long held the units stationed at Dalton Barracks in high esteem and [...]
Read More ...23 MayCommunity projects make capital gains
A massive funding boost has been given to community projects in the Vale of White Horse as part of the district council’s capital community grants scheme. Over £60,000 was awarded to 21 community projects to help spend on buildings, extensions and equipment. The scheme offers grants of up to £5,000 to any constituted community-based organisation, [...]
Read More ...23 MayPrison sentence and unpaid work for benefit fraudster
A man from Botley has been handed a six week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 80 hours unpaid work after pleading guilty to benefit fraud. Mark Stimpson, 38, of Stubble Close, Botley, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Monday 13 May for sentencing after earlier admitting two charges of [...]
Read More ...22 MayBins in parts of Abingdon to be emptied before homecoming parade
The homecoming parade in Abingdon on Friday morning is an opportunity to welcome home the soldiers of Dalton Barracks after serving overseas. Unfortunately, the parade coincides with waste collection day in Abingdon so our waste operatives Biffa are making an extra collection at 6:30am on Friday morning so that bins can be cleared off the [...]
Read More ...21 MayGreat news for jobs in the Vale
Milton Park and the Harwell Oxford campus have been granted exemption from controversial new planning regulations that could have seen offices turned into homes. The new national laws which extend permitted development rights mean developers will no longer need to obtain planning permission to change office buildings into residential dwellings. Vale of White Horse District [...]
Read More ...10 MayJudging our performance two years on
Vale Annual Report 12-13I was reminded this week that it is 10 years since I was first elected to the Vale. It is also 2 years since I became Leader of the Council, which means it’s time for another look back at the past year. Once again I have published my Annual Report on the [...]
Read More ...24 AprVale of White Horse is in the top 10 places to live in the UK
The Vale of White Horse is in the top ten of Britain’s most desirable places to live according to the Halifax Rural Areas Quality of Life Survey. The Vale of White Horse came eighth in a survey of 119 rural local authority districts. The districts ranked highly for employment figures, average earnings and for low [...]
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