Mendip District Council is to launch a district-wide review of its leisure provision in a bid to encourage investment and provide residents with improved facilities and a new range of leisure activities. At its meeting on Monday (11th March) the council’s Cabinet approved a procurement process in relation to council-owned sports and leisure facilities. Full Story: Read More
Don’t forget to register to vote in county council elections
With the Somerset County Council elect
ions just around the corner, elections staff at South Somerset District Council are urging residents to act now to make sure they can vote. The county council elections take place on Thursday 2nd May, and local people need to make sure they have registered to vote by 17th April to ensure they can have their say at the ballot box. Full Story: Read More
Somerset shares waste skills
Somerset’s skills in waste management are being shared with other counties keen to achieve the same savings, efficiencies and service. Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) managing director Steve Read is being temporarily seconded for two days a week to help Gloucestershire set up its own inter-authority body to manage recycling and refuse. Full Story: Read More