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Next stage of works to begin on transforming Leeds Rail Station

The next stage in the transformation of Leeds City Rail Station’s main entrance and surrounding area will begin next month (March). The Leeds Station Sustainable Travel

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27 Feb 2023

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Numbers add up to success for city’s thriving financial technology sector

A new report from Whitecap Consulting shows the FinTech sector in the Leeds City Region has experienced huge growth over the last three years, is now home to more than 100 FinTech firms and is co

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14 Feb 2023

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Newly opened David Oluwale Bridge links city’s past, present and future

A stunning new bridge honouring the legacy of a man who died after being racially harassed has been officially opened in Leeds. The David Oluwale Bridge was today hailed as a symbolic link between the city’s past, present and future as a

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26 Jan 2023

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Day of pride as Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield are made freemen of Leeds

Leeds today added a new chapter to a remarkable story of courage and comradeship as the city awarded its highest civic honour to Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield. Rugby league legends Rob and Kevin have both been given the freedom of Leeds in

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11 Jan 2023

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Leeds ranked 34th in the Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index 2022

In a report published in October, Leeds has been ranked as 34th out of 100 of the world’s leading cities in the

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20 Oct 2022

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Morley gets full £24.3M Town Deal funding

Morley has won full approval for £24.3m of Towns Fund grant following the submission of outline plans to the Government in July.

11 Oct 2022

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Funding schemes aim to provide lift-off for new generation of business innovators

Leeds City Council’s Innovation@Leeds programme is making vital funding support available to help unleash the talents of a new generation of entrepreneurs and bold business thinkers. A total of around £600,000 is set to be distributed to

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24 Sep 2022

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Leeds pledging support for Future Talent to transform city economy

New Leeds Future Talent Plan for the city is launched

9 Sep 2022

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New East Leeds Orbital Route is fully open

Leader of the council, councillor James Lewis and councillor Helen Hayden, executive member for infrastructure and climate officially open the biggest infrastructure project undertaken by Leeds City Council for fifty years, since the completion of

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22 Aug 2022

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Leeds sets out ambitious plans in a bid for over £100 million of levelling up funding

Leeds City Council has submitted six constituency bids totalling £120.8 million as part of the round two Levelling Up Fund to deliver transformational change for communities across Leeds. The ambitious proposals would, if successful, allow

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16 Aug 2022

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