Swansea Scrutiny

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Swansea City Centre – We want your views

Since the 2008 recession town centres around the UK have been hit with the hardest trading conditions for generations. There have been a number of high profile retailers reporting extreme financial pressures as well as the negative impact on small independent businesses.  Swansea City Centre is no different with decreasing levels of footfall over the [...]

Waste not, want not

Last week, the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board were pleased to be invited to attend a specially arranged meeting of Swansea Waste Forum . The forum were keen to  to participate in and provide evidence for the Board’s current  review into Waste Minimisation, Recycling and Composting in Swansea. The Board is particulary interested in gathering views on [...]

Environment & Communities – The Big Swansea Challenges

Today the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board met to discuss their work plan for the year. This is perhaps the board with the widest brief so it was crucial for them to narrow down their priorities to just a few topics. To help they had these presentations from the Corporate Directors for Environment [...]