Uncategorised 25 March 2025
Free Family Film Egg-stravaganza at St John’s Church This Easter
Families are in for a sweet treat this Easter as Peterborough Positive team up with St John’s Church and Gateway Film Festival to host a free big-screen family film event on Wednesday, 16th April. The day will kick off with a fun-filled crafts session from 10:00am until 12:00pm with complimentary face painting, followed by a […]
Uncategorised 25 March 2025
Spring Statement Must Offer Olive Branch To Business
Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s Spring Statement, Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Businesses are feeling battered and bruised by the heavy cost pressures looming within days. The Chancellor must use her Spring Statement to offer some respite. “From next week, firms face an unpalatable menu of higher national […]
Uncategorised 25 March 2025
Xanthos Digital Offers UK Charities a Free Website to Amplify Their Mission
UK charities now have a chance to transform their online presence with a free, professionally designed website courtesy of Xanthos Digital. This competition is open to registered UK charities operating on a not-for-profit or public benefit basis and will run from 12th March to 30th April 2025. Xanthos Digital, a Cambridge-based web design and digital […]
Uncategorised 24 March 2025
Feel the Force Day Returns to Peterborough Cathedral on 17th May 2025
Feel the Force Day, the world’s only fully inclusive film and TV convention, is thrilled to announce its much-anticipated return to Peterborough on 17th May 2025, 11.00 – 18.00. The event will take place in the historic and breathtaking Peterborough Cathedral, a new home for the convention, offering a unique setting for fans to immerse […]
Uncategorised 24 March 2025
BCC Welcomes New Era of Economic Diplomacy
Reacting to a speech by the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, at the BCC’s Driving International Trade Conference, Director General, Shevaun Haviland, said: “The Foreign Secretary’s announcements on a closer working relationship with UK business will be music to their ears. “Quarterly meetings, trade roadshows, better intelligence sharing, and a fresh approach to economic diplomacy – […]
Uncategorised 24 March 2025
Just Over One Week Left to Support Peterborough Cathedral’s Crisis Campaign
Peterborough Cathedral’s Cathedral in Crisis Campaign is entering its final week, with just over £200,000 raised to date, thanks to the extraordinary generosity of over 1,000 individual donors. With the finish line in sight, the Cathedral is making a final appeal to the community to help it get as close as possible to its £300,000 […]
Uncategorised 24 March 2025
Local bus driver wins national award for act of compassion
A Driver from Cambridgeshire’s biggest bus operator has been won a prestigious national award in recognition of his compassion in helping to provide assistance to a vulnerable young woman on his bus. Lewis Mayo, from Stagecoach East, won a Stagecoach Star of the Month Award, in the category of ‘Doing the right thing’, after showing […]
Uncategorised 24 March 2025
Bank Continues Along Monetary Policy Tightrope
Reacting to the latest interest rate decision by the Bank of England, David Bharier, Head of Research at the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Today’s widely expected interest rate hold highlights the tightrope the Bank is walking, in the face of mounting global uncertainty and rising cost pressures. “Our research shows business sentiment has fallen […]
Local Skills Improvement Plan, Next Generation, Skills Development 21 March 2025
Youth Guarantee Programme Board Appoints New Chair to Tackle Rising Youth Unemployment
Laura-Jane (LJ) Rawlings MBE DL has been appointed Chair of the Youth Guarantee Programme Board. Rawlings, CEO of Youth Employment UK, brings over 15 years of leadership experience in shaping youth employment policy. Having founded the organisation in 2012, she has since become a leading national voice on youth employment, advising the UK Government and […]