Category: Finance and budget

167 Finance and budget posts found.

Coronavirus: COVID-19 grants help mask continuing budget pressures

23/06/2021

Shropshire Council has ended the latest financial year in budget, recording an underspend on its £575m gross operating budget. The council’s end…

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News from our partners: 97 per cent of households respond to Census 2021

06/05/2021
People in a wood - illustrating community work

News from our partners ONS (Office of National Statistics) The response to Census 2021 has exceeded all expectations, with 97 per cent…

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Leader urges PM to level up Shropshire and address social care funding

09/03/2021
Leader urges PM to level up Shropshire and address social care funding

Council Leader Peter Nutting is asking Prime Minister Boris Johnson to come and visit Shropshire to see at first hand the impact…

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Proposed council tax increase reduced

17/02/2021

Council tax in Shropshire is proposed to rise by 3.99% from April 2021 – a 1% lower increase than the council had…

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A financial strategy which responds to the continuing challenges

03/02/2021

Next week’s meeting of Shropshire Council’s Cabinet (Monday 8 February 2021) will discuss the council’s financial plans for 2021/22 through to 2025/26,…

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Coronavirus: £17.5m in grants paid to over 2,400 Shropshire businesses this month alone

29/01/2021
infographic showing business grants - £17.5m paid out during January 2021

Shropshire Council has paid £17.5m to 2,412 businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, since the latest COVID-19 Grant scheme opened on 19…

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Coronavirus: Further business grant scheme opens to support businesses affected by current lockdown

26/01/2021

Shropshire Council has today (Tuesday 26 January 2021) launched a new grant scheme to support the county’s businesses which have been affected…

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There’s still time to have your say in Shropshire Council’s budget consultation  

20/01/2021

Shropshire Council is reminding residents that they are still able to comment on its annual budget consultation, which covers the period from 1 April 2021…

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Contractor sends letter in error to over 2,500 residents

22/12/2020

Bristow and Sutor, the bailiff company contracted by Shropshire Council, has apologised for sending a letter in error to 2,622 Shropshire residents,…

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New coronavirus grant schemes to be made available for hospitality and leisure businesses

21/12/2020

Two new grant schemes are to be made available to hospitality and leisure businesses in Shropshire who have been forced to close…

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