Press Releases February 2007
- Council balances books without harming services - 28/02/2007
Top performing Sutton Council, a 4-star authority for the second year and one that is "improving well", has faced an extremely tough budget-setting process for the 2007/08 financial year.
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- Smoke-free Sutton - 28/02/2007
Staff and visitors will find Sutton Council is on the way to becoming smoke-free from 1 March.
The council is taking a lead in the borough and making the existing no smoking policy in its ...
- Tweeddale Primary School improving - 28/02/2007
Staff and teachers at Tweeddale Primary School are celebrating the outcome of a recent OFSTED inspection that called it a 'rapidly improving school'.
The report said that since the school'...
- Promoting road safety in Woodmansterne Road - 27/02/2007
Sutton Council is seeking residents' views over the proposed safety alterations for Woodmansterne Road in Carshalton starting on 9 March.
The proposals follow an audit of the current schem...
- Discount store fined for selling unsafe toys - 26/02/2007
Sutton's 99p discount store has been fined £3,000 for selling two unsafe toys at its High Street shop last December.
99p Stores Ltd pleaded guilty at Sutton Magistrates' Court on 15 Februa...
- Open Day for disabled people and carers - 26/02/2007
Sutton Employment Working Group is holding an open day for disabled people and carers on Wednesday 21 March at the Europa Gallery, Sutton Library, St Nicholas Way.
'Routes into Work' is ai...
- Cycling down memory lane - 26/02/2007
Do you have fond memories of cycling in and around Sutton?
Can you spare ten to fifteen minutes to talk about how you got around on your bike before cars took over our roads?
Youn...
- Sutton stays in the premier league - 22/02/2007
Sutton has retained its position as one of the top performing councils in the country. The Audit Commission announced today that it has awarded Sutton the highest 4 star rating in its annual Compre...
- Successful prosecution of benefit fraudster - 16/02/2007
A Sutton man who falsely claimed more than £9,000 in benefits has been sentenced to complete 180 hours community punishment following a successful investigation by Sutton Council and the Department...
- Fairtrade borough - 14/02/2007
Sutton has become a Fairtrade borough after a successful campaign to encourage more local businesses and consumers to look behind the label and help them make the right choice about products.
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- Budget consultation helps shape tomorrow's Sutton - 12/02/2007
Sutton Council has listened to a wide range of responses to its budget consultation and has revised savings proposals to take into account the views of service users, residents, council partners an...
- Schools plan for closer working - 09/02/2007
Two Sutton schools, Thomas Wall Nursery and Robin Hood Infants, are set to forge an even closer working relationship by forming a federation from September 2007.
Both schools share the sam...
- KEEPING SUTTON ON THE MOVE - 08/02/2007
With the adverse weather set to continue, Sutton Council is continuing to warn residents to take extra care when moving about the borough.
The forecast is for wintry showers to ease during...
- Views sought on improving the design of future development in Sutton - 07/02/2007
Sutton Council is considering new proposals for improving the design of new buildings and the spaces around them for future developments.
The proposed 'Design Principles' aims to ensure t...
- COUNCIL ACTS TO RUBBISH 'POISON PREACHER' ALLEGATIONS - 07/02/2007
Sutton Council is reassuring residents concerned by allegations of racial and religious hatred in Sutton printed by a national newspaper recently.
The council has revealed the extent to w...
- SUTTON BRACED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER - 07/02/2007
Sutton Council is gearing up for snow and icy conditions and is warning residents to take extra care during tomorrow's rush hour.
With a blanket of heavy snow predicted to fall across much...
- Sutton's campaign to cut congestion - 05/02/2007
Sutton is the first London borough to pilot a new initiative that could be a world first for cutting congestion.
The Good Going campaign is an ambitious project, run over three years in p...
- Sutton pioneers money-saving and improved recruitment initiative - 05/02/2007
Sutton Council is leading the way for London boroughs to work together in a pioneering staff recruitment initiative that will result in service improvement and cash savings.
Thirteen borou...
- Fill up on fresh produce at Wallington Farmers' Market - 05/02/2007
The Farmers' Market returns to Wallington Old Town Hall and library gardens on Saturday 10 February from 9am to 1pm.
Purple-sprouting broccoli will be on sale alongside parsnips, leeks, bu...