Come celebrate Small Business Saturday at the Covered Market
Published: Thursday, 1st December 2022 in Business newsOxford City Council is encouraging local people to support Small Business Saturday on 3 December.
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Tickets go on sale for the Lord Mayor of Oxford’s annual Christmas carol concert
Published: Thursday, 1st December 2022 in Your Council newsThe Lord Mayor of Oxford's annual Christmas carol concert returns to the Oxford Town Hall for a magical concert of festive music, carols and song.
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Council to plant over 100 trees this tree planting season
Published: Thursday, 1st December 2022 in Environment newsThis tree planting season Oxford City Council and ODS will be planting over 100 new trees as part of work to increase urban tree cover and biodiversity across the city.
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Statement on the approval of six trial traffic filters in Oxford
Published: Wednesday, 30th November 2022 in Environment newsOxford City Council statement on Oxfordshire County Council's approval of six trial traffic filters.
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Big shift from English to British identity in new census data
Published: Tuesday, 29th November 2022 in About Oxford newsCensus data on nationality and ethnicity in Oxford shows thousands more people now choose British rather than English as their national identity.
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Providing emergency beds for people experiencing rough sleeping this winter
Published: Friday, 25th November 2022 in Housing newsAs the nights get longer and colder, Oxford City Council has confirmed how it will offer emergency beds to people experiencing rough sleeping this winter.
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Council launches ‘Treemails’ campaign ahead of National Tree Week
Published: Thursday, 24th November 2022 in Environment newsThis upcoming National Tree Week, Oxford City Council will be launching a new newsletter mini series for residents on the topic of tree planting, entitled ‘Treemails’.
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Consultation set to start on new cycle paths
Published: Thursday, 24th November 2022 in About Oxford newsOxford City Council, working with partners ODS, is proposing to create new shared cycle and pedestrian cycle paths at Cowley Marsh Recreation Ground and King George’s Playing Field.
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Businesses and community groups encouraged to apply for free cycle stands
Published: Tuesday, 22nd November 2022 in Environment newsA new cycle parking scheme has been launched in Oxford, encouraging businesses and community organisations to apply for free bicycle parking.
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Landlords urged: don’t miss the early bird!
Published: Tuesday, 22nd November 2022 in Housing newsOxford City Council is urging private landlords to apply to its new licensing scheme by the end of November in order not to miss out on an early bird discount.
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OX Place and ODS: teaming up to deliver Oxford’s greenest council homes
Published: Friday, 18th November 2022 in Housing newsOxford City Council is letting its greenest council homes to date with the completion of eight new bungalows that are nearly zero carbon.
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Find warm spaces in Oxford this winter
Published: Thursday, 17th November 2022 in Communities newsOxford City Council has been working with community groups to support warm spaces across the city and develop an interactive map of where to find a warm welcome this winter.
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Important planning advice and guidance to help shape the future regeneration of Oxford’s West End adopted by Cabinet
Published: Thursday, 17th November 2022 in Planning newsUpdated planning advice and guidance for the redevelopment of the West End and Osney Mead area of the city has been adopted by the Council’s cabinet at a meeting on Wednesday 16 November 2022.
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City Council, police and universities team up to make streets safer for students and public at night
Published: Thursday, 17th November 2022 in About Oxford newsIn 2022, Oxford received an additional £426,000 in Safer Streets funding to put measures in place across the city to improve safety and help prevent violence against women and girls travelling in and out of Oxford at night.
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New plan to increase number of ‘ethical’ suppliers to the Council agreed
Published: Thursday, 17th November 2022 in Commercial Services newsOxford City Council has agreed a new plan to buy more of its goods and services from businesses that ‘do good’ for local residents.
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Flood advice to be delivered to homes in Oxford
Published: Wednesday, 16th November 2022 in Environment newsOxford City Council will deliver flooding advice leaflets to at-risk residents this week.
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Take the ‘pane’ out of shopping this Christmas with our ‘winderful’ display competition
Published: Wednesday, 16th November 2022 in Business newsThis Christmas, take window shopping in the city centre to a new height with the City Council’s Christmas display competition.
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Free family fun finding the Christmas Imps hiding around Oxford city centre
Published: Tuesday, 15th November 2022 in Business newsStuck for ways to keep the over-excited little ones busy this Christmas? Imp-rove your Christmas experience with our fun, free Christmas trail, launching Friday 18 November until the New Year.
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Oxford Living Wage Week celebrates century of employers
Published: Tuesday, 15th November 2022 in Business newsOxford City Council is celebrating this year’s Living Wage Week with a very special milestone, as the number of employers in the city paying staff the Oxford Living Wage reaches one hundred.
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There’s still time to apply for discretionary benefit
Published: Monday, 14th November 2022 in Council Tax newsThis is the final week that residents can apply for a Council Tax Discretionary Rebate. Applications for the scheme need to be submitted by 17 November.
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Census 2021 data shows UK armed forces veterans living in Oxford for the first time
Published: Friday, 11th November 2022 in About Oxford newsFor the first time, the 2021 Census revealed numbers of armed forces veterans in the population, with 2,474 armed force veterans living in Oxford.
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Council aims to retrofit for the future
Published: Friday, 11th November 2022 in Housing newsOxford City Council is set to bid for government funding to help improve energy efficiency in up to 300 council homes in the next three years.
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Oxfordshire to increase payments for Ukrainian hosts
Published: Thursday, 10th November 2022 in Communities newsHosts of Ukrainian guests in Oxfordshire who are part of the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme will soon benefit from an increase in monthly support payments from £350 to £550 from 1 December 2022
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More organisations sign as Oxford’s Anti-Racism Charter reaches second anniversary
Published: Tuesday, 8th November 2022 in Communities newsOxford’s Anti-Racism Charter celebrated its second anniversary at the end of October, with a push to encourage more organisations to sign up.
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OX Place consultation on new affordable homes in Bertie Place
Published: Thursday, 3rd November 2022 in Housing newsOX Place has opened public consultation on its plans to build new affordable, low carbon homes in Bertie Place.
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Oxford set to mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day
Published: Thursday, 3rd November 2022 in Communities newsOxford will remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to secure and protect our freedom at Remembrance services next week.
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OX Place and Oxford City Council success at Oxford Preservation Trust awards
Published: Thursday, 3rd November 2022 in Housing newsOX Place and Oxford City Council have been successful in winning three awards for new homes in the Oxford Preservation Trust (OPT) Awards 2022.
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Census shows Oxford a diverse and youthful city
Published: Thursday, 3rd November 2022 in Communities newsOxford’s population has grown by 6.7% since 2011 and continues to be predominantly working age with a 7% increase in people born overseas, according to the latest census data release.
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ODS electric vehicles charged for 299 days as part of work to decarbonise fleet
Published: Wednesday, 2nd November 2022 in Environment newsNew data has shown that electric vehicles owned by ODS have been charged for 7,185 hours over a year period – equal to 299 days in total.
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Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival returns with more communities taking part than ever
Published: Friday, 28th October 2022 in Leisure and Culture newsBuilding on the popularity of Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival of the last few years, 2022 brings even more events created by artists and residents to locations across the city. From 18th to 20th Nov
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