notice nottingham 2008 edition
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Notice Nottinghama city at your fingertips
2008 Editionwww.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Nottingham Is one of England’s eight Core Cities
Is capital of the East Midlands
Has almost 640,000 residents in the conurbation
Is one of the UK’s six Science Cities
Has two universities with over 60,000 students
Is the 7th richest city in the UK
By train is just 90 minutes from London and just over four hours from Paris
East Midlands International Airport has direct flights to Europe, USA, Caribbean, India, Pakistan and Africa
Is a top five UK shopping destination
Attracts just under 34 million visitors each year
Is home to over 50 national or regional business headquarters
Will see £3.5bn invested in ambitious developments over the next 10 years
Has an economy worth £11.2bn (Greater Nottingham)
Will be a top 20 European city region by 2010
Notice Nottingham at a glance
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Photography credits Images on pages: 2, 5, 13, 24, 36 – Courtesy of Martine Hamilton-Knight, www.builtvision.co.uk 7 – Biocity Nottingham © emda 2007, photograph by David Green 14, 18 – East Midlands Airport 16 – Courtesy of DPP Architects 23 – Nottingham Forest Football Club 32 – Courtesy of Franklin Ellis Architects This document was produced by Nottingham City Council.
A booming city 2–13
A connected city 14–19
A city of sport 20–23
Culture & the arts24–29
Leisure & retail30–35
A city of learning36–41
Nottingham City Council 42
Vital Statistics 44-47
Index 48
Let this handy little booklet give you the inside track on what’s happening in our city.
With all of Nottingham’s vital statistics at your fingertips and all the latest about what sets the city apart from the rest, you won’t be left wanting for at-a-glance facts, figures and information. You’ll find all you need to know about the city’s ambitious plans for the future – from exciting developments and Science City status to rejuvenating regeneration projects.
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Welcome to Notice Nottingham
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A booming cityNottingham is being transformed. With £3.5bn of investment in ambitious developments over the next ten years, the city is being reshaped and regenerated. With its ambitious, award-winning transport network – including Eurostar links to Europe via St Pancras and Government approval for an expansion of our celebrated tram system – Nottingham will continue to improve as an attractive place to live, work and enjoy.
The new-look £7 million Old Market Square at the heart of the city is one of Europe’s most impressive public spaces and key retail developments totalling £750m are sure to enhance Nottingham’s position as a shoppers’ paradise.
Also in the pipeline are exciting sustainable, mixed-use regeneration schemes on the Eastside, Southside and Waterside that will see the transformation of almost 200 hectares of land close to Nottingham city centre.
Edge-of-city business site ng² is going from strength to strength, remaining competitive and attracting major investment. Experian recently identified Nottingham as one of the five most improved office centres outside London.
Science City status is bringing fresh opportunities. Over £50m of new high-tech space and sites for innovative companies are being planned, building on Nottingham’s pedigree for science and innovation. More than 52% of jobs in greater Nottingham are in knowledge intensive industries, an important driver of regional economic growth.
Nottingham’s thriving cultural industries base contributes some £600m per year into the local economy.
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Nottingham’s industrial heritage which included lace and household names like Players Tobacco and Raleigh, has been replaced by science and technology and creative industries. Over 50 regional and national companies have chosen Nottingham as their headquarter base and major employers include Experian, Capital One, Boots, The Inland Revenue and Nottingham City Council.
Nottingham is one of the England’s eight core cities and along with Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Newcastle and Birmingham, has been identified by the Government as being one of the powerhouses of the English economy. Nottingham is planning to become a top 20 European city region by 2010.
Nottingham - A Core City Major Employers
Nottingham is home to more than 15,000 businesses.
Over 50 regional and national companies have chosen Nottingham as their headquarters.
Greater Nottingham’s economy now exceeds £11.2bn a year and is predicted to continue to grow by over 10,000 jobs by 2014.
Economic output is £17,800 per capita, higher than the national average.
Nottingham is England’s cleanest core city.
Nottingham proudly hosted the 2007 Core Cities Summit in November 2007.
At the Summit, leaders of the Core Cities signed a commitment with government to tackle climate change.
www.corecities.com
Experian, a global leader in analytical and information services, employs 3,000 people locally -12,500 internationally.
Boots the Chemist began in Nottingham in 1849 and now employs 6,000 people locally.
The Capital One Group has over 2,500 employees at its European headquarters in Nottingham.
Greater Nottingham’s creative industries include around 1600 companies, employing some 15,000 people.
Retail and leisure sectors account for 58,000 jobs and a further 60,000 people are employed in financial, legal and business services.
Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) opened their multi million pound customer service centre at Nottingham’s ng² business park.
Other key local employers include E.ON UK, Siemens, Rolls Royce, Toyota, John Lewis, Coutts Bank, Geldards and Innes England.
www.visionnottingham.com
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Nottingham is one of six Science Cities designated by Government. Nottingham’s status recognises the city’s huge strengths in existing and emerging technologies and its pre-eminence in research, together with its appeal to leaders in the scientific industries.
Nottingham BioCity, is already the UK’s largest Bio-Science Centre with ambitions to become the biggest and most significant Bio-Science and incubation centre in Europe.
Nottingham – The Science City BioCity
The city’s two leading universities are at the heart of Science City, spearheading Nottingham’s science base with a tradition of scientific excellence to build on. They attract upwards of £100m a year in research grants.
Ibuprofen and the MRI scanner were both invented in Nottingham.
Nottingham Science City aims to create an extra 20,000 jobs by 2020 in the science and technology field in the city.
Around £70m of science-based development is currently underway in Nottingham.
The second phase of the expansion of Nottingham’s Science Park will include the development of a £50m, 12 acre site opposite the University of Nottingham. The site has already attracted interest from companies working in IT, food reseach and the life sciences.
A £29m Innovation Park is also under development at the Nottingham University Jubilee Campus. It will offer incubator space and business support for small companies.
Over 500 bio-science companies are located in Nottingham.
www.science-city.co.uk
Plans for a £10m, 100,000 ft2 expansion of BioCity will include a purpose-built development for up to 400 jobs, with a new major centre for chemistry and nano biotechnology.
The planned expansion is a direct response to growing demand for space from its expanding companies.
BioCity was made possible by a huge donation of laboratory and office buildings and equipment from BASF to Nottingham Trent University in 2001. Funding was also received from DTI, ERDF and Greater Nottingham Partnership.
There are now more than 50 companies operating from the BioCity site making it the largest incubator facility in the UK, employing over 350 people.
BioCity offers 12,000m² of world-class laboratories, having recently undergone a £5m expansion.
BioCity is an important asset to the city and wider region and is strongly supported by the private sector.
www.biocity.co.uk
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As one of the largest regeneration sites in the UK and the most important in the East Midlands region, the Waterside is expected to attract at least £1.4bn in investment over the next 10 years.
The Eastside regeneration zone covers 56 hectares and opens up the eastern quarter of the city to the Southside and Waterside regeneration areas. Eastside includes the £900m Greater Island Site, one of the largest city developments in the UK. The Island development, overseen by Eastside & City has been granted outline planning permission and enabling works are already underway.
Eastside Waterside
The 13.7 hectare Greater Island Site, a £900m office scheme, includes 3 million ft² of residential and 1.4 million ft² of commercial space .
Three islands will be created with public spaces and pedestrian-friendly boulevards. Plans include a canal basin where pleasure craft can moor next to bars and restaurants, and walkers and cyclists can converge.
The Greater Island site will provide office space for 15,000 workers and create 5,000 new jobs.
It has been designed by architect Sir Michael Hopkins and renowned designer Thomas Heatherwick.
www.eastside-city.com
The Waterside regeneration area along the River Trent will transform 100 hectares of industrial land into a stunning location for living, business and leisure.
The Waterside zone already includes the city’s sporting centre with venues such as Trent Bridge, Nottingham Forest and Notts County Football grounds, Nottingham Racecourse and the National Watersports Centre, all within easy reach.
The development will provide up to 4,000 new homes and create 5,000 jobs.
A new Trent River Park will run along 13km of waterfront to improve access to the area and its facilities.
The waterside will create a series of new neighbourhoods, with leisure facilities and public places that will draw many more people to the riverside.
The scheme is led by Nottingham Waterside Ltd, a partnership between Nottingham Regeneration Ltd and British Waterways.
National partners Isis Waterside Regeneration and English Partnerships will also help deliver the vision.
www.nottinghamwaterside.co.uk
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The Southside regeneration area is one of the key gateways to the city. It includes the transport hub, with the to-be redeveloped Nottingham Station at its heart, and will pull Nottingham city centre southwards as 38 hectares of new offices, shops and homes are created.
Trent Park Developments’ River Crescent is the first development within the Waterside regeneration area. A mixture of apartments, leisure and business facilities, it will set the standard for the environmentally-sensitive developments planned at Waterside.
River Crescent Southside
The development has cost £40m.
The development will be fully complete by March 2008.
It is one of the first commercial housing developments in the UK to include on-site renewable energy as part of the building design.
Clean electricity will be produced by solar panels and wind turbines to light all communal areas of the scheme.
Sustainable electricity will fuel a fleet of emission-free vehicles for residents.
www.trentpark.co.uk
The 2.8 hectare Meadows Gateway site will be redeveloped, with commercial office space, retail and leisure opportunities and will include phase two of the city’s tram extension.
Plans include a new public transport interchange, including the £50m redevelopment of Nottingham’s rail station, with access to the tram, a new city bus station, taxis and additional car parking.
The £700m redevelopment of the Broadmarsh shopping centre will expand from 45,000m² to 136, 000 m² creating a state-of-the-art shopping mall with over 300 shops. (see page 33)
The PictureWorks & Summer Leys House city centre developments will provide 216 apartments in this area and are due for completion in early 2009.
www.nottinghamsouthside.co.uk
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The Old Market Square is Nottingham’s signature public space and one of the country’s largest market places. The Square has undergone a £7m redesign to make it more open, accessible and stylish, to bring people together at the heart of the city.
Since 1998, Nottingham’s city centre population has more than trebled to approximately 14,000, and is forecast to exceed 22,000 by 2012. It has been led by the regeneration of the Lace Market area, where run down 19th century lace factories have been transformed into fashionable loft-style complexes.
The Old Market Square City Centre Living
Led by Nottingham City Council, the redevelopment scheme was supported by East Midlands Development Agency and the European Regional Development Fund.
The Gustafson Porter design, chosen following an international design competition, covers an area twice the size of Wembley football pitch.
The new-look square is the centre-piece of a ‘city of squares,’ including Bolero Square, Theatre Square, Lace Market Square and Trinity Square.
The new look Old Market Square opened with a bang, with a two-week festival of events taking place and an official royal opening by HRH Princess Anne.
Since re-opening it has been host to many cultural events and European markets and throughout Christmas 2007 featured a festive Ice Rink.
It also proudly hosted the Nottingham Eye, a 60m high giant wheel offering breath-taking views across the city.
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/oms
4,000 city centre apartments have been created in the last nine years and 4000 more are planned for the city centre.
The £22m, 329 apartment Hicking Pentecost building has been completed near to Nottingham’s station.
The new 296 apartment, Litmus Building (pictured above) offers stylish city centre living, with state-of-the-art leisure facilities and great access to the city centre.
Bildurn’s Lace Market Square is a new £10m contemporary mixed use development in the heart of the city and will include a 11,000 ft² new public square.
There is a wide variety of student accomodation in close proximity to the city, including Glasshouse, iQ Exchange and Halls of Residence.
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The connected cityNottingham is a connected city. Situated in the heart of the country, the UK’s major cities are all within easy reach - Birmingham less than 50 miles away, Manchester within 70 miles and London in just over 90 minutes by train. With access to the M1 motorway via three junctions and East Midlands Airport just a 20 minute drive, it’s all about location, location, location for Nottingham.
Nottingham has ambitious plans for improving its transport links further. Over the next five years, Nottingham’s transport plans will take shape and include the extension of its tram network, a redeveloped city train station and a new city centre bus station to form part of the Broadmarsh shopping centre scheme.
Part of the station’s regeneration plans include creating a Hub – a transport interchange where all forms of transport rail, tram, bus, coach, car, taxi, cycling and walking directly connect.
Greater Nottingham has been applauded by Government for its visionary transport plans. The conurbation’s excellent public transport network and the creation of a vastly pedestrianised city centre has helped the city to cut its carbon emissions and become a city committed to tackling climate change head on. 89% of the UK population live within 2 hours drive of Nottingham.
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Nottingham Station is to become a world class facility and a fitting gateway to the city for the 5.5m people who use it every year. It will also become Nottingham’s entrance to Europe with direct connections to Eurostar services through St Pancras.
NET (Nottingham Express Transit) Line One, has been a great success since opening in March 2004. Its third year saw passenger journeys top 10 million. In 2006, Nottingham’s proposed expansion of its tram to include two new tram lines was granted government funding.
Nottingham Station Nottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Station, situated within an impressive Grade 2 listed building will be transformed with a renovated booking hall and main entrance, plus major platform improvements all part of the scheme.
Platforms will be reorganised and refurbished and space created for a seventh platform, increasing capacity.
A new building will be provided for better station facilities, including more space for new shops and cafés.
Plans to integrate rail services with Line One of NET (tram) and two new tram lines, as part of NET phase two, are in the pipeline.
A multi-storey car park will be built next to the new transport interchange, allowing easy links between tram, bus, taxi, coach and train.
www.thebigwheel.org
Line One runs 14km north from Nottingham Station to Hucknall to the north of the city.
Line One has nearly 5000 Park and Ride spaces at five sites and phase two will add two further Park & Ride sites along the two new routes, adding a further 2400 spaces.
The Government has given the go-ahead for around £300m funding for Phase Two, which will see two new lines heading south and west of the city.
Lines two and three will connect the University of Nottingham and the QMC with the city and stretch throughout the south and west of the county, in areas such as Chilwell, Beeston and Clifton.
Construction of Phase 2 could start in 2010 with trams running by 2013.
Nottingham City Council is planning to partly fund the NET extension by charging a levy on work place parking. In 2007 it underwent a public examination and an overall decision is expected in 2008.
www.nottinghamexpresstransit.com
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East Midlands Airport (Nottingham, Leicester, Derby) is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK. Just fifteen miles away from Nottingham city centre, it offers flights to most major UK and European destinations and a number of international destinations too.
Nottingham has strong relationships across the world, with six international partner cities. Although world-renowned for its Robin Hood connections, the city’s reputation as a Science City is far-reaching and the University of Nottingham’s pioneering campuses in China and Malaysia and Nottingham Trent University’s strategic international partnerships are creating exciting new opportunities in international education.
East Midlands Airport International Links
East Midlands Airport is only fifteen miles away from Nottingham with the regular SkyLink bus service transporting passengers to and from city 24 hours a day.
It is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK, flying to over 100 destinations, in 36 countries.
In 2006, the airport was named Best UK Airport at the British Travel Awards, and was named Best Regional UK Airport at the 2007 Travel Weekly Globe Awards.
2007 saw East Midlands Airport set a new passenger numbers record with over 5.4 million people passing through its terminal.
In 2007, the airport enhanced its portfolio of European destinations with new routes from Ryanair to Cork, Tenerife, Belfast, Poznan and Alicante, and the arrival of Scandinavian airline Sterling operating to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. The airport also saw long-haul services increase with flights to India, Africa, Mexico, Pakistan and the launch of an Airtours charter programme to Jamaica.
www.eastmidlandsairport.com
Nottingham’s international partner cities are Ghent (Belgium), Harare (Zimbabwe), Karlsruhe (Germany), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Minsk (Belarus) and Ningbo (China).
The University of Nottingham was the first western university to be granted permission to establish a campus in China and the £27m campus in Ningbo (pictured) is modelled on the original Nottingham campus.
The Nottingham Business Development Ltd (NBDL) office has opened in Ningbo, China and acts as a stepping stone for Nottingham businesses into the flourishing Chinese markets.
Nottingham is involved with the Europe-wide network Eurocities and the city has been elected as Chair of its Culture Forum, where cities share ideas and collaborate on cultural projects.
The link between Nottingham and Karlsruhe (Germany) was established in 1969 – the City Councils work together to promote exchange opportunities for their residents and share information and expertise.
www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/international
A city of sportWhether you’re a participant or spectator, Nottingham is a major sporting city, with plenty to keep the adrenaline flowing. In fact, we’ve got more sports facilities per head of population than anywhere else in Europe. Nottingham has a world renowned sporting heritage and many of our national sporting heroes – from Torvill and Dean to Brian Clough, have associations with the city.
The city has some world renowned sporting venues too – from Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, to the National Watersports Centre, The Nottingham Tennis Centre and the National Ice Centre – and two first class football grounds. Nottingham is also home to Nottingham RUFC, Nottingham Racecourse and the Donington Motor Racing Circuit is not far down the road. The Experian Robin Hood Festival of Running is fast becoming one of the most popular marathon and half marathon events in the country, attracting over 30,000 runners a year.
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Sporting Heritage Sporting Venues
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Nottingham has a rich sporting history and the city has become synonymous with sporting icons like Brian Clough and Torvill and Dean. Their glory days are still firmly in the hearts of people living in the city.
Sporting legend Brian Clough led Nottingham Forest to win two European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980. As he paraded his European trophies and winning teams through the city, tens of thousands of fans cheered him on.
Cloughie’s memory lives on in Nottingham with the Brian Clough Way – the name given to the main A52 road that links Nottingham with Derby where he also made his mark. A permanent memorial statue will be situated in the city centre after a design competition was launched to find the most fitting sculpture tribute (pictured).
Local heroes Torvill & Dean wowed the world at the 1984 Winter Olympics after having trained in the city for years. Nottingham is now home to the £43m National Ice Centre.
Harold Larwood, world famous cricketer from the 1930s fast bowled his way to Nottingham’s sporting hall of fame with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
Notts County Football Club is officially the oldest professional football league club in the world and recently passed into the ownership of its supporters.
www.visitnottingham.com
Nottingham has more sports facilities per person than any other area in Europe and is home to some of the best sports facilities in the UK. Every year millions of spectators enjoy world-class sporting entertainment.
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is known the world over as a first-rate cricketing venue and has hosted 1400 matches in its long history, including key test matches.
The National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepoint has a 2000 metre regatta course, man-made white water slalom and waterski lagoon. Olympic Silver medallist Campbell Walsh regularly trains here.
The Nottingham Tennis Centre hosts the Nottingham Open, a world-class prelude to Wimbledon, which attracts some of the top names in the sport.
In 2007, Nottingham Forest’s City Ground (pictured) hosted the Women’s FA Cup Final, the first to be held outside of London. It was so successful that the Final is coming back this year.
The National Ice Centre which provides a range of ice sports to the public is home to The Nottingham Panthers. The venue is also used for the East Midlands’ hottest concerts. (see page 25)
www.visitnottingham.com
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Culture & the artsCulturally, the Royal Centre, Theatre Royal and Nottingham Playhouse offer a rich variety of award-winning theatre, showcasing the best in classic and contemporary theatre, musicals and entertainment. Nottingham’s thriving music scene is firmly on the national map as a must-visit for international stars and up-and-coming bands alike, with artists from Beyonce to Elton John playing at Nottingham Arena, and the latest rock and indie acts enjoying the rite of passage that is playing Rock City.
Let us not forget the world famous cultural icons of the city. From Robin Hood to Lord Byron, from DH Lawrence to Alan Sillitoe, all have helped establish Nottingham’s world renowned cultural heritage. Nottingham City Council is the only major city council in the country to have achieved the top score for culture in the 2006 Audit Commission Comprehensive Performance Assessment ratings, with no other Core City able to match this level of success.
Nottingham continues to attract new exhibitions and events from the city’s annual Caribbean Carnival, Nottdance and Dot to Dot festivals to the British Art Show which exhibited in the city in 2006. GameCity, the world’s first interactive gaming festival is approaching its third year in the city too.
www.visitnottingham.com
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It’s in the city’s fashionable Lace Market quarter that the foundations are being set for Nottingham Contemporary. Led by Nottingham City Council, the centre will be a welcome addition to Nottingham’s already impressive cultural landscape and will be one of the largest, leading contemporary art galleries in England.
Nottingham Contemporary will provide over 3000m² of gallery space and will be open to the public early 2009.
Nottingham Contemporary will be the largest single gallery space in the East Midlands – helping to boost the local economy and increase visitor numbers to the city and region.
Nottingham Contemporary has been designed by award-winning architects Caruso St. John and is being built by Sol Construction – a local contractor.
It will provide a platform for local, national and international artists and will be able to house large- scale exhibitions such as the British Art Show.
The new Art Exchange, a brand new multi-cultural arts venue will also add to the city’s cultural offer.
Any queries – Contact: Lynn Hanna on (0115) 952 0555
Nottingham Contemporary
Broadway is the East Midland’s flagship independent cinema and production house with an established national and international reputation for film exhibition, production and festivals. The £5.7m refurbishment scheme in 2006 puts the centre firmly on the map as the city’s creative focal point.
Construction took one year to complete and expanded facilities to include four cinema screens, an education suite and production, exhibition and training facilities for film and digital media. Acclaimed local director and Bafta award winner Shane Meadows started out with a helping hand from Broadway.
It will become the home for up to 20 small media enterprises, employing some 60 people.
Nottingham born fashion icon Sir Paul Smith has designed seating for the new auditoria.
The café bar and upstairs mezzanine bar have been refurbished and are a destination in their own right.
The flagship centre is expecting to increase visitor numbers to over 250,000 per year.
www.broadway.org.uk
Broadway Cinema & Media Centre
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There are many places and attractions to visit in Nottingham which reflect its history and heritage. After all we are home to Robin Hood and his world famous stomping ground Sherwood Forest is in the county. Nottingham has also provided inspiration to its famous literary icons including Lord Byron, Alan Sillitoe and DH Lawrence.
Places of interest include:
History & Heritage
Nottingham Castle (pictured right) offers a glimpse at the part the city has played in the culture and history of the UK – from its associations with the legend of Robin Hood to the start of the Civil War.
The award-winning Galleries of Justice and City of Caves (pictured above) offer a unique insight into the city’s past.
Wollaton Hall & Park - set within 500 acres of historic parkland, it’s one of the finest Elizabethan Houses in England.
Goose Fair Europe’s most famous and largest travelling fair has visited Nottingham annually for over 700 years.
Nottingham’s largest outdoor festival Riverside Festival attracts over 100,000 visitors each year to the Victoria Embankment.
www.visitnottingham.com
Leisure & retailIn Nottingham, leisure and retail are intrinsically linked and will play a major part in helping the city to become a top European tourist destination by 2010.
Experian ranks Nottingham 5th in the UK’s best shopping destinations, a position we’ve maintained for many years.
The success of Nottingham’s retail sector is evidenced by the names located here including Paul Smith, Kurt Geiger, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Fred Perry, G Star and Replay.
Nottingham’s gastronomic delights are varied and plentiful with 370 pubs, restaurants, cafés and clubs in the central square mile. In 2006, Nottingham was named Britain’s culinary capital with more cafés, restaurants and other eateries per square mile than anywhere else in the UK.
In 2007 the restaurant sector was given another boost when one of the biggest brands in food and drink asked to open its first stand alone venue outside of London. Yo Sushi, one of the UK’s most handy eateries opened in Nottingham in 2007 and is a sure sign of confidence in the city’s eating out scene.
Nottingham also happens to boast the only Michelin Star restaurant in the East Midlands - Sat Bains.
There are now an estimated 2,000 hotel bed spaces within a mile of the city centre. The £28 million, 264 room Jury’s Inn Hotel – the biggest hotel in the East Midlands opened recently in the Southside of the city, as did the new Ibis hotel situated within the new £25m POD development in the city’s Lace Market.
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Shopping Broadmarsh Shopping Centre
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The redevelopment of the Broadmarsh shopping centre is one of the largest retail projects in the UK and will nearly treble the size of the existing centre when it receives a £700m revamp as part of the Southside regeneration plans. Creating a new city quarter this prestigious redevelopment on a 25 acre site will complement the city’s existing architectural heritage.
It will include over 300 shops – with five big name ‘anchor’ stores, including Debenhams and Marks and Spencer, already on board.
The new centre will employ 5,200 staff and its new multi-storey car park will provide 3,000 parking spaces for visitors.
Key components of the proposed scheme include two new department stores, a fresh food hall, a supermarket and a 1,200 seat food court.
The centre will expand from 45,000m2 to 136,000m2 contained in four blocks, each up to three storeys high, linked by pedestrian areas.
A major public space with views across Nottingham Castle will be bordered by bars, restaurants and cafes – creating a vibrant meeting place.
Outline planning permission has been granted and a full application has now been submitted by centre owners Westfield.
With an expected completion date of 2011, the centre will be bigger than Sheffield’s out-of-town Meadowhall centre.
www.westfield.com/broadmarsh
Nottingham is one of the UK’s top shopping destinations, lining up alongside the likes of London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. There’s something for everyone, from Primark to Kurt Geiger, Hugo Boss to Molton Brown and big household name department stores like John Lewis, Debenhams and Marks and Spencer.
Each year, more than 30 million shoppers explore the city’s 1,300 shops, boutiques, superstores and markets.
£1.31bn was spent by shoppers in Nottingham in 2007, with Experian ranking the city 5th in the UK for its shopping offer.
Nottingham is the shopping destination of the East Midlands region.
Sir Paul Smith went back to his roots when he opened his iconic flagship store in Nottingham (pictured above), just up the road from his first UK store.
Over 600 top retailers are waiting in the wings to join Nottingham’s bustling retail market.
The £500,000, award-winning, fully accessible Changing Places Toilets in the city centre has made Nottingham one of a very few cities that can be enjoyed by even the most disabled.
www.visitnottingham.com
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Trinity Square is one of the country’s largest mixed-use city centre developments, and a new shopping and restaurant destination for Nottingham. The £100m centre is the first major retail development in Nottingham city centre for more than 30 years.
Trinity Square
Trinity Square will provide almost 17,650m2 of retail accommodation, a 462 space shoppers’ car park and 700 new student flats.
A new piazza is to be created between Trinity Square and the Cornerhouse for al fresco dining and enjoyment.
TK Maxx has already opened one of its largest UK stores in the Trinity Square development with other high street stores following suit in spring 2008.
Trinity Square is fully integrated into the recently completed Turning Point Scheme which has re-routed traffic to create a pedestrian friendly shopping district around the Trinity Square development.
www.trinity-sq.com
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A city of learningNottingham has the fourth largest student population in the country, with 60,000 students (42,000 full-time) attending the two world-class universities. Many of the students coming to Nottingham to study stay on in the city after they’ve graduated.
Science City starts at our universities. In 2004/05, the universities were awarded a record £100m in new research grants and contracts and £45m for research and infrastructure for 2006, well over 50% of the total for all universities in the region. Both universities also attract a significant amount of funding for important outreach work to help take public awareness and understanding of science into the wider community.
Nottingham’s schools are improving faster than the national average. With Building Schools for the Future pumping new resource into transforming and renewing the city’s secondary schools – and the two new city academies in the pipeline – Nottingham is becoming ever more hungry to learn.
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The latest World University League Table published by the Times Higher Education Supplement ranked The University of Nottingham 70th in the world. The University is at the forefront of research, with a range of subject areas from cancer and stem cell research, through to politics and ethics. The University of Nottingham has for many years been in the top four of UK universities for research funding from private industry and commerce.
University of Nottingham
The university was voted the Higher Education Institution of the Year in the Times Higher Awards 2006.
Its trail-blazing campuses in Malaysia, and most recently in Nottingham’s sister city, Ningbo, in China have set a precedent for other universities to follow.
It is a member of the Russell Group - which brings together the UK’s top research-led universities, conducting 70% of all academic research carried out in the country – and receives research funding of more than £100m a year.
It has one of the best business schools in Europe – in the top five, and was ranked in the 2006 Financial Times global top 100 MBA and European Masters in Management ranking.
Two University of Nottingham academics became Nobel Prize winners in 2003, receiving the Nobel Prize for Economic Science and the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
www.nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University is prominent in business, science and the arts. The business school is proud to have links with many FTSE Top 10 names, including IBM, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, Walt Disney, Microsoft, Volkswagen and Pirelli. It is the only post-1992 university to have achieved 4 ‘Grade 5’s’ in the 2001 university research assessment exercise, securing a strong national and international reputation for quality.
Nottingham Trent University
NTU is third in the country for graduate employment - over 97% of graduating students find work or further study within six months of leaving.
Research income increased by 53% over the last five years.
Nottingham Law School achieved an eighth Excellent rating from the Law Society.
Over the next six years, NTU is investing in a £130m scheme to create an inspiring working environment for students and staff, including a £70m flagship scheme to regenerate one of its city centre campuses.
Nottingham Trent University now welcomes students from more than 70 different countries, with over 1,000 students coming from outside the EU.
Thanks to a recent donation of £7.65m, Nottingham Trent University, which has a rich heritage in cancer research, has now set up the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, helping to significantly advance cancer detection worldwide.
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Three new city academies are planned as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme in Nottingham and are expected to open in 2009. City academies are independent schools, established by sponsors from business, faith and voluntary groups working in partnership with local education partners.
City Academies
Nottingham’s flagship academy - The Djanogly City Academy is supported by businessman Sir Harry Djanogly and Lady Djanogly and opened in 2003.
Nottingham University Samworth Academy, specialising in health and social care, is sponsored by the University of Nottingham and local businessman David Samworth. The Academy will replace the existing William Sharp School.
Bulwell Academy will specialise in learning-by-doing, by creating opportunities through involvement with local businesses and colleges and is sponsored by educational foundation Edge. The Academy will replace the existing Henry Mellish and River Lean Schools.
Greenwood Dale and Elliott Durham Secondary Schools will be combined to create another new academy on the eastern side of the city which will specialise in mathematics, literacy and digital media. Experian will be a ‘business supporter’.
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The city is ambitious in its plans for children and young people. There are 120 schools across Nottingham and an investment of £135m will improve and enhance learning opportunities. Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a Government initiative aiming to promote a change in the quality of the nation’s educational provision. Over the next 10 –15 years, the programme will re-build and renew school facilities, so that every secondary school in England has 21st century facilities.
Building Schools for the Future
The Government has invested £89m in BSF Nottingham to improve local secondary and special schools and overall, the city plans to spend £135m to transform secondary education.
Seven schools across the city will be transformed.
Construction work will begin in Spring 2008.
Big Wood School will be rebuilt and Hadden Park High School will be refurbished.
A new special school – a centre of excellence – will be built to replace Aspley Wood and Shepherd special schools.
Nottingham school grades at GCSE and A Level achieved their Best Ever Results - again.
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Nottingham City Council is a unitary authority providing all local government services for its 286,400 residents. With an annual budget of around £1bn, the Council’s priorities are to make Nottingham cleaner and safer, raise the city’s ambitions and make it a place to be proud of.
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is the city’s largest employer with a workforce of around 14,000.
Nottingham City Council plays a pivotal role in the city’s ongoing transformation. Acting as an agent for change it is heavily involved in carving out the future development of the city and its economy.
It is one of the best local authorities in the country for transport, culture and benefits services.
It has been at the forefront of the Government’s Respect Agenda to tackle anti-social behaviour and is a Respect Action Area.
The City Council is currently ranked a two-star authority improving adequately by the Audit Commission.
Nottingham has been named the cleanest of the eight Core Cities.
In 2007/08 the city’s schools achieved their best ever exam results.
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EconomyGreater Nottingham: a centre for business and employment. The Greater Nottingham economy is now worth more than £11.2 billion.
Source: ONS GVA 2005
In recent years the local economy has grown at a greater rate than the East Midlands and England. Productivity, measured by Gross Value Added per capita, now stands at £18,300.
Between 2000 and 2005 there was a net increase of 16,700 jobs in Greater Nottingham, the growth rate of 5.9% was above that of England.
Growth in the service industries outstripped the England average with a net increase of more than 28,000 jobs in Greater Nottingham. There was significant growth in public services, banking and professional services.
There are around 300,000 jobs based in Greater Nottingham with a further 32,000 people in self employment.
Source: Annual Business Enquiry, 2006
Greater Nottingham is an important centre for business and employment. In particular there is a significant banking and professional services sector, plus a number of national and regional public sector headquarters. More than half of jobs are in knowledge-intensive sectors, one of a number of factors contributing to Nottingham’s designation as a Science City in 2005.
The labour forceArea Number of JobsCity Centre 58, 500City of Nottingham 184, 900Greater Nottingham 300, 800England 22, 921, 700
Over 10,500 city and 31,000 Greater Nottingham residents are self employed.
UnemploymentClaimant Unemployed Unemployment Rate
City of Nottingham 7, 384 3.8%Greater Nottingham 10, 632 2.5%England 671, 685 2.0%
Source: Annual Business Enquiry, 2005; 2004 Inter Departmental Business Register
Source: DWP Claimant Count, October 2007
Vital Statistics
PeoplePopulation
Area PopulationCity of Nottingham 286,400Greater Nottingham 647, 100Travel to work area 770,400East Midlands 4,364,200
Greater Nottingham has a young population profile compared to the national picture. This is particularly evident in the 20-24 year age group, reflecting the presence of the two popular universities.
Nearly a quarter of Nottingham city’s population is under 20.
One in nine of Nottingham’s population is a full time student.
There are more than 420,000 people in Greater Nottingham of working age. Over 287,300 of these people are either in work or looking for employment, giving an economic activity rate of 77%.
Source: Annual Population Survey, Apr 2006-Mar 2007
More than two fifths of working people in Greater Nottingham are in managerial, professional or associate professional occupations. This is a slightly higher proportion than nationally, and equates to a local pool of more than 122,000 workers.
Source: Annual Population Survey, Jan 2006-Dec 2006
The proportion of working aged residents in Greater Nottingham educated to degree level or with a professional qualification is higher than average. 29.1% are educated to this level (nearly 109,000) and in recent years there has been a large increase in this group.
Source: Annual Population Survey, Jan 2006-Dec 2006.
Vital StatisticsOver the next four pages, you’ll find all the key facts and figures you might find useful.
Source: ONS Mid Year Estimates, 2006
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Vital Statistics
EducationThe table below indicates the level of education in Nottingham.
Highest qualification
Nottingham Greater Nottingham
England
Level 4/5, degree etc. 20.9% 29.1% 27.1%
Level 3, A Levels 40.8% 47.9% 44.9%
Level 2, GCSE – 5 A-C 57.8% 64.1% 63.3%
Level 1, GCSE – 1 grade 71.9% 78.1% 77.6%
No qualifications 17.4% 15.0% 8.7%
Proportion of Greater Nottingham residents educated to A-Level higher than England average.
Nottingham city schools achieved record A-Level results in 2007 with a pass rate of 97.2%.
GCSE results A - C grade achieved by pupils in Nottingham are above the national average.
Proportion of Greater Nottingham residents with degrees is higher than the England average.
Housing 50% of households in the City own their own home, compared
to 66% in Greater Nottingham and 69% in England.
27% rent from the Council compared to 17% in Greater Nottingham and 13% nationally.
13% rent from a private landlord compared to 10% in Greater Nottingham and 9% in England.
Average house prices April – June 2007.
City ofNottingham
Greater Nottingham
England & Wales
£ £ £Terraced 101,200 111,300 173,300Semi-detached 124,300 144,900 194,800Detached 214,900 249,600 328,400All Properties 128,500 168,900 216,000
Source: Annual Population Survey, January 2006 - December 2006
Source: Census 2001
Crime and public safetyAll crime:In the twelve months to June 2003 there were almost 75,000 offences committed in Nottingham city but this fell to 55,230 by December 2007, a reduction of 26.4% (Figures sourced from Nottingham Crime & Drugs Partnership)
The following figures relate to the British Crime Survey ‘basket of ten’ offences that most affect the public (BCS 10). These show changes at the end of December 2007 compared to a 2003-04 baseline year (based on official figures as provided by the Home Office):
Theft from vehicles is down by 33.3%.
Theft of vehicle is down by 54.9%.
Vehicle interference & tampering is down by 70.3%.
Dwelling burglary is down by 37.4%.
Cycle theft is up by 20.8%.
Theft from person is down by 37%.
Common assault is up by 27.5%.
Criminal damage is down by 9.8%.
Wounding is down by 6.5%.
Robbery of personal property is down by 22.7%.
All BCS 10 is down by 25.9% (target of 26% by 31 March 2008).
Gun crimeSince 2003: The number of incidents in which firearms were discharged is
down by 60.7%.
The number of injuries caused by firearms is down by 65.2%.
There wasn’t a single death caused by firearms in 2007.
Year (Jan-dec) Firearms Discharges *
Injuries Deaths
2003 51 23 22004 42 11 32005 11 5 12006 13 7 12007 20 8 0
Vital Statistics
Figures compared from 2003 - December 2007 * This includes Section1 and Section 2 ammunition, which is all missile ammunition except blank cartridges, air pellets and ball bearing pellets.
IndexArts 24 - 29
BioCity 7Broadmarsh Shopping Centre 11, 33Broadway Cinema 27Brian Clough 21, 22Building Schools for the Future 37, 41Business 5
Centre for Contemporary Art 26Changing Place Toilets 32City Academies 40City of Caves 28Core City 4Crime and Public Safety 47Culture 25
Eastside 3, 8East Midlands Airport 15, 18Eating Out 31Economy 45Education 37–41, 46Employers 5Eurostar 3, 16Experian Robin Hood Marathon 21
Galleries of Justice 28Goose Fair 28Growth 3 - 13Greater Nottingham Creative Industries 5Greater Nottingham Economy 4
Hickling Pentecost Building 13Hotels 31Housing 46
International links 19Lace Market Square 12Leisure 30 - 35Litmus Building 13
M1 Motorway 15Major Employers 5Meadows Gateway 11
National Ice Centre 21, 23, 25Natonal Watersports Centre 21, 23NET 17Ningbo 19, 38Nottingham Castle 28Nottingham City Council 42Nottingham Contemporary 26 Nottingham Trent University 39
Old Market Square 3, 12
PictureWorks, The 11Population 44
Railway Station, Nottingham 11, 15, 16Regeneration 3Retail and Leisure 31–34River Crescent 10Riverside Festival 28River Trent 9Robin Hood 25, 28
Science City 3, 6, 37Schools 36, 37, 40, 41Sir Paul Smith 27, 32Shane Meadows 27Shopping 31–35Southside 3,11Sport 21–23Students 37–41Summerleys House 11Sustainable 6 - 13
Toyota 5Torvill & Dean 21,22Tram 15, 16, 17Transport 15Trent Bridge Cricket Ground 21, 23Trent River Park 9Trinity Square 34
Unemployment 45University of Nottingham 38
Waterside 3, 9Wollaton Hall & Park 28
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