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Government funding of $11.6m was awarded to the Timaru District Council s Theatre Royal upgrade and Heritage precinct project. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was in Timaru to confirm the Government support for the $23m project which ‘met the criteria of the Government’s ‘shovel-ready’ programme, in that it was ready to proceed and would create jobs. ‘‘The design and construction of the theatre upgrade and new (museum) facility is estimated to directly employ 155-210 people.’’ A planned $7.5m redevelopment of Alpine Energy Stadium received the biggest handout from the Timaru District Council’s stimulus fund. The Fraser Park Community Trust, which runs the facility, received $900,000 of the $1.85m available as the council culled 20 funding applications back to 10 successful projects.
Community COVID-19 testing to be rolled out across Coventry
The roll-out is designed to help stem rising infections in the city
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John Gordon had the most hectic period of his professional life as a lawyer and managing partner in Napier & Sons in Belfast in the years leading up to his retirement.
Now he has a new role as chairman of social enterprise the NOW Group which helps adults with autism and learning difficulties.
It directly employs 60 people, including some with learning difficulties, in a string of coffee shops with the profits put back into furthering its aims to help people.
It might seem an unlikely sector for a retired lawyer but not when you consider the wide range of John’s former practice, and the skills of diplomacy he had to apply in insolvency.
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The Coventry businesses hit by financially crushing Tier 3 restrictions
One businessman invested £50,000 in a VR attraction in the city, only to be told to cancel it when the Tier 3 restrictions were announced
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A plea not to stifle the efforts of businesses in Coventry to stay open has been made by an MP, who revealed how badly some businesses in the city had been hit by tough Tier 3 restrictions.