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Published 14 March 2024
Wiltshire Council issues fines to businesses without commercial waste contracts
Wiltshire Council Environmental Enforcement Officers have issued three separate businesses with fixed penalties notices (FPNs) after they were unable to produce commercial waste documentation.
Published 27 February 2024
Business owner prosecuted for selling disposable e-cigarette to a child
A Wiltshire business owner has been prosecuted after selling a disposable e-cigarette to a child.
Published 9 February 2024
Poole brothers sentenced for laundering money for rogue traders
Two brothers have been sentenced for their part in the defrauding of an elderly Corsham male with dementia.
Published 11 January 2024
Council advises any residents and businesses affected by flooding to apply for grant funding
Following the flooding caused by Storm Henk, Wiltshire Council is advising any significantly impacted homeowners or businesses to apply for Government grant funding.
Published 19 December 2023
Swindon resident issued with a fine after waste found fly-tipped in Winterbourne Monkton
Wiltshire Council has issued a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) to a Swindon resident who paid an unlicenced person to dispose of their domestic waste. The waste was subsequently fly-tipped in a layby in Winterbourne Monkton, near the Avebury World Heritage Site, and was inspected by Environmental Enforcement Officers.
Published 15 December 2023
Wiltshire Council's home upgrade programme takes a step forward
Wiltshire Council will be seeking to work with a specialist contractor to help deliver energy efficiency measures to up to 175 existing homes in the county.
Published 27 November 2023
Money mules sentenced for their part in £250,000 money laundering case
Six individuals have been sentenced at Swindon Crown Court, for their part in the defrauding of two elderly residents by acting as money mules and laundering money.
Published 23 November 2023
Wiltshire Council secures funding to support its tree commitments across the county
Wiltshire Council has been successful in being awarded £50,000 for community orchards as part of a new Government tree planting initiative, which celebrates this year's Coronation of King Charles III.
Published 26 October 2023
Rogue traders ordered to pay victims back over £35k
Two brothers from Minety and a third man from Aldermaston have today been ordered to pay their victims around £35K under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Published 26 October 2023
Channel reopening marks major milestone in Salisbury River Park project
The reopening of the River Avon channel in the Central Car Park area marks a major milestone for the Salisbury River Park project.