News and communications

Wiltshire Council is launching a new grants programme in the new year to help businesses in the county bring vacant shops and commercial spaces back into use.

With Christmas only a few weeks away, Wiltshire Council is sharing top tips on what people can do with their waste including electrical items, wrapping paper and packaging over the festive season.

Castle Street in Trowbridge is now fully reopened to traffic following the successful completion of the vast majority of works to improve walking and cycling access in and around the town centre

Wiltshire Council has issued fixed penalty notices (FPNs) of £400 each to a resident from Calne and another resident from the Southampton area for dumping waste in Sainsbury's car parks in Calne and Royal Wootton Bassett.

Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) will be switching to their annual winter opening hours from next month

Local residents and businesses are invited to attend a public drop-in event to find out more about the refurbishment and remodelling of the Trowbridge Town Hall and to see the stunning artist illustrations of how the building could look once the works are completed.

A new recycling and reuse partnership initiative is being trialled in Devizes later this month, which will see residents given the opportunity to buy bargain quality used items sourced from Wiltshire Council's household recycling centres.

Wiltshire Council is reminding non-retail businesses in the county that there is still time to claim a rate reduction.

A Chippenham resident has been handed a large fine at Swindon Magistrates Court for fly-tipping his domestic waste in the rural countryside.

Government have provisionally offered £25m to invest in Trowbridge and Salisbury