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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.

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.

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.

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

The procurement team at Wiltshire Council are inviting Wiltshire-based businesses that would like to supply goods and services to the council to come and meet them at special events taking place to demystify the tendering process.

As clocks go forward this weekend Wiltshire Council will be launching a new drive to encourage more people to spring into action and foster with Wiltshire Council.

Five Wiltshire secondary schools took part in a special conference at County Hall which was held to help raise awareness of the impact of transport on climate change.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed that it is continuing work to identify third party organisations who are interested in managing and operating City Hall in Salisbury.

Throughout March, local residents and businesses will be able to see the updated designs, floor plans and images of how Trowbridge Town Hall could look after the extensive remodelling and refurbishment takes place.