A blog about Wirral Council, Wirral Council's councillors & officers
A blog about Wirral Council's public meetings, Wirral Council's councillors, Bidston & St. James ward and other public bodies on Merseyside
Wirral Council buy Vue Cinema in Birkenhead for £7.1 million!
Wirral Council have revealed today (Friday being a good day to bury news) that they have bought the Vue Cinema in Birkenhead for £7.1 million.
This follows the purchase of the nearby Europa Building for £8.4 million and the recent buyout of the lease of Birkenhead Market.
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Wirral Council’s Cabinet asked to agree to consult on Birkenhead Town Centre changes and to outsource the running of the Floral Pavilion and 2 golf courses
The agenda and reports for the next meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet were published today (16th November 2018) on Wirral Council’s website and contain a number of items that’ll be of wider interest to people.
The pages for the public part of the meeting run to 166 pages, with a further 104 private pages detailing a full business case for the Birkenhead Commercial District project and 4 private pages relating to the golf courses part of the Review of Leisure, Libraries and Cultural Services.
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Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018): Birkenhead and Tranmere: Green hold (Pat Cleary)
| Birkenhead and Tranmere Ward | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of candidate | Description (if any) | Votes | % | |
| CLEARY Pat | Green Party | 1,881 | 49.7% | Elected |
| JOBSON Paul Charles | Labour | 1,810 | 47.8% | Not elected |
| COWIN June Irene | Conservative | 96 | 2.53% | Not elected |
There were 6 rejected ballot papers, the electorate was 10,281 and the turnout was 36.9%.
This result was declared on 4th May 2018.
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Will Wirral Council spend £8.4 million on buying the Europa Buildings in Birkenhead?
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Cabinet (Wirral Council) 27th November 2017 4 – Strategic Asset Acquisitions – Europa Building
On the 27th November 2017, Wirral Council’s Cabinet which you can view above decided to buy the Europa Building in Birkenhead Town Centre. The large building is surrounded by Hemingford Street, Europa Square, Claughton Road and Conway Street but its address is down as Claughton Road.
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What’s happening to Birkenhead Market in 2018?
Following two recent stories in the Liverpool Echo Birkenhead Market traders say they feel “ignored” over plans for new town market (3rd March 2018) and Inside Birkenhead Market: What traders think about Wirral Council’s plans to revamp it (4th March 2018), I thought it was time to write a piece about Birkenhead Market and its relationship with its landlord Wirral Council.
Wirral Council’s Cabinet met on the 18th December 2017 and agenda item 10 was titled “Strategic Acquisition Programme – Birkenhead Market”. One of the councillors on the Cabinet (Cllr Phil Davies) is also a ward councillor for the ward of Birkenhead and Tranmere that Birkenhead Market is situated in.
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