Ambitious and dynamic plans to help deliver long-term economic growth for Colchester are a step closer, following the award of £18.2m from the Government’s Town Deal Fund.
This significant investment was confirmed as part of the Chancellor’s budget statement on Wednesday 3 March 2021. This means a variety of projects, which will have wide-reaching benefits to residents across the borough, can now be progressed.
Image credit: St Nicholas Square regeneration, HAT Projects
A Colchester crane hire company is set to compete harder after using a £1.1m loan to expand its fleet by three cranes to 25 and move to a new 30,000sq ft base.
Image credit: Cadman Cranes
HolidayLettings.co.uk is the UK’s leading travel website and a TripAdvisor company, has shortlisted Colchester Castle in a public competition to decide on the UK’s Most Popular Castle. VisitColchester has mobilised the vote on Twitter to encourage support for the Castle Museum which recently underwent a £4.2m redevelopment. An article about the Castle has been published on the Holiday Lettings website which attracts an audience of around 7m visitors a month and it will be promoted through their social media channels to more than 250,000 followers.
The competition is open until midnight on 20th June and you can vote here: