Peterborough Green Spaces Recognised With Green Flag Award

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Three of Peterborough’s best-loved green spaces have retained their ‘Green Flag’ status. If you’re a Peterborough resident, you’ll doubtless be familiar with Central Park and Itter Park, but Eye’s Manor Farm Park has also retained its prized Green Flag award. This prestigious accolade is only given to the nation’s best open spaces. A variety of…

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Who Uses Self Storage?

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Who Uses Self Storage? Ever wondered who uses the storage facilities you see at the side of the road on your way to work? We’re going to answer that question conclusively today using data from the UK Self Storage Association (SSA)’s annual Industry Report, which was published back in May.  It paints a positive picture…

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How To Organise Your Home: Top 5 Tips

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We all say we want to get organised. But some of us need a little more encouragement to get started. If tidying and sorting your home is on the top of your to-do list, we’ve got you covered with our top 5 tips. Perhaps you’re normally organised, but you’ve had a lot on your plate…

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Peterborough Named One of UK’s Fastest-Growing Cities

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Data from last year’s Census has just been released – and it suggests that Peterborough is one of Britain’s fastest-growing cities in terms of population. According to Census data, over the last 10 years its population has increased by some 17.5% to 215,000. That’s a rise of 32,000 people in a decade. In comparison, the…

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Is the Self Storage Industry Growing?

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Do you find you’re hearing about self storage more now than ever? There’s a good reason for that: the industry is growing, and has been now for many years. If you’re curious about just how much the sector has expanded in recent years – and how it originated here in the UK – we’re about…

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Plans Approved for £6m of Improvements in Peterborough

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Peterborough’s Towns Fund Board has approved a proposal to submit plans for three more major projects to the Government. It’s hoped that the trio of planned works will receive funding totalling £6m from the Government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Provided they and the City Council give the green light, the funding…

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New Map Launched to Boost Awareness of Peterborough’s Green Spaces

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Nowadays, more and more people are prioritising the availability of green spaces when deciding where to live. With that in mind, Peterborough looks set to become a more desirable location – as there’s now an online map showing the locations of hundreds of beautiful open areas. The Cambs Open Space map aims to make it…

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Two More Large Projects Approved in Peterborough

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Proposals for a new Green Technology Centre at Peterborough College and an Activity Centre in Nene Park have been approved by the Peterborough Towns Fund Board. Next, the proposals will be submitted to the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Housing (DLUCH), which will hopefully provide funding to get them off the ground. The Board…

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Peterborough City Council Begins Tackling Congestion in the City

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Peterborough City Council has announced the beginning of a new, £8.1m scheme to address the city’s congested roads. Work commenced on the A1260 (Nene Parkway) on 23 May, with the following improvements set to be completed by next spring: The addition of a third lane between junction 33 and 15 The addition of a three-lane…

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How to Keep a Storage Unit Organised

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Our range of Storage units can be extremely useful – indispensable, even. Once you’ve got one, you won’t ever want to live without it! But it’s important not to get too carried away. Before you cram your unit full of stuff, we’d recommend taking the time to organise everything correctly. Retrieving items from the room…

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