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The latest press notices from the regeneration and economic growth site.

• Grant Shapps: 'Fantastic' response to Portas Pilots offer

  Hundreds of towns across the country have applied in their droves to become one of the first Portas Pilots to breathe new life into their high streets, Local Government Minister Grant Shapps said today.

  • Added: 27 April 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• England's array of Enterprise Zones go operational

  The next generation of Enterprise Zones are now 'operational sites' with 'live deals' immediately available for aspiring new businesses, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

  • Added: 11 April 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Grant Shapps offers 'Portas-Plus' plan to revive ailing high streets

  Towns across the country have got their applications in ahead of today's deadline in the hope of becoming Portas Pilots.

  • Added: 30 March 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• £420 million to support local infrastructure

  £420 million will be available through two routes to help communities deliver vital local infrastructure projects, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles and Transport Secretary Justine Greening confirmed today.

  • Added: 29 March 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Manchester City Deal brings 6,000 jobs boost

  Greater Manchester will create and protect 6,000 jobs as the city signs an innovative deal with central government giving it new powers to create jobs and train local people, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Cities Minister Greg Clark have announced.

  • Added: 20 March 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Seaside town rejuvenation: £24million fund opened

  A new fund to help support much loved seaside towns create new jobs and prosperity was launched today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Chief Secretary Danny Alexander.

  • Added: 9 February 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Mayoral referendum election date confirmed

  Ballot boxes will open on 3 May 2012 for voters to decide on directly elected mayors for England's largest cities, Ministers have confirmed.

  • Added: 9 February 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• London to take control of its Olympic legacy, public land and funding

  In an historic settlement for Londoners, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles has announced £3 billion of funding for the Greater London Authority for housing and regeneration in London.

  • Added: 6 February 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Grant Shapps: Bid to become a Portas Pilot

  Struggling towns and cities across England are being handed the chance to breathe new life into their ailing high streets, Grant Shapps has announced.

  • Added: 4 February 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• £1billion cash boost for pro-growth communities

  Communities with ambitions for economic growth have today been rewarded with a cash boost of nearly £1billion to get their projects off the ground and improve their local areas.

  • Added: 1 February 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Bob Neill: Cash injection to support coalfield communities into the future

  Communities Minister Bob Neill has confirmed a further £22 million to help former coalfield communities get back on their feet and secure economic growth for years to come.

  • Added: 26 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Pickles: Markets first to breathe new life into town centres

  Markets across the country are seizing the initiative and leading the drive to revitalise the nation's town centres, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today (26 January 2012).

  • Added: 26 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Election date announced for cities that say 'yes' to mayors

  The Government's commitment to people power and local democracy took another step forward today (25 January 2012) as Cities Minister Greg Clark announced the date for mayoral elections.

  • Added: 25 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• 'City deals' to be widened across England

  More cities in England will be offered the chance to agree a bespoke deal with Government to unlock their potential to drive economic growth, Cities Minister Greg Clark announced today in a major speech to the Centre for Cities.

  • Added: 23 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Grant Shapps: Powers over regeneration will remain with communities

  Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has insisted that communities will be kept firmly in the driving seat and able to determine the future of their local areas.

  • Added: 13 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Eric Pickles: Essex already winning from the London 2012 Olympics Games

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has been in Essex to see first-hand how the county is already an Olympic winner from London 2012 Games this summer.

  • Added: 9 January 2012
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Do it your way - Deputy Prime Minister and Cities Minister launch new 'City Deals'

  Cities will be set free from the Whitehall leash to do things their way, under a dramatic shift in power, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today at an Institue for Public Policy Research North event in Leeds.

  • Added: 8 December 2011
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• £500m fund to unlock the potential for economic growth

  Communities whose ambitions for economic growth have been stuck in the mud could benefit from a multi-million pound boost to help get their building projects off the ground.

  • Added: 7 November 2011
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Eric Pickles - Help for the High Street in the wake of the riots

  Hundreds of businesses have already benefited from the multi-million pound package of support made available to communities in the immediate aftermath of the summer disturbances, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.

  • Added: 27 October 2011
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth

• Hundreds of north east businesses to be created

  A £2Million business support programme for the North East has been unveiled which will help over 1,700 people gain vital business skills and create 431 new businesses.

  • Added: 19 October 2011
  • Site: Regeneration and economic growth