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Businesses will need to show how they are tackling climate change and working towards zero carbon emissions by 2030 when bidding for Brent Council contracts under new procurement rules introduced this week.
The council’s new Procurement Sustainability Policy aims to utilise Brent’s huge purchasing power by requiring potential new suppliers to demonstrate how they tackle the climate crisis by r…
Read full articleLast bricks are laid for 149 new homes in Harlesden
There are smiles all around as Brent Council and Wates Residential gather to celebrate the topping out of 149 new council homes at Knowles House in Harlesden, marking the completion of the brickwork o…
Mayor of London and London Assembly election results
The results of the Mayor of London and London Assembly elections are in. Sadiq Khan, Labour Party, has been re-elected as the Mayor of London after winning the election that took place on Thursday 6 M…
Brondesbury Park by-election results
Gwen Grahl, Labour Party, has been elected to Brent Council after winning a seat in the Brondesbury Park by-election that was held yesterday (Thursday 6 May 2021). This follows the resignation of for…
Make sure you’re ready to have your say on 6 May
With just a day left until London goes to the polls on 6 May, Brent Council is urging voters to get ready to vote. Across Brent, voters will have their say in the Mayor of London and London Assembly …
Free webinar! A Beginner’s Guide to the Climate Emergency
From electric cars to cycleways, the way we travel has been changing for a while. But what might travel look like in years to come, as we rise to the challenge of climate change? Has lockdown sped up …
Two weeks full of reasons to care for local children and young people
Foster Care Fortnight, the biggest awareness raising campaign in the fostering sector, is taking place between 10 and 23 May 2021. After a year full of difficulties, we are joining the campaign to cel…
New mayor of Brent sworn in at a virtual ceremony
Cllr Lia Colacicco is the new Mayor of Brent after being elected as the borough’s first citizen at the council’s Annual General Meeting. It is the first time that the mayor making ceremony has been h…
95% of residents offered a top three preference primary school
Figures published last Friday show that Brent Council received 3,444 on time applications for primary school reception places in September 2021. 83.36% of Brent residents were offered their first pre…
Manufacturer fined £16,000 for importing “electric shock” body massagers following Brent Council investigation
Vivo Technologies Ltd pleaded guilty to five charges of supplying and placing on the market 1,800 unsafe electric body massagers at Willesden Magistrates court, following an investigation by Brent Cou…