Message from Solihull MBC The Leader of Solihull Council is calling on local businesses to apply for financial support to help them over the current lockdown period. Despite already pumping £17 million into 1,230 local businesses, up to a further 677 could access available funds. Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council said: “We have […]
Message from Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council – 21 April 2020
Stay home, protect our NHS and save lives! Are you getting bored? I hear stories of gardens being manicured, garages being cleared out, puzzle skills being re-discovered, and new games for the children. There will be stress, and short tempers, but we need to keep going and keep finding that extra drop of patience. As […]
Message from Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council – 16 April
Stay home, protect our NHS and save lives! Keep up the applause for key workers I understand many will be upset or anxious at the thought of the “Stay at home – Save lives” regime continuing, as it almost certainly will when the government makes its decision today. We are going through totally uncharted waters […]
Morrisons telephone shopping and Next Day Delivery for the ‘vulnerable and elderly’.
Morrisons has launched a dedicated telesales shopping service offering next day delivery on essential items for the “vulnerable and elderly”. Customers can now order from a list of 47 essential items over the phone and pay for goods with their credit card when their order is delivered. The new telephone service will ensure that more […]
Ask A&E
Ask A&E is an interactive tool that lets people get NHS answers when it is needed the most, 24/7. Now featuring a built-in COVID-19 care assistant, Ask A&E offers rapid NHS answers so one can decide what to do next. The COVID-19 care assistant will allow people who need to consult a healthcare professional to […]
Wildlife Ways Update – April 2020
Wildlife Ways’ contractors are laying wildflower turf along the central reservations of Bickenhill Parkway and airport which was delayed by the wet weather in February and March. Turf laying and seeding is scheduled at the roundabout island and adjacent verge of Chester Road and Coleshill Heath Road. Elsewhere, they will add primroses to some of […]
GP Surgery Easter Holiday Opening
As part of the NHS-wide response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), GP practices across Birmingham and Solihull will be open during Good Friday (10 April) and Easter Monday (13 April) – with many practices also providing access to primary care on Saturday (11 April) and Sunday (12 April). To access an appointment, patients will need to telephone […]
Message from Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council 9 April 2020
Stay home, protect our NHS and save lives! Social distancing really does not have to be anti-social The shock of the Prime Minister being taken into hospital, then into intensive care, has reinforced the ‘stay home and save lives’ message. This is something we must take to heart over Easter. There may be signs that, […]
Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, 7 April 2020
Stay home, protect our NHS and save lives! Everyone is at risk at this time As I write this, we have had the news that the Prime Minister has been taken into Intensive Care. If this is not a measure of the seriousness of this illness, which will attack anyone, then what is? Our prayers […]
Message from Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council – 2 April
Remember please: Stay home, protect our NHS and save lives! At yesterday’s briefing from the Prime Minister, I heard the latest total of fatalities – a record – and yet more people are getting ill with Covid-19 and the peak is a way off yet. This virus has turned everyone’s lives upside down: the experts […]