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20 Feb 2023

Merseyside Police Cyber Dependent Crime Unit offers FREE advice & guidance to Liverpool City Region Businesses

The Cyber Protect Officers within the team offer cyber security advice and guidance to individuals and businesses to help protect against cyber related threats, the Cyber Protect Officers form part of the national Cyber Protect network and are trusted partners of the National Cyber Security Centre. This year the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is being held in Liverpool; due to this being such a high-profile event and with the related political tensions, we anticipate seeing increased attempts of cyber dependent […]

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02 Feb 2023

EUROVISION NEEDS YOU!

With just 100 days to go until one of the biggest music competitions in the world takes over Liverpool – the Eurovision host city team wants YOU to get involved. The volunteering programme has officially opened, giving people the chance to be at the heart of this iconic event. Around 500 roles have been created to support the delivery of this exciting global event, with volunteers being required for various periods of time starting from Monday 1 until Sunday 14 […]

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31 Jan 2023

LIVERPOOL’S ST GEORGE’S HALL UNVEILS WORLD’S FIRST LOOK AT NEW EUROVISON 2023 BRANDING

One of Liverpool’s most magnificent buildings has been chosen to display a series of 13 bright and colourful banners, heralding the world’s first look at the new Eurovision 2023 slogan and visual identity. Reflecting the power of music to bring people together, the slogan ‘United By Music’ was first revealed yesterday (30th January) when the banners were unfolded in unison to the citizens and visitors of Liverpool. Adorning the space between hall’s 16 massive central neoclassical pillars, the banners feature […]

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31 Jan 2023

Eurovision 2023 launch new slogan and visual identity

The new Eurovision 2023 slogan has been chosen to reflect ‘the power of music to bring people together’ with identity designed through creative partnership between UK and Ukraine creative agencies One of the first steps in bringing each Eurovision Song Contest to life is the reveal of its visual identity and slogan and today the BBC has announced the 2023 contest is set to be truly ‘United by Music’. United by Music The new slogan demonstrates the unique partnership between […]

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31 Jan 2023

LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED – WORLD’S FIRST OFFICIAL EUROVISION 2023 EVENT TAKES PLACE IN LIVERPOOL TONIGHT!

Eurovision 2023 Handover and Allocation Draw. January 31st. 7pm. BBC Two and iPlayer Liverpool will officially take over the reins of Eurovision 2023 this evening, when the Mayor of 2022 Host City Turin, Stefano Lo Russo will hand over the keys of the Eurovision Song Contest, known as the Insignia, to the Mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson. Presented by leading TV personalities and BBC presenters, Rylan and AJ Odudu, the glittering event will be broadcast live from Liverpool and will […]

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30 Jan 2023

New date announced for Liverpool City Region Gay Pride Awards

This year’s LCR Pride Awards have been moved from February to April with the deadline for nominations extended. People now have more time to enter the LCR Pride Awards 2023 after the date of the event was changed and the nominations deadline extended. Originally due to take place on Thursday, February 23, the event will now be held on Thursday, April 6. This decision was taken to allow the awards to align with wider city plans and the run-up to […]

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30 Jan 2023

Liverpool City Council has been awarded Fair Employment Charter status.

Liverpool City Council is delighted to announce that it has been recognised as being a fair employer after introducing several progressive employment practices. The Fair Employment Charter scheme – led by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority – recognises good employers who: pay the Real Living Wage; provide opportunities for staff to develop and progress; avoid insecure work and zero-hour contracts and negotiate with trade unions. All Liverpool City Council colleagues have access to a free employee assistance programme, can […]

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27 Jan 2023

FUNDING BOOST FOR GROUND-BREAKING “GREENER ROADS” PROJECT

A project to radically reduce the environmental impact of Liverpool’s roads has been given a multi-million pound boost. Liverpool City Council has been awarded £4m from the Department of Transport’s Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads competition, after successfully pitching an innovative idea to reduce the carbon footprint when designing and resurfacing roads. The aim of Liverpool’s project is to create an ‘Ecosystem of Things’, which looks at every step, be it the fuel vehicles use, to deploying cutting edge materials […]

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20 Jan 2023

GREEN LIGHT FOR A LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE MOBILITY STRATEGY

A project to improve how people get around Liverpool city centre has been given the green light. Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet has agreed to accept more than half a million pounds to develop a mobility strategy that will build on the recent enhancement of key routes such as Lime Street and The Strand. Approval of the funding, from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, paves the way for a review of the outstanding issues and challenges around mobility and connectivity […]

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17 Jan 2023

READY FOR A NEW ADVENTURE? LET OUR VISITLIVERPOOL GUIDE SHOW YOU THE WAY

With the spectre of Christmas now behind us and the New Year well underway, now is a great time to start planning ahead, saving dates and making bookings, to help ensure you and your friends and family have the best year possible. The latest VisitLiverpool guide has been beautifully designed to bring you a bite-sized but compressive round-up of all the great things happening in Liverpool from now until early summer 2023. . We caught up with Marketing Liverpool’s Digital […]

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