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nottingham Splendour in Nottingham


9th May 2008
Issue 123

Top of the shops


Music fans in Nottingham are in for a treat, Nottingham remains top of the shops in the
with two major festivals, City Pulse (more region after new rankings show it is 6th in
below) and Splendour lined up in the next the UK for shoppers' spending. The 2008
two months. Splendour is expected to attract CACI rankings reveal that Nottingham has
up to 20,000 festival goers with top names increased annual spend by £150m to
like Kate Nash, Paolo Nutini, The Charlatans £1.4bn. The city has overtaken Liverpool,
and Rufus Wainwright already confirmed. where retail spending fell by £30m. Regional
Taking place at Wollaton Park on Saturday neighbours Leicester and Derby are in 24th
19th and Sunday 20th July, it will be the first and 38th positions in the league tables. Wi t h
Kate Nash and
big gig at Wollaton Park for six years, new retailers such as Vivienne Westwood
Paolo Nutini - offering a mixture of international, national and other developments on the horizon, the
headline acts at and local artists. Tickets go on sale today, signs are good for Nottingham's shopping
Splendour this with special discounts for all city residents prospects.
summer with a Citycard and with the new Citycard
360, launched today for 11-17-year olds. For A booming city
more details on line-up and where to get
In the next six months Nottingham will
tickets, visit w w w.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
become home to Specsavers' new office.
Specsavers will set up its UK service centre
City Pulse in the city's Ng2 business park, already
Congratulations to City Pulse is set to offer a Spring Bank home to Experian and due to be linked to
Nottingham Forest Holiday of top music in Nottingham's city the tram network. It's hoped that it could
FC on winning centre Saturday 24th May - Monday 26th employ up to 300 people. The Council was
promotion to the May 2008. The city will be buzzing with live instrumental in the negotiations that led to
Championship and music from soul to country, folk to jazz, latin the optician's move. Discussions that began
to Forest Ladies on
promotion to the
to pop. Revolving around the main stage at in Nottingham involving private sector
FA National Old Market Square - which will feature top partners continued at the international
Premier League. acts such as Athlete - with five satellite property fair MIPIM in France, and
Arsenal Ladies venues in the city streets, City Pulse is persuaded Specsavers to choose
beat Leeds Ladies guaranteed to get your hips swaying and Nottingham over Seville, Bratislava,
at the City Ground
toes tapping and best of all the festival is Birmingham and Manchester. T h e
on Bank Holiday
Monday 4-1. The totally free. See announcement comes after Capital One
match, watched by www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/city_pulse.htm. made 750 redundant at its UK headquarters
a record Pubs, clubs and associated venues linked to and call centre in the city.
attendance of Nottingham Leisure Partnership Ltd will also
24,582, concluded
a festival of football
be hosting live music at their venues across And far from finally…
the city centre as part of the ever-popular
in Nottingham. Congratulations to Rosslyn Park primary
Dot to Dot festival
school in Aspley who were presented with a
(www.dottodotfestival.co.uk).
national Show Racism the Red Card award
at Arsenal Football Club's Emirate stadium.

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