Stephen's Blog

Doubtless many of you will have seen the recent negative publicity surrounding our city.  The Lonely Planet Guide nominated Wolverhampton as being in the top five worst cities.  Having never...

Whilst the fallout from the recession continues to be felt, there are growing signs that things are improving slowly.   Nationally, it would appear that the rise in unemployment has slowed...

The mortgage ‘deal’ on our home expires at the end of February so my wife and I have started the process of remortgaging.  Always a painful and time consuming exercise,...

Have to mention the recent bad weather.  I cannot remember so much disruption for quite some years, although I do recognise the effort that was put in by so many...

At this time of reflection, it seems clear that regeneration is going to be more difficult as a result of the reduction in future public expenditure.  Loss of ‘gap–funding’ resources...

2009 is nearly over and we look forward with some optimism to 2010 being a less difficult year.  To assist with the improvement in luck our household will be indulging...

Great news locally with the commencement of Phase 1 of the Interchange scheme on site in mid–November.  This Phase will involve the construction of a new bus station and commercial...

Isn’t it remarkable how in some years the Community Shield opener at Wembley fails to interest me and yet other years (when Chelsea win it) I view it as an...

Interested to see that the EU has named Stockholm as its first Green Capital City.  This designation goes to Hamburg from 2011.  Stockholm has apparently cut its carbon emissions by...

I find myself on the horns of a dilemma over the very recent announcements concerning the performance of the banking sector.  Like most people I am only too happy to...