Tag: Leicester

New network of ‘Bee Bus Stops’ springing up in Leicester

Stuart Mitchell

A brand-new network of plant-topped Living Roof bus shelters are springing up across Leicester as part of a major programme to replace and revamp the city’s bus shelters. The citywide network of Living Roof and solar-powered shelters will be a first for any UK city and is just one of the many steps being taken by Leicester City Council to respond to the climate emergency.  Clear Channel’s Living Roofs, affectionally nicknamed ‘Bee Bus Stops’, are planted with a mix of wildflowers and Sedum plants; a favourite amongst pollinating insects, whose…

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Leicester’s bus shelters go green, thanks to a new partnership with Clear Channel

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Out of Home advertising and infrastructure company Clear Channel UK has this week announced a brand-new contract with Leicester City Council, which will see 479 of the city’s shelters being replaced with modern structures with environmentally conscious functionality. Over the next two years, Clear Channel will make a multi-million pound investment into the complete overhaul of the city’s bus shelters, benefitting hundreds of thousands of citizens and visitors, and supporting the millions of bus journeys in the city every year. Every shelter included in the Leicester City Council contract…

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ASA Warn Universities For Misleading Advertising

Stuart Mitchell

Six UK Universities have been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over exaggerated claims made in their advertising to attract students. Leicester, East Anglia, Strathclyde, Falmouth, Teesside and the University of West London have all had complaints upheld against them. The ASA wishes to stop unjustified claims and offer a clearer explanation of achievement in rankings and league tables. Complaints were upheld against six universities: Falmouth University The University must change it’s advertising on its website which state it is “the UK’s number one arts university” or “the UK’s…

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