Uppingham resident and housing law specialist Nick Townsend has been appointed to the boards of Uppingham First and the Uppingham Homes Community Land Trust. Nick qualified as a solicitor in 1970. He then worked in private practice for a number of years mainly in his home city of Leicester where he specialised in town and […]

An empty shop window in Uppingham market place is to be transformed into a pop up shop display in the run up to Christmas. With the blessing of the property owner, Ashdale Pharmacy, community partnership Uppingham First is to work with Uppingham School and a number of local businesses to promote ‘shopping local’ by transforming […]

Uppingham in Rutland is celebrating an even higher media profile than usual with statutory, business and voluntary sector representatives attracting awards in October. In the 2020 East Midlands Women’s Awards Uppingham based County Cllr Lucy Stephenson, the only female member of Rutland County Council Cabinet and the Portfolio Holder for Transport, was voted best market […]