Perthfm News 24/11/10

Cittaslow International Event

This weekend Perth will welcome guests from fellow Cittaslow towns across the world and the rest of the UK. Perth is Scotland’s first Cittaslow city will host the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cittaslow UK and a meeting of the Cittaslow International Coordinating Committee. The Cittaslow UK AGM will attract delegates from other Cittaslow towns in England, Scotland and Wales, while the International Coordinating Committee meeting will welcome delegates from 9 countries stretching from USA to South Korea.While they are in Perth, Cittaslow guests will join in the Perth 800 celebrations by visiting the medieval Andermass Market and Perth Lightnight celebrations, as well as local amenities such as Friarton Civic Amenity Site.

Digital Advice

Perth and Kinross Council's Trading Standards is ready to give advice to anybody thinking of buying new digital TV equipment in the run-up to Christmas. With Christmas approaching, as well as an impending VAT rise, many people will be thinking of buying a new TV or upgrading their digital box to one which is able to record as well as receive digital TV services. To ensure that people in Perth and Kinross have information available to them to make the right choice of equipment and digital service the Council’s Trading Standards Service has produced a leaflet explaining issues around the digital switchover and what equipment is available.
The leaflet is available for download from the Trading Standards page of Perth & Kinross Council website, or by phoning 476476 and asking for Trading Standards.

'A' Frame Boards

The issue of advertising 'A-frame' boards that are placed in shopping streets by businesses will be debated by the Enterprise and Infrastructure Committee today.
Members will be asked to approve a number of conditions for the use of A-frame boards in a bid to balance the access needs of disabled people and other pedestrians with the desire of local businesses to use this method of advertising. Members will now hear that a consultation was carried out earlier this year on the issue of A-frames following the submission of a petition by Perth and Kinross Access Group, asking that they be banned. However, the results of the consultation were inconclusive as to whether A-frames should be banned or not.The Committee will therefore be asked to approve an updated set of guidelines.