Press Releases

Time to deliver on Swansea Bay City Deal – Council Leader

19 June 2019

The time has come “for turning discussion into delivery” over the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Deal.

Work on Active Travel routes at Neath Canal and Fabian Way completed

18 June 2019

Construction work has finished on Phase Two of the Neath Canal Towpath Active Travel Route which now completes a series of improvements from Bridge Street, Neath, to Briton Ferry.

Flying the Flag for Armed Forces Day 2019

17 June 2019

Armed Forces Day is being honoured in Neath Port Talbot on Monday 24th June 2019, where flags will be raised at both the Civic Centre in Neath and the Civic Centre in Port Talbot, at 10.30 am.

Neath Port Talbot : top of the charts on renewable energy generation

17 June 2019

Neath Port Talbot Council has topped the list of all 22 Welsh local authorities when it comes to renewable energy generation.

2019: Another busy year of development in Neath Port Talbot

14 June 2019

This year will see another wave of building and development projects going from vision to reality - either being completed, started or getting under way in Neath Port Talbot.

A big ‘thank you’ to all our residents as recycling figures show big jump

13 June 2019

Early figures suggest a range of changes brought in to help the Council meet tough Welsh Government recycling targets have been a big success.

Work starts to smarten up key investment site in Port Talbot

13 June 2019

A prominent development site in Aberavon, Port Talbot is to be given an overhaul to help show off its potential to investors.

The ‘Top 20’ wildlife species in Neath Port Talbot

12 June 2019

Neath Port Talbot Council’s Countryside and Wildlife Team has chosen its “Top 20 Special NPT Species” including the UK’s biggest spider, Kingfishers, Porpoises, Honey Buzzards, Atlantic Salmon and a bat with really big feet.

“Extremely predatory” Port Talbot trader sentenced to 6 months imprisonment

11 June 2019

A former Port Talbot based trader who carried out poor repair work, has been described by a District Judge as, “extremely predatory”, at a trial at Swansea Magistrates’ Court, after an investigation by Neath Port Talbot Trading Standards.

Neath Port Talbot Council becomes first Welsh local authority to join FairPlay Employer scheme

10 June 2019

Neath Port Talbot Council has become the first local authority in Wales to sign up to the FairPlay Employer scheme to help tackle its gender pay gap.