Change to opening hours at Warehouse Buildings

The opening time on Wednesdays at the Warehouse Buildings in Stromness has changed - with the facility now opening at 10:00am instead of 9:15am.

This small adjustment allows the team dedicated time for training and development, helping the Council to continue to improve the service provided to communities.

The updated opening hours are now:

• Monday – 09:15 to 17:45
• Tuesday – 09:15 to 16:45
• Wednesday – 10:00 to 16:45
• Thursday – 09:15 to 16:45
• Friday – 09:15 to 16:45
• Saturday – 11:00 to 15:45

The team at Warehouse Buildings deliver a wide range of services to the public on behalf of the Council, the Library and the Police.

They also offer meeting rooms to the public and hot desk space to Council staff.

The team is responsible for:

• Issuing and discharging library materials and processing reservations
• Processing customer requests for a variety of Council services and maintaining customer records
• Collecting, processing and reconciling income for the Council
• Building and testing new online processes on the customer service platform
• Dealing with the receipt, issue and processing of blue badge applications and concessionary travel applications
• Reporting repairs for Council properties
• Reporting road repairs, street light faults, winter services, waste and environmental services requests using the customer service platform
• Processing bookings for the Council's campsites and hostels, meeting rooms and hot desks