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Adele Taylor

Adele Taylor

Adele Taylor is interim executive director of finance and Governance at Cherwell and South Northamptonshire

Articles by Adele Taylor

Finance teams must stay in the loop

By Adele Taylor | 19 May 2021

Local government finance teams must be constantly inquisitive about Government policy changes tha...

Now's not the time to be shy

By Adele Taylor | 08 April 2021

With a Spending Review later this year, local government finance leads should be 'making our case...

Working together in perfect harmony

By Adele Taylor | 24 February 2021

Teams are a blend of personalities and attributes that work together in harmony, 'so don’t assume...

We can ensure that finance is a true enabler for our organisations

By Adele Taylor | 12 January 2021

Adele Taylor says 'local government can have a reputation for glacial change (unfairly I think), ...

Striking a balance

By Adele Taylor | 11 November 2020

There have been press mentions of possible eye-watering levels of potential fraud from COVID supp...

Things will be moving quicker than ever on budgets

By Adele Taylor | 30 September 2020

'Our medium-term financial planning is just that, a plan with many moving parts', says Adele Tayl...

Green shoots that may buy a little more time

By Adele Taylor | 19 August 2020

While they might not be enough to bridge the significant gaps in medium-term financial strategies...

Judging the financial consequences of change

By Adele Taylor | 07 July 2020

During the pandemic, a more flexible approach to assessing the financial benefits of a change wil...

We are going to need the right resources

By Adele Taylor | 15 April 2020

Adele Taylor is proud of local government's response to coronavirus - but the financial plans wil...

Hoping for more certainty in the new funding world

By Adele Taylor | 04 March 2020

In budget-setting and medium-term financial planning you can continue to see local government doi...