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Articles by Tony Kirkham

'Get busy funding, or get busy closing'

By Tony Kirkham | 27 January 2016

Tony Kirkham reflects on the cases of a number of councils facing financial catastrophe, taking l...

It's the little things

By Tony Kirkham | 25 November 2015

Tony Kirkham explains how devolution and business rates reforms must improve the current system

Seeking a sustainable future

By Tony Kirkham | 06 October 2015

Tony Kirkham shares financial management solutions from a landmark meeting of local government tr...

We need to fix roof once and for all

By Tony Kirkham | 12 August 2015

It was John F Kennedy who famously said: ‘The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining’...

What being commercial means

By Tony Kirkham | 24 June 2015

Local government could be more commercial but what does that mean, asks director of resources at ...

Leaving Las Vegas for financial accounts

By Tony Kirkham | 06 May 2015

Just back from Las Vegas – didn’t manage to win any money but did get married in true Vegas style.

Leaving Las Vegas

By Tony Kirkham | 17 March 2015

Tony Kirkham reflects on reforming the business rates system through the prism of poker skills an...

Sceptical public is no surprise

By Tony Kirkham | 27 January 2015

I believe it was American author Mark Twain who first coined the phrase ‘Lies, damned lies, and ...