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Lawrence Conway

Lawrence Conway

Lawrence Conway is chief executive of South Lakeland DC

Articles by Lawrence Conway

We won't let our citizens down

By Lawrence Conway | 25 March 2020

Lawrence Conway says South Lakeland DC is 'asking our teams to be flexible about how they work an...

Have we moved much in the past decade?

By Lawrence Conway | 05 February 2020

Lawrence Conway reviews some of the key themes that were crucial to districts during the past 10 ...

Making the most of our cultural assets

By Lawrence Conway | 27 November 2019

The three councils of Lancaster City, Barrow and South Lakeland are coming together to pilot a ne...

We're now a better organisation

By Lawrence Conway | 15 October 2019

Lawrence Conway says Lakeland DC's transformation programme Customer Connect has resulted in a be...

It's time for us all to grasp the complexities of local places

By Lawrence Conway | 14 August 2019

Lawrence Conway says that as we travel to an unknown point in time for our economy, our role as p...

Learning from the special relationship

By Lawrence Conway | 26 June 2019

Reflecting on insights from the USA, Lawrence Conway says there are key elements we need to addre...

A simple and effective local approach to the climate emergency

By Lawrence Conway | 08 May 2019

South Lakeland DC has recently adopted a climate change policy - and it's on one page, says Lawre...

It's time for coherent joined up policies

By Lawrence Conway | 20 March 2019

Lawrence Conway has one thing to ask following the Brexit outcome - and that's for a look at how ...

Corporate memory: A valuable and scarce resource

By Lawrence Conway | 30 January 2019

Short term planning seems to prevail at present, says Lawrence Conway. But he believes district c...

Communities need the place-shaping we excel at

By Lawrence Conway | 21 November 2018

Local government hasn't lost its mojo, says Lawrence Conway. Now must be the time when its role i...