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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Visitor boost and £100m investment for coastal towns

By Jonathan Werran | 19 August 2011

Findings produced today show resorts have seen a fifth more visitors make overnight stays.

PFI 'extremely inefficient' in a post-credit crunch era , MPs claim

By Jonathan Werran | 19 August 2011

Whitehall’s addiction to off-balance PFI schemes to fund capital projects must end, an influentia...

Mayor's LEP inaction blamed for Lewisham and Hackney oversight

By Jonathan Werran | 18 August 2011

Slow progress with capital's enterprise partnership harming vulnerable boroughs, claims TGLP boss...

Female staff bear brunt of public sector jobs cull

By Jonathan Werran | 18 August 2011

Female employees, are bearing the brunt of cross-government redundancies,official figures signal.

Castlebeck to close third care home

By Jonathan Werran | 18 August 2011

Troubled care provider Castlebeck will close its third home, ahead of CQC legal action.

Unions pledge to fight on over redundancies

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Commitment to concerted industrial action this autumn – unless agreement is reached over key pay ...

Shock departures fail to dent DTZ's loyalty

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Property services firm, DTZ, has restated its commitment to the sector following high-level depar...

Plan to axe looters' benefits sparks row

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Campaigners are urging ministers against ‘knee-jerk’ plans to remove benefits from people convict...

Fujitsu and PCS hold pay offer talks

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Fujitsu will hold talks at ACAS after the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced a ...

Pension reforms pose enormous risk to economy, Unison warns

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2011

Government plans to increase local government workers’ pensions contributions threaten a collapse...