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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

Coming up trumps

By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2014

Newcastle City Council has overcome stalled regeneration schemes and supported the city’s vibrant...

PLANNING

Bristol mayor pushes for Greater Western combined authority

By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2014

Directly elected Bristol Mayor, George Ferguson, has called on local leaders in Bristol and Bath ...

BUSINESS

Civica swoops for Asidua

By Jonathan Werran | 11 November 2014

Business process giant Civica has acquired software consultancy Asidua – a firm renowned for its ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Comber lands top Greenwich post

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2014

Greenwich RLBC has appointed internal candidate John Comber as the borough’s next chief executive.

FINANCE

PASC attacks quangos' 'blurred' lines

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2014

Government use of quangos remains unaccountable despite coalition reforms and complexity is liken...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

O'Donnell appointed next Glasgow chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 07 November 2014

Annemarie O’Donnell has been appointed George Black’s replacement as chief executive of Glasgow C...

FINANCE

Local government bucks outsourcing trend

By Jonathan Werran | 07 November 2014

Councils signed £108m outsourcing deals in last quarter, seeing 164% growth on the same period la...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA chair Sparks recovering after Commons collapse

By Jonathan Werran | 06 November 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, is to recover at home after col...

FINANCE

Calculate care workers pay better, improvement experts urge

By Jonathan Werran | 06 November 2014

Ministers should consider the use of automatic pay calculators to ensure care workers are paid de...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Lockwood reappointed as Harrow chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 05 November 2014

LGA finance and policy director Michael Lockwood is poised to return as Harrow LBC chief executiv...

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