Best Practice

  • Marketing and communicating ‘place’

    By Jon-Paul Hedge | August 16, 2017

    Exeter City Council is taking a different approach to resident engagement. Jon-Paul Hedge outlines why he moved from newspaper editor to public sector and how marketing and communicating place is his new mantra.

  • The power of data

    By Stewart Eldridge | August 9, 2017

    Stewart Eldridge discusses with key figures the way local authorities have been making the most of quality, comprehensive data to deal with the challenge of delivering efficient, quality services.

  • Navigating the skills and local economic growth quandary

    By Martin Swales | July 26, 2017

    The recent launch of the SOLACE paper, Skills and Local Economic Growth, had one clear message: only by maximising skills outcomes can we successfully grow local economies, writes Martin Swales.

  • Shaping Oldham’s economic future

    By Tom Stannard | July 26, 2017

    Oldham has a long-term masterplan which will act as a catalyst for regeneration across five town centres. The partnership between private and public sectors will be worth an additional £50m a year to the town’s economy, as Tom Stannard explains.

 
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