‘It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it. And that's what gets results.' They're words that take some of us back to the 80s and a Fun Boy Three/Bananarama record: or is it Ella Fizgerald from the 30s; Lisa Stansfield from the 90s; or the Puppin Sisters from as recently as 2016? Things get recycled, restyled and repositioned in all industries, including local government. It is a normal cycle in life and work.

This was in our thoughts as we recently ratified the agreement to share services between Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex and Surrey CCs through the Orbis partnership.