BUSINESS

Council's food factory take-over is right recipe for securing local jobs

04 February 2009

Northumberland county council has briefly run a food factory to save 190 jobs.

BUSINESS

No 'humiliating' U-turn over IT contract says Essex

04 February 2009

BUSINESS

Rushcliffe pulls out of joint services agreement

28 January 2009

Rushcliffe BC has told Capita it is breaking off a shared services deal.

BUSINESS

IT efficiency deal set to save £60m over four years

28 January 2009

Gloucestershire CC has agreed a multimillion-pound efficiency deal with Capgemini.

BUSINESS

Care home finance deadline extended

28 January 2009

Councils and the Government are watching to see if a care home chain, with debts totalling £1.5bn...

FINANCE

Minister pledges rapid broadband expansion

22 January 2009

The battle to widen broadband access is being stepped up, with councils set to take a key role.

BUSINESS

Europeans help BSF with £300m

14 January 2009

A £300m investment by the European Investment Bank has eased pressure on the Government’s school-...

BUSINESS

Mouchel 'upbeat'

17 December 2008

BUSINESS

£170m deal is a sound investment

17 December 2008

The public sector workplace has moved into the 21st century with a deal to boost mobile voice and...

FINANCE

4Ps lobbies World Bank to breathe life into public-private partnerships

17 December 2008

Local government’s partnership and project delivery specialist, 4Ps, this week lobbied the World ...