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BUSINESS

Council disappointment at wind turbine factory closure

20 August 2008

Argyll and Bute Council’s leader has expressed disappointment at the planned closure of the Vesta...

BUSINESS

Suffolk County Council's £6m deal is MITIE fine

20 August 2008

Facilities provider, MITIE, has won a £6m contract with Suffolk CC to improve 730 of its buildings.

FINANCE

Council pension funds launch legal fight over US bank liability

20 August 2008

Two local government pension funds have launched legal action against a giant US investment bank,...

FINANCE

Money matters

20 August 2008

‘It’s not like that in the private sector.’ I recall that comment being made to me during my firs...

FINANCE

Councils look to the futures in fuel quest

14 August 2008

Local authorities this week intensified plans to bulk-buy oil on the futures markets, after some ...

WHITEHALL

Commodity cash boom

14 August 2008

Record rises in commodity prices are proving both a help and hindrance to councils, through theft...

BUSINESS

Empty property tax warning

13 August 2008

The property industry has urged councils against taxing empty business premises.

BUSINESS

Three shortlisted

13 August 2008

Three contractors have been shortlisted by Leeds City Council for one of the largest-ever single ...

BUSINESS

Costain's on a roll with Swiss

13 August 2008

FINANCE

Essex councils boost local firms with £580m spend

13 August 2008

Councils in Essex are boosting their local economies by spending £580m with small businesses ever...