Communities

By Dr Andrew Larner is chief executive of the Improvement & Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), which supports public sector transformation | 05 June 2019

Dr Andrew Larner says iESE has developed an improvement and innovation model to support exchange ...

INNOVATION

From customer experience to thriving community

By Dr Andrew Larner | 05 June 2019

A design approach is still important to maintain, but the design rules for a community-centric ap...

CULTURE

Wigan's fire within

By Alison McKenzie-Folan | 05 June 2019

A year ago, Wigan MBC commissioned its new cultural strategy. Alison McKenzie-Folan, explains how...

Now is Kingston's time

By Stephen Evans | 05 June 2019

There hasn’t been much in the press about Kingston RLBC recently, but all that is about to change...

DEVOLUTION

Readdressing reoffending

By Bob Neill | 28 May 2019

Not enough is being done to prevent a system that sets people up to fail as soon as they are rele...

COMMERCIALISM

Transforming town centres the public/private way

By Allan Lockhart | 28 May 2019

Allan Lockhart says councils are already strategically acquiring retail and commercial assets in ...

COHESION

Uniting communities and promoting equality in Chorley

By Hasina Khan | 28 May 2019

With her election as mayor of Chorley BC Cllr Hasina Khan has become the first female Asian mayor...

BUSINESS

Social value should be compulsory, Lords suggest

By Hiba Mahamadi | 24 May 2019

Incorporating social value into financial decision-making should be compulsory for councils, it h...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Let's get serious about decent pay

By Sarah Longlands | 22 May 2019

If we are serious about building a resilient northern economy then we need to start with the peop...

THIRD SECTOR

Local government has a crucial role to play in maximising crowdfunding's potential

By Jonathan Bone | 20 May 2019

Jonathan Bone says maximising the opportunities available through crowdfunding will require a 'di...

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