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FINANCE
Public backs tourism tax
By Laura Sharman | 24 February 2020
More than half of people think councils should have the power to levy a tourism tax, a new survey...
CLIMATE CHANGE
'Local works best'
By Tom Riordan | 28 January 2020
The fact that devolution hasn’t happened yet across Yorkshire ‘isn’t for the want of trying’, say...
BUSINESS
Reading appoints leisure operator on 25-year contract
By Martin Ford | 22 January 2020
Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) has been awarded a contract to operate Reading BC’s leisure services.
BUSINESS
Harrogate hands Willmott Dixon £10m leisure build contract
By Martin Ford | 10 January 2020
Harrogate BC has awarded a £10m contract to Willmott Dixon to overhaul a leisure centre in Ripon.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Council told to urgently overhaul company
By Martin Ford | 18 December 2019
Gloucester City Council’s arms-length market company lacks accountability and clarity of purpose,...
LEISURE
Union and social enterprise clash over library strike
By Martin Ford | 13 December 2019
A trade union has questioned the treatment of workers by a social enterprise running hundreds of ...
HOUSING
After the fire
By Tim Whelan | 03 December 2019
Liaison with a wide range of sectors including emergency planners ensured a well-co-ordinated res...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Making the most of our cultural assets
By Lawrence Conway | 27 November 2019
The three councils of Lancaster City, Barrow and South Lakeland are coming together to pilot a ne...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
General Election brings uncertainty to improvement plan timetable
By Sheila Oxtoby | 19 November 2019
Sheila Oxtoby says the General Election calls into question the timetable for starting work on a ...
LEISURE
Let's back the tourist tax
By Nickie Aiken | 15 October 2019
Cllr Nickie Aiken argues that a modest levy on overnight visitor stays raised locally would go st...
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