Partnerships

By Martin Ford | 07 December 2018

Co-designed commissioning is the answer to an era of heightened demand, budget reductions and sup...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Court of Appeal Faraday Judgment: An amber light for unprocured development joint ventures

By Kavita Roy | 04 December 2018

The Faraday judgment does not mean that councils cannot proceed with unprocured development schem...

COMMERCIALISM

Embedding commercialisation

By Anthony Roche | 21 November 2018

When making commercialisation part of your organisation, Anthony Roche of North Hertfordshire DC ...

BUSINESS

Boost for joint venture

By Mike Yuille | 14 November 2018

Test Valley BC and its joint venture partner Kier Property have let a new commercial building to ...

BUSINESS

Tying the knot

By Bethanie Roughley | 13 November 2018

Trust and transparency are key to councils succeeding when contracting out services in a post-Car...

FINANCE

Councils withhold £32m from PFI providers

By Martin Ford | 01 November 2018

Research has found that £32m was withheld from PFI providers over performance issues last year.

SOCIAL CARE

Balanced Budget as we live in hope for jam tomorrow

By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2018

It may have been billed as the Budget to end austerity, but the chancellor’s speech was not exact...

FINANCE

Out goes PFI, leaving us with a £200bn headache

By Michael Burton | 30 October 2018

Michael Burton highlights the quiet scrapping of the disgraced Private Finance Initiative as one ...

Dealing with domestic abuse

By Mary Morrissey | 10 October 2018

Tackling persistent domestic violence and abuse through local collaboration is one of the top pri...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Broadland and South Norfolk share new managing director

By Martin Ford | 05 October 2018

Broadland and South Norfolk DCs have named Trevor Holden as their first joint managing director.

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