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Good Contract Management: The Foundation for Economic Growth and Value
PROCUREMENT

Good Contract Management: The Foundation for Economic Growth and Value

By Rekha Thawrani | 04 December 2025

Good contract management is fundamental to place-shaping, enabling local authorities to deliver the infrastructure and improvements that communities need, writes Rekha Thawrani

COMMUNITIES

Shared power, shared Pride

By Helen Power | 17 November 2025

If the Government’s Pride in Place funding model can be operationalised in a way that kickstarts ...

REORGANISATION

Five keys to making reorganisation work

By Ian Fytche | 22 October 2025

Ian Fytche makes the case for framing a proposal for reorganisation based on five principles of h...

REORGANISATION

Our residents want us to get the basics right

By Sheila Oxtoby | 09 October 2025

Reorganisation proposals have gone in to the MHCLG, but residents want a focus on basic service d...

PLACE-MAKING

Engage, design, deliver: how collaboration can boost a community's prospects

By Ross Aitchison | 02 September 2025

With a collectively minded approach to engagement and design, aspirational place policies can del...

PLACE-MAKING

Cities that measure what's easy will miss what's essential

By Nick Kemp | 28 July 2025

Cllr Nick Kemp explains how a city-level environmental, social and governance framework for Newca...

PLACE-MAKING

Place is dead, long live Place!

By Stephen Moir | 30 June 2025

It’s time to embrace the opportunity of reform to really put place to the forefront of all that w...

INVESTMENT

Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment

By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025

Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...

PLACE-MAKING

Planning for places

By Rob Thomas | 17 June 2025

As delegates gather this week at the Welsh Local Government Association Conference, Rob Thomas en...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

A second wind for Total Place?

By Dan Corry | 11 June 2025

To crack the triple challenge of public service reform, it’s vital to start with place, says Dan ...

COMMUNITIES

How ageism shapes the design of our communities

By Natalie Turner | 24 February 2025

Natalie Turner explains how ageism can impact how older people engage with their local community ...

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