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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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Executive Director, Place and Customer
up to £179,404 per annum
Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities.Essex is on the government's Priority Programme for Local Government Ref Apply for this job
Culture and Inclusion Lead
Grade 11 - Starts at £64,650 rising by yearly increments to a maximum of £72,972 per annum
We are seeking a strategic and values-driven Culture & Inclusion Lead Apply for this job
Executive Director of Place
£164,955 - £192,244
We are now seeking a new Executive Director of Inclusive Growth & Place to lead this bold agenda Apply for this job
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