BUSINESS

'Turbo charged' skills levy needed to boost economies

By Mark Conrad | 21 February 2017

Cross-party mayoral candidates this week called for a £5.1bn skills levy on businesses to ‘turbo ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Action plan for Glasgow's growth

By Cllr Frank McAveety | 21 February 2017

Last week the eight councils of the Glasgow City Region launched their joint economic action plan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Gearing up cities for the uncertainty ahead

By Alexandra Jones | 14 February 2017

Local leaders can still help prepare their places for the uncertainty ahead by investing to impro...

WHITEHALL

Whitehall urged to scrap apprenticeship target

By Laura Sharman | 01 February 2017

Whitehall has been urged to scrap its new apprenticeship target for the public sector, a new anal...

FINANCE

Firm foundations

By Jessica Studdert | 01 February 2017

Jessica Studdert breaks down the Government’s recent Building our Industrial Strategy green paper...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Earning from learning

By John Readman | 10 January 2017

As Bristol City Council ends its second successful year as the UK’s first UNESCO Learning City, J...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Mind the skills gap

By Garry Phillips | 14 December 2016

Garry Phillips says it is time to build the partnership between councils, education and local emp...

DEVOLUTION

Dugdale: Reverse attack on local democracy

By Sam Clayden | 07 December 2016

The Scottish Labour leader has outlined radical plans to reshape the UK into a federal state and ...

BUSINESS

Future Forum North: Consultant's call to shorten recruitment process

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2016

Local government may need to refine its lengthy recruitment process to attract the highest calibr...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Skills are the missing link

By Alexandra Jones | 29 November 2016

Alexandra Jones argues that the Government is missing a key piece of the puzzle in its drive to a...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

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Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

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Ashfield District Council

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