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PROCUREMENT

Time for a Duty of Public Value

By Mo Baines | 09 July 2024

An expansive ‘Duty of Public Value', as opposed to Best Value would allow decisions to be made th...

ENVIRONMENT

How we made our most-polluting building greener

29 May 2024

Cllr Rowena Champion explains how Islington LBC put partnership and social value at the heart of ...

HOUSING

Unlocking true social value through partnership

By Paul Bingham | 20 February 2024

Regional Director for Equans UK & Ireland Paul Bingham explains why its partnership with youth ho...

FINANCE

Time for a fightback

By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2024

Political parties think the general public doesn’t care about councils, which is why, electorally...

RECRUITMENT

Moving from social value to community wealth building

By Steve Wilson | 21 November 2023

Steve Wilson looks at how adopting a new community wealth model can provide opportunities to put ...

BUSINESS

Public sector procurement – social value

03 October 2023

A look at how Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is working with local government to build social val...

SOLACE

The problem with Best Value

By Barry Quirk CBE | 18 September 2023

The Government’s new Best Value draft guidance targets the right issues, but in too many areas it...

HOUSING

Effective collaboration can help rising costs

By Ben Cummins | 11 September 2023

Qwest is a joint venture between Equans and Cheshire West & Chester Council that allows an innova...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A great leveller

By Leah Milthorne | 11 September 2023

With round three of the Levelling Up Fund due to launch, a new guide from APSE and CLES is aimed ...

HEALTH

Serving up a food strategy

04 September 2023

Local authorities are increasingly playing a more prominent role in creating healthy, sustainable...

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