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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Lesson from the chair
By Thomas Bridge | 12 October 2016
Gavin Jones speaks to Thomas Bridge about the future priorities of SOLACE, his views on new pres...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
SOLACE elects new president
By Thomas Bridge | 06 October 2016
Jo Miller is expected to be named as the new president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Ex...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Chiefs welcome MSP probe into returning officer payments
By Sam Clayden | 05 October 2016
Scottish council chief executives have welcomed a MSP probe into additional payments received by ...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
No Greens comeback
05 October 2016
If nothing else, conference season is a time for juicy gossip.
FINANCE
Second-hand daylight
By Mark Rogers | 05 October 2016
Mark Rogers reflects on his busy three years as SOLACE president and passes on some crucial lesso...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Leadership 'key' to recognising local communities needs
By Thomas Bridge | 05 October 2016
Chief executives must focus on ‘good leadership’ over policy in response to growing ‘digital empo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Solace presidency: The pitches
29 September 2016
How should Solace hold its conferences, how must it collaborate with the LGA and how can members ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
A 21st century public leader
By Deborah Cadman | 17 August 2016
Public service leaders need to embody a wide range of characteristics but the current volatile en...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: DCLG leaves door open for delayed mayoral elections
By Sam Clayden | 17 August 2016
The push to hold a wave of mayoral elections next year may be relaxed as part of a shift in the n...
WHITEHALL
Rate retention to be put under scrutiny
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2016
Business rates retention will come under further scrutiny with a report to be produced by the Nat...
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You’ll provide overall strategic direction and professional leadership to our Legal and Democratic Services team Apply for this job
Director of Digital & IT (CDIO)
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You will establish a clear and ambitious digital strategy, bringing together technology, data, information governance and service transformation Apply for this job
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