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INFRASTRUCTURE

Councils' reserves to set up building firm

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 November 2015

Newcastle City Council is to set up its own trading company as three local authorities in Suffol...

FINANCE

Let's make a fair trade

By Danielle Procter | 10 September 2015

Delivering adult social care services through a trading company is the most effective way to make...

BUSINESS

Authorities set to trim law firm fees

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 September 2015

Local government spending on law firms and barristers has fallen by 10% in the last year, accordi...

BUSINESS

Unions back bin collection switch

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

Liverpool workers have backed plans to transfer bin collection services to a council-owned company.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sunday trading devolution plans unveiled

By Laura Sharman | 05 August 2015

Councils would be given the power to extend Sunday opening hours to boost the local economy by £1...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Essex CC calls for its own LEP

By Dominic Browne | 17 July 2015

Essex CC has called for the creation of its own local enterprise partnership (LEP) covering the c...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Summer Budget: Government will be 'bold' in building Northern Powerhouse

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to ‘put the power into the Northern Powerhouse’ as he annou...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils to be handed Sunday trading hours powers

By Michael Burton | 07 July 2015

Local authorities in England are to be handed powers to change Sunday trading laws in tomorrow’s ...

BUSINESS

The politics of mutuals

By Cllr Colin Noble | 24 June 2015

Craig Dearden-Phillips and Suffolk leader, Cllr Colin Noble, argue the local political hurdles fo...

FINANCE

Commercial trading – the answer to unlocking value

By Karen Knight | 23 June 2015

The focus over the coming years will be both to get better value out of the public sector and to ...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Road Safety & Parking Manager

£55,579 to £57,770, Grade 13

To manage the parking and road safety teams to provide a comprehensive, efficient and effective service within Highways & Transportation. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Finance Manager - Financial Systems and Control

£51,356 - £52,413

Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for systems improvement and strategic impact? Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council