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Pen pushers prove popular

20 April 2007

The use of technology – in particular, the ‘digital pen and paper’ – to drive efficiency savings ...

FINANCE

Status appeals

20 April 2007

More than 3,000 workers at North Lanarkshire Council have lodged appeals against single status up...

FINANCE

Mears to double stake in care homes market

20 April 2007

Bob Holt, chief executive of the Mears Group plans to double the company’s stake in the care home...

Back to square one in job search

20 April 2007

Perth and Kinross Council has been forced to begin the hunt for a new senior director, just 12 mo...

New chief at Breckland

20 April 2007

The director of neighbourhood services at Erewash BC, Trevor Holden, has been appointed to the to...

Dodds named new Highland chief

20 April 2007

Alistair Dodds, the council’s current depute chief executive, will take over from Arthur McCourt ...

Two-way traffic

19 April 2007

What is interesting about the appointment of Sir Michael Lyons to chair the BBC, is his career si...

WHITEHALL

Soap Box

19 April 2007

Public trust in politicians and the institutions of government has never been lower and local gov...

WHITEHALL

Exeter's happy return

19 April 2007

Exeter chief executive, Philip Bostock sees unitary status as part of a long tradition of self-ru...

FINANCE

Finance chief is jailed

19 April 2007

Disgraced council finance chief has been sentenced to three years in prison after admitting steal...