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FINANCE

Using data to improve supplier payment efficiency

By Linda Weston - Head of Commercial Cards, Lloyds | 17 June 2026

Optima, Lloyds’ supplier payment data analysis tool, brings together deep payments expertise and ...

LEADERSHIP

Broadening the talent pool

By Roger Russell | 10 June 2026

Roger Russell says it is time to start seriously think about improving the process of bringing pr...

LATCOS

LATCo is the answer for merging services – and for disaggregation

By Justin Galliford | 10 June 2026

Norse Group’s Justin Galliford explains how a trading company offers the flexibility to merge ser...

RECRUITMENT

Governing through uncertainty – what happens next?

By Tim Farr | 04 June 2026

In an era of permanent uncertainty, Tim Farr assesses the challenges many local authorities, chie...

NET ZERO

If not 'net zero', what's the goal?

By Eamon Grimes | 04 June 2026

The energy transition is not being held back by ambition, but by systemic constraint writes Eamon...

WASTE

LGR: Waste and recycling

By Andy Gore | 04 June 2026

Reorganisation offers an unprecedented opportunity for transformation of waste and recycling serv...

PERFORMANCE

The little button quietly saving UK councils from a thousand complaint emails

28 May 2026

On a Wednesday morning in February, a mother somewhere in the north of England sat down to apply ...

RECRUITMENT

The changing face of local government

By Rachael Morris | 28 May 2026

Rachael Morris discusses why political change is becoming a workforce risk and has an impact on p...

Reach more residents – let them 'invest in those who are investing in them'

By Karl Harder | 28 May 2026

Municipal investment can help drive even deeper engagement with residents than traditional method...

RECRUITMENT

After the ballots

By Liam Young | 21 May 2026

As the after effects of the recent elections continue to be felt, Liam Young assesses what local ...