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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ikea-owned firm strikes deal with council to build 'flat-pack' housing

By Martin Ford | 03 October 2019

Bristol City Council has reached an agreement with a Scandinavian firm that will see 200 ‘flat-pa...

ENVIRONMENT

Suez begins €1bn cost cutting

By Martin Ford | 03 October 2019

Waste specialist Suez has announced it will make efficiency savings of €1bn as part of a company ...

ENERGY

Council energy supplier threatened with licence revocation

By Martin Ford | 02 October 2019

Nottingham City Council-owned Robin Hood Energy missed a deadline to pay watchdog Ofgem £9.4m.

FINANCE

Ministry grapples with planning performance

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2019

Ministry mandarins are attempting to work out how to measure councils’ planning performance befor...

FINANCE

North Yorkshire looking at care market to tackle 'rural premium'

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2019

The council is considering intervening in the local care market to tackle soaring costs.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Croydon facing £9m asylum funding shortfall

By Martin Ford | 01 October 2019

Croydon LBC is heading for another financial hit this year as a result of a funding shortfall to ...

PEOPLE

New directors added in Newham restructure

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2019

Newham LBC has unveiled two new additions to its corporate management team.

THIRD SECTOR

Bristol mayor creates UK-first social investment scheme

By Martin Ford | 30 September 2019

Bristol’s mayor is hoping to mobilise the investment power of businesses to tackle the city’s cha...

FINANCE

Care provider to terminate 'unsustainable' contract

By Martin Ford | 27 September 2019

A social enterprise is to hand back an ‘unsustainable’ residential care contract to Bath & North ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Council reaches impasse with care provider over costs

By Martin Ford | 27 September 2019

Isle of Wight Council is at loggerheads with a care provider over mounting costs.

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