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BUSINESS

Who's ready to go commercial in the ICT sector?

By Geoff Connell | 13 September 2017

The IT managers’ society Socitm has been surveying local authorities looking at their approach to...

BUSINESS

Call to simplify councils' procurement processes

By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 September 2017

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on Whitehall to simplify the procurement proces...

BUSINESS

Disappointment for Scottish employers as £10m fund is only for the few

By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 September 2017

Councils hoping the Scottish government’s flexible workforce development fund would boost firms w...

BUSINESS

Fife wins £3.1m after successful legal challenge

By Hiba Mahamadi | 13 September 2017

Fife Council has been awarded £3.1m from insurance group RSA after it won the legal challenge it ...

BUSINESS

Barnsley and Doncaster to walk away from South Yorkshire deal

By Chris Mahony | 12 September 2017

Barnsley and Doncaster MBCs have scuppered the election of a South Yorkshire elected mayor next y...

BUSINESS

Council purchases office park in latest addition to expanding property portfolio

By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 September 2017

Warrington Council has snapped up a business park that is used as office space by more than 6,000...

BUSINESS

Council considers cancelling £350m contract

By Hiba Mahamadi | 11 September 2017

Swindon BC is considering cancelling a £350m contract with developer Muse.

BUSINESS

Arms-length company 'misled' council over tram project, inquiry hears

By Hiba Mahamadi | 08 September 2017

Edinburgh City Council’s former leader has claimed the council was ‘deliberately denied’ access t...

BUSINESS

Council left with £20m bill after legal battle

By Chris Ames | 06 September 2017

Cumbria CC has been landed with a £21m bill after a disastrous dispute with its former highways c...

FINANCE

Decisions, decisions...

By Bob Neill | 06 September 2017

Bob Neill looks at the major procurement choices facing the public sector in the wake of Brexit.