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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sector split emerges over business rates

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2015

Council leaders are divided over George Osborne’s flagship policy to devolve business rates – as ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Business leaders want councils to have more powers

By MJ reporter | 17 November 2015

Business owners have backed plans to give councils more powers, despite many of them saying they ...

BUSINESS

Atkins boss calls for CAs to work in partnerships

17 November 2015

The UK boss of international engineering firm Atkins has called on combined authorities to work t...

BUSINESS

Lord Porter calls for 80/20 split of business rate to be reversed

16 November 2015

Local Government Association chairman, Lord Porter, has dismissed district council claims that th...

BUSINESS

Authorities' outsourcing deals 'treble since May'

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 November 2015

The value of local government outsourcing contracts being signed has trebled since the General El...

BUSINESS

Edinburgh plans to build 8,000 affordable homes

10 November 2015

Edinburgh City Council is set to build 8,000 homes over the next decade in a bid to tackle a lack...

BUSINESS

Enterprise zone numbers set to increase

By Sam Clayden | 10 November 2015

The Government is to announce the increase in the number of enterprise zones from 24 to around 40...

BUSINESS

Businesses should decide how much they pay in business rates

By Sam Clayden | 06 November 2015

Council leaders have insisted businesses should be able to decide how much they pay in business r...

FINANCE

UK devolution branded 'incoherent' in scathing report

By Thomas Bridge | 05 November 2015

Economists have demanded a radical rethink of devolution, in a report calling for Whitehall to be...

BUSINESS

The sector needs to lobby hard to protect its business rate

By Michael Burton | 03 November 2015

Michael Burton explains why councils need to keep up the fight on business rates or face up to a ...

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Public Health

£123,000 - £139,000 plus up to £10,000 relocation expenses

Your opportunity to make a huge impact. Apply for this job

Brighton & Hove City Council

Service Director Children’s Quality & Improvement

c.£110,000

Innovation. Community. Impact. Apply for this job

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director of Communications

£80,216 - £89,556 + relocation support

The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Apply for this job

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