BUSINESS

Mouchel bucks blues with 20% profit rise

15 October 2008

As the credit crunch bites across local government, business services group, Mouchel, has reporte...

BUSINESS

West Sussex goes drillling for oil to beat energy hike

10 October 2008

Steep rises in the price of oil have brought a local authority centre stage in a £12bn exploratio...

BUSINESS

Energy payout 'is insufficient'

10 October 2008

Cash payments by energy companies to communities to enable wind farm developments are a mere frac...

BUSINESS

Mayor Boris brings in the big guns to help him run London

10 October 2008

One of the world’s top advertising executives has been drafted in to advise the London mayor on s...

BUSINESS

Parking scheme gets go ahead

02 October 2008

BUSINESS

Aberdeen bail-out for conference centre

01 October 2008

Aberdeen City Council is planning to bail out the city’s conference centre, despite its own finan...

BUSINESS

Gatwick owner under pressure

01 October 2008

The airport group led by Manchester City Council has stepped up pressure on the Spanish owner of ...

BUSINESS

Councils try business support programme

01 October 2008

Seven local authorities have been chosen to try out a new government business support programme w...

BUSINESS

Dragon's Den-style pitches for cash

26 September 2008

HEALTH

Council joins scramble for top Lehman staff

26 September 2008

Councils are stepping in to grab the best talent as it comes available from firms going under in ...