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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government to overhaul council procurement rules
By Martin Ford | 15 December 2020
New powers to take social and environmental factors into account when awarding contracts have bee...
WHITEHALL
PSAA to consider 'whopping' 120% audit fee hike
By Dan Peters | 14 December 2020
The body responsible for overseeing audit fees is poised to assess requests for a number of signi...
BUSINESS
Big banks call for localised approach to recovery
By Michael Burton | 08 December 2020
There should be no ‘one-size fits all’ approach to recovery says a banking group study involving ...
PAY
Sandwell's outsourced refuse workers secure back pay deal
By Laura Sharman | 07 December 2020
Refuse workers in Sandwell are set to receive substantial back pay following intervention by trad...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Digitising Walsall MBC's core business systems
By Deborah Hindson | 02 December 2020
Deborah Hindson explains how, with ‘continued hard work, creativity and resilience’, Walsall MBC ...
BUSINESS
Tier three communities in north and Midlands 'stretched to breaking point'
By William Eichler | 30 November 2020
Tier three communities in the north and Midlands will be ‘stretched to breaking point’ once the g...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
How Enterprise Ireland is supporting UK innovation
By Laura Brocklebank | 23 November 2020
Ireland’s innovation agency, Enterprise Ireland, is a trusted strategic partner for UK councils, ...
BUSINESS
Auditors probe gagging orders
By Dan Peters | 23 November 2020
Auditors have delayed signing off Thanet DC’s 2019/20 accounts while they investigate the council...
BUSINESS
Gateshead to regain control of housing stock
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2020
Senior Gateshead MBC councillors have agreed to bring back housing stock under the council’s cont...
WHITEHALL
Leisure centre collapse warning
By Dan Peters | 20 November 2020
Under-pressure leisure centres will go under without further rescue funding on top of the £100m a...
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