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BUSINESS
Strategic suppliers' share of public spending falls
By Martin Ford | 20 September 2019
The dominance of major suppliers to the public sector is being slowly eroded, according to newly-...
BUSINESS
Council launches social impact investment fund
By Dan Peters | 20 September 2019
Councils will be able to invest in secured assets that deliver a competitive market return and so...
BUSINESS
Kier slumps to 'disappointing' £245m loss
By Martin Ford | 19 September 2019
Kier Group has announced losses of £245m following what its chief executive conceded was a ‘diffi...
WHITEHALL
Legal action threatens council income
By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019
North Yorkshire CC could lose annual income of £300,000 from home-to-school transport amid a lega...
FINANCE
Positive results found for axed project
By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019
A University of Oxford report has revealed a since-scrapped Essex CC initiative led to a dramatic...
BUSINESS
Councils spend £1bn on shopping centres
By Mark Conrad | 16 September 2019
Councils have committed more than £1bn between 2106 and 2020 by investing in local shopping centr...
BUSINESS
Capita to pay Real Living Wage from April
By Dan Peters | 13 September 2019
Capita has said it will pay all UK employees a minimum of the Real Living Wage from April, increa...
BUSINESS
Councils plan for Kier exit
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2019
Councils have been making plans after Kier decided to exit the waste industry.
BUSINESS
Council company improves services
By Dan Peters | 11 September 2019
A Cheshire West & Chester Council company has continued to improve services, with all seven areas...
BUSINESS
Quintet named in recruiter's BAME index
By Paul Marinko | 11 September 2019
Five high-flyers in local government have been named in Green Park’s latest BAME (black, Asian an...
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