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BUSINESS

MPs: Government not willing to innovate on high streets problem

By Hiba Mahamadi | 07 May 2019

The Government is not willing to make the changes necessary to help businesses revitalise high st...

FINANCE

Aberdeen breached procurement laws, audit finds

By Martin Ford | 03 May 2019

A city council breached procurement laws and may have spent public money on contracts without pro...

HEALTH

Call for greater focus on culture change in integration drive

By Dan Peters | 30 April 2019

Huge cultural and behavioural differences between health and care need more consideration, consul...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Four Seasons Health Care slides into administration

By Martin Ford | 30 April 2019

Funding has been found to prop up more than 300 care homes as Four Seasons Health Care enters adm...

WHITEHALL

Fresh push on apprenticeship levy reforms

By Dan Peters | 30 April 2019

A broad coalition to push for more flexibility in the apprenticeship levy could be formed to mark...

BUSINESS

'Dumb money' rejection as shopping centre purchases continue

By James Wilmore | 29 April 2019

Councils have rejected the idea that local authority investment in shopping centres is ‘dumb mone...

BUSINESS

Report urges levy on Northern Powerhouse firms

By Martin Ford | 26 April 2019

The councils that make up the Northern Powerhouse should be allowed to levy additional business r...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Celebrations as Balfour Beatty takes on £26m project

By Martin Ford | 26 April 2019

Balfour Beatty’s appointment to overhaul Union Terrace Gardens has been described as a ‘moment of...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Galliford Try wins Meridian Water contract

By Martin Ford | 25 April 2019

Galliford Try Partnerships has fended off competition to win the first contract for Enfield LBC’s...

BUSINESS

Anchors away

By David Godrey | 24 April 2019

David Godfrey explains the symbiotic link between prosperous communities and productive places, a...