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CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
Sharpening the commercial edge
By Jonathan Werran | 16 June 2021
The case for well-managed council commercial activity is one that needs to be defended if we want...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Is Black Lives Matter making a difference?
By Julie Towers | 08 June 2021
Managing director of Penna Julie Towers reflects on the rightful and renewed focus on diversity a...
FINANCE
The Times They Are a-Changin'
By Tony Kirkham | 02 June 2021
Section 151 officers are all still trying to work out what scarring there will be to finances as ...
FINANCE
Council tax collection deficit hits £500m
By Martin Ford | 27 May 2021
Councils will need ‘additional help from taxpayers’ to balance their books, the Chartered Institu...
FINANCE
Consider the risks of terminating COVID support prematurely
By Rob Whiteman | 05 May 2021
Currently additional COVID support beyond June is in doubt. 'The uncertainty this poses for counc...
COUNCIL TAX
The funding puzzle stays unsolved
By Rob Whiteman | 24 March 2021
CIPFA's council tax data revealed the average council tax bills for band D properties in two regi...
FINANCE
Reining in the risks?
By Dan Peters | 23 March 2021
South Somerset DC takes an entrepreneurial approach that it says has turned it into a council tha...
WHITEHALL
Future Forum North: 'Business rates will be like Tudor beard tax'
By Dan Peters | 17 March 2021
A senior finance director has said ‘anachronistic’ business rates are ‘going in the direction of ...
FINANCE
A fresh look at the future of finance
By Philippa Watkins | 17 March 2021
Associate director, local government, at CIPFA-Penna Philippa Watkins shares the lessons learned ...
FINANCE
Plea for commitment to finance reform
By Martin Ford | 16 March 2021
Local government has asked for short-term certainty and long-term reform of funding for the sector.
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Chief Legal & Governance Officer
£143,918 - £152,446 per annum
The West Midlands Combined Authority is entering one of the most significant periods of change in its development. Apply for this job
Corporate Director - Planning
£97,966 - £126,181
Do you share our ambition for Dorset? Apply for this job
Head of HR Business Partnering
£69,083 - £75,442 per annum
Reporting to the Assistant Director – HR, Corporate Projects and IT, this role provides strategic leadership and management Apply for this job
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