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COMMUNICATIONS

Do you need a comms plan, or a plan for your comms team?

By Louise Neilan | 09 June 2025

Encouraging your communications teams to sign up for LGComms Academy 2025 in Bristol will show them you understand the value they bring, says Louise Neilan.

PLANNING

Infrastructure delivery key in new towns programme, professor warns

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2025

Delivering infrastructure will be the key challenge for the Government’s new towns programme, a p...

ENGAGEMENT

MHCLG reshuffle after engagement improvements

By Dan Peters | 03 April 2025

Engagement between the UK Government and councils has generally improved since Labour’s General E...

COMMUNICATIONS

Why first impressions count at the count

By Richard Baker | 12 March 2025

Mark Rogers and Richard Baker share lessons learned from a public affairs campaign that encourage...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Lending support in troubling times

By Pam Smith | 11 December 2024

In the aftermath of a tragic explosion and fire in the Elswick area of Newcastle earlier this yea...

COMMUNICATIONS

Hold the front page!

By Colin Ansell | 11 December 2024

Colin Ansell sets out how a bid to grab front page billing in The MJ played a part in inspiring S...

COMMUNICATIONS

Waging war on lies

By Richard Stokoe | 20 August 2024

Tackling disinformation needs effort by the public sector, and for councils this means working in...

COMMUNICATIONS

Tewkesbury consultation extended

By Mark Conrad | 09 July 2024

Tewkesbury BC has extended a consultation on its planned name change to North Gloucestershire BC,...

COMMUNICATIONS

Rising to the crisis management challenge

By Mark Fletcher-Brown | 02 July 2024

The way to survive crises within your council is to expect and plan for them, says Mark Fletcher-...

COMMUNICATIONS

Creating compelling conversations

By Felicity Wingrove | 11 June 2024

Felicity Wingrove shares how being deliberate, reliable and authentic in communications can galva...

COMMUNICATIONS

Spinning when winning

07 May 2024

Diary hears a number of councils have been approached by a business offering a ‘reputation manage...

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Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

£123,983 - £138,786 per annum (37 hours per week)

Blackpool is Changing for the Better, Can You Lead Delivery of the Next Chapter? Apply for this job

Blackpool Coastal Housing

Chief Executive (Head of Paid service)

£172,307

North Tyneside Council is committed to delivering outstanding services to people and places across the borough. Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Public Protection and Integrated Enforcement

£Competitive

Tower Hamlets is the fastest growing and most densely populated local authority in the UK. Apply for this job

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive Officer - Housing Delivery Shared Service

£123,983 - £138,786 per annum (37 hours per week)

Blackpool is Changing for the Better, Can You Lead Delivery of the Next Chapter? Apply for this job

Blackpool Coastal Housing

Chief Executive (Head of Paid service)

£172,307

North Tyneside Council is committed to delivering outstanding services to people and places across the borough. Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Public Protection and Integrated Enforcement

£Competitive

Tower Hamlets is the fastest growing and most densely populated local authority in the UK. Apply for this job

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council