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DIGITAL

Radical overhaul required to drag us into the 21st century

By Heather Jameson | 17 January 2024

From central government and the NHS, to police, prisons and local government: the ‘state of the s...

DIGITAL

Analogue phone switch-off set to costs London boroughs at least £31 million

By Andrew Vaux | 11 January 2024

An expert has warned of the soaring costs to London boroughs caused by the phasing out of the ana...

FINANCE

Bristol in £25m contract with scandal-hit IT firm

By Paul Marinko | 11 January 2024

Bristol City Council has been revealed to have an IT contract worth £25m with scandal-hit firm Fu...

FINANCE

Fears over digital switchover costs

By Martin Ford | 08 January 2024

Councils face multi-million pound bills as a result of the digital switchover of the telephone sy...

DIGITAL

Alarm sounded on cyber threat to local elections

By Martin Ford | 21 December 2023

Ministers have written to councils to warn of attempted foreign interference in next year’s elect...

ENVIRONMENT

UK councils in distress – What can we learn from 'Down Under'? 

By Ian Owen | 18 December 2023

Recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Australia, Ian Owen describes how councils in the U...

DIGITAL

Future Forum North: Dispelling AI 'doom and gloom'

By Martin Ford | 08 December 2023

A call was made to shift the focus of the artificial intelligence (AI) debate to its potential be...

FINANCE

PwC and Hillingdon leading the way on AI for residents

04 December 2023

Hillingdon's AI-driven citizen contact system, supported by PwC’s unique collaboration with AWS, ...

FINANCE

Council reprimanded after suffering Cyber attack

By Martin Ford | 28 November 2023

Gloucester City Council has pledged lessons will be learnt following a reprimand from a data watc...

CLIMATE CHANGE

English-Welsh council partnership signed in bid for extra funding

By Ellie Ames | 13 November 2023

Two English and two Welsh county councils have signed a partnership agreement.

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Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

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Newcastle City Council

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Ashfield District Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council