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REORGANISATION

Navigating procurement complexity during reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 11 November 2025

Crucial to making a success of local government reorganisation is the management of myriad contract arrangements among the authorities involved. Martin Ford reports.

WORKFORCE

Capacity may be the unexpected upside of reorganisation

29 January 2025

One potential upside to bringing councils together is the pooling of local government talent to n...

FINANCE

Local government: a case of Budget blues or burdens?

By Paul Marinko | 18 December 2024

With Labour now over the hurdle of its first Budget, local government has plenty to contemplate a...

WASTE

Liverpool proposes to insource waste collections

By Martin Ford | 03 October 2023

Liverpool City Council is to bring its waste collection service in-house in a bid to improve recy...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Is in-house best for innovation

By John Tizard | 11 September 2023

The sector should not fall for the idea that local authority trading companies are more innovativ...

BUSINESS

Embracing innovation is key to LATCOs

By Martin Cresswell | 11 September 2023

Martin Cresswell looks at the factors contributing to the success of Local Authority Trading Com...

FINANCE

Political swing points to partnership working

By Justin Galliford | 16 August 2023

Justin Galliford, Chief Executive Officer of Norse Group, considers the implications of the recen...