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HEALTH
Is leisure now a liability or an opportunity to support healthier communities?
17 January 2024
The three key challenges being faced by council leisure services can be addressed positively to p...
HEALTH
Hounslow's LATCO model for leisure focuses firmly on community needs
By Rowland Omamor | 02 January 2024
The LATCO model is a third way to manage leisure services and bring together a commercial head an...
LEISURE
Districts 'think global, act local'
By Kathy O’Leary | 11 December 2023
Stroud's action plan for carbon neutrality includes continuing to put its own house in order but ...
LEISURE
Can outsourced leisure centres benefit from the VAT ruling?
By Scott Dorling | 28 November 2023
HMRC has revised its treatment of VAT on in house leisure services. Scott Dorling and Julian Jarr...
CLIMATE CHANGE
Creative solution are emerging to enable the leisure sector to thrive
By William Benson | 17 November 2023
The financial difficulties of the last few years have led many leisure centres to the edge of clo...
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.
FINANCE
Public services in 'dire state'
By Ellie Ames | 31 October 2023
No public services are performing better than before the pandemic and satisfaction with councils ...
WHITEHALL
Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax
By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023
Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.
LEISURE
Taking on leisure's crisis
By Shaun Dawson | 16 October 2023
Shaun Dawson shares what he and his teams have learned from the challenge of launching the £30m L...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
There is still time to act on climate change
By Ian Fytche | 27 September 2023
The Prime Minister may have rowed back on key net zero policies. But Ian Fytche says that with le...
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Chief Executive
£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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