Local government leads way on SME procurement spend
BUSINESS

Local government leads way on SME procurement spend

By Emily Twinch | 12 May 2025

Councils are bucking the trend with spending on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), figures from the British Chambers of Commerce have revealed.

LEGAL

LGR: Key considerations for monitoring officers

By Tiffany Cloynes | 01 May 2025

Tiffany Cloynes, Rebecca Gilbert and Megan Tam look at how local authorities and monitoring offic...

REORGANISATION

Delivering innovative services and reorganisation

By Paul Marinko | 30 April 2025

In an epoch-defining moment for local government, will reorganisation turbo charge innovation or ...

AI

Time to reform the procurement of AI in local government

By Mavis Machirori | 09 April 2025

A national taskforce can fix local government procurement of AI, says Mavis Machirori.

PROCUREMENT

Embracing the opportunities to improve social value delivery

By Mark Cook | 28 February 2025

There is new guidance to enable social value delivery, but could the new National Procurement Pol...

FINANCE

Having your cake and eating it

By Michael Burton | 18 February 2025

As ministers struggle to find capital from the cash-strapped public finances to deliver infrastru...

PROCUREMENT

Procurement targeted in bid for growth

By Martin Ford | 14 February 2025

An overhaul of procurement processes has been announced by the Government in a bid to revitalise ...

PLACE-MAKING

Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy

By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025

Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...

PROCUREMENT

Unlocking efficiency: How eOptimise benefits buyers and suppliers

By Linda Weston | 16 January 2025

Linda Weston looks at how an innovative Commercial Cards solution is bringing efficiencies for bo...

PFI

Five factors for success in dealing with PFI expiry

By Caroline Mostowfi | 17 December 2024

A report shows many London boroughs are not yet prepared for the expiry of their private finance ...

PROCUREMENT

Much for us to learn from Celtic community wealth building

By Sarah Evans | 25 November 2024

A community wealth building event looking at how the model is being used in the Celtic nations hi...

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Norfolk County Council

Executive Director of Children’s Services

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Hartlepool is a vibrant and energetic town with growing prospects. Apply for this job

Hartlepool Borough Council

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