Best practice - Page 179

By Martin Pilkington | 17 January 2012

Martin Pilkington gives some advice to councils considering externalising services or seeking a p...

FINANCE

The conscious issue of council overheads

By Mike Suarez | 17 January 2012

Mike Suarez looks at how council overheads and service level agreements have become conscious iss...

FINANCE

How academies will affect councils

By John Nash | 13 January 2012

Children's services director John Nash takes a critical look at the academies programme and its i...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Housing strategy is full of cracks

By Nick Raynsford | 13 January 2012

The Government's approach to housing is crumbling, claims Nick Raynsford.

BUSINESS

Changes, challenge and influence

By Julie Towers | 05 January 2012

Julie Towers explains the findings of Penna's research into the Mindset of the HR Director.

WHITEHALL

Osborne's Mr Micawber act

By Jonathan Werran | 15 December 2011

Revised growth forecasts, regional public sector pay and budget details mask fact chancellor need...

WHITEHALL

Filing reform into the waste paper basket

By Jonathan Werran | 15 December 2011

Open public services white paper is consigned to Whitehall's dustbin. Rip it up and start again ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Leaving from the front

By Heather Jameson | 14 December 2011

Heather Jameson meets chief executive, Moira Gibb, as she retires after a glittering career in lo...

ENVIRONMENT

Central lines

By Paul Swinney | 14 December 2011

Unlocking the economic potential of mid-sized cities would allow them to make a far greater contr...

BUSINESS

How to find foster carers

By Lorraine Butcher | 14 December 2011

Cheshire East Council is bucking the trend with a dynamic and creative approach to recruiting gua...

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