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FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Leadership strategy is key to progress

By Heather Jameson | 26 April 2013

'There is no normal,' Penna chief executive Julie Towers (pictured) told The MJ Future Forum. If ...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: The shape of the next Spending Review

By Michael Burton | 26 April 2013

The MJ Future Forum discussed the shape of the next Spending Review and the impact on local gover...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Housing investment 'a must'

By Michael Burton | 26 April 2013

MORE investment in housing will generate jobs and kickstart the economy, a workshop heard at The ...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Facing up to demand

By Michael Burton | 26 April 2013

As councils, in preparing for another difficult Spending Review, grapple with how to cut services...

FINANCE

FUTURE FORUM 2013: Dispelling the relationship myths

By Heather Jameson | 26 April 2013

John Swinney, business development director of Carillion, told delegates at the Future Forum that...

FINANCE

Unions to consider 1% pay offer to council staff

By Jonathan Werran | 25 April 2013

Town hall bosses have offered to prevent the local government pay freeze extending into a fourth ...

FINANCE

28,000 town hall workers paid below minimum wage, union claims

By Jonathan Werran | 25 April 2013

Unison’s first annual Town Hall Poor List shows the lowest paid town hall staff earn 1p less than...

HEALTH

Three quarters of care homes meeting standards

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 April 2013

According to an independent report, more than three quarters of care homes are complying with qua...

Record credentials

24 April 2013

As many of you will no doubt be aware, 20 April was Record Store Day across the world and once ag...

Comrades for the cull

24 April 2013

You might think that procuring public services in the UK can be a headache-inducing process.