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FINANCE

Down to business

10 August 2011

omes will answer, or give some strong indication thereof. Officers need clarity on how much of t...

BUSINESS

Switched-on to firm

09 August 2011

Balfour Beatty has agreed a 25-year, £230m public-private partnership for streetlighting with Nor...

BUSINESS

Partners celebrate

09 August 2011

South Derbyshire DC has been celebrating the success of the first year of its pioneering partners...

BUSINESS

Free to start work

09 August 2011

The support service and construction group, Interserve, has begun work on the £1.6m refurbishment...

BUSINESS

Future looks bright

09 August 2011

Three schools within Southwark LBC have been given the go ahead for major works as part of a £200...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Morgan Sindall blames public sector cuts for profits slide

09 August 2011

Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall has blamed prolonged government spending cuts ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils urged to secure institutional investment to build new homes

By Laura Sharman | 09 August 2011

Local authorities should accept private rented housing rather than affordable housing as part of ...

HEALTH

Local authority fights to keep 92-year old in care home

By Jonathan Werran | 09 August 2011

A local authority is fighting a legal battle to keep a 92-year old man suffering from dementia in...

Essex districts 'positive' on sharing

By Luke Barras-Hill | 08 August 2011

Braintree and Colchester councils have held 'positive' discussions on sharing a chief executive ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

NVCO highlights more pain for the charity sector

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2011

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations claims nearly half of councils are making ‘dispr...