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BUSINESS

Advising partners

06 April 2011

Law firm, Bevan Brittan, has advised the South West Devon Waste Partnership on a £230m energy-fro...

BUSINESS

Let's take the lead

06 April 2011

Harrow LBC recently held a conference for 130 housing professionals, who wanted to find out more ...

FINANCE

Business rate move is 'ultimate in localism'

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2011

Plans to re-localise the business rates have been described as the ‘ultimate expression of locali...

TV hero swings into action to save scouts

05 April 2011

TV action hero, Bear Grylls, has set his sights on local government, after the Scout Association ...

WHITEHALL

Former spending chief doubts quango savings

By Mark Conrad | 05 April 2011

Sir John Bourn has questioned government claims that Whitehall’s ‘bonfire of the quangos’ would d...

WHITEHALL

Ringing in the changes

05 April 2011

The whole of local government is considering its future, in light of the cuts, and SOLACE is no e...

WHITEHALL

Re-engineering the future

05 April 2011

Council leaders are being urged by the CBI to go beyond shared services and introduce more radica...

WHITEHALL

Finding your perfect partner

05 April 2011

Finding the right partner, without spending huge sums on procurement, was essential for her borou...

WHITEHALL

Audit savings '£10m'

05 April 2011

Scrapping the Audit Commission is more likely to save £10m than the £50m predicted by the communi...

WHITEHALL

Exclusive: Clark says quality will govern public service provision, not just cost

05 April 2011

Decentralisation minister Greg Clark has dismissed fears the Localism Bill and forthcoming public...