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Innovation wins awards

08 May 2009

Top awards were announced at last week’s PPMA conference for innovation in HR services.

Schools expert streamlines curriculum

08 May 2009

Education expert, Sir Jim Rose, has proposed a new primary curriculum in his government-ordered r...

Dame Denise prioritises best practice in new role

08 May 2009

A former head of the Commission for Social Care Inspection is the new champion of best practice i...

BUSINESS

Sector helps private firms thrive in slump

08 May 2009

Reliance on public sector contracts has helped spare major City-listed firms from the worst of th...

BUSINESS

Service delivery

08 May 2009

TNS Research International Ltd has won a £5m five-year contract to deliver data collection on soc...

BUSINESS

Deal serves up a winner

08 May 2009

Kent CC has signed a £5.4m two-year contract extension with Compass Group UK and Chartwells, to s...

FINANCE

Money Matters

08 May 2009

There are a number of key concerns facing us all across the country.

BUSINESS

Fall in tax income as firms dump property

08 May 2009

Businesses have reduced their property holdings significantly over the past six months, and warne...

WHITEHALL

Nobel gesture

08 May 2009

A Nobel prize-winner is to advise public sector finance chiefs on ways out of the current downturn.

FINANCE

Budget boost for affordable social housing

08 May 2009

Treasury ministers have removed a ‘major obstacle’ to the provision of affordable social housing ...