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BUSINESS

Rok feels the pinch

18 November 2008

Maintenance and building services group Rok lost half its value when it issued a profit warning o...

WHITEHALL

Direct policing 'won't work'

18 November 2008

Plans for directly-elected policing representatives will undermine partnership working between th...

WHITEHALL

Nine councils get £30m to slim down

18 November 2008

Nine councils are to get £30m to get people to exercise and eat healthily. The health secretary A...

WHITEHALL

Small council wins a big legal victory

18 November 2008

A tiny district council has won a massive legal battle over an anti social behaviour order.

Ex- GLC Director General dies, 81

14 November 2008

WHITEHALL

'Innovate or die' says Kent chief executive

14 November 2008

Councils must ‘innovate or die’, the chief executive of one of the country’s largest local author...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Latest figures show

14 November 2008

Council recycling rates have rocketed and look set to hit a key national target, according to new...

BUSINESS

Ministers consider easing waste rules

14 November 2008

Ministers are considering plans to allow councils to store recycling waste in former military bas...

BUSINESS

Library deal

14 November 2008

Birmingham City Council has named construction firm Carillion as the main contractor for its £193...

BUSINESS

Councils fight slump

13 November 2008

Businesses in East Sussex are receiving free recession-busting advice from council officers, as p...