AI and the Pothole Crisis: Learning from 'Down Under’
04/02/2025 Leo Hanna, executive vice president UK at TechnologyOne, looks at what the UK can learn from Australia when it comes to using AI to identify potholes. |
Who’s leading the way on waste reduction and food climate action?
30/01/2025 Annie Pickering, operations director at Climate Emergency UK, looks at which councils are leading the way when it comes to helping residents reduce waste. |
Regeneration: Reviving our town centres
21/01/2025 Rowenna Davis, associate partner at Global Future Foundation, sets out 12 principles for reviving our town centres. |
National Pothole Day: Time to focus on permanent repairs
14/01/2025 Mike Hansford, chief executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), says it’s time to focus on permanent pothole repairs. |
The Temporary Accommodation Crisis: A call for urgent solutions
08/01/2025 Nathalie Meunier, sales director at offsite manufacturer Premier Modular, argues modular construction offers a solution to the temporary accommodation crisis. |
Devolution revolution: Practical next steps for local authorities
20/12/2024 After a flurry of announcements affecting local government in the build-up to Christmas, councils must ensure they’re ready to get ahead of the curve in the New Year. Laura Hughes, partner at Browne Jacobson, offers some advice on this front. |
Local government spends £3.4bn with 39 ‘strategic suppliers’
18/12/2024 Public procurement experts Tussell find that local government spending with the Government’s ‘strategic suppliers’ has remained flat for five years. |
What councils would like for Christmas
17/12/2024 Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the LGIU, reflects on the English Devolution White Paper and considers what councils will be asking for this Christmas. |
Unlocking the benefits of low carbon leisure centres
03/12/2024 Steve Wilkinson, director of energy performance contracts at Cenergist, explores how councils can navigate decarbonisation strategies for leisure centres. |
Three components to a successful tech strategy in 2025
25/11/2024 Stephen Earl, director at Cloudhouse, discusses the three main components to a successful local government-wide tech strategy in 2025. |
Rethinking school communications ahead of the PSTN switch-off
06/11/2024 Cardiff Council takes PSTN switch-off as opportunity to rethink school communications, writes Dan York, Local Government Sector Lead, Avaya UK&I. |
Autumn Budget: Inadequate council funding hits the Government too
22/10/2024 Jeremy Newmark, finance spokesperson for District Councils’ Network (DCN), argues that properly funded councils are essential to ministers hitting their goals. |
Recycling Week: New government, new direction?
14/10/2024 Lee Marshall, Director of Innovation and Technical Services at CIWM, considers what the new Government means for the waste and recycling sector. |
Why social care isn’t just a discharge service
10/10/2024 Sean Harriss, Senior Advisor at PPL, talks about how viewing social care as a ‘hospital discharge service’ means the value of social care isn’t realised. |
Making digital poverty history
08/10/2024 Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of Digital Poverty Alliance, discusses the role of local government when it comes to tackling digital poverty. |
The risks of waiting for the new Procurement Act
04/10/2024 Kay Sugg of Exponential-e cautions against delaying significant tenders until the new Procurement Act comes into effect. |
Preparing your authority for a citizens’ assembly
01/10/2024 Graham Smith, professor of politics at the University of Westminster, looks at how citizens’ assemblies should work with local authorities. |
A new outlook for strategic planning
26/09/2024 Mike Best at Turley looks at the future of strategic planning under a Labour Government. |
Addressing the temporary housing crisis
23/09/2024 Leo Stevens and Jonathan Jarvis Partners at Devonshires discuss street acquisitions and optimising the process. |
The challenges of local government reorganisation
16/09/2024 Guy Clifton, director, Local Government Value for Money, Grant Thornton UK LLP looks at reorganisation lessons from recently established unitary councils. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
