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Adopting the Living Wage 06/12/2013 Dave Prentis discusses why local government should be adopting the Living Wage.
A fair representation? 06/10/2010 Recent media coverage has portrayed certain trade unions in a poor light – a disingenuous charge, says Dave Prentis.
Why farming out our services has a price 25/04/2007 The Local Government Bill, with its emphasis on more competition, could leave councils just as commissioning bodies if shared services contracts become the norm, warns Unison leader, Dave Prentis.

Analysis

10 ways councils are making budgets go further

Discover 10 ways councils are stretching budgets further, from digital transformation and energy efficiency to community partnerships and data-driven decision-making.

Opinion

The Move to Digital Networks: Preparing local authorities for a connected future

Professor Sultan Mahmud, Director of Health and Communities at BT, urges councils to act now to prepare for the UK’s digital network switch-off.

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New Products

Vent-Axia Delivers Social Housing a Smart Ventilation Solution Ahead of Awaab’s Law

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UK-first tool developed by Bluesky scores areas green credentials to aid urban planners

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Case Studies

Acrospire Delivers Retrofit Lighting for Newbridge’s Joe Calzaghe Footbridge

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Spennymoor Market Place and Consett Middle Street revitalised using Thorn Lighting’s Thor Lanterns and Customisable Gobo Projectors

Acrospire Partners with Bath & North East Somerset Council to Illuminate Historic Film Location with LED Upgrade

Believ to install 22 charge points across Redcar and Cleveland

Acrospire Enhances Harlington Underpass with Energy-Saving Vandal-Resistant Lighting

Croydon Council selects integrated corporate GIS to improve efficiencies

Company Anouncements

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Yorkshire schools SuDS partnership boosts flood resilience

Airtech Helps Landlords Comply with Awaab’s Law

Cloudhouse offers housing associations risk-free route to IT modernisation

Adaptations teams’ opportunity to optimise value

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Ebbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Ebbsfleet, Kent

Recuriter: Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Planning Support Officer

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council

Up to £34359 per annum

Keep our planning service running smoothly, supporting the team that shapes the future of our borough.As a Planning Support Officer, you'll play a vit England, London, City of London

Recuriter: The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council