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A problem shared... 24/06/2014 Shared services are widely considered as a key strategy in generating savings for the UK public sector but there are still some barriers preventing their wider adoption at a local level.

Analysis

Beyond the Leisure Centre: How to make the case for active wellbeing investment

This special report from LocalGov and Alliance Leisure makes the case for repositioning council leisure provision as prevention infrastructure.

Opinion

Local government can't deliver without investing in skills

Local authorities can't deliver the ambitious programmes communities need without properly valuing the people who run them, writes Tessa Neal of APM.

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Fresh asylum homelessness spike warning

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New Products

Safeguarding Children - the AAT Way

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Case Studies

Cornwall’s Coastal Heritage Lighting Upgraded with Acrospire Lanterns

Acrospire Delivers Durable Handrail Lighting Upgrade for Historical Landmark Jacob’s Ladder

Acrospire Delivers Seamless Heritage Lighting Upgrade on Bath’s North Parade Bridge

Acrospire Delivers Retrofit Lighting for Newbridge’s Joe Calzaghe Footbridge

Acrospire Delivers PIR-Controlled Lighting at Ruislip Lido Car Park

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

Company Anouncements

Acrospire promotes LED retrofit for structurally viable lighting assets

Vent-Axia Welcomes the Future Homes Standard as Competency Takes Centre Stage

Apricorn Becomes First and Only Hardware-Encrypted USB Storage Device Manufacturer to Achieve AS9100 Certification

AAT helps Councils step up to address children’s social care

CU Phosco Approved as a Crown Commercial Service Supplier

Acrospire triumphs at the 2025 HEA Awards with Sustainable Project of the Year

TRT Lighting retrofit helps Lincolnshire County Council cut street lighting energy use by over 65%

Trainee Solicitor (CDC)

£28,598 - £31,537

We are seeking a Trainee Solicitor who will join our busy in-house team to continue their legal training. Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Recuriter: City Of Doncaster Council

Social Worker/Senior Social Worker - Children in Care

£39,152 - £47,181 per annum

We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join our dedicated Children in Care Team in Cheltenham. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Recuriter: Gloucestershire County Council

Family Drug and Alcohol Court Social Worker

£39,152- £47,181 per annum

Gloucestershire Children's Service are looking for an FDAC Social Worker to join the Tewkesbury Children and Families team. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Recuriter: Gloucestershire County Council