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.
Money Matters
28/09/2011 Standing in a sweet shop, listening to a conversation between a group of children, I was reminded of other conversations taking place across our sector…. |
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Money Matters
01/06/2011 In a week where Iceland once again exploded on to our screens, we are warned that in late autumn this year, like a prediction from the 16th century apothecary Nostradamus, Armageddon could be upon local authorities – in the same year that Nostradamus |
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Money Matters
20/04/2011 English authorities are planning to use reserves on a scale not seen in almost a decade, with more than 30 authorities across the land expecting to reduce their reserves by more than one-third. |
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Money Matters
16/03/2011 In 1906, case law established that the ‘treasurer’ was not merely a servant of a local authority, but held a fiduciary responsibility to all local taxpayers, a historic legal basis established more than a century ago. |
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A step change into the commercial world
26/07/2010 Nathan Elvery explains how his authority has set up a trading company in the social heathcare market. |
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Money Matters
01/07/2010 Every night before I rest my head See those dollar bills go swirling round my bed... |
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Money Matters
07/02/2010 I close my eyes and hear the crash of the waves as they break against our sands in their relentless pursuit to capture the beach. |
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Money Matters
11/11/2008 As we begin to see the impact of the economic downturn through increased cost pressures on key services, perhaps the proverbial stuff really is about to hit the oscillating air device. |
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Of mutual benefit
07/05/2008 While Brent LBC may have fallen foul of procurement laws when it joined the London Authorities Mutual Ltd, other councils do have the right to join, as Nathan Elvery explains |
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Money Matters
13/02/2008 Across the land, last preparations have been made and final stories read as our budgets are put to bed... |
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Money matters
27/06/2007 Every finance director has a statutory responsibility to lead and manage an effective and responsive financial service, explains Nathan Elvery, director of finance and resources at Croydon LBC |
