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An overview of news, trends and research in the Local Government industry in the UK:

Agile working can help public sector bodies improve performance Agile ways of working are sweeping the private sector.
03 July 2018
Capita helps local authorities collect millions more in council tax Two local governments in the UK have recouped millions of pounds in council tax, thanks to a digital transformation programme of revenues services and enhanced use of enforcement measures.
02 November 2017
Cork City Council under fire for €35 million external consultant spend Cork City Council spent almost €4.5 million on consultants each year from 2009 to 2016.
30 August 2017
St Albans Council spends £1.2 million on consultants St Albans City and District Council spent £1.2 million on consultants in 2016/17 according to a report to its Cabinet.
31 May 2017
Improving energy efficiency in cities could save billions in energy costs A new study finds that the introduction of €11 billion in energy efficiency efforts across 15 of Spain's largest cities could see consumers save €3.2 billion per year in energy costs.
12 April 2017
Female representation in public services senior leadership on way to parity Gender disparity in leadership roles in the private sector has come under scrutiny in recent years as it became clear that the level of disparity remains relatively stagnant.
31 March 2017
Odense Municipality comissions Ramboll for energy efficiency drive As part of global efforts to reduce carbon emissions, the Danish municipality of Odense is working to become carbon neutral by 2025.
26 January 2017
Southwark Council contracts BDO for internal audit and risk services Southwark London Borough Council, one of London’s largest and most diverse councils, has hired BDO to provide internal audit and risk management services.
16 December 2016
EY appoints Darra Singh as UK Government and Public Sector practice lead EY has appointed Darra Singh as its UK Government and Public Sector practice lead. Singh brings more than 30 years of experience to the role across the public, civil and private sectors.
08 November 2016
Arcadis secures £3 million per annum contract with Wakefield Council The Wakefield Metropolitan District Council has hired Arcadis, as a subcontractor of Engie, to deliver Property and Facilities Management Services.
03 November 2016
Janet Dawson leads Government & Public Sector Assurance practice of EY EY has picked up risk assurance and advisory expert Janet Dawson for PwC, where she spent the past 23 years. In her new role Dawson leads the Government & Public Sector practice.
27 July 2016
Canadian city questions proposal to spend 200.000 on consultant The Canadian city of Saskatoon, as part of its urban renewal and rejuvenation programme, is seeking external consulting advice – even while it says it according to many has the in-house knowhow to ge
25 May 2016
Ecorys wins Award of Excellence for transport work in India International research and consulting firm Ecorys has been granted an Award of Excellence for strategic support it provided to the Government of Bihar in India.
18 May 2016
The Scottish Boarder Council hires CGI for IT transformation The Scottish Boarder Council is, like many councils across the UK, seeking to add digital channels to provide citizens with additional means to manage services and pay bills.
13 April 2016
Ecorys reviews Nottingham Priority Families Programme The Nottingham City Council and community stakeholders have developed a programme to reach out to priority families with the aim of mitigating long term family and social problems.
17 February 2016
Capita to deliver North Yorkshire County Council LMS The North Yorkshire County Council has appointed Capita, following a competitive tender, to deliver a library management system (LMS) to the region’s council operated libraries.
19 January 2016
Capita supports Spelthorne with app for its residents Spelthorne Borough Council has hired Capita to deliver a multi-purpose smartphone app to its residents.
10 December 2015
Oxford City Council hires r360 to boost retail scene The City Council of Oxford (Alabama, US) has hired Birmingham-based r360, a boutique research and consultancy firm, to attract retailers to the city’s retail spaces.
26 November 2015
Havering turns to Capita for social housing solution The London Borough of Havering has hired Capita to help it improve its social housing services to residents.
26 November 2015
Steer Davies Gleave helps Kingston with cycling project Transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave has helped the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames secure £30 million in funding as part of a wider scheme to boost the cycling landscape.
20 November 2015
NYC hires McKinsey to assess Uber impact on traffic To explore the effects that for hire car services, such as Uber, have on the congestion in New York, New York City Hall has hired McKinsey & Company for $2 million to run a four month congestion stud
02 October 2015
Deloitte: Biggest obstacles to GOV digital transformation Service delivery to citizens is likely to involve both digital and physical channels in the future, with local governments adding digital service channels on the back of cost pressures, citizen deman
27 July 2015
BCG launches not-for-profit Centre for Public Impact The impact of government programmes is becoming increasingly important to citizens.
23 July 2015
Green districts add environmental and economic value Developing green districts has the potential to add considerable economic, environmental and social benefits to the people and businesses that exist there, research by McKinsey & Company shows.
21 July 2015
Capita to provide Welsh fire and rescue control centre Capita has won the contract to deliver a command and control platform to the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in Wales.
16 July 2015
Cities and local authorities can champion climate change Cities are powerful local authorities and can fulfil the role of global changemakers when it comes to climate initiatives, research by Arup shows.
13 July 2015
Newton Europe sponsors the CIPFA CFO summit Newton Europe has, for the second time, signed up as sponsor of the CIPFA CFO Summit organised on 7 July.
03 July 2015
Joanna Killian leads local government team of KPMG Joanna Killian has been appointed as the UK market leader for local and regional government to KPMG’s Public Sector team.
17 June 2015
Impower: Preventing neglect of vulnerable children To improve the outcomes of vulnerable children while building a sustainable long term child support system, public services consultancy Impower argues for prevention over intake.
05 June 2015
iMPOWER slams one-dimensional Ofsted inspections iMPOWER recently slammed the Government’s independent auditing unit Ofsted for the unreasonable consequences of its audits on service providers, finding that its “inadequate” assessment means that lo
05 May 2015
Firms to assist wastewater treatment works expansion Consulting firms Mott MacDonald and Hyder Consulting have been appointed by the Laing O’Rourke Imtech joint venture to assist in the expansion of the UK Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.
13 April 2015
Councils embracing demand-focused transformations With austerity biting hard into local government budgets and with service supply side costs already heavily reduced in the previous rounds of cutbacks, new thinking and doing is required to keep up public services helpin
02 April 2015

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