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

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
Arup: Intelligent connectivity reshaping urban mobility Intelligent connectivity, which enables the mutual exchange of data between individuals and smart systems, will reshape urban mobility in the future, research by Arup and Qualcomm Technologies shows
01 April 2015
Mott MacDonald supports 1 billion water plan alliance As part of the Thames Water’s asset management plan, Mott MacDonald has been appointed a supporting role to the team that won the contract for the implementation of the asset management plan. The consortium will deliver repair, maintenance an
19 February 2015
BearingPoint: 8 imperatives for public sector reform While the public sector in Europe is struggling to keep up with the changing environment, and the division between the public and private sectors is blurring, European governments are facing opportunities to deliver improved services while reducing
27 January 2015
iMPOWER: In-house fostering saves authorities Â£150mn In the UK, currently an additional 9,000 foster carers are needed to meet the demand for placements. These placements are usually done either through local authorities or public agencies. A report by consulting firm iMPOWER shows that fostering thr
12 November 2014
Ecorys helps EU with technical aid project for Belarus Consulting firm Ecorys has been selected to lead an international consortium that will help Belarus with advancing the economic development of four regions.
07 November 2014
Capita sponsor of LGC Transformation Summit Tomorrow the LGC Transformation Summit will take place in Reading.
05 November 2014
Hay Group: Align public benefits with private sector Top civil servants have the lowest-paid leadership jobs in the public sector – until that changes, we won’t attract the best talent, says Peter Smith from Hay Group.
27 October 2014
GT launches dedicated Local Government Advisory Grant Thornton has launched a new practice that will provide accounting, consulting and advisory services to local authorities, police bodies and fire and rescue authorities: the Local Government Advisory practice. The new team will be part of Gran
17 October 2014
PwC launches public sector hub in North of England Accounting and consulting firm PwC has launched a new specialist government and public sector hub in the north of England, to meet increased demand for services. The team, which consists of approximately 200 specialists, wi
27 August 2014

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