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16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

Key guidelines for development in Manchester over the next 15-20 years is to be reviewed, as new Local Plan is undertaken by City Council. The new Local Plan will replace the city’s current Core Strategy and provide a set of principles t more >

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

Professor Joe Howe, chair of the North West Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA) and executive director of the Thornton Energy Institute joins us in the studio for our third PSE podcast, bringing with him unbridled enthusiasm and solutions for saving the world more >

15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

Grant Peggie, Director at British Business Bank Launched by British Business Bank in 2017, the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is supporting economic prosperity in the region by making commercial investments into growing more >

16/01/2020Birmingham Transport Plan preliminary draft published by council

Birmingham City Council has publish... more >

16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

Key guidelines for development in M... more >

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

Professor Joe Howe, chair of the No... more >

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15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

Grant Peggie, Director at British Business Bank Launched by British Business Bank in 2017, the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is supporting economic prosperity in the region by making commercial investments into growing...

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15/01/2020Housing Consortium becomes Northern Powerhouse partner

The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC), a membership body representing around 90% of housing providers across the North of England, has become the latest member of the Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme. The Northern Powerhouse is a government...

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15/01/2020Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy: How Bristol City Council is tackling climate change

Source PSE: Dec 19/Jan 20 Cllr Kye Dudd Bristol has always been a city with sustainability at its heart. In November 2018, we were the first UK city to declare a climate emergency and, since then, we’ve begun to build environmental...

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13/01/2020Sustainability: is it time to view economic development through a different lens?

Source PSE: Dec 19/Jan 2020 Mark Lynam is a Board Member of the Institute of Economic Development, and Director of Transport, Housing and Infrastructure in Sheffield City Region’s Executive Team. We need a new paradigm for economic...

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13/01/2020How can The Northern Powerhouse support the next generation?

Denise Park, Chief Executive of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, chats to PSE about the risk of smaller towns getting left behind on the Northern Powerhouse agenda. For Northern Council’s it’s really important to raise the profile...

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09/01/2020Edwina Hannaford: Creating a carbon neutral cornwall

Edwina Hannaford, Cornwall Council Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Neighbourhoods, Cornwall Council

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08/01/2020LGA: Upskilling the Workplace

Source: PSE Dec 19/Jan 20 The Local Government Association (LGA) discusses upskilling and retraining staff in public sector workplace. As leaders of place, councils and combined authorities want to work with partners across the...

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07/01/2020Unlocking the Potential of Towns

Source: PSE Decc 19/Jan 20 Pippa Coutts, Carnegie UK Trust Carnegie UK Trust has been promoting wellbeing in the UK and Ireland for over one hundred years. The results of a survey the Trust conducted with IPSOS Mori in 2018 reveal that two...

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07/01/2020One Northern council's shopping list for central government

Tony Oakman, chief executive of Bolton Council spoke to PSE about the Northern Powerhouse and the key priorities he’s like to see from central government. From my perspective I think the Northern Powerhouse is significant to say the least in...

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07/01/2020A renewed partnership between business and government

Source: PSE Dec 19/Jan 20 Matthew Fell CBI Chief UK Policy Director from Whitehall to townhalls, from head office to high street shops Speaking to businesses across the North there’s enormous pride and enthusiasm for its potential....

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07/01/2020Food for thought - Stephen Garthwaite, Ysgol y Grango

Source: PSE Dec19/Jan 20 Stephen Garthwaite, headteacher, Ysgol y Grango In November Ysgol y Grango, the secondary school in Rhosllanerchrugog in Wrexham of which I am headteacher, hosted the launch of the Stop School Hunger / Dysgu Nid...

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06/01/2020How the Northern Powerhouse could help meet economic potential

Becca Heron, director of Economy and Skills at Wigan Council spoke to PSE about the Northern Powerhouse and why transport links and skills are key to transforming the North. The Northern Powerhouse is extraordinarily important, the UK has got one of...

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03/01/2020Strengthening connections between Northern Powerhouse leaders

Source: PSE Dec 19/Jan 20 Carol Matthews - Chief Executive of The Riverside Group and Chair to H4N – ‘Homes for the North’ Good quality homes are the bedrock of a strong economy and thriving communities yet, across the North, not...

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03/01/2020Keeping the Customer in Mind - Crown Commercial Services

Source: PSE Dec/Jan 2020 Neil Harrison, category manager – technology solutions, Crown Commercial Service Crown Commercial Service is the largest public sector procurement organisation in the UK, with thousands of customers in a range...

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17/12/2019Oxford City Council announces £19m climate change emergency budget

Oxford City Council’s Cabinet has responded to the Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change, outlining its next steps and allocating £19m to become a Zero Carbon Council and city. The Council has published a report in response to the...

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12/12/2019Local Authority borrowing revolution

In light of the recent one per cent hike in the interest rate offered by the Public Works Loan Board to local councils, an alternative source of economical funding is desperately needed. The UK Municipal Bonds Agency recently appointed PFM Financial...

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16/01/2020Birmingham Transport Plan preliminary draft published by council

Birmingham City Council has published (Jan 13) a draft plan illustrating their vision for the future of transport in the city. Adding to the existing Birmingham Connected transport strategy, th more >

16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

Key guidelines for development in Manchester over the next 15-20 years is to be reviewed, as new Local Plan is undertaken by City Council. The new Local Plan will replace the city’s curre more >

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

Grant Peggie, Director at British Business Bank Launched by British Business Bank in 2017, the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is supporting economic prosperity in the re more >

15/01/2020Sheffield City Region devolution deal agreed

The Sheffield City Region devolution deal has been agreed (Jan 14) by the Mayor and all four Leaders and will now go to public consultation. Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region, said more >

15/01/2020Housing Consortium becomes Northern Powerhouse partner

The Northern Housing Consortium (NHC), a membership body representing around 90% of housing providers across the North of England, has today (Jan 15) become the latest member of the Northern Powerho more >

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14/11/2019Utilising data to best deliver meaningful public services

Public Sector Executive’s Matt Roberts explains how living in a modern, interconnected world, as we do, means public sector organisations cannot afford to ignore the role of data. Data is all around us in the modern age. Unseen, the digital environment plays a role in near on every aspe more >

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

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17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

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05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

The new chief executive of one of the new uni... more >

15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

On 6 September, the biggest decision-makers o... more >

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16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

16/01/2020Birmingham Transport Plan preliminary draft published by council

16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

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15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

15/01/2020Housing Consortium becomes Northern Powerhouse partner

15/01/2020Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy: How Bristol City Council is tackling climate change

13/01/2020Sustainability: is it time to view economic development through a different lens?

13/01/2020How can The Northern Powerhouse support the next generation?

09/01/2020Edwina Hannaford: Creating a carbon neutral cornwall

08/01/2020LGA: Upskilling the Workplace

07/01/2020Unlocking the Potential of Towns

07/01/2020One Northern council's shopping list for central government

07/01/2020A renewed partnership between business and government

07/01/2020Food for thought - Stephen Garthwaite, Ysgol y Grango

06/01/2020How the Northern Powerhouse could help meet economic potential

03/01/2020Strengthening connections between Northern Powerhouse leaders

03/01/2020Keeping the Customer in Mind - Crown Commercial Services

17/12/2019Oxford City Council announces £19m climate change emergency budget

12/12/2019Local Authority borrowing revolution

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16/01/2020Birmingham Transport Plan preliminary draft published by council

16/01/2020Manchester City Council to do major review of local development plan

16/01/2020Ep 3. Industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen energy, Prof Joe Howe

15/01/2020NPIF at EvoNorth 2020: investment opportunity in the North

15/01/2020Sheffield City Region devolution deal agreed

15/01/2020Housing Consortium becomes Northern Powerhouse partner

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14/11/2019Utilising data to best deliver meaningful public services

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

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21/06/2019Peter Kyle MP: It’s time to say thank you this Public Service Day

19/06/2019How community-led initiatives can help save the housing shortage

19/06/2019Aberdeen's green transport fleet attracting international attention

13/06/2019A fifth of public sector workers have never received a thank you from the people they serve

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