Features

Dr Helen Paterson, Executive Director of Children’s Services for Sunderland City Council, explains why supporting Sure Start Children’s Centres is high up on the agenda to ensure that children in the city get the best start in life.

A new programme in the Northeast is seeking to bring the ‘social’ back to social work

CWDC director of strategy Keith Brumfitt discusses work underway to support social work and the forthcoming launch of a major national campaign to recruit the next generation of social workers

LGE learns more about PayPoint, the UK’s leading retail network provider of smartcard services

David Waltho, head of government affairs for business analytics software and services provider SAS, looks at the recent Audit Commission report into data management.

The UK’s largest council has recently awarded the UK’s largest highway maintenance contract for its roads, lights and infrastructure

Spending as little as £2 a day on maintenance could save your organisation thousands in replacement costs

Young people aged 12 - 16 will soon be putting their hard hats on to create a new adventure playground at King George V playing fields in Ware as part of East Herts Council’s ‘Playing on the Wildside’ project

“Let us play more and we’ll learn better,” say kids in new research

Leisure Industry Week is the biggest show of its kind in the UK, aiming to attract 13,000 visitors, with 300 exhibitors from across the industry

During the recession we hear many tales of woe from the UK manufacturing sector, so it is good to hear of a UK company who is bucking the trend with solid, focussed growth. LGE meets Wisbech, Cambridgeshire-based Burall InfoSmart Ltd

Wigan Borough Council is one of a fast-growing number of local authorities committed to initiatives that save energy; reduce CO2 emissions and also save council tax payers money

FIRESA was inaugurated in 2005 to represent the interests of the Fire and Rescue supply sector in the UK at the beginning of a period of enormous change for our Fire and Rescue Services.

Man with fingers crossed behind back

The recent non-disclosure case affecting Cheltenham Borough Council could have repercussions for HR departments throughout the sector.

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LGE previews the forthcoming Recycling and waste management exhibition.