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Yearly Archive: 2015

  • 2015 Review: Finance goes strategic and the significance of flood defences 0
    • in Funding · Resources
    • — 15 Dec, 2015

    2015 Review: Finance goes strategic and the significance of flood defences

    Stephen Fitzgerald looks back at the year and finds that heading finance is becoming strategic while the headlines made by flooding and child protection reveal the diversity and challenges of running local government.[…]

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    2015 Review: Election year marked by a deluge of business rates appeals 0
    • in Resources
    • — 15 Dec, 2015

    2015 Review: Election year marked by a deluge of business rates appeals

    Frank Wilson’s year was mixed with the General Election, business rates appeals and uncertainty over the New Homes Bonus undermining confidence for 2016. In trying to sum up 2015 I am[…]

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  • 2015 Review: LGPS encounters with Eurostar, wind farms and reform 0
    • in Development · LGPSi
    • — 15 Dec, 2015

    2015 Review: LGPS encounters with Eurostar, wind farms and reform

    George Graham of Lancashire’s pension fund reviews his year working on a partnership, attempting to buy Eurostar and a wind farm acquisition. When I applied for my current job as[…]

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    Select committee undecided over LOBO report 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 14 Dec, 2015

    Select committee undecided over LOBO report

    A parliamentary committee set up to investigate Lender Option Borrower Option (LOBO) loans taken out by local authorities may not now publish its conclusions, Room151.co.uk has learnt. In July, the[…]

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  • London boroughs launch high-tech campaign to beat fraud 0
    • in Resources
    • — 11 Dec, 2015

    London boroughs launch high-tech campaign to beat fraud

    London boroughs are to collaborate on a new project to sift through large quantities of a data in a bid to fight fraud. The London Counter Fraud Hub has the backing[…]

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    Information Commissioner deals LOBO blow to councils 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 10 Dec, 2015

    Information Commissioner deals LOBO blow to councils

    Two councils have been ordered by the information watchdog to reveal details of contracts signed with banks for Lender Option Borrower Option (LOBO) loans. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled[…]

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  • Bournemouth council shuts down bank project 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 10 Dec, 2015

    Bournemouth council shuts down bank project

    Bournemouth Borough Council has scrapped its “Bank of Bournemouth” initiative, less than 18 months after it was created. The council set up its Community Finance Initiative in July 2013, and[…]

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    Failure prospects, South West pool, value for money warnings, divestment rules slammed, building societies stable 0
    • in 151 News
    • — 10 Dec, 2015

    Failure prospects, South West pool, value for money warnings, divestment rules slammed, building societies stable

    Next year ‘could see first failed council’ 2016 could see the first council move into special measures on financial grounds, according to accountancy firm Grant Thornton. A report into the[…]

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  • James Bevan: The Fed and ECB’s divergent paths 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 10 Dec, 2015

    James Bevan: The Fed and ECB’s divergent paths

    At our “all staff” briefing this week, we discussed that the European Central Bank was expected to drive Euroland interest rates even further into negative territory when its policy-making committee met[…]

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    Stephen Sheen: The reserves iceberg 0
    • in Blogs · Resources · Technical
    • — 8 Dec, 2015

    Stephen Sheen: The reserves iceberg

    I am having some trouble understanding the government’s apparent obsession with local authority reserves.  In the Spending Review speech, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that authorities will be “encouraged”[…]

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