PFI, the end of LIBOR and the arrivel of SONIA
The deadline is looming. Neil Waller and Shivana Sood examine the implications of an interest rate switch. The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority have advised that the[…]
Resources
Course aims to aid move from private sector to council accounting
Training event: Tackling the political context and peculiarites of local government accounting. Negotiating the move from private sector to local government accounting can be daunting. But, according to one expert,[…]
Loans: The legal checklist for supporting enterprise
Loans from local authorities to big companies recently made national newspaper headlines. They don’t happen without plenty of checks. Neil Waller and Paul McDermott offers a guide through the legalities.[…]
What’s the benefit of using the PSAA?
Conrad Hall examines the case for councils to undertake their own audit procurement instead of sticking with Public Sector Audit Appointments. To PSAA or not to PSAA: That is, if[…]
Richard Harbord: ‘Effective governance’ the key to commercial activity
In a recent report the think tank Localis wrote that council commercial activity has come to be viewed by many as “inherently risky”. Richard Harbord argues that councils have a[…]
Andrew Hardingham: Holidays await but the ‘in’ box is brimming over
Finance chiefs may be longing for time off but unfortunately there is a long list of issues still awaiting their attention. Andrew Hardingham offers a checklist you probably don’t want[…]
Impact Awards: The winners are revealed
The waiting is over, the hard work of completing the entries and judging have come to fruition. It remains only to announce the winners. The winners of the inaugural CCLA/Room151[…]
Don’t let council-owned companies spin out of control
A small collection of failures has prompted many questions about council-owned companies. Helen Randall navigates the pitfalls and the safety mechanisms. In the aftermath of the Liverpool, Croydon and Nottingham[…]
151 officers must remain at the top table
Too often in the current times section 151 officers find themselves outside the inner circle of management. Paul Jones argues this risks undermining governance and financial controls. A recent poll[…]
Local authorities need to ‘invest in finance teams’
Reforms means local government will soon see a new audit regulator but, writes Alison Ring, investing in local government finance teams and better reporting are priorities too. The government’s decision[…]
