Gloucester

04/26 Gloucester sets out asset strategy with £15m disposals target

03/26 Gloucestershire councils want to join West of England Combined Authority

02/26 More councils see exceptional financial support requests granted for 2026/27

02/26 Flood risk areas issue financial warning

12/25 2025 in review part two: July to December

12/25 Gloucester to seek EFS as delayed accounts hide true financial picture

12/25 LGPS Central partner fund backs local shared ownership housing projects

11/25 Gloucestershire unitary authority would inherit £1.1bn liabilities

10/25 Gloucestershire councils set out expected LGR savings

09/25 2023/24 final accounts closedown reveals council’s negative reserves

06/25 Brunel’s bet on nature pays off as Microsoft signs 10-year carbon removal deal

06/25 Councils set to agree airport sale as preferred bidder found

06/25 Is local government reorganisation a distraction from the sector’s financial crisis?

05/25 Local elections complicate Brunel’s pool merger talks

04/25 New s151 appointed at Gloucester City Council

03/25 Avon Pension Fund announces £50m place-based investing mandate backing local SMEs

03/25 Audit crisis: over 60 councils miss deadline as backlog persists

01/25 Gloucestershire Pension Fund invests £30m into homelessness property fund

01/25 Brunel CEO: ‘policy changes work best when all parties are on the same journey’

11/24 Roundtable: cashflow, income and navigating market volatility

11/24 Gloucestershire Airport sale: councils seek buyer amid financial pressures

07/24 LGPS investors commit £150m to affordable housing fund

07/24 The case for UK equities: growth on our doorstep

06/24 PLSA Local Authority Conference: what does the ‘new era’ for the LGPS look like?

04/24 Gloucestershire Council considers divesting from fossil fuels

04/24 LGPS patient capital and affordable housing– a perfect match?

03/24 Housing151 in review: addressing the UK’s housing crisis

01/24 LGPS funds in the South West back largest operational solar deal in the UK

11/23 Roundtable special report: real estate investing for the LGPS

10/23 The days of shared services are ‘numbered’ amid councils’ financial troubles

10/23 Wiltshire Pension Fund teams up with five other Brunel funds to back renewables

06/23 New secured deposit service gives councils access to repo market

06/23 Something synthetic: why Avon picked BlackRock for its climate equity strategy

05/23 PRI director joins Brunel as head of Stewardship

06/22 PLSA: LGPS should examine ‘benefits of greater centralisation’

05/22 Rachel Brothwood: ‘pooling has given us scale, depth, breadth and knowledge’

03/22 Surrey to receive £100m SEND support from DfE

03/22 Investors ‘potentially damaging housing business models’, MOTB attendees told

03/22 LGPS pool ‘demonstrates major cost savings’, according to annual report

10/21 Councils & carbon: COP26 an opportunity to confront climate change at a local level

07/21 Impact Awards: The winners are revealed

04/21 Impact Awards: Cheltenham’s tech hub and Hackney’s recovery from cyber attack

02/20 Scottish minister slams Treasury over ‘grin and bear it’ PWLB rate response

11/19 Council in £54m swoop for retail park

11/19 Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund

11/19 Forest of Dean quits £50m retail deal

09/19 Councils eye collaboration on community bank plans

08/19 Brunel wants new chief to build on success

08/19 Luke Hall replaces Rishi Sunak as local government minister

06/19 Merseyside invests £30m in first LGPS deal with Funding Circle

02/19 MP criticises county over incinerator project

01/19 Baseline call: Why the New Homes Bonus is increasingly unfair

01/19 Call for standardisation of the approach of LGPS actuaries

11/18 Brunel Pension Partnership launches asset management accord

07/18 Councils join forces against Barclays over LOBOs

10/17 News Roundup: LLP’s £1.3bn credit fund, rates retention to hit county councils, banks distracted by restructuring

09/17 Peter Worth: Streamlining year-end financial reporting 

09/17 Councils prepared to keep spending on commercial property

08/17 Lancs merger of s151 and CEO roles sparks accountability row

07/17 Gloucester council borrows £80m for property fund

07/17 Brunel launches £27.5bn LGPS pool with new CEO and CIO

06/17 Brunel pension pool begins hunt for management team

05/17 Virgin Media rates appeal prompts £180m in provisions