North Somerset

06/26 North Somerset secures underspend as it steers course to resilience

05/26 North Somerset councillors back joining combined authority

04/26 Business intelligence integration drives financial decisions at North Somerset

04/26 ‘Significant improvement’ in North Somerset’s revenue position

04/26 North Somerset eyes funding benefits of combined authority move

02/26 Final settlement offers additional council tax flexibilities and £740m more in grant funding

12/25 Local government on ‘life support’, says North Somerset leader

12/25 North Somerset reserves warning with pressures ‘almost impossible to manage’

11/25 Funding reforms a ‘sham’, says North Somerset Council leader

10/25 North Somerset asks government for ‘fair deal’ amid ‘impossible choices’

10/25 North Somerset to seek EFS because of Fair Funding Review impact

03/25 Brunel partner fund votes on defence stocks

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

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

12/24 Nathan Rollinson on Avon’s plans for natural capital investments

04/24 Somerset Council ‘encouraged’ to sell commercial assets

02/24 Government approves capitalisation directions at 19 councils

01/24 Stoke to ask government for almost £45m of additional funding

01/24 Somerset seeks to increase council tax to 10% to bridge £100m overspend

12/23 2023 in review: the best stories in local government finance

11/23 Somerset Council could sell investment portfolio amid section 114 warning

08/23 Unite strikes at 23 local authorities amid ‘dramatically increasing tensions’

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

06/23 North Somerset Council progresses on delivering 425 new homes

08/21 Mandatory Prudential Code ‘no substitute’ for effective balance sheet management

11/19 Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund

11/19 Five councils share £374m for housing infrastructure

06/19 Final outturns: revenue reserve levels rise amid budget underspends

03/19 Developer chosen for Bath Quays North

01/19 More than a third of councils at risk of financial failure over next decade new study finds

12/18 Bath and North East Somerset’s new roads contract

08/18 Allocations from vulnerable children fund announced

08/18 Spelthorne nears £1bn in borrowing for property acquisitions

08/18 Spelthorne and North Somerset reveal appetite for commercial property remains strong

07/18 Somerset chief accountant warns of section 114 risk