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A break fo Merseyside surfers - Down-at-heel Knowsley has joined the information revolution, breaking the divide between the techno haves and have-nots by wide Internet access in l...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 32-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005898772
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Curse of the madding crowd - Once-tranquil moors are now trampled by millions of visitors who damage the land but bring in little or no revenue. So how are Britain's national parks...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 16-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005899221
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Stripping out costs - Activity-based costing is all the rage in manufacturing where it can spell closed production lines and redundancies. Now the public sector is gingerly applyin...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 22-25
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005899876
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Councils are doing it for themselves - Hard-pressed councils may flnally have found an alternative to outsourcing as they strive to modernise their support systems. Joint services...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1999), pp. 14-17
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005900109
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Scots square up to Best Value - With Scotland preparing for devolution, the role of Best Value in local government is increasingly under scrutiny. There is already a moratorium on...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1998), pp. 21-23
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005900653
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Sheffield steels itself for outsourcing - Once a bastion of Old Labour, Sheffield has just signed one of the biggest town hall outsourcing deals in Europe. The council is already n...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1998), pp. 15-17
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005901168
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Profile: Value visions P- rofessor Alan Alexander tells why best value could be the best thing that's happened to local government in years
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1998), pp. 16-17
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005901327
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Turning the tables - Councils may despise the way performance indicators are pounced on by the media but it seems league tables are here to stay. The author reports on how Scottish...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1998), pp. 30-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005902176
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Fleet wise - From gas-powered cars to schemes encouraging staff to get on their bikes, councils are having to scrutinise ways they can cut down on the costs of leasing vehicles.
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1997), pp. 10-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005904174
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The price of long life - The government says one reason for the financial crisis in public sector pension schemes is that people are living longer. Public services point to lack of...
Brown, Steve - In: Public finance : the business monthly of the public sector (1997), pp. 12-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005904327