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23 Apr 21
Public bodies must consider a number of areas of law when assessing the impact of Covid-19 on service agreements with their contractors
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16 Apr 21
The UK Treasury has updated the Green Book – its methodology for assessing funding bids – to help users put it into action more effectively to achieve ‘levelling up’. What do authorities need to know?
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8 Mar 21
Formalising risk appetite and tolerance positions can help public bodies improve decision-making, according to a recent government publication.
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26 Feb 21
Former CIPFA president Margaret Pratt gives her advice on ethical dilemmas facing public sector finance officers
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16 Feb 21
Employees who are satisfied with the way in which their organisation is handling the Covid-19 situation are able to perform 28% better. And during the first wave of coronavirus cases, sixty percent...
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9 Feb 21
With hackers increasingly targeting the public sector, skimping on security measures could prove a costly mistake
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1 Feb 21
Local authority finance officers joined a recent webinar hosted by TechnologyOne and CIPFA to assess the role of digital technology adoption in helping councils respond to Covid-19.
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22 Jan 21
With developing countries increasingly rejecting waste from the West, local authorities face mounting financial challenges on meeting their recycling targets
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21 Jan 21
At the end of 2021, LIBOR, the most popular sterling benchmark rate, will be phased out. What do public sector treasurers need to know about the transition to its recommended replacement, SONIA?
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21 Dec 20
This year has been one of the most demanding for the public sector in living memory. PF lists the ten biggest stories from the past 12 months.
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18 Dec 20
Treasury managers face a number of considerations to balance their search for financial returns with ethical and environmental considerations, says David Whelan.
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15 Dec 20
At the end of a traumatic year, PF asks local government figures whether government has done enough to shield the sector from the financial impact of Covid-19.
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14 Dec 20
After the summer’s exam results fiasco, a spate of Covid-19 outbreaks at UK universities has piled further financial pressure on an already-creaking sector.
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11 Dec 20
Distributed ledger technology can help improve transparency in procurement processes, but public bodies must assess potential implementation risks, according to research into a South American...
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4 Dec 20
Could systems in other countries offer direction to UK policymakers looking to reset the relationship between health and social care?
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20 Nov 20
London Borough of Bexley last week announced it is in discussions with Whitehall officials over an application to use capital borrowing to fund services. Council leader Teresa O'Neill and director of...
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18 Nov 20
Reports of the long-term death of the city centre might have been greatly exaggerated.
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29 Oct 20
Tyne and Wear Metro saw a 95% reduction in passengers at the beginning of lockdown. John Fenwick, director of finance and resources at the network’s owner and operator, Nexus, tells PF about the long...
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15 Oct 20
The impact of Covid-19 on financial markets has further underlined the need for public bodies to carefully consider their treasury management strategies
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1 Oct 20
PF examines how local authorities are making the most of their land and property in a post-Covid-19 world
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21 Sep 20
As in any crisis, financial criminals have exploited Covid-19 for their own gain, repurposing tried and tested fraud techniques. It is crucial that public finance professionals are well informed to...
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18 Sep 20
Infrastructure investment is seen as vital to post-pandemic recovery, but is it possible to provide a public transport network without the passenger numbers to fund it?
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8 Sep 20
Coronavirus has claimed over 700,000 lives and sparked a synchronised global downturn, but could it also sound the starting gun on transforming our society and public services?
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16 Jul 20
Councils have demonstrated their value like never before in helping tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Finance departments may not be directly on the frontline, but their role ensuring that public money...
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13 Jul 20
Half of new jobs by 2030 will be green, Record GDP fall in April, Global economy to plunge into worst recession since Second World War- all in Numbers Game from the July 2020 edition of Public...
23 Apr 21Public bodies must consider a number of areas of law when assessing the impact of Covid-19 on service agreements with their contractors
16 Apr 21The UK Treasury has updated the Green Book – its methodology for assessing funding bids – to help users put it into action more effectively to achieve ‘levelling up’. What do authorities need to know?
8 Mar 21Formalising risk appetite and tolerance positions can help public bodies improve decision-making, according to a recent government publication.
26 Feb 21Former CIPFA president Margaret Pratt gives her advice on ethical dilemmas facing public sector finance officers
16 Feb 21Employees who are satisfied with the way in which their organisation is handling the Covid-19 situation are able to perform 28% better. And during the first wave of coronavirus cases, sixty percent...
9 Feb 21With hackers increasingly targeting the public sector, skimping on security measures could prove a costly mistake
1 Feb 21Local authority finance officers joined a recent webinar hosted by TechnologyOne and CIPFA to assess the role of digital technology adoption in helping councils respond to Covid-19.
22 Jan 21With developing countries increasingly rejecting waste from the West, local authorities face mounting financial challenges on meeting their recycling targets
21 Jan 21At the end of 2021, LIBOR, the most popular sterling benchmark rate, will be phased out. What do public sector treasurers need to know about the transition to its recommended replacement, SONIA?
21 Dec 20This year has been one of the most demanding for the public sector in living memory. PF lists the ten biggest stories from the past 12 months.
18 Dec 20Treasury managers face a number of considerations to balance their search for financial returns with ethical and environmental considerations, says David Whelan.
14 Dec 20After the summer’s exam results fiasco, a spate of Covid-19 outbreaks at UK universities has piled further financial pressure on an already-creaking sector.
11 Dec 20Distributed ledger technology can help improve transparency in procurement processes, but public bodies must assess potential implementation risks, according to research into a South American...
4 Dec 20Could systems in other countries offer direction to UK policymakers looking to reset the relationship between health and social care?
20 Nov 20London Borough of Bexley last week announced it is in discussions with Whitehall officials over an application to use capital borrowing to fund services. Council leader Teresa O'Neill and director of...
18 Nov 20Reports of the long-term death of the city centre might have been greatly exaggerated.
29 Oct 20Tyne and Wear Metro saw a 95% reduction in passengers at the beginning of lockdown. John Fenwick, director of finance and resources at the network’s owner and operator, Nexus, tells PF about the long...
15 Oct 20The impact of Covid-19 on financial markets has further underlined the need for public bodies to carefully consider their treasury management strategies
1 Oct 20PF examines how local authorities are making the most of their land and property in a post-Covid-19 world
21 Sep 20As in any crisis, financial criminals have exploited Covid-19 for their own gain, repurposing tried and tested fraud techniques. It is crucial that public finance professionals are well informed to...
18 Sep 20Infrastructure investment is seen as vital to post-pandemic recovery, but is it possible to provide a public transport network without the passenger numbers to fund it?
8 Sep 20Coronavirus has claimed over 700,000 lives and sparked a synchronised global downturn, but could it also sound the starting gun on transforming our society and public services?
16 Jul 20Councils have demonstrated their value like never before in helping tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Finance departments may not be directly on the frontline, but their role ensuring that public money...
13 Jul 20Half of new jobs by 2030 will be green, Record GDP fall in April, Global economy to plunge into worst recession since Second World War- all in Numbers Game from the July 2020 edition of Public...
