The government has proposed many changes to the planning system in England in its White Paper ‘Planning for the future’.

Capita and the Local Government Chronicle hosted a webinar to bring together local government experts and discuss how to secure funding to help revitalise our high streets.

Back in the Thatcher years of the 1980s, the explosion of out-of-town shopping centres arguably presented the biggest threat to our traditional town centres.

At Cop 26 in Glasgow last October, world leaders pledged to end deforestation, move away from coal and curb methane emissions, amongst many other revised targets.

Our Director of Building Control, Patrick Cunningham, looks ahead to the biggest transformation in Building Control services in his working life.

The pandemic has forced many of us to stay home: to stop commuting, stop socialising, stop travelling, wear a mask and put on a coat.

Our strategic, practical and resilience-led public estate management services are designed to help local authorities optimise their property portfolio.

As declared by Dr Dominique Hes in 2017, there is quite simply “no sustainability without community engagement”. The topic of how organisations bring their staff and customers ’with them’ on cultural and transformative journeys is never far away.

As I have written previously on planning reform, who can disagree with the desire of government to simplify and speed up the planning process.

Maintaining strong place leadership in the face of significant planning reform